Nova #19
(May 1978)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-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
0714860235205
Editing
Marv Wolfman (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (associate editor); Roger Stern (credited) (assistant editor); Ralph Macchio (credited) (assistant editor); Jo Duffy (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

His Name Is Blackout! His Business Is Murder! (Table of Contents)

Nova / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman ?
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Tom Palmer
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Nova; Blackout
Reprints

Blackout Means Business, and His Business Is Murder! (Table of Contents: 1)

Nova / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (credited) (breakdowns); Tom Palmer (credited) (finished art)
Inks
Tom Palmer (credited)
Colors
Michele Wolfman (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

Job Number
C-537
Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Nova [also appears as Richard Rider]; Blackout [Marcus Daniels] (introduction); Ginger Jaye; Dr. Croit
Synopsis
Marcus Daniels seeks revenge for the accident that turned him into the super-powered Blackout, but he seemingly disintegrates in a battle with Nova.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

In one panel a student in the hallway named Wally discusses someone named Barry "slowing him down", an Easter Egg for readers of the Flash with the student intended to be Wally West.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Nova Newsline! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Randall Marion, Al Schroeder III and Mike De Leon.

Marvel Bullpen Bulletins (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited) (signed as Stan); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

A Glutton for Gold (Table of Contents: 4)

Hostess Twinkies; Thor / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Rosen

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Thor; Sif; Gudrun the Golden
Synopsis
Obsessed with gold, Gudrun steals and hoards Asgardian gold. Thor and Sif use the "golden goodness" of Hostess Twinkies to entrap him.
Keywords
gold
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. His Name Is Blackout! His Business Is Murder!
    Nova
  2. 1. Blackout Means Business, and His Business Is Murder!
    Nova
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Nova Newsline!
  4. 3. Marvel Bullpen Bulletins
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. A Glutton for Gold
    Hostess Twinkies; Thor
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore