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daileyxplanet's review against another edition
5.0
I'm honestly having a great time reading Nova. I'm a big fan of the Green Lantern run of the same era and this kind of scratches the same itch without being a knockoff. Didn't read any Nova before Annihilation: Nova and am pleasantly surprised.
lunchlander's review against another edition
4.0
Collecting the first twelve issues of the Nova series by Abnett and Lanning, this is about as good as superhero comics get without transcending the genre like All-Star Superman or [b:Watchmen|472331|Watchmen|Alan Moore|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175041710s/472331.jpg|4358649]. Richard Rider deals with his new powers and the increased responsibility of them, comes down to Civil War to point out just how petty it makes Earth's superheroes look, then heads back off into space to take part in Annihilation: Conquest.
The only downside is that this really is essential stuff for the Annihilation: Conquest story, and probably should have been Annihilation: Conquest Book 2, allowing the Conquest mini itself to be Book 3 (or some similar split). But that's a niggling format detail, and really, having 12 issues of Nova in the same format as the Conquest books is enough for a format whore like myself.
The only downside is that this really is essential stuff for the Annihilation: Conquest story, and probably should have been Annihilation: Conquest Book 2, allowing the Conquest mini itself to be Book 3 (or some similar split). But that's a niggling format detail, and really, having 12 issues of Nova in the same format as the Conquest books is enough for a format whore like myself.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
Old Nova, new Nova, I guess it doesn't matter much to me. Though the young Nova at least has personality. This is just relatively boring space marvel. There is a bit in which Richard lands in the aftermath of Civil War on Earth and interacts with his old teammates which was actually pretty good. But in generally space marvel is just endless combat with out any real story. And where this is readable and the art is okay, I just don't care for it.
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