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Nova Special
#
1
: Review
Aug 2014
Sean Ryan
,
John Timms
Story Name:
No end in sight Part 3 of 3
Review & Comments
Rating:
Nova Special #1 Review by
Rob Johnson
(
August 30, 2014
)
Most of the team behind this book remain the same as the Uncanny X-Men and Iron Man Specials. Except another penciller John Timms, this 1 with a couple of previously published issues to his credit. And Roberto Poggi gets to do the inking all by himself this time. (These 3 Specials are *his* only work so far.) Monark Starstalker knew the previous Nova Richard Rider from Nova (2007) #29-30. But that Nova got trapped in the Cancerverse with Star-Lord and Thanos at the end of the Thanos Imperative mini-series. (Star-Lord and Thanos have since escaped - we don't know how. The upcoming Original Sin issues of Guardians of the Galaxy will tell us how, and possibly bring Richard Rider back.) The new Nova Sam Alexander didn't inherit the role from Rider, but from his father who was an earlier member of the Nova Corps. Triage's healing ability isn't of any use in a fight (not until afterwards). But this time he is especially fearful. He tells Magik it's because of the video of the New Mutants they saw in UXM Sp#1. He doesn't want to wind up dead and forgotten like them. Illyana says that *she* remembers them. (She doesn't tell him the more comforting fact that most of the New Mutants *aren't* dead, never mind forgotten.) The bit at the end with Nova and Iron Man contemplating endless space seems to be the only justification for the series title 'No end in sight'.
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Synopsis / Summary / Plot
Nova Special #1
Synopsis by
Rob Johnson
This story continues from
IRON MAN SPECIAL #1
.
Monark Starstalker
was hired by an alien villain to kidnap
Alex Summers
(
Havok
), but the mercenaries
he
hired to do the job delivered him
Scott Summers
(
Cyclops
) instead. His employer isn't going to be pleased, and Starstalker hasn't got the cash to pay for another kidnap. So he went for help to 1 of the only current Earthmen he knows -
Nova
. Unfortunately
Richard Rider
is gone, and he found young
Sam Alexander
instead. Sam reluctantly agrees to talk to the alien hirer.
Iron Man
helped some young
X-Men
disguised in SWORD uniforms track down
Death's Head
who abducted Cyclops. When
DH
told them where to find
MS
, they left
IM
behind on an alien planet and skipped town in their stolen SWORD spaceship.
Now
Tony Stark
is on another SWORD ship (which presumably came to find the 1st 1). He glibly dismisses a complaint that he should have realised the teens were X-Men (who can keep track?), and suggests they keep following their target.
The alien villain is a rich old man named
Atratus
, who wants revenge on Havok for something he did when he led the
Starjammers
. He's got a young female companion who's mostly interested in his will.
The stolen SWORD ship arrives at his mansion, crewed by
Magik
and the 5 mutant students
Benjamin Deeds
,
Goldballs
,
Tempus
,
Triage
and the
Stepford Cuckoo Mindee
. They demand the return of Cyclops. The alien female says she doesn't know who that is. Telepath Mindee can tell that's the truth.
Before the X-people can figure out what to do, Nova and Starstalker arrive in
their
spaceship. Monark has to admit that he doesn't have Havok, but he
does
have Cyclops. Misunderstandings abound as the female prepares to set security guards on them all. Then Iron Man's SWORD craft turns up.
Atratus' security guards are many and heavily-armed. They immediately start a firefight with
Shellhead
and the SWORD troopers. Nova flies Starstalker into the mansion to find Atratus. Magik tries to lead her students into Starstalker's craft to free Cyclops. But Iron Man can't let them escape with the wanted mutant terrorist and tells SWORD to arrest them.
Then Tempus time-freezes everyone outside the mansion except her own group. They go find Cyclops in Monark's ship and remove the helmet that is constraining Scott's optic blasts. Then they fly away in (presumably) their SWORD ship.
Meanwhile Nova and MS have found old Atratus dead from a fall. So Monark doesn't have to worry about
him
. But he's still got no money and the problems he described in
IM Sp#1
.
Nova tunes out what Iron Man, SWORD and the alien female say and do next. He just stares out at the stars until Tony Stark joins him in contemplating the infinite.
Sean Ryan
John Timms
Roberto Poggi
Ruth Redmond
Gary Choo
(Cover Penciler)
Gary Choo
(Cover Inker)
Gary Choo
(Cover Colorist)
Letterer
:
Clayton Cowles
.
Editor
:
Nick Lowe
.
Listed in Alphabetical Order.
Cyclops
(Scott Summers)
Iron Man
(Tony Stark)
Nova
(Sam Alexander)
X-Men
Plus:
Benjamin Deeds, Goldballs (
Egg
), Magik, Monark Starstalker, S.W.O.R.D., Stepford Cuckoos, Tempus (
Of X-Men
), Triage.
>
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