

Cover Credits |
Penciller:
John Buscema Inker: Joe Sinnott |
Title: Essential Nova Vol. 1 TPB
Publication Date: 2006
(On Sale: March 29, 2006)
Format: 512-Page Trade Paperback
Cover Price: $16.99
Collection Group: Marvel Essentials
Contents: Nova #1-25, Amazing Spider-Man #171, and Marvel Two-in-One Annual #3
Stories:
Nova: "Nova" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) John Buscema (Penciller) Joe Sinnott (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Michele Wolfman (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #1 (1976)Nova: "The First Night of... the Condor" (18 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) John Buscema (Penciller) Joe Sinnott (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Michele Wolfman (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #2 (1976)Nova: "The Deadly Diamondhead Is Ready to Strike" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Tom Palmer (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Michele Wolfman (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #3 (1976)Nova: "Nova Against the Mighty Thor" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Tom Palmer (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Denise Wohl (Vladimer) (Letterer) Michele Wolfman (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #4 (1976)Nova: "Evil Is the... Earth-Shaker" (18 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Tom Palmer (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer) Michele Wolfman (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #5 (1977)Nova: "And So... the Sphinx" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Frank Giacoia (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Marie Severin (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #6 (1977)Nova: "War in Space" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Frank Giacoia (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer) Michele Wolfman (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #7 (1977)Nova: "When Megaman Comes Calling -- Don't Answer" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Frank Giacoia (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Michele Wolfman (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #8 (1977)Nova: "Fear in the Funhouse" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Frank Giacoia (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer) Glynis Wein (Oliver) (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #9 (1977)Nova: "Four Against the Sphinx" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Frank Giacoia (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Bruce D. Patterson (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #10 (1977)Nova: "Nova No More" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Frank Giacoia (Inker) Gaspar Saladino (Letterer) Marie Severin (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #11 (1977)Nova: "The Man Called Photon?" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Frank Giacoia (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Glynis Wein (Oliver) (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #12 (1977)Spider-Man: "Photon Is Another Name for...?" (17 pages)
Len Wein (Writer) Ross Andru (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Glynis Wein (Oliver) (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Amazing Spider-Man #171 (1977)Nova: "Watch Out World, the Sandman Is Back" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Joe Sinnott (Inker) Annette Kawecki (Letterer) Phil Rachelson (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #13 (1977)Nova: "Massacre at Truman High" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Dick Giordano (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer) Michele Wolfman (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #14 (1977)Nova: "The Fury Before the Storm" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Carmine Infantino (Penciller) Tom Palmer (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer) Irene Vartanoff (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #15 (1977)Nova: "Death Is -- the Yellow Claw" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Carmine Infantino (Penciller) Tom Palmer (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Irene Vartanoff (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #16 (1977)Nova: "Tidal Wave" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Carmine Infantino (Penciller) Tom Palmer (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Irene Vartanoff (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #17 (1978)Nova: "The Final Showdown" (11 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Carmine Infantino (Penciller) Tony DeZuniga (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Irene Vartanoff (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #18 (1978)Nova: "Beginnings" (7 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Carmine Infantino (Penciller) Tony DeZuniga (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Mary Titus (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #18 (1978)Nova: "Blackout Means Business, and His Business Is Murder" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Carmine Infantino (Penciller) Tom Palmer (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Michele Wolfman (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #19 (1978)Thing/Nova: "When Strike the Monitors" (34 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Frank Giacoia (Inker) David Hunt (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Phil Rachelson (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Marvel Two-in-One Annual #3 (1978)Nova: "At Last -- the Inner Circle" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Carmine Infantino (Penciller) David Hunt (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) George Roussos (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #20 (1978)Nova: "The Shocking Secret of Nova" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) John Buscema (Penciller) Bob McLeod (Inker) Josef Rubinstein (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer) Bob Sharen (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #21 (1978)Nova: "The Coming of the Comet" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Carmine Infantino (Penciller) Steve Leialoha (Inker) Gaspar Saladino (Letterer) Carl Gafford (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #22 (1978)Nova: "From the Dregs of Defeat" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Carmine Infantino (Penciller) Terry Austin (Inker) James R. Novak (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #23 (1979)Nova: "The New Champions" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Carmine Infantino (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) James R. Novak (Letterer) Nelson Yomtov (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #24 (1979)Nova: "Invasion of the Body Changers" (17 pages)
Marv Wolfman (Writer) Carmine Infantino (Penciller) Klaus Janson (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Glynis Wein (Oliver) (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Nova #25 (1979)
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