Comments on: Marvel NOW! Next Big Thing: Jeph Loeb on NOVA

By: kocaeli

kocaeli — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:55:26 +0000

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By: JPII

JPII — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:06:14 +0000

I hate they are using someone other than Richard. Peter Quill survived Imperative, why not Richard. If Loeb loved Rich and Nova so much, he could have gone the route of Bendis, and just explain how Richard survived. But, of course, he has his own motives.

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:53:27 +0000

Are they ever going to explain how StarLord survived The Thanos Imperative along with Drax? I really hope they don’t ignore those events.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:39:13 +0000

Somebody needs to explain why this is a $3.99 book. While I picked up all the DnA books, I won’t be parting with $3.99 for this one.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 05:39:28 +0000

I hope to see Loeb write at the caliber of Long Halloween someday.

Long Halloween was straight trash, but people didn’t notice because he filled it with a lot of familiar Batman tropes. But make no mistake about it: it was trash.

He’s written plenty of stuff of the Long Halloween caliber recently, from his Ultimates run to his Red Hulk stuff. His stuff has always been trash, he’s just gotten worse at hiding it.

By: Ivan_Mtl

Ivan_Mtl — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:14:54 +0000

Richard Rider is Nova. I bought the original series off the newstands as a young boy, and I have absolutely no desire to see a revamp/recasting of the character/series. I’ll just pull out my originals and enjoy them all over again.

By: Kamereon

Kamereon — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:57:48 +0000

After the last few, not sure how else to put it, wretched stories and ideas from this team – I can’t/won’t pick this book up. I’m trying to be less negative, so I’ll finish with two positives:

I hope to see Loeb write at the caliber of Long Halloween someday. It would be nice to see this team do an all ages book, a lot of the stories and artwork from these two would lend themselves well to children’s stories.

By: stiv

stiv — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 21:51:35 +0000

Does Paula Broadwell sleep with Tony Stark? Find out in this very issue

By: RES

RES — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:27:28 +0000

I agree, bring back Rich Rider. Nova is not Nova without Rich Rider. I and a lot of other readers are looking for Rider to don the costume, and would like to see the original 70′s look with Rider, not some unknown kid in a revamp costume. it is amazing that Marvel is doing the Marvel Now relaunch/reboot and going back the original characters that made Marvel what it is today.

It appears that, change a charater and get more readers. Not me. i will continue to read the original charaters instead of the new Marvel Now. As for Loeb, he and Bendis are just so preditable in their writing. Nothing new, just a long predictable story that takes years to tell, and causes people to spend $3.99 per book to read and with no real bang for the buck.

Marvel has lost me on the new Marvel Now relaunch/reboot with mindless crap.

By: Tyson

Tyson — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:04:26 +0000

I will say the costume looks great, but, I have no interest in a Nova title with no Rider in it.

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:56:59 +0000

I’m sure there are plenty of Nova fans who want to see Richard Rider back. Abnett and Lanning did amazing things with the character. Loeb’s “heartbreaking” comment seems to imply Rider’s death is done deal…which we all know isn’t the case in comics. Loeb claims to be a fan of the character and, when given the chance to write him, he replaces him? I hope he isn’t a big fan of any other characters with a devoted fan base…

By: Jann Wilt

Jann Wilt — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:30:18 +0000

Loeb called where Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning took the character “absolutely epic and heartbreaking.”

By: Scott Mateo

Scott Mateo — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:57:24 +0000

Make Sam Kid Nova and give him Rich’s old New Warriors costume?

By: NovaPrimal74

NovaPrimal74 — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:33:16 +0000

I am glad to see that I am not the only one who wants Rich back. To me he is and will be the only true Nova.

By: Androoo

Androoo — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:13:41 +0000

Totally agree with you guys. If StarLord’s back, why not Rich? And it would be cool to see him mentor this new Nova. It could be win-win.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:48:30 +0000

I agree, bring back Richard Rider! I don’t want to “start over” again with “Nova”, I don’t want all that character development with the franchise to be tossed.

By: Mechagamera

Mechagamera — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:27:22 +0000

Dennis,

If they hadn’t brought back Starlord, I would say he deserved to go out as a hero of the universe, like Capt. Mar-vell, but since Starlord is back, I agree with you wholeheartedly. At least make him Nova Prime.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:09:23 +0000

Bring back Rich Rider! you can keep Sam just bring back rich i mean if the GL can have 5 on earth the Nova Corps can have 2