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Nova Force

Nova Force

The Nova Force is the cosmic energy that powers the entire Nova Corps. It is distributed by the Xandarian Worldmind.

Name:
Nova Force
Aliases:
Start year:
1976
First issue:
cover

Origin

Worldmind's Central Hub on Nu-Xandar.
Worldmind's Central Hub on Nu-Xandar.

The Nova Force is a nearly limitless energy source based on the fundamental force of gravity distributed by the Xandarian Worldmind to members of the Nova Corps. The amount of the Nova Force granted is based on the rank achieved in the Corps.

With the Nova Force, users are granted super strength, speed, durability, increased stamina and reflexes, gravimetric pulses and blasts, electromagnetic fields, limited healing factors and the ability to create wormholes.

Recently after the events of Annihilation, all of the Nova Force was transferred into the last remaining Nova Corps member, Richard Rider, making him the Nova Prime. A feat such as this was attempted by Garthan Saal, but proved too difficult to control and drove him insane. Rider is only able to maintain his sanity with the help of the Worldmind to control it.

Thanos Imperative

The Nova Corps had begun the early stages of reforming with the addition of a handful of probationary members. Each of them had a small portion of the Nova Force.

After the events of the Thanos Imperative, the Nova Force never returned from the Cancerverse along with Nova. The Cancerverse collapsed and was destroyed which seemingly trapped the Nova Force there, depowering the rest of the Corps and bringing Worldmind offline.

Issues

September 1976

April 1979

July 1979

March 1989

October 1993

November 1993

December 1993

May 1999

May 2006

June 2006

July 2006

August 2006

October 2006

November 2006

December 2006

January 2007

March 2007

June 2007

January 2008

November 2020

August 2021

September 2021

November 2021

February 2023

July 2023

October 2023

January 2024

September 2024

Volumes

1961

1963

1976

1977

1990

1999

2006

2007

2008

2020

2022

2024