In the meantime, I am very thankful for all of you fighting on Rich's behalf. I hope that sooner, rather than later, we'll see him in his own comic again.
Long Live Richard Rider!
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: Lio - support what Thanos Rules says - even
: though Rich has been in limbo for the last
: few years since TTI - we've all been through
: this kinda thing before - part of the cycle
: for anyone following a character that's been
: influential in daily life. Now I will say
: I'm not as fanatical as some Nova fans but
: even prior to his re-launch in Annihilation
: way back in 2007 I was laying the groundwork
: for what eventually became Nova619 - and I
: still to this day do Nova619 which
: celebrates its 5th anniversary online in
: 2015 with 14 brand new episodes which I will
: do some previews in the next month or so
: before X-mas. I would still do 619
: irrespective of whether Rich is in print or
: not, whether I buy Marvel or DC or whatever
: - though as many the number of titles I pull
: now is also far less back when I first
: started collecting 30 years ago! Okay, you
: may give up buying Marvel in protest for
: supporting Rich's return - and I think many
: more Rich fans may well go down that route -
: but also choosing to remain silent and cast
: aside your status as a Centurion is
: something no one can really do 100% in order
: to ensure the fan base continues on. There's
: plenty of things to talk about from the good
: old days and those that choose to be
: enterprising like me and Thanos with his
: Nova fan fiction or others like him, or
: those that do great Nova fan art at Nova
: Prime DA - ensure they still play a part in
: the fan base. Yes days maybe dark ahead but
: forums like this allow Nova fans to continue
: to talk Nova, what he means and what things
: we enjoy and that should never be left to
: fade away. So continue to drop by and the
: same goes for every other Rider fan out
: there.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hey there Lio, Keep your chin up man. We
: can't
: leave Rider behind!
:
: He aint dead as long as we say so...no
: matter what Bendis tries to show in GOTG 20.
:
: But I agree man, i dropped all 11 of my
: marvel pulls after gotg 18, but it was
: really Nova 19 that made me drop out when
: they didnt even explain what happened to the
: rider helmet..i guess they just thought fans
: would forget about it after 1 issue.
:
: drivel.
:
: But please continue to speak out and sound
: off, write letters, emails , etc.! This is a
: huge part of things now. We cant let up.
:
: The worst is yet to come , but Rider will
: fly again and we will win this !
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: Just want to correct an autocorrect typo to
: begin with. "cheering" was
: supposed to be "cheesing".
:
: I'll probably look in from time to time to
: see what's new in the fan community, but if
: Rich dies then my days of paying for comics
: are over. The industry needs to learn that
: killing off heroes isn't a good solution.
: Maybe it makes good business sense because
: they keep doing it, but I've said it before
: and I'm gonna sound like a broken record,
: but when you invest time, money and a part
: of your enthusiasm to follow a character,
: it's a slap in the face for a creative team
: to do that. There's got to be a better
: solution than the old standby to kill off a
: hero to freshen sales. Or in this case, to
: replace the character. I understand that
: Rich was never a top selling character, but
: his sales have been better than Sam's from
: what we can see. Now, we don't get to see
: digital sales, but they can't factor too
: heavily into things since Marvel isn't
: pushing their business in that direction
: yet.
:
: For me it makes no difference whether Rich
: would be brought back from the dead in the
: future. I won't return. What matters is that
: Marvel respects the fanbase and stops
: messing with us in ways like this. I don't
: like Sam. I've read and refused to pay for
: the comics. It's not for me, it's too
: juvenile and though the guys on the Cosmic
: boards take it too far, I generally agree
: with how they feel about Sam being a waste
: of a great opportunity and that the setup
: there is just awful. There is a market for
: it, because the comic does sell, but the
: numbers show that it's not a top seller, so
: it's just a matter of time until Nova gets
: the axe again. The hardcore Nova fans
: wanted to give the new book a chance, but we
: see a steady drop in sales as they've given
: it up and the negativity on all boards and
: the common perception about what'll happen
: if Nova is brought up shows how passionate
: Nova fans are about the character.
:
: I'm just as passionate, but I don't voice
: things out that much. Mostly just here in
: the few posts I've made. Fact is I'd love to
: go out each month and pick up a Nova title I
: enjoyed. The current book doesn't do that
: and so I haven't bought a single issue,
: though I've read them all in hopes for a
: turn around or a re-introduction of Rich.
:
: The other thing that I kept quiet about was
: a question I asked Breevort about and his
: silence is all the answer you need. I asked
: him (not as anonymous, but using my Tumblr
: handle) whether we could see a Nova Corps
: book going forward because going to the
: shops and picking the Rich story in GOTG got
: me all excited again and I wanted to see
: more Nova, but a more mature storyline, and
: maybe Sam could finally get some proper
: legit Nova Corps training in the book by
: Rich. There wasn't a reply. Like I said,
: silence on a question like that is all the
: answer you need. He knows what's going to
: happen in GOTG 20 and with less than a week
: to go until the comic drops he won't answer
: that question if the outcome of that book is
: a bad one.
:
: This is long, so I'll cut it short, but it's
: been a fun ride the last few months. I'll
: have fun playing as Rich in Marvel Heroes
: 2015 and in UMvsC3 but I'm really expecting
: the end here of my comic buying days.
:
: Keep the flame alive for future fans. My
: flames burning out by the sad way that
: Marvel is treating their properties and I'm
: pretty disenfranchised with it all now. So
: much so that it's come down to this one
: issue. I've got other passions and hobbies
: and other things to spend money on, so it is
: what it is for me. It just seems senseless
: and disrespectful to the fans to keep
: pulling stunts like this. I know I'm
: speaking before the issue drops, but
: Breevort's lack of reply to my question and
: the Bendis comment about some people being
: upset with how this issue turns out pretty
: much says it all.
:
: It's time to let go of the past. At least
: for me. I'll find out in a week. All this
: coming from someone that's usually an
: optimist and not a pessimist. LOL!
:
: --Previous Message--
: Absolutely true - which is why I do expect a
: very significant drop in sales from the
: Diamond charts if we do get the worse case
: scenario - but even so characters that
: remain popular even when they were
: "dead" or in "limbo"
: have the capacity to come back - hopefully
: when there are creative teams prepared to
: give then their due.
:
: Even so, if fans do boycott Marvel with
: their wallets - fans out there in the ether
: like myself or Thanosrules or a plethra of
: other sites will continue to ensure Rich
: Rider remains active on the fan base scene.
: I have 14 episodes of Nova619 in production
: right now - including the upcoming Halloween
: issue and this time around I've even gone
: down the live to invest my own funds to get
: some great artists to do the more complex
: eps at fan level - even so it'll still be
: free online from April 2015 and I'm too
: invested in it - even if Marvel themselves
: choose to exile/kill off Rich in favor for a
: more maligned character that has divided
: opinions and the fan base.
:
: Speaking of which - and spoiler warning -
: just seen preview of Axis 5 and it gets
: worse as Nova and Spiderman - former good
: buddy to Rich Rider go on a secret mission
: for Steve Rodgers to cure the infected
: heroes from the clutches of the Red
: Onslaught. Give me strength.
:
: --Previous Message--
: im expecting the worst and I'm just simply
: preparing to walk away from Marvel for good
: a week from now if GOTG 20 ends with Rich's
: death. Instead of me being a part of the
: solution to Marvel's money woes compared to
: the 1990's, I will be another on the list
: that won't help to finance their company
: anymore. To me it's black and white. Killing
: off my favourite hero means I give up on the
: industry. Time to move on. This is what I
: expect will happen next week.
:
: No big whoop for me, but if Marvel keeps
: cheering off fans/readers like me, then
: they'll find themselves out of business soon
: enough. Every buyer matters and alienating
: your customers is bad business sense.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Well, I've done as much as I can at this
: point, posted about Bendys's comments in the
: Marvel Heroes forums, and linked this
: website and the "Bring Richard Rider
: Back" petition. There are some fans
: there, and every bit helps.
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: --Previous Message--
: The way its going I really think we will all
: have to come together as a Rich Rider United
: Front to ensure our favorite Human Rocket
: gets another shot at an ongoing. I saw scans
: of Axis 2 at CBR and frankly current Nova
: Jr's participation reaches even further lows
: than his continual antics in his own
: ongoing. To me, writer Rick Remender has the
: kudos to portray him as a totally out of his
: depth kid that has no business whatsoever
: being involved in a serious confrontation
: with a formidable foe that a seasoned
: veteran like Rider would at least have means
: to tackle as part of a coordinated frontal
: attack. Sam is a liability and really needs
: to stop even trying to be in the spotlight -
: the concept just grates now - its time to
: retire. But UNFORTUNATELY and more than
: likely we'll still have to endure more
: months of silly Nova Jr antics while our
: Nova Prime's fate gets sealed in GOTG20.
: Rich fans really do need to prepare for the
: worse case scenario and here's what you
: should do. First, prep ahead and write down
: for a full mass onslaught exactly what Rich
: means to you as a character - how he has
: played a role in your life and why he
: deserves to get a book back. Tons of such
: missives will show how supportive Rider fans
: are - and then while you do that - if the
: worse case scenario does happen - be
: prepared to do your bit and drop the current
: Nova Jr title and GOTG. Yeah I know the
: latter is advice from a certain website that
: I still have sheer misgivings with after
: their recent rash decision to boycott
: Nova619 off the site - yeah that's you
: Cosmic Book News - but still its an
: effective means to show your frustration -
: it's happened to New Warriors sadly because
: despite Nova Jr's participation the actual
: stories and other characters were getting
: good so I have real sympathy for NW' fans
: loosing the title again - but fact is Marvel
: Cosmic needs to regain what it has lost in
: the last 3/4 years since TTI and even though
: we still get good stories from Hickman and
: Starlin - those great days can come back if
: Marvel and Disney see what a force we can be
: - fans at Marvel Heroes ensured Rich was the
: default Nova - not Sam, and the same can
: apply here if we work in a coordinated
: fashion.
:
: --Previous Message--
: I started reading comics back in 08'-09'
: which
: is kinda of a big deal to me since Im 25
: years old and hadnt grown up reading them.
: The stories with Rich from Annihilation and
: his collected ongoing were some of the first
: comics I had ever read. I could surely go on
: with a post of how important his character
: was to me. Lets hope I dont have :/
:
: --Previous Message--
: No I hadn't so thanks for posting the link.
: As
: a sensible precaution Centurions what I
: would do is start prepping some good long
: posts to show your appreciation of Rich as
: Nova Prime to Marvel in case we do have that
: worse case scenario. Through am intrigued by
: the ref to Mjolnir!
:
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