NOVA #5 (1977): Marvel Bullpen

Issue #5 has a cute bullpen sequence.  Nova goes to the Marvel offices to interview with Marv Wolfman and Sal Buscema about getting his own comic.  John Verpoorten makes a unflattering appearance (nicknamed “Jumbo John”), Marv namedrops another book he works on (Tomb of Dracula), Archie Goodwin stops by, and we see the names of all the Editors-in-Chief crossed out on Archie’s door.  Also, Nova asks about necking.

Cute.

Storywise, he fights Tyrannus in #5.

This continues to be a surprisingly good book.

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