Nova
#12
[30¢]
(August 1977)
Marvel,
1976 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860235208
- Editing
- Marv Wolfman (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Face to Face with Spider-Man
Nova / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Buscema; John Romita (alterations)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia; John Romita (alterations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Nova [Richard Rider]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Ralph Rider
- Reprints
-
in De spectaculaire Spider-Man [De spektakulaire Spiderman] (Juniorpress, 1979 series) #24 -
in L'Uomo Ragno Gigante (Editoriale Corno, 1976 series) #89 - in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #242
-
in Super Spider-Man (Marvel UK, 1976 series) #251 (30 November 1977) which is reprinted -
in Captain Britain Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021) [1/4 page size] -
in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #25 (1981) which is reprinted - in Essential Nova (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) [black and white]
- in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #8 ([2 May] 2007) [black and white]
- in Nova Classic (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 (2013)
-
Indexer Notes
Giacoia inks and Romita corrections provided by Nick Caputo (2006). The cover to this issue is featured in How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way.
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Who Is -- the Man Called Photon?
Nova / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Frank Giacoia (finished art)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Joe Rosen
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Nova [also appears as Richard Rider]; Photon (introduction); Spider-Man [also appears as Peter Parker]; Ralph Rider (death); Harry Daze; Jason Dean; Michael Lincoln; Franklin Risk; Charles Rider; Captain James Steele; Manners (butler)
- Synopsis
- Rich's uncle Ralph is murdered by Photon because of a secret chemical formula he was working on that several men were trying to acquire. Nova and Spider-Man team up to figure out the true identity of Photon.
- Reprints
- in Super Spider-Man (Marvel UK, 1976 series) #251 (30 November 1977) [Reprints pages 1-9. ], #252 (7 December 1977) [Reprints pages 10-17. Includes a new splash page. ]
-
in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #12 (10 janvier 1979) - in Gli Eterni (Editoriale Corno, 1978 series) #12 (Febbraio 1979)
- in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #25 (1981) which is reprinted
- in Essential Nova (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) [black and white]
- in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #8 ([2 May] 2007) [black and white]
- in Nova Classic (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 (2013)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #171 (August 1977).
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