Nova #2 Review

Writer: Jeff Loveness, Ramon Perez / Artist: Ramon Perez / Marvel Comics Now this is the shit I been talking about! Anytime a hero comes back from the dead and meets the person that’s been carrying on their legacy or their fight, it’s gotta be monumental. Richard Rider has been gone for eleven years. The status quo for a hero’s death, being replaced, then returning from the dead is usually like two years (Superior Spider-Man/Ultimate Spider-Man, anyone?) but Rider been out the game for a fucking decade. I know nobody stays dead, but damn. That being said, I was really happy to see the actual meeting between Richard Rider and Sam Alexander taking place this issue. Rich is dealing with some entity attacking him from out of nowhere, it seems he’s been followed from the Cancerverse, enter Sam Alexander coming to save the day. One of my favorite parts of this issue is the name Sam comes up with in dealing with this giant monster.

Sam sees the Nova he came to rescue wasn’t his father but actually the original last Nova, Richard Rider. We seem same question if this is really Rich after the alien is defeated then after the confirmation (and Rich meeting all the new legacy heroes) we get the best part of this issue in these two bonding. I am such a huge fan of characters actually staying dead in comic books and the fandom moving on to embrace the new blood… but I have t admit I love seeing the mentor come back and meet the new young gun that stepped up and took their spot. We see R…