History of the Marvel Universe - Written by Mike O'Sullivan, Patrick Duke, Kevin Garcia Jacob Rougemont & Roger Ott, pencils by Various with cover by Scot Eaton.
Celebrating 50 years of the Marvel era of comics!
In 1961, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby changed the face of comics forever - and Marvel's been doing the same ever since! This amazing overview covers the tumultuous history of the Marvel Universe, from the introduction of the Fantastic Four to FEAR ITSELF - and everything in between!
An incredible walk down memory lane for longtime fans or the perfect primer for the uninitiated! Filled with hundreds of images from the superstars of five decades!
Rated All Ages - 48 pgs./$3.99 - On Sale November 30th
Defenders: Tournament of Heroes #1 - Written by David Anthony Kraft, art by Sal Buscema & Don Perlin with cover by John Romita Jr.
Who wants to be a Defender for a Day?
When the gregarious Dollar Bill takes out an ad for new Defenders, heroes from all walks of life heed the call! The real Defenders are swamped - but they might just need all the extra muscle to defeat the hordes of villains that have come out of the woodwork!
Collecting Defenders (1972) #62 - 65!
Rated T+ - 72 pgs./$5.99 - On Sale January 18th
Spider-Man & The New Warriors: The Hero Killers - Written by David Michelinie, Eric Fein, Tom Brevoort, Mike Kanterovich, Glenn Herdling,
Alan Barnum & Fabian Nicieza! Art by Scott McDaniel, Aaron Lopresti, Scott Kolins, Vince Evans, Tod Smith, Brandon Peterson & Steve Buccellato
with cover by Mark Bagley!
Spider-Man and the New Warriors delve into the mystery surrounding the disappearances of several super heroes - but their investigating leads them to more than they can handle when they witness the resurrection of the supremely powerful Sphinx!
Also included in this wondrous, web-filled volume are tales of the Black Cat, Cloak & Dagger and Venom!
Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #26; PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #12; WEB OF SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL 8 and NEW WARRIORS ANNUAL #2.
Rated T - 232 pgs./$24.99 - On Sale March 14th
 | Convention Giveaway for the Nova 2007 Series
Prior to the release of Nova #1 (2007), Marvel printed a preview of the series to be given out at comic conventions. The giveaway was four pages long including the cover and back cover (pictured).
The two remaining pages contained a written summary of the events of Annihilation and a single page from Nova #1. |
 | Unpublished Cover from Nova (2007) This is an unused original cover to Nova #17 v4. The artwork for this cover to #17 was done by Paul Davidson! |
 | Unpublished Cover to The Man Called Nova #7
This is the unused original cover to The Man Called Nova #7 by Dave Cockrum! On the cover, you can see the notes
from Marv Wolfman to Jack Kirby. Wolfman gave Kirby the work done by Cockrum with instructions on how he wanted a new version of the cover to look. Kirby's version
appeared as the cover to #7. Special thanks to Mark Levy for the scan!! |
 | Unpublished Art from New Defenders
This is an unpublished page to what appears to be a New Defenders series that never made publication. The art is by former Nova: The Human Rocket artist Joe Bennett.
The art features Namorita and BOTH Novas (Rich Rider and Frankie Raye)! Joe recalls: "This was a tryout for a new series called THE NEW DEFENDERS. It was a crazy dream of a mad man, that I did for a friend.
In the end to all this was a great big NO to the dream. I did two pages and a cover, I think almost 11 years ago (around 1997). It was never published by Marvel, they ignored it."
Special thanks to Peter Legare for the scan!! |
| Origin Of Nova's Starbursts.
In an e-mail exchange with Nova fan Andy Mokler, Nova's creator Marv Wolfman revealed the
meaning of the three starbursts that are on Nova's chest. Marv explained that "They symbolize the three worlds of his solar system that created the Nova Corps."
In a follow-up e-mail, I asked Marv about the big starburst on Nova's back and if it perhaps symbolized the sun of the Tranta System (the solar system of
Xandar). Marv's response to me was "No. it was just a design element, like Spider-Man's back spider."
Special thanks to Andy for sharing his information!!! |
| Unpublished Villain From Nova's First Series. Issue #15 of Marvel's official magazine, FOOM, talked about Marv Wolfman's early plans for Nova. It mentions that Nova was going to battle a villain tentatively named Disastro. Based on the magazine's description, this appears to have been the original name for Megaman. |
 | Nova artwork from the 1993 Marvel Super Heroes card. This is the artwork used in the 1993 Marvel Super Heroes card set. It was featured on the back of the Nova card (#19) which, in turn, was part of the nine cards that made up the New Warriors subset (see below). Art by Darick Robertson. This artwork is courtesy of marvel.com. |
 | Jim Shooter's Avengers/Korvac Sequel Outline This is the 19-page outline for Jim Shooter's sequel to the Avengers' Korvac Saga. Nova was to have a prominent role in the story. It featured the death of Rich Rider and the passing of the Nova Force to a new Nova! |
 | Full Artwork For The New Warriors Cards This is the full artwork used for the New Warriors cards in the Marvel Super Heroes card set. The nine-cards made up the New Warriors subset. This artwork is courtesy of marvel.com. Art by Darick Robertson. Thanks to David Gallaher for his assistance with the information! |
 | Nova Pin-Up Art This art piece by Chuck Wojeck was used in the 1998 role-playing game called the "Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game" which was published by TCR using the SAGA game rules. This artwork is courtesy of marvel.com. Thanks to Corey Blake and David Gallaher for the information about the art! |
 | Deadpool Almost Destroys The Marvel Universe This is page 2 from a Deadpool inventory story by Jim Caliafore. This art comes courtesy of the incredible X-Men web site; X-Fan. Of the available art, Nova is only seen in the page shown here. |
 | Nova #1 v.3 This is an unused page from Nova #1 of Erik Larsen's Nova series (v3). The pencils are by Joe Bennett and features Nova rescuing a young woman who fell from a building! |
 | Nova #5 v.3 This is an unused splash page from Nova #5 of Erik Larsen's Nova series (v3). The pencils are by Coy Turnbull! |
 | Nova #8 v.3 This is the unpublished cover of Nova #8 from Erik Larsen's Nova series (v3). The pencils are by Erik Larsen and inks are by Jerry Ordway. The cover features Nova battling Red Raven and his army of bird men. |
 | Marvel Comics Superheroes #1 Marvel Comics Superheroes #1 was a Style Guide from 1977 which was never published. The cover contains an collage of Marvel heroes taken from previously published art. The style guide folded out into 3 pages containing almost 40 different shots of Marvel heroes, including their logos! |
