#marvel nova

[projectorthus]

Procrastinating writing my comic don’t mind me

[queerryan]

Champions fans going through everything Young Justice fans went through in 2003.

[imtryingmybardest]

I can't believe there's a guy named Dick Rider and he's literally the guy of all time and none of yall told me about him

[quetzal-animations]

The way Cap picks him up and carries him is so funny to me.

Carries him under his arm, like he weighs nothing.

Such is the life of the smol.

[incorrect-green-lantern-quotes]

Let's talk about Abin Sur

Chances are, you might only know him as the pink alien who crashed his spaceship, recruited Hal Jordan to be his successor, and then promptly shuffled off the mortal coil to hang out with Uncle Ben, the Waynes, and all of Krypton.

Showcase issue #22

And in the original 1959 version of this story, that's really all there was to old Abin. It was a simpler time in comics, and this new version of Green Lantern was being introduced in an anthology series that was basically DC throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what stuck well enough to spin off into its own book. Consequently, there wasn't much need for Abin to be anything besides a source of exposition. Details like a one-off spaceman's home planet or species just weren't important enough to spend ink and paper on.

But when Hal proved to be popular enough to carry his own title, the extraterrestrial nature of his powers meant that quite a lot of his adventures took place on other worlds. Whether by accident or intention, the writers established that the Green Lantern ring allowed its wearer to fly freely through outer space.

Green Lantern (1960) issue #1

Which of course begs the question: Why was Abin Sur in a spaceship when he crashed on Earth?

Perhaps that's why a couple years later in 1962, the same creative team did reveal a little more about Abin in the story "Earth's First Green Lantern!"

Green Lantern (1960) issue #16

In the expanded account of his demise, Abin was possessed by an energy being which was trying to force him to free its comrades that he'd imprisoned for robbing other species of their intelligence (it was the Silver Age). He tricks his enemy by telling it that his ring doesn't have enough power for the flight, which is why he was in a spaceship. He is able to defeat the energy being but shortly after their fight, the ship flies through a field of yellow radiation, which blinds Abin and causes him to crash on Earth.

(This story also establishes Abin Sur's home planet as Ungara, and that he was still a history professor while also being Green Lantern, presumably to make him feel more like an actual character than a flat plot device)

For over two decades, this was the canon version of Abin Sur's death. He went out heroically while fulfilling his duties, but otherwise wasn't particularly remarkable as a Green Lantern. His most important role was still dying in Hal Jordan's origin.

Marvel certainly seemed to think so, when they created their own "space cop" superhero in 1976. They quite literally copied the broad strokes of Green Lantern's origin for Nova, right down to the dying alien predecessor.

Nova (1976) issue #1

Now, Richard Rider is hardly a carbon copy of Hal Jordan, and one day I'll tell you all about the man who stood when all else fell, but the reason I bring up the Nova comic is that it has very rarely been a priority for Marvel in the same way that Green Lantern is for DC, and especially lacks any development of its nonhuman cast. Consequently, Rhomann Dey is kind of like a time capsule of what Abin Sur was like before all the retcons to his character.

[xmsmarvel18]

As a promise, I made Champions edit. Once again, thank you soo much for the past 8 years, Marvel Champions! Champions Charge! 😭💕❤️

[jrlunaart]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/949527980/minimalism-art-nova-print

[at1r1-p4rk3r]

Something that has always confused me/ I didn't really think about

The movies: Starmora

The comics:

Me:

Me after rewatching all he Marvel movies with them:

Me after rewatching Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 3:

But does this mean that Kitty Pryde and Nova are a couple in some lost universe?!?!?

[astrid-goes-for-a-spin]

mmm so I just finished reading all Sam's Nova solos (having previously read ANAD Avengers & all the Champions runs) and uh. Sam just. He still hasn't found his dad, huh

[aimlovesmusic]

I’m taking meme redraw suggestions for ultimate Spider-Man/ nova/ msm2017

Anyways this is what I got done in an hour tonight:

[monotonesmile]

An older drawing but I feel I should post something as I’m working on requests, so take this art of an oc for a very dead fandom from my crack au Meet me in the Stars. Sam is an idiot and I adore him for it, he’s my favorite bucket head.

Anyways, uh, my requests are open, this guy used to be apart of them but I took him and some others off my character list because I felt like I couldn’t write them properly, so after some research I’ll be bringing them back for the two people that actually remember Ultimate Spider-Man.

[projectorthus]

Art posting has slowed down because I’ve started work on a 20 page Ms Marvel fancomic!

Here are a few finished panels, sans dialogue.

[malleepp]

Same photo

[useradeer]

Kaldera takes revenge on Proxima Midnight.

This took me A VERY LONG TIME to make.

I am a huge fan of the Guardians of the Galaxy, which led me to the Nova comics. They are fantastic. Highly recommend. Currently reading Nova #2017

Close-up:

Black & White:

Probably my favorite project that I've worked on. Don't praise me for the marble texture though, I had to copy that one. The rest is entirely my doing.

[quetzal-animations]

Some fanart based on a fanfic, and a friend's idea!

Okay, yeah, I'm freaking proud of this.

You wanna know the main reason why?

I made this whole thing without a base, or a stylus, or my fingertips, or a touchscreen.

I made it with this illegitimate son of an ass licker:

An accomplishment, if I say so myself.

The art is based on two things.

Firstly, a suspiciously well-aimed prompt my friend gave me; one of my favourite characters, with the prompt, 'Hiding Behind a Smile'.

Secondly, a fanfic I wrote, which can be found on Quotev, called 'Count My Broken Stars (USM Nova Headcanon)'.

I personally prefer the Nova from the comics, but I based the fanfic off of the show. Whatever.

Major TW if you choose to read it, however. It contains a lot of swearing, themes of suicide, extensive self-harm, blood, severe trauma, and possibly other nasty dark crap that I'm not remembering at the moment. It's also incomplete, and updates are slow going.

Anyway, yeah. I might add the link to the fic, if anybody wants me too.

[incorrect-green-lantern-quotes]

Kid: Marvel can we have Abin Sur? Marvel: We have Abin Sur at home. The Abin Sur at home: