With it looking like Richard Rider is headed to the MCU, the character is finally getting what appears to be a decent amount of build-up in the Marvel Comics with the new Imperial event.
Marvel Comics has announced Jed MacKay and Jonathan Hickman will be writing Imperial War: Nova – Centurion #1, with art by Matteo Della Fonte.
The first issue of Imperial kicked off last week and is basically Game of Thrones in space. I thought it was just okay. I’m not really a Hickman fan, and the art was kind of a mess, as it was something like a cross between American comics art and Manga. That doesn’t really work for cosmic, IMO. That said, it did show more promise than anything we’ve gotten from Marvel Cosmic in the past ten years or so.
I also wish they would ditch Nova wearing that jacket. I mean, it’s fine if he’s hanging out in a bar or something wearing a jacket, but they have the jacket on Nova all the time, and it looks goofy tucked into his gauntlets like that. He doesn’t need a jacket to keep him warm or anything, the suit does that.
IMPERIAL WAR: NOVA – CENTURION #1 details
Via Marvel.com, Imperial War: Nova – Centurion #1 gets released September 10.
Here’s the description: “The Xandarian Worldmind will be lost forever…unless Rich Rider can earn the credits needed to keep it alive in IMPERIAL WAR: NOVA – CENTURION! So Nova must offer his services to the highest bidder – Have Helmet, Will Travel!”
“I’m very excited to take on the Human Rocket and explore the new cosmic stage defined by Imperial!” MacKay said. “The great galactic civilizations are moving into an all-new alignment, and I’m really looking forward to seeing where the last Nova Corpsman fits in when the pieces are put together.”
“Rich is really interesting to me,” MacKay continued. “For a lot of his history he’s been defined as being a ‘new kid,’ from his Spider-Man-esque origin to his time with the New Warriors, even up to the opening of Annihilation. Now, he’s the last standard bearer of the old order, a veteran of a war that already seems so long ago, and the question is being asked…is a Nova still relevant in the wake of IMPERIAL?”
Imperial #2 hits July 16, with #3 on August 20, #4 in September. There’s also a number of other one-shots including Imperial War: Exiles, Planet She-Hulk, Guardians, and Panther Rex.
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