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Issue: Nova #1
Publication Date: September 1976
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Issues: #1 of 21 Issues (44 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 06/15/1976
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860235209
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the Comic Reader #131.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 4 times as/in other Issues.
reprinted 7 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagEssential Nova #1 published January 2006 as Nova #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagNova: Richard Rider Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2022
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
Indicia
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Nova [Richard Rider]; Zorr
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAnnihilation Classic #[nn] published January 2008
In Issue: FlagNova #1 published January 2008
In Content Item: FlagEssential Nova #1 published January 2006
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]recolored; new trade dress
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #3 published January 2012
as Nova #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagNova Classic #1 published January 2013
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]new trade dress
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover is credited in Marv Wolfman's editorial (in issue # 2?) to Rich Buckler and Joe Sinnott.
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Nova

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Nova [Richard Rider] (introduction, origin); Zorr; Centurion Nova-Prime; Charles Rider; Gloria Rider; Robert Rider; Bernie Dillon; Roger "Caps" Cooper; Ginger Jaye; Mike Burley; Donna-Lee Dover
Synopsis: In orbit around Earth, the wounded Centurion Nova-Prime chooses a successor to assume his abilities -- high school student Richard Rider. Rich assumes the costumed identity of Nova and has to battle Centurion Nova-Prime's greatest foe, the conqueror Zorr.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAnnihilation Classic #[nn] published January 2008
In Issue: FlagNova Classic #1 published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagGli Eterni #1 published March 1978
as Nova [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Nova #1 published January 2006
as Nova [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #3 published January 2012
as Nova [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: JV224
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Synopsis: Information on how this series was created and the creative people involved.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #3 published January 2012
as Nova Newsline! [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes 1/3 page illustration of the principal characters.

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