Nova 2: Rookie Season Paperback – March 31, 2014

Nova is a hidden gem in Marvel right now that no one really knows about because it's not a big-screen hit. It's an obscure series like Guardians of the Galaxy used to be. It's some of the best writing in Marvel right now too. This book collects issues 6-10 of the new Nova comic series.My two favorite books before the GOTG hit the big screen last year was Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova. There are plenty of crossovers between Guardians and Nova because they are often found in the same galactic battles.Sam is given a great voice of a teenager looking to find out who he is as both Nova and Sam. I'm reading the series with my 12-year-old son and its one of the comic series out there that you don't have to worry about graphic or suggest sexual content popping up out of nowhere.

Book was like new. Great [lace to get used comics, very very pleased!!!

I’m the rare comic book follower who has a history with Spiderman. I owned the original when I was twelve. Marvel rebooted the title and the new Ultimate Peter Parker was a breath of freshness with his teenaged doubts and problems. He only came alive when he was swinging through the canyons of Manhattan or ass-whooping some bad. Ultimate Spiderman and Peter Parker were both entertaining. I think Peter clinging upside down from the ceiling in his boxers with a huge smile on his mug captured the spirit of the series for me.The new Nova promises to deliver that magic back. The old joke when other heroes and villains alike ask Sam, our new Nova, “Hey wait a minute. How old are you?” or Sam’s statements like, “I have to ask my Mom.” or “I struck-up a personal relationship with a god named Thor, Is that a religion?” I love Sam’s insecurity when chasing robbers in clown outfits and realizing that he’s not really sure what to do when he catches up to them or how this is done. He’s meant to be out in space with the power to battle Thanos. Breaking up bar fights and squabbles for his power level are like swatting flies with a sledgehammer. Yet he, like Ultimate Peter Parker, has no real mentor. The mistakes he makes are fun and a little dumb but in an entertaining way. And I love that he’s Hispanic without culture message being overbearing.Writer Zeb Wells and artists Paco Medina and Carlo Barberi do a great job. In the old Batman/Robin/Superman days, Robin looked like a shorter version of adults; huge chests, muscles and self-confidence to match. Sam is not drawn a skinny teen but energetic and full of life. Like Ultimate Spiderman of old, he’s a bit of a wiseguy and admits his doubts when he is getting in over his head.LIke some comments from others, it’s ten issues in and nothing really has happened. Sam’s wondering why there is no welcoming parade for him on fifth avenue in NYC. or respect for him in Los Angeles. Its a fun aside but could be trimmed down to get to a REALLY EXCITING FIGHT THAT IS COMING where he saved his Mom and sister from a really bad space bitch. The introduction of Speedball and Justice is fun- we all have had friends who inserted themselves into our lives uninvited but Sam/Nova needs to get into space, he’s just too big for Arizona and we all know it.I have picked-up these two Nova graphic novels and have ordered the third. The new Nova promises to be a great series if Marvel learns its lessons from doomed series like ‘The Runaways’ and ‘Young Avengers’; More young adventurer and less CW teen soap opera with gay overtones.

He is no Richard Rider but I have high hopes for this youngster.

I really enjoyed the first book and second book is good to I did not know anything about nova but he is starting tı become one of my favorite marvel super hero

I give this a very strong 3-star rating. I think I could easily be convinced to bring my rating up to 4 stars. Zeb Wells dialogue for teenager Sam Alexander seems spot on, and really gives me a young Peter Parker vibe. I've been enjoying the story of this new Nova, and the addition of characters from the Teen Titan-like team, The New Warriors, was a good touch. I also like how Sam's family members(specifically his mom) are centrals figure in the series.I didn't like the fact that I felt like I was missing parts of the story. Somewhere, in some comic, Sam was asked to join the Avengers, but I don't really know where this happened. I've never read this.Sam is slowly coming into his own, and I'm enjoying that aspect of this book.Two of the issues inside are tie-ins to the 2013 Marvel event, "Infinity." As tie-ins go, I felt like they were well done.Another surprising member of the Nova cast has been The Watcher, and I really like the relationship that is developing between Uatu and Sam.This volume successfully made me want to read "The New Warriors" when that trade comes out.

Written by Zeb Wells (New Mutants, Carnage) with art by Ed McGuinness (Deadpool, Superman/Batman), Carlo Barberi (Deadpool, Guardians of Infinity) and David Lopez (Fallen Angel, All-New Wolverine), Nova Volume 2: Rookie Season collects Nova issues #6 through #10. Sam Alexander returns to Earth after some side adventures in space with the Avengers, only to find that not much has changed. His mom is still the boss at home, the school principal is still on his case for missing so many classes, and Moffett the school bully is still kicking his butt on the school grounds. And it turns out that there's a lot more to being a superhero than he ever expected as he tries to find his place in the world.It starts with Sam trying his luck in New York City, where he has a hilarious encounter with the Doc-Ock version of Spiderman. And where he learns that NYC is pretty much overrun with superheroes and doesn't need a new one.Note: one minor but not insignificant problem I have with the Nova series is that the art tends to vary quite a bit by artist when it comes to Sam's apparent age. He's supposed to be fifteen, but in some volumes/issues he looks like he's twelve and in others he looks like he's twenty and everything in between. The same problem tends to leak over to the other kid-characters like his kid sister, the other kids at school, guest characters like Justice and Speedball, and so on.That aside though, highly recommended as a good continuation in the development of the new Nova in the Marvel universe.

Product arrived in very good packaging and in good condition.

I'm, as one review said, a "younger reader". I have only been into comics for 3-4 years. Only really picking up the big events and the thing here and there. Sam/nova jumped out at me because it was a new hero which I was told was basically like reading space Spider-Man. I thought I'd pick it up and give it a go and I'm really enjoying it. I can understand fans who. Liked rider etc. not liking this. But, if like me, you've not been reading long. I think it's worth a pick up.

I like marvel stories there fun and inspiring for my imagination I think more people should enjoy one of my favourite marvel superheroes NOVA!