NOVA

Real Name:

Richard Rider

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Active

Additional Status Info:

Nova Corps

Category:

Science-Based Mutate

Alias:

Nova Prime, Kid Nova.

Nationality:

American

First Appearance:

Nova (1st series) #1

Powers & Abilities:

superhuman strength, endurance, durability, subluminal speed, flight, gravimetric force produces light, force blasts, coherent beams, protective or containment force fields, warps space for superluminal travel, universal translator, sensors, scanning and targeting enhancements

Affiliation:

New Warriors, Secret Avengers, Nova Corps, Guardians of the Galaxy (616), Secret Defenders, Champions of Xandar, Galactic Council, Brotherhood of Arakko

Avengers Membership:

Recruited by Steve Rogers in I Am An Avenger #3 and Secret Avengers (1st series) #1.

Notes:

After fighting in the Skrull-Xandar War, Nova originally gave up his powers to return home from space in Rom #24. Night Thrasher dropped him off a building in New Warriors (1st series) #1, kick-starting his dormant abilities. After showing dereliction of duty to the Nova Corps whem he prioritized protecting Earth, Rich's powers were stripped from him by Garthan Saal, Nova Omega, in Nova (2nd series) #18. He reclaimed his powers from a dying Saal in New Warriors #75.

Rich was intermittently referred to as "Kid Nova" by the public after he resurfaced in Thor (1st series) #411, until around New Warriors #15 when he returned to his classic costume. He briefly reassumed the Kid Nova moniker in New Warriors (2nd series) #1-7.

Nova and Star-Lord were believed dead in the collapsing Cancerverse fighting Thanos in Thanos Imperative #6. He fully returned in Nova (7th series) #1.

Last Updated:

27th January 2025 by Monolith