Nova #3 (1976) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Enter Diamondhead... and Exit Nova -- Dead!	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Danny Crespi	Nova; Diamondhead
1	--The Deadly Diamondhead Is Ready to Strike!	comic story	18	script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Sal Buscema, Tom Palmer; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Michele W.; letters: Irv Watanabe, Gaspar Saladino	Nova [also appears as Richard Rider]; Diamondhead (introduction, origin); Condor; Destructoid; Robert Rider; Charles Rider; Gloria Rider; Bernie Dillon; Roger "Caps" Cooper; Ginger Jaye; Mike Burley; Megaman (off panel)
2	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
3	A Scintillating Soliloquy of Stunning Stories, Sagacious Sagas, and Senses-Shattering Super-Heroes!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.10 GBP

Collection	Year
Essential Nova #1 ISBN 0-7851-2093-9	2006	On eBay ›
Nova Classic #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-6028-1	2013	On eBay ›
Nova: Richard Rider Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-95094-1	2022	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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