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Nick Fury sends robot superhero LMDs to “test” Nova and see if he’s worthy of partnering up to hunt one of Marvel’s worst villains, Yellow Claw.
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He also puts him through a bondage deathtrap test.
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Nova passes the test, and we get three issues of Yellow Claw.
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Who wants to create a tidal wave to destroy Manhattan. He also straps Nick and Nova to a bomb.
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So it turns out those bondage death traps came in handy.
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When against Claw, Nova figures out that if he’s on fire he should go into water.
In the end, they literally drive off into the sunset–in Fury’s flying car.
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Also, more of Crime Buster in this issue. He calls his guns “whammers.”
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He’s a little too precious for my liking.