History YMMV / NOVA

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Cosmo, who debuted in two issues of Nova's fourth series and was so popular he became a regular character in ''GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.

* HateDumb: Sam's haters do come off as this at times. Long story short, in any place where Sam is disliked, don't be surprised if any mention about Nova has at least one hater expressing their dislike for Sam, even if it's irrelevant to the discussion at hand or adds absolutely nothing to the discussion at hand.

** Richard Rider himself for the Marvel Universe in general. He was originally a C-list version of GreenLantern before Keith Giffen and DnA turned him into a major character in the cosmic side of the Marvel Universe and gained a cult following among Marvel fans.

* BaseBreaker: Sam Alexander, ''at best.'' While some fans have been willing to give him a chance, others don't want anything to do with him.

* CreatorsPet: The haters of Sam Alexander see the character as this. The fact he was named after Jeph Loeb's son doesn't help.

* CompleteMonster: Strontian, making her defeat by Richard even more satisfying.

* ReplacementeScrappy: Sam Alexander seems to have become one.

* MyRealDaddy: DanAbnett and Andy Lanning - their take on the character forced everybody else to stop treating him as an inexperienced rookie

* HoYay: With Quasar. Don't deny it, it's there.
** And with SilverSurfer, thanks to that cover where they looks like they're dancing.

* MyRealDaddy: DanAbnett and Andy Lanning - their take on the character forced everybody else to stop treating him as an inexperienced rookie.
* ReplacementScrappy: Sam Alexander for Richard Rider - After a mass of character development, becoming a cornerstone of Marvel's cosmic stories, and popular enough to appear in ''[[MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3]]'' and receive talk of a movie adapting the character to the the big screen, everything was seemingly thrown out of the window ''just'' so they could have a new rookie Nova instead. This isn't helped by the fact that when [[spoiler:Rider was trapped in the Cancerverse at the end of ''TheThanosImperative'', he'd pulled the entirety of the Nova Force from the rest of the Nova Corps to hold Thanos at bay, which has people asking ''how'' Sam is even a member of the Corps when there's no Nova Force to give him his powers]].
** It doesn't help that the first issue to flesh out Sam's personality has raised ([[FanDumb rather exaggerated]]) fears of him being a FadSuper due to him briefly mentioning that he enjoys dubstep music while trying to take his mind off the fact that the Phoenix Force is right behind him.
** And then it turned out that Sam Alexander was [[CanonImmigrant initially created for]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'', rather than simply using Richard Rider. Though, considering [[JerkAss how the show]] [[LeeroyJenkins portrays him]], this was probably for the better.

** And then it turned out that Sam Alexander was [[CanonImmigrant initially created for]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'', rather than simply using Richard Rider. Though, considering how the show portrays him, this was probably for the better.

** And then it turned out that Sam Alexander was [[CanonImmigrant initially created for]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'', rather than simply using Richard Rider. Though, considering how the show portrays him, this was probably for the better.

* CompleteMonster: Stronian, making her defeat by Richard even more satisfying.

* MemeticMutation: "I ripped Anihillus guts off. What have X done lately?"

** And then it turned out that Sam Alexander was [[CanonImmigrant initially created for]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'', rather than simply using Richard Rider.

* MemeticMutation: "I ripped Anihillus guts of. What have X done lately?"

* ReplacementScrappy: Sam Alexander for Richard Rider - After a mass of character development, becoming a cornerstone of Marvel's cosmic stories, and popular enough to appear in ''[[MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3]]'' & receive talk of a movie adapting the character to the the big screen, everything was seemingly thrown out of the window ''just'' so they could have a new rookie Nova instead. This isn't helped by the fact that when [[spoiler:Rider was trapped in the Cancerverse at the end of ''TheThanosImperative'', he'd pulled the entirity of the Nova Force from the rest of the Nova Corps to hold Thanos at bay, which has people asking ''how'' Sam is even a member of the Corps when there's no Nova Force to give him his powers]].

** It doesn't help that the first issue to flesh out Sam's personality has raised ([[FanDumb rather exaggerated]]) fears of him being a FadSuper due to him briefly mentioning that he enjoys dubstep music while trying to take his mind off the fact that the Phoenix Force is right behind him.

** It doesn't help that the first issue to flesh out Sam's personality has raised ([[FanDumb rather exaggerated]]) fears of him being a FadSuper due to him briefly mentioning that he enjoys dubstep music while trying to take his mind off the fact that the all consuming Phoenix Force is right behind him.

* ReplacementScrappy: Sam Alexander for Richard Rider - After a mass of character development, becoming a cornerstone of Marvel's cosmic stories, and popular enough to appear in ''[[MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3]]'' & receive talk of a movie adapting the character to the the big screen, everything was seemingly thrown out of the window ''just'' so they could have a new rookie Nova instead. This isn't helped by the fact that when [[spoiler:Rider was trapped in the Cancerverse at the end of ''TheThanosImperative'', he'd pulled the entirity of the Nova Force from the rest of the Nova Corps to hold Thanos at bay, which has people asking ''how'' Sam is even a member of the Corps when there's no Nova Force to give him his powers]].

* MyRealDaddy: DanAbnett and Andy Lanning - their take on the character forced everybody else to stop treating him as an inexperienced rookie.

** And with SilverSurfer, thanks to that cover where they looks like they're dancing.

* FetishFuel: Gamora, blue blazes, Gamora.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Cosmo, who debuted in two issues of Nova's fourth series and was so popular he became a regular character in GuardiansOfTheGalaxy.