History Characters / Nova

* OutOfFocus: Outside of his books, he tends to get the shaft, focus-wise, especially within the Sam/Kamala/Miles trio that is formed post Secret Wars. Becomes egregious when it ended up happening during the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers story arc that was ''supposed'' to be focused on and driven by ''Sam'' himself. See, also, TheUnfavorite below.
** Since the unfortunate [[CutShort cancellation]] of Loveness and Perez's run, Sam has been out of focus in the entire contemporary Marvel Universe. Where it not for Sam being in the ''[[ComicBook/Champions2016 Champions]], he's liable to be in ComicBookLimbo right about now.

** And with Richard's full return, this pops up again as other heroes flat out state that Richard is their favorite Nova while Sam is right next to them. They usually try to clarify that they don't consider Sam a bad Nova, but compared to the guy who singlehandedly killed Annihilus (another point which comes up a lot) it's kinda hard for the galaxy not to play favorites. Rich attempted to console him when this started to happen.

* DependingOnTheArtist: From before he became Nova to after and both in and outside of his uniform, Sam's height and physique (going from a short, slender kid with no real muscle definition, befitting of someone who's only exercise is casual skateboarding, to being taller and surprisingly cut and back again) waver depending on who is drawing his given appearance at the time. Sometimes drastically so.

* ChildhoodFriend: She met Sam in SeventhGrade.
** ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler: Issue 26 had both of them dating together]].

* TokenGoodTeammate: The most sympathetic one in Karl Moffet's group.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite that she and Sam started dating, she has not made any appearances or been mentioned at all in Volume 7.

* {{Expy}}: of early Spiderman's Flash Thompson
** Even he dressed as Agent Venom, Flash Thompson's current persona, for Halloween to further emphasize his similarity.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Along with Carrie, has not been mentioned in Volume 7 despite appearing frequently enough in the previous volume.

* DependingOnTheArtist: From before he became Nova to after and both in and outside of his uniform, Sam's height and physique (going from a slender kid with no real muscle definition, befitting of someone who's only exercise is casual skateboarding, to being surprisingly cut and back again) waver depending on who is drawing his given appearance at the time. Sometimes drastically so.

* LatinoIsBrown: Subverted, he was shown to be lighter skinned than his mother and sister, along with having blue eyes, the former being a notable contrast to his Ultimate Spider-Man appearance. A couple of the concept art pieces for the upcoming Nova Volume drawn by Ramon Perez, featuring both Sam and Richard, shows Sam with a complexion more inline with the [[http://cbr.imgix.net/2016/10/Nova-Designs-2-by-Ramon-Perez.png aforementioned]] [[http://cbr.imgix.net/2016/10/Nova-2-Cover-by-Ramon-Perez.jpg Ultimate Spider-Man look]], while [[http://cbr.imgix.net/2016/10/Nova-Designs-1-by-Ramon-Perez.jpg others]] show it to be [[http://cbr.imgix.net/2016/10/Nova-1-Cover-by-Ramon-Perez.png the same]] as it's always been in the comics. What will stick remains to be seen.

* MixedAncestry: Half Latino and Half White.

* TheUnfavorite: How he feels about himself in relation to his teammates in the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers line-up (something that even Richard has gone through at times). The various appearances of the trio of Sam/Kamala/Miles tend to lean towards implying this with whom the characters are shown to interact with and with how they are shown doing so.[[labelnote:Some examples:]]Kamala cameos early in Miles's book, with Sam nowhere to be seen. When Sam and Miles cameo in Kamala's book, Miles and his supporting cast are written into the story of the issue, with Sam being a flyby and literal cameo, with naught but a single line. Despite living the farthest away, he can travel easier and faster to either than even Miles and Kamala (sans Lockjaw) can to each other. In general, after a certain point past early ANAD Avengers, Sam is often made to come off as a third wheel to Miles and Kamala's interactions. [[/labelnote]] This becomes very apparent at the celebration party for taking down the Celestial Destroyer prior to ComicBook/CivilWarII; he was generally left out by the other teen heroes ''on his own team'', completely forgotten by Rogue and Jean Grey, and completely ignored by Iron Man. His closest friend on the team is Kamala Khan, and even then, the two [[VitriolicBestBuds still spend most of the time bickering with each other]], and Kamala spends just as much time with Miles as she does Sam even though Miles doesn't spend as much time with Sam as he does Kamala. Though by the time they found the Champions, he and Miles seem to have become close friends as they're seen being friendly and quipping with each other while the rest of their team either bickers or remains silent.
** Another of Sam's recurring plights that gets highlighted during ComicBook/CivilWarII is how he lacks a mentor figure. Ms. Marvel has Captain Marvel, Miles has both Peter and Tony (who were shown to have fought over his affections and attention at one point), but Sam doesn't have anyone. [[spoiler: Until late in his first post-Secret Wars run and the following run where he frees and gains Rich as an actual mentor.]]
*** His status as TheUnfavorite comes to a bit of a head near the end of his first post-Secret Wars book. [[spoiler:In Issue 9, he meets [[ComicBook/{{Nextwave}} The Captain]], who cynically tells Sam to suck it up on account of superheroing being a thankless and in turn pointless job. A couple of issues later, he happens upon his predecessor Richard, who, more encouragingly, tells him to suck it up because being a hero isn't about being noticed, but about doing what you know is right, even if it's hard. Though he may remain TheUnfavorite outside of his books, it remains to be seen if he'll continue to feel like TheUnfavorite once he teams up with Richard.]]
*** And with Richard's full return, this pops up again as other heroes flat out state that Richard is their favorite Nova while Sam is right next to them. They usually try to clarify that they don't consider Sam a bad Nova, but compared to the guy who singlehandedly killed Annihilus (another point which comes up a lot) it's kinda hard for the galaxy not to play favorites. Rich attempted to console him when this started to happen.

* MixedAncestry: Like Sam, she's part Latino and part white. Of note, her complexion is closer to her mother's.

* SecretKeeper: She held both Jesse and her son Sam's secret as Novas.

* TheAlcoholic: Though he did sober up after [[spoiler: being MadeASlave before leading a SlaveRevolt.]]

* MadeASlave: [[spoiler:His former Black Nova gang later caught him and sold him to the Chitauri as a gladiator. However, he escaped from the Chitauri via a SlaveRevolt, fleeing to Knowhere.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: During the ComicBook/Annihilation, she didn't appear in the comics during the (final) demise of Xandarians and Nova Corps. Though [[spoiler: the Worldmind's projections of its archives in Volume 7 of Nova]] showed her among the holograms of deceased Xandarians implied her tragedy.

The Suzerain, or the ruler, of Xandar

* HotConsort: She is pretty attractive and a spouse of Tanak.
* TookALevelInBadass: After the revival of the entire race, Adora had assumed as the Commander of the Nova Corps with her being imbued with Nova Force.

[[/folter]]

The creator of Nova Corps along with Nova Force.
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[[folder: Richard Rider]]

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: To [[Comicbook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]]. Both are everymen brought into a SpaceCop organisation and who end up fighting in large cosmic battles rather than performing everyday superheroics.

* TheUnfavorite: Not too bad as of late, but being almost painfully average in a family of geniuses and prodigies certainly gave off this vibe with his father. Interestingly, both he and his brother envied the other for their gifts.

Richard Rider's brother

* AloofBigBrother: Overshadowed by his brother's stint as Nova, Rob feels Rich comes off as this to him. After a point, Rich takes time to assure that he doesn't mean to come off as aloof to Rob, while also noting Rob's skill with the Nova Force is more than commendable.
* BigBrotherWorship: And this is despite Rob's misgivings towards his brother.

Richard Rider's father

* DisappearedDad: Revealed to have passed away between Nova volumes 6 and 7

* IHaveNoSon: He kicked out Richard in disapproval of his career as Nova and later regretted it. [[spoiler:When Sam brings home Rich's helmet, he's slumps down in tears.]]
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Although the fate of Rob isn't known, his son Richard performed a HeroicSacrifice during Thanos Imperative arc. Later reversed. Charles died almost immediately before Richard came BackFromTheDead.]]

Richard Rider's mother

* HouseWife: Most of the time.

* CloudCuckooLander

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: Half Latino taking the spotlight as the new Nova after Richard Rider's HeroicSacrifice.

* TheUnfavorite: How he feels about himself in relation to his teammates in the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers line-up (something that even Richard has gone through at times). The various appearances of the trio of Sam/Kamala/Miles tend to lean towards implying this with whom the characters are shown to interact with and with how they are shown doing so.[[labelnote:Some examples:]]Kamala cameos early in Miles's book, with Sam nowhere to be seen. When Sam and Miles cameo in Kamala's book, Miles and his supporting cast are written into the story of the issue, with Sam being a flyby and literal cameo, with naught but a single line. Despite living the farthest away, he can travel easier and faster to either than even Miles and Kamala (sans Lockjaw) can to each other. In general, after a certain point past early ANAD Avengers, Sam is often made to come off as a third wheel to Miles and Kamala's interactions. [[/labelnote]] This becomes very apparent at the celebration party for taking down the Celestial Destroyer prior to ComicBook/CivilWarII; he was generally left out by the other teen heroes ''on his own team'', completely forgotten by Rogue and Jean Grey, and completely ignored by Iron Man. His closest friend on the team is Kamala Kahn, and even then, the two [[VitriolicBestBuds still spend most of the time bickering with each other]], and Kamala spends just as much time with Miles as she does Sam even though Miles doesn't spend as much time with Sam as he does Kamala. Though by the time they found the Champions, he and Miles seem to have become close friends as they're seen being friendly and quipping with each other while the rest of their team either bickers or remains silent.

* TooDumbToLive: At one point, Sam thought it was a sensible idea to take off his helmet, the thing giving him his powers, ''while in flight''.

The younger sister of Sam Alexander

* GirlishPigtails: Sports two of them.

* TheAlcoholic: Though he did sober up after [[spoiler: being MadeASlave before leading a SlaveRevolt.]]

* IsThatWhatHeToldYou: Jesse told his children that his Black Nova squad performed a HeroicSacrifice to both call for backup and return to see his newborn son, Sam. [[spoiler: In reality; however, he abandoned them in a middle of an escape from the Chitauri to see his family.]]

* LastOfHisKind: So far, the only known Nova Corps member left, after Thanos Imperative besides Garthan Saal and [[spoiler:Robert Rider]].
* ShellShockedVeteran: His alcoholism may stem from his years as a Nova Centurion[[spoiler:, along with working as TheMole in Supernovas]]

Principal of Carefree Highschool

* DeanBitterman: Downplayed and eventually Subverted as story progresses.
* {{Expy}}: Look similiar to Gerald Strickland from Film/BackToTheFuture.

Classmate and Crush of Sam Alexander. [[spoiler: Later on, his girlfriend]]

* TokenGoodTeammate: The most sympathetic one in Karl Moffet's group.

* Jerkass: Oh boy, is he?

* ShatteredWorld: Until the planet's demise in [[Comicbook/{{Annihilation}} Annihilation Wave]], their homeplanet are now interconnected [[DomedCity Domed Cities]] with intervention by The Watcher after Zorr the Conqueror's attack on their planet.
* LastOfHisKind: So far, Firelord (Pyreus Kril), Air-Walker(Gabriel Lan) and Supernova (Garthan Saal) are the only known living people who originated from Xandar. And since Gabriel is currently an android created by Galactus after the original died this is a lot more literal for Pyreus and Garthan.

* BrainUploading: The Worldmind is made up of memories and knowledge of deceased Xandarians.
* HumanAliens: In fact, no know alien features can be seen.

* CatchPhrase: "It is critical you pay attention now." Usually when something incredibly bad is coming toward Rich.

* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Between being tortured by the Fraternity of Raptors and the apparent abandonment by Richard (Robbie was unaware that Richard was trapped in another universe for several years and Richard believed that Rob was killed during TheThanosImperative with the rest of the other Novas) Robbie resents his former allies and joins the Raptors as Talonar/Talon-R]].

* CainAndAbel: He was the [[spoiler: Cain (murderer)]] to [[spoiler: Ralph's Abel (victim).]]

* LastOfHisKind: So far, the only known Nova Corps member left, after Thanos Imperative.

** GeniusDitz: According to his principal, he had checked out a morse-code book that was left in the library for 25 years. At the same time, Sam used that code to create an encoded message on a stranded ship attacked by aliens. In addition, his developing interest in Chess has show that he can be a capable strategist.

* LastOfHisKind: So far, Firelord (Pyreus Kril) and Air-Walker(Gabriel Lan)are the current known people who originated from Xandar. And since Gabriel is currently an android created by Galactus after the original died this is a lot more literal for Pyreus.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: A threat of having all the Nova Force in him was that Rich could have gone mad from the stress, as happened to the last guy who tried it, Garthan Saal. Aside from a very brief moment of rage, Rich never showed any signs of madness, which was later attributed to just being too human to go nuts.

* LastOfHisKind: So far, Firelord (Pyreus Kril) and Air-Walker(Gabriel Lan)are the current known people who originated from Xandar.

The first Nova. A typical kid from New York, given the duties of a Nova Centurion by the dying officer Rhomann Dey. Rich had numerous ups and downs during his time as a Nova, and was a founding member of the New Warriors. During ''Annihilation'', Rich was the only survivor of the destruction of the Nova Corps, and had to take on all of the Nova Force, with assistance from the Worldmind keeping him from going completely insane. Rich eventually disappeared at the end of ''The Thanos Imperative'', assumed dead along with Star Lord. While Star Lord did return soon enough, Rich did not, having apparently sacrificed himself. However, Sam Alexander found that Rich had in fact survived.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: To [[Comicbook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]]

The current Nova. Sam happens upon his father's helmet tucked away in his garage on one particularly bad day. Trying it on on a whim, he discovers that the fantastical stories he was told from his [[DisappearedDad disappeared and presumed deadbeat dad]] actually had truth to them when he is immersed in a power, space-capable costume. With no control over his powers at first, he ends up drawing the attention of Rocket and Gamora, who give him the bare-bones basics of who he is and what he can do with the helmet.

The first Nova.

* CatchPhrase: “Blue Blazes!”

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Last seen sealing Thanos into Cancerverse.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: During ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}

* [[spoiler: OutlivingOnesOffspring: Although the fate of Rob isn't known, his son Richard performed a HeroicSacrifice during Thanos Imperative arc]]
** [[spoiler: Later reversed. Charles died almost immediately before Richard came BackFromTheDead.]]

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

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

* [[spoiler: MadeASlave: His former Black Nova gang later caught him and sold him to the Chitauri as a gladiator.]]
** [[spoiler: However, he escaped from the Chitauri via a SlaveRevolt, fleeing to Knowhere.]]

* [[spoiler: ScrewThisImOutofHere: He ditched his team in the middle of an escape from the Chitauri to return to Earth for his family.]]

* {{Expy}}: Look similiar to Gerald Strickland from {{Back To The Future}}.

* [[spoiler:BigBad]]: Of Nova volume 7.

** BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: As of Volume 6,Issue 11; Richard Rider is alive thanks to Worldmind.]]