FOR MONTHS, SAM ALEXANDER HAS BEEN TRYING TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND BEING THE LAST AND ONLY NOVA. BUT WHEN A SIGNAL ANNOUNCED THE PRESENCE OF ANOTHER ACTIVE NOVA ON EARTH, SAM RACED TO THE SIGNAL'S POINT OF ORIGIN IN THE HOPES OF FINDING HIS FATHER, A FORMER NOVA WHO HAS GONE MISSING... MEANWHILE, AFTER BEING KILLED BY THANOS IN A PARALLEL DIMENSION CALLED THE CANCERVERSE, NOVA CORPS SOLDIER RICHARD RIDER HAS INEXPLICABLY COME BACK TO LIFE. EAGER TO GET BACK INTO THE ‘SWING OF THINGS, HE DONNED HIS NOVA HELMET ONCE MORE, ONLY TO BE KNOCKED OUT OF THE SKY BY A ‘SWIRLING, SEETHING MASS THAT SEEMS TO HAVE RETURNED FROM THE CANCERVERSE WITH HIM.. Writers Artist Color Artist JEFF LOVENESS & RAMON PEREZ RAMON PEREZ IAN HERRING Letterer Cover Artist Assistant Editor Editor COMICRAFT’S RAMON PEREZ ALLISON STOCK DEVIN LEWIS ALBERT DESCHESNE Executive Ector Editor in Chiet Chet Creative fier Publisher Executive Producer NICK LOWE ‘AXEL ALONSO JOE QUESADA DAN BUCKLEY ALAN FINE (© 2016 Marvel Characters, Inc. Allrights reserved. All characters featured inthis issue and the distinctive names and likenesses thereof, and all related indicia are trademarks of Marvel Characters, nc. No similarity between any ofthe names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution i intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental WWW.MARVEL.COM‘Just keep ‘shooting. Tm > Sami, by the f way. { Good to 5 meet you, Sam.Where'd that thing come From? Did your voice just crack? Wf was, you'd be dead five minutes ago. ~No idea. Heh. After a while, you stop asking where the monster comes From and just punch the monster. usually works out. Aliens cloned my dad and he tried to kill me. We're Proving this right now!‘The original Nova! T've read 60 much about ‘ugu on the forums! Your fans are. intens happened to Earol? You mean Captain ‘Marvel? Cyclops?! > His gene He's are a. 99.99% match completely with the sample you organic. Provided for me. No oF get out fence of tampering, oF my Food ‘manipulation or d ‘duplication of a eon Wow. 1s really” Uh... ory you. I called you a clone. "And aimed a laser at you. Whoa! It’s really him! ‘My adult sell I hate went crazy and everything died, I’m From the © gi about that Past and atuck in sentence. 1s every super hero, BA twelve now?Guess it has been Vj ‘along time since WY does no one know f about that? Do the Avengers not teach you guys anything? Uh, we're not really talking to them... We kind of Wi} { had...a pretty big difference e of Seriously? I mean, everyone's been an Avenger. eS GD ,And they're ail down here-- still Fighting ‘each other. you're never ready for that. Or what Zim suppose to donow. ‘Maybe T just need fo get away From the c: for a Nobody really wears capes anymore.LY init ene 1B esta reunion era para ‘mil Toda la Familia Mom! Mom! estan visitande por(_ English-- ‘26!o.un poco \ 5 got about tiempo! half that! EI Dia De Los Reyes, Sammy! I fold you Family UHM, not was coming up to sure what's up. celebrate. My mom’s not known for throwing house parties. Long island, ich, he’s a Hl friend. From spac uh. He’s like 5 ad? Real Dad. Not I get it And ‘the fake dad who- 3 dont want fo know. Mrs. Alexander, but please, Eva. meet you, Rich. Now get out there and say hello to your aunts and Out of uncles, Samuel!” my kitchen, vamos!How's that little Fix we helped you out with over the WP Oh yeah, it’s summer holding up? perfect! Helmet looking Than good? 3 ial right, kid, Z got a mom foo. "And family ig important. it’ why we do what we do. Daun god OE / well, well, well, look who's Finally decided Kio show... — Been a while Sammy, you taking care of your mom | Tike you. } promised? You're the man of the house now, you know. / | We're always here for \/ La you, Sammy. You, Kaelitta,) | Familia es lo ‘and your mom. primero. Oh hey, that reminds } me... Til be right back, guys, L gotta show my FriendWait, you ipped Annihilus’ intestines out of his throat? Can you even do tha’ ron Gonna be 0 happy to see a giant dead alien head again.What are you reading? et thinking about... getting into books. ‘Wow. Why haven’t I heard about your r girlfriend yet? ‘She's not my girlfriend. she’s just a That you int fo be your girlfriend, ‘Shut up, Communist) dog. T rememb {a good place j a Few levels down.Oh. Right. You're twelve. ‘ ‘gonna be ‘sixteen Just keep Rich? the helmet’ on T heard you and try to act were-- like you can grow a beard How ya been, Suk? i'd be more convincing your voice didn’t just ‘Thanks, Suk, e Lemme see i ve still got : Nah, T’m not some credits gonna short You don’t owe us anuthing. os