Nova, what else do you need to know?

Richard Rider, The Human Rocket, Bucket Head, Nova Prime, in short the legend that is Nova.

Now here is a character that has seen some changes, permanent changes, not those easily reversible changes that happens to the Earth bound heroes of the Marvel universe. You should see his conversation with Iron Man regarding the whole civil war thing. Also, a character to have one of the best series known to man spinning out of the Annihilation saga (which if you haven't read yet you really should) both of which come courtesy of that beautiful pairing of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. (I may have mentioned something about them previously...)

We have a man, who previously wasn't much of a player, he could fly about and shoot some stuff, but then that all changed he got hyped up, given a new costume, bombarded with tragedy and personal conflict and thrown out to the farthest reaches of the universe, not just ours either. The things he goes through, we go through, and he actually has a human reaction to the tragedy that surrounds him, he doesn't just shake it off. And it is this small detail that allows the reader to connect far more with him than you may have thought going in. Nova the boy became the Nova the man, and through both the Annihilation run and his spin off series we got to see this transformation. In all its beautifully drawn detail. Seriously, not a single bad looking panel from start to climax, at least that seems to be the case to my untrained eye.

I know, I know, you want me to give details, to tell you what happens, to be specific, but I just cant. Not because I don't want to, but because you need to read it for yourself. You really need to read it, it is, in my opinion at least, one of the finest comic books of recent years, it shows how truly cosmic Marvel can be. It has everything, violence, bugs, superpowers of a cosmic scale, humour, a bucket shaped helmet, unbelievable team ups, true tragedy, surprises and even sex. Yep, ole' Richie goes and gets the girl, or to be more accurate the deadliest woman in the universe goes and gets him.

What Would Doom Do you ask? He would read this series so hard it would melt in his hands, then start drawing Nova and writing his name in a girly school crush kinda way. I encourage you to do the same. What's the worst that could happen?