Marvel Cosmic Is Back? Nova Gets New Ongoing, She-Hulk, Too

Spinning off from Jonathan Hickman’s Marvel Cosmic event, Imperial, announced at Comic-Con, includes a new Nova ongoing, the first since Dan Abnett’s stellar run from 2007.

That’s not all as She-Hulk also gets a new ongoing, which is a take on Planet Hulk (of course).

I’ll say that I read the first issue of Imperial and thought it was just okay. I’m not a huge Hickman fan to begin with. However, it was promising and a lot better than anything from the past 15 years following the cancellations of the 2007 Nova and the 2008 Guardians of the Galaxy series.

I’m interested but highly skeptical. I’m also guessing these are a test ground for what could become the characters in the MCU (eyeroll). That’s why Nova likely has a new ongoing. It’s also why Frank Castle returned as The Punisher in the comics.

I suppose they can’t do any worse than the She-Hulk Disney+ series.

Info via Marvel.com:

Nova Centurion #1

GOT A PROBLEM? NOVA CAN HELP – FOR A PRICE!
With the Xandarian Worldmind, the sentient repository of an entire extinct people’s culture and history, relying on regular (and expensive) energy infusions, Richard Rider is for hire. A deep-space drifter weighed down with the truth of the terrible lie that the new Galactic Union was built upon, Nova is a corps of one. But how long can he keep his hands clean handling dirty money?

Planet She-Hulk #1

SAKAAR, PARTY OF ONE!
She-Hulk is back, and she’s… stuck on Sakaar?? Jennifer Walters made a promise to her cousin, Hulk, to watch over the planet Sakaar and its people for a few days. But it’s been longer than a few days, and now She-Hulk is in charge of keeping the peace on a planet at war! But Jennifer is a VERY different Hulk than the one that once smashed Sakaar into submission…is she up for the task?

“I’m so excited,” Phillips said. “Working with Aaron is so exciting, it’s fantastic. [For Planet She-Hulk], think big game of thrones. Think things not always related to She-Hulk. She’s ripped into a world that she’s not used to, and she has to bring her own sensibilities to it when she’s now facing witches, rebels, and cannibals… it’s going to be great. We wanted to go big. She’s got a giant sword, PLEASE let us use it.”