History Characters / Nova

* NamesTheSame: There was a female Galactus Herald named Nova. They aren't related in any way.

* LastOfHisKind: So far, Firelord (Pyreus Kril) and Air-Walker(Gabriel Lan) were two known Xandarians left in the galaxy.
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[[folder: Queen Adora]]
The last known Suzerain, Xandarian Queen, before the final ending of their race in AnnihilationWave.
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* BodyBackupDrive: In NewWarriors, she was resurrected along with other Xandarians when Richard Rider used Garthan Saal's Nova Force on the cloning facility.
* HappilyMarried: To Tarnak Valt.
* The High Queen: Well, a Suzerain to be precise.
* HotConsort
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! Supernovas
[[folder: In General]]
* ColorMotif: In addition to providing contrast with Nova Corp's golden color, [[spoiler: most of their members are all evil during its formation.]]
* [[spoiler: DirtyCop: Began as this trope.]]
* {{Elite Army}}: Supernovas were not only black operations for Novacorps but also shown to be more powerful than Nova Centurion. [[spoiler: Due to Jesse Alexander's undercover operation that took down their leader Adomox and reformed them into part of the Novacorps]]
* {{Foil}}: to the [[SpaceCop NovaCorps]].
* FaceHeelTurn / [[FallenHero Fallen Heroes]]: [[spoiler: Initially, they are a group of rogue Novas turned to life of crime. Except [[TheMole Jesse Alexander]].]]
* WalkingSpoiler
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[[folder: Adomox]]
* TheCasino: ran one of these after his time as Supernovas.
* [[spoiler: DirtyCop: Leader of one too.]]
* DrunkWithPower: His main reason behind forming Supernovas.
* FatBastard: What he had become.
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[[folder: Titus]]
* BashBrothers: Used to be friends with Jesse Alexander.
* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler: Except he was the one who was abandoned.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Now an associate of Chitauri until his death.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: He allowed Jesse to escape, based on Jesse's account [[spoiler: that turned out to be false since Jesse performed ScrewThisImOuttaHere in an escape from Chitauris.]]
* IsThatWhatHeToldYou: [[spoiler: In his version and reality, Titus told Sam that his dad abandoned his squad in a middle of an [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere escape]] to return to his family on Earth.]]
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! Supernovas
[[folder: In General]]
* ColorMotif: In addition to providing contrast with Nova Corp's golden color, [[spoiler: most of their members are all evil during its formation.]]
* [[spoiler: DirtyCop: Began as this trope.]]
* {{Elite Army}}: Supernovas were not only black operations for Novacorps but also shown to be more powerful than Nova Centurion. [[spoiler: Due to Jesse Alexander's undercover operation that took down their leader Adomox and reformed them into part of the Novacorps]]
* {{Foil}}: to the [[SpaceCop NovaCorps]].
* FaceHeelTurn / [[FallenHero Fallen Heroes]]: [[spoiler: Initially, they are a group of rogue Novas turned to life of crime. Except [[TheMole Jesse Alexander]].]]
* WalkingSpoiler

[[folder: Adomox]]
* TheCasino: ran one of these after his time as Supernovas.
* [[spoiler: DirtyCop: Leader of one too.]]
* DrunkWithPower: His main reason behind forming Supernovas.
* FatBastard: What he had become.

* {{Deconstruction}}: He began his work as a Nova as a [[KidHero teenager]] and possibly a [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld Highschool student]]; however, his job affected his personal life and never graduated from Highschool as a result. Thus his then-current stint as a janitor and disillusionment from his son.

* [[DatingWhatDaddyHates Dating What Mommy Hates]]: He chose Eva (mostly based on her "troublemaker" status rather than MalignedMixedMarriage) and ended up getting disconnected from his mother ever since.
* DisappearedDad: The main starter of Sam Alexander's role as Supernovas

* [[ButNotTooBlack But Not Too Latino]]: His father is Caucasian while his mother is a Latina.

* FantasticReligiousWeirdness: Used this trope to decline membership into Avengers due to Thor being a Pagan god that is against his possibly Catholic beliefs.

* HeroicSacrifice: He allowed Jesse to escape, based on Jesse's account [[spoiler: that turned out to be false since he performed ScrewThisImOuttaHere in an escape from Chitauris.]]

* [[spoiler: OutlivingOnesOffspring: She lost her son Richard Rider in Annihilation Wave.]]

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Tried one and later got dumped.

[[folder: Karl Mophet]]

** Even he dressed as Agent Venom, Flash Thompson's persona, for Halloween to further emphasize his similarity.

! Supernovas
[[folder: In General]]
* ColorMotif: In addition to providing contrast with Nova Corp's golden color, [[spoiler: most of their members are all evil during its formation.]]
* [[spoiler: DirtyCop: Began as this trope.]]
* {{Elite Army}}: Supernovas were not only black operations for Novacorps but also shown to be more powerful than Nova Centurion. [[spoiler: Due to Jesse Alexander's undercover operation that took down their leader Adomox and reformed them into part of the Novacorps]]
* {{Foil}}: to the [[SpaceCop NovaCorps]].
* FaceHeelTurn / [[FallenHero Fallen Heroes]]: [[spoiler: Initially, they are a group of rogue Novas turned to life of crime. Except [[TheMole Jesse Alexander]].]]
* WalkingSpoiler

[[folder: Adomox]]
* TheCasino: ran one of these after his time as Supernovas.
* [[spoiler: DirtyCop: Leader of one too.]]
* DrunkWithPower: His main reason behind forming Supernovas.
* FatBastard: What he had become.

* Housewife: until the disappearance of Jesse.

The father of Sam and Kaelynn Alexander, and the husband of Eva Alexander. He used to be a member of Supernovas, a black ops division [[spoiler: or rather what they used to be until they turned to crime]] of Novacorps.

* TheAlcoholic

** GeniusDitz: According to his principal, he was able to read a morse-code book that was left in the library for 25 years.

* IHaveNoSon: He kicked out Richard Rider in disapproval of his career as Nova.

* [[spoiler: OutlivingOnesOffspring: She lost her son Richard Rider.]]

* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals

* Housewife: until the disappearance of Jesse

** RebuiltPedestal: [[spoiler: A double subversion. Sam later discover that he was actually a real Nova but his group of Nova became nothing more than a gang of thieves and murderers. However, it was revealed that he was actually TheMole for the Nova Corps on their activities.]]

* ColorMotif: In addition to providing contrast with Nova Corp's golden color, [[spoiler: most of their members are all evil.]]
* [[spoiler: DirtyCop]]
* {{Elite Army}}: [[spoiler: used to be.]]

* FaceHeelTurn / [[FallenHero Fallen Heroes]]: [[spoiler: At some point, they turned to life of crime. Except [[TheMole Jesse Alexander]].]]

* UnreliableNarrator: Whether his stories on both Supernovas and Jesse Alexander are up in the air.

* EvilFormerFriend

! Sam Alexander Nova

[[folder:Sam Alexander]]

The current Nova.

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: Half Latino taking the spotlight as the new Nova after Richard Rider's HeroicSacrifice.
* [[spoiler: BearerOfBadNews: Nova Volume 5, Issue 29; he felt sorrow over delivering the news on demise of Richard Rider to his parents.]]
* BerserkButton: DO NOT threaten Sam's family ever.
** Never threaten to take Sam Alexander's helmet.
* BigBrotherInstinct: to Kaelynn.
* CanonImmigrant: The second Nova, Sam Alexander, was created for the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series. He appeared in the comics first thanks to the lengthy production cycle.
* CharacterDevelopment: later becoming less arrogant and more responsible in his actions.
* TheDitz
* {{Expy}}: Sam Alexander is intended to be an homage to both Spider-Man and Nova's (Richard's) early years.
* LeeroyJenkins: His stint as a member of New Warriors
* MixedAncestry: Half Latino and Half White.

[[folder:Kaelynn Alexander]]

The younger sister of Sam Alexander
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Though not as annoying as usual, [[spoiler: she did accidentally destroy a wall after wearing Nova's helmet.]]
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals
* MixedAncestry: like Sam, she's part Latino and part white.

[[folder:Eva Alexander]]

The mother of Sam and Kaelyn Alexander. Wife of Jesse Alexander.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Both Eva and Jesse were dating when they were at Sam's age.
* HappilyMarried: She and Jesse's marriage seem to be cohesive despite the latter's alcoholism.

[[folder:Jesse Alexander]]

The father of Sam and Kaelynn Alexander, and the husband of Eva Alexander. He used to be a member of Supernovas, a black ops division [[spoiler: or rather what they used to be until they turned to crime]] of Novacorps.
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* TheAlcoholic
* BrokenPedestal: To Sam Alexander, who later disillusioned with his stories from his inept duty as a janitor and may have made it up to cope with his life.
** RebuiltPedestal: [[spoiler: A double subversion. Sam later discover that he was actually a real Nova but his group of Nova became nothing more than a gang of thieves and murderers. However, it was revealed that he was actually TheMole for the Nova Corps on their activities.]]
* {{Deconstruction}}: He began his work as a Nova as a [[KidHero teenager]] and possibly a [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld Highschool student]]; however, his job affected his personal life and never graduated from Highschool as a result. Thus his then-current stint as a janitor and disillusionment from his son.
* DisappearedDad: The main starter of Sam Alexander's role as Supernovas
* HappilyMarried: to Eva.
* [[spoiler: MadeASlave: His former Black Nova gang later caught him and sold him to Chitauri as a gladiator.]]
** [[spoiler: However, he escaped from Chitauris via a SlaveRevolt and escaped to Knowhere.]]
* RetiredBadass: A {{Deconstruction}}; his then-current and inept job as a janitor and alcoholism showed his inability to adapt to civilian life after many years as a Nova.
* ShellShockedVeteran: His alcoholism may stem from his years as a Nova Centurion [[spoiler: along with working as TheMole in Supernovas]]

! Supernovas
[[folder: In General]]
* ColorMotif: In addition to providing contrast with Nova Corp's golden color, [[spoiler: most of their members are all evil.]]
* [[spoiler: DirtyCop]]
* {{Elite Army}}: [[spoiler: used to be.]]
* {{Foil}}: to the [[SpaceCop NovaCorps]].
* FaceHeelTurn / [[FallenHero Fallen Heroes]]: [[spoiler: At some point, they turned to life of crime. Except [[TheMole Jesse Alexander]].]]
* WalkingSpoiler

[[folder: Adomox]]
* TheCasino: ran one of these after his time as Supernovas.
* [[spoiler: DirtyCop: Leader of one too.]]
* DrunkWithPower: His main reason behind forming Supernovas.
* FatBastard: What he had become.
* UnreliableNarrator: Whether his stories on both Supernovas and Jesse Alexander are up in the air.

* [[spoiler: BearerOfBadNews: Nova Volume 5, Issue 29; he felt sorrow over delivering the demise of Richard Rider to his parents.]]

* BerserkButton: Do not harm his mom or sister.

** RebuiltPedestal: [[spoiler: A double subversion. Sam later discover that he was actually a real Nova but his group of Nova were thieves and murderers. Finally, it was revealed that he was actually TheMole for the Nova Corps on their activities.]]
* HappilyMarried: to Eva
* RetiredBadass: A {{Deconstruction}}; his then-current job as a janitor and inability to adapt to civilian life after many years as a Nova.
* ShellShockedVeteran: His alcoholism may stem from his years as a Nova Centurion [[spoiler: along with working as TheMole in Supernovas]]

* Fat Bastard: What he had become.

The father of Sam and Kaelynn Alexander, and the husband of Eva Alexander. He used to be a member of Supernovas, a black ops division [[or rather what they used to be until they turned to crime]] of Novacorps.

** RebuiltPedestal: [[spoiler: A rare triple subversion. Sam later discover that he was actually a real Nova but his group of Nova were thieves and murderers. Finally, it was revealed that he was actually TheMole for the Nova Corps on their activities.]]