Hercules #4 - First Appearance of Nova, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Hercules (Marvel, 1982 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: December 1982
Key date: December 1982
On-sale date: September 14, 1982
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.60; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Nova - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Bob Layton; inks: Bob Layton	Galactus, Galan, Hercules
1	--Not Just Another Galactus Story!	comic story	22	script: Bob Layton; pencils: Bob Layton, Sam de la Rosa; inks: Bob Layton, Sam de la Rosa; colors: Christie Scheele; letters: Rick Parker	Galactus, Galan, Hercules, Nova First, Frankie Raye, Recorder 417
2	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee, Jim Shooter
3	Hercules Prince of Power	illustration	1	pencils: Bob Layton; inks: Bob Layton	Hercules

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.60 USD; barcode 071486007512
Canadian	price 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860207512

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Hercules: Prince of Power #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-3955-3	2009	On eBay ›
Hercules: Prince of Power #[nn] ISBN 0-87135-365-2	1988	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #34 of 4

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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