Nova #7 Review

NOVA #7
Written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Art by Sean Chen & Brian Denham

Nova finishes up his Annihilation: Conquest related tie-ins with another solid issue this month. While not as good as the action packed and emotional death of Ko-Rel last issue, this one does a great job wrapping up the loose ends and setting Nova up in his own section of the galaxy away from the Conquest storyline, which may be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it.

This issue focused on the inner struggle going on in Rich's mind as we find out the World Mind has been struggling to fight the technophage virus. Apparently, with the death of Ko-Rel and the return of the excess Nova Force she possessed, the Worldmind is now able to contain the virus and allow Rich to regain control, if only he will fight back in an internal struggle that sees a blue Pikachu Nova Corps member, among others, battling the Phalanx virus.

Once free of the virus, it is revealed Nova has been depowered, as over 80% of the Nova Force is being used to simply contain and prevent the virus from taking control of Richard again. Hopefully this will only be a temporary solution and we will see him repowered once Conquest ends.

Finally, the issue has Nova plunge into a neutron star, creating a wormhole that will help him escape the closed off Kree space, but not before Gamora and Drax follow him through. The issue ends with Worldmind revealing they are in an uncharted part of space that even he has no knowledge of. Based on previews, we will be seeing some new and interesting space based civilizations and with Gamora and Drax, still Selects of the Phalanx, in pursuit and a depowered Nova, things should be really interesting for Nova in the coming months and I am definitely looking forward to it.

My only complaint is that I was looking for more insight into the Phalanx and Annihilation: Conquest in general with this final 'tie-in' issue. Seeing Nova, Gamora and Drax all written out of that major event, when they were my favourite parts of the last one, really disappoints me. Despite that, the issue was still great and did a good job setting up the next phase of the Nova title and wrapped up several aspects of the Conquest story.

Verdict - Must Read

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