I was hesitant and suspicious when it felt like nothing really big came from Marvel about the news, genuinely leaked, leaked by Marvel marketing, or whatever game the higher ups at Marvel are playing. Remember, Marvel Comics has not made any mention at all about the 40th Anniversary. With that, I also have to agree with the speculation that the "leak" did not go well with Alonso because perhaps the new series would indeed be "Blue Blazed" by fans of Rich who wanted a real hero's return, only to find out that was not truly the case and instead Marvel played a very cruel sick joke. Didn't Bendis warn us to be careful what we wish for regarding Rich right before GOTG Original Sin was released? That a Rich return may not be what we wanted because it will be on their terms and not based on true continuity or genuine respect to what made something great in the first place. How easily Marvel "Creative" quickly forgets, discards, rejects, and ignore things they don't like or doesn't fit their plan but makes sense with fans and most every one else in the real world beyond tiny bubble NYC.
Why go with another #1 first issue? Because they can. Just like with the 20 or so unnecessary variant covers, most especially the ridiculously overpriced rare variants.
Bright side would be that Marvel Studios does have a plan in motion for Nova to be part of the MCU and are onboard with Rich, the original Terran Nova Centurion. I'd rather have Rich be in a solo MCU film or appear in cameo in another feature directed by another director other than Gunn, who clearly just does not want anything to do with a Nova Centurion from Earth character. Fine, have Rich be at least mentioned and referenced to in Gunn's GOTG films. A Peter Quill/Richard Rider MCU buddy team-up would be a good thing since it worked so well in the DnA stories.
Hal Jordan will most likely actually be appearing in the DCEU GLC film. The other Earth GLs will appear later or be mentioned and teased at. Marvel Studios reacted to Batman v Superman: DOJ with Cap:Civil War. So, why not counter the GLC with a Nova Force-empowered Nova Corps film with Rich? Counter Sinestro Corps War with Annihilation? Counter Blackest Night with Annihilation: Conquest or The Thanos Imperative? Its just a real shame that Captain Mar-vell will not be getting the respect he is due in the Captain Ms. Marvel film. Or, maybe there's still a chance in another Cosmic Marvel film?
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: I hate jumping to conclusions, too. But the
: way the other titles had creative teams
: compared to Nova being hush hush made me a
: bit guarded. And then when Axel Alonso
: expressed his unhappiness about distributors
: leaking images/news, I got a bit concerned.
: Now, hearing that the Worldmind MAY be using
: Rich's image, my mind starts creating
: narratives. Now I am thinking Alonso did not
: want the news about possibly because us Rich
: fans may blast the book before it even hits
: the shelves, if we knew Rich was the
: Worldmind's avatar. That will kill momentum
: for the title before it even came out.
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: IF this does turn out to be another Sam
: title with Rich as just the Worldmind
: avatar, I would ask "why another #1 for
: the same character, again. Why keep making
: attempt after attempt. Why not truly bring
: Rich back."
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: Its good to be on guard. Even though I
: believe
: we need to wait a bit more to see whats
: up...the jumpiness is understandable.
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: This whole "Rider Returns" news
: was some sort of odd announcement in a back
: room at SDCC that doesn't give me much peace
: of mind. From the solicits and future
: promos, Rider doesn't seem to have much of a
: future footprint in the MU and we've yet to
: see one piece of art or creative team
: mentioned for a book (supposedly)due out in
: a few months.
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: Champions looks to have a high place in
: Marvel expectations, and its very likely
: Marvel will double down on the success it
: thinks that book will merit.
:
: Marvel has given us no sign it has changed
: much of anything in terms of direction. Pc
: crap runs wild still. Notions like Thor and
: Cap are still in the twilight zone. Bendis
: is still controlling GOTG. Most of the
: cosmic is still self-contained ego-trips of
: varied quality each in its own little pocket
: universe.
:
: Now Jeff Lemire says his Thanos book will be
: mostly self-contained. Great...another book
: that will do little to build up Cosmic.
:
: I'm hoping TL is wrong as well...but he's
: speaking to a very real voice in my head
: that agrees with him.
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: --Previous Message--
: "Banned acronym" is on quest to
: find
: Rider and the source of his helmet's power.
: He's taken to the place Rider was last known
: to be and pulled into the Worldmind's
: tesseract. There he encounters a MALE
: figure in an artistically botched Nova Prime
: uniform. It is not Ko-Rel, the last WM
: avatar. The original WM avatar is gone.
: Given the direction of the storyline and the
: unimaginative nature of the current writer
: as well as his disrespect of the Rider fans
: and his attempt to throw off speculation
: that it might be Rich by having "banned
: acronym" somehow forget Rich's last
: name, it is almost certainly Rich as the
: avatar. Second possibility is Jesse as the
: avatar and this is the culmination of
: "banned acronym's" search for his
: father. Third possibility is that it is
: Rhomann Dey as the new avatar and he'll
: formally deputize "banned acronym"
: as formal induction into the Corps is also
: being telegraphed. This writer isn't
: imaginative enough for it to be anything
: else. Given Bonso and Boeb's insistence
: that there can only be one Nova alive in the
: universe and their insistence that that
: "Nova" must be "banned
: acronym" and their finally learned
: lesson that a Nova book can't make it at all
: without the support of most of the diehard
: Rider Nova fans, they're almost certainly
: bringing back Rich as only a ghost to show
: up on occasion in ANOTHER "banned
: acronym" reboot. This is an insulting
: bait and switch routine and I won't support
: it as it once again subordinate Rich to
: "banned acronym." They aren't
: really giving Rich back to us, they're just
: counting on us being so dumb and desperate
: for his return in any form that we'll
: finally break down and support "banned
: acronym." Not me. And if I'm wrong
: about this as a bait and switch routine,
: I'll be the first one to come back here and
: admit I was wrong.
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: --Previous Message--
: I agree. At this stage its simply wild
: speculation - there's no proof that
: Worldmind here is a "ascended"
: Rich Rider at all - just another aspect of
: another Worldmind Avatar that could be based
: on anyone. Till I actaully see printed proof
: in the new series - and also actual
: bona-fide information as to exactly what the
: new direction will be for both Rich's return
: etc - its just wild biased speculation. I'm
: sure at this stage it won't change anyone
: from hoping that we do get some better deal
: as to what we've had till now. As is; even
: if it was Rich as a Worldmind Avatar, I
: would probably support the title - however
: it reallty depends on exactly who the new
: creative team is. Its still on the fence at
: this stage.
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: I dont know if we have enough information
: yet. Worldmind has most always been shown to
: wear a Nova Prime Helmet exactly like Rich's
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: --Previous Message--
: Spoiler Alert:
:
: It appears that what is being telegraphed
: here in the last panel is Rich as the
: Worldmind Avatar. So the new series is just
: going to be ANOTHER reboot of NINO with
: ghost Rich playing straight-man
: second-fiddle to NINO's BS teen antics. I
: will NEVER support any book subordinating
: Rich to NINO. Not gonna happen. If that is
: what this book is about, I'll continue to
: vocally disrespect it and exhort all Rider
: fans to continue the NINO boycott. This
: appears to be just another Brevoort, Alonso,
: Loeb, and Bendis trick to legitimize the
: character they really want to sell - NINO.
: They now know that they can't sell a Nova
: title without the support of the Rider fans
: and they think we're dumb and desperate
: enough to buy NINO if they give us a
: pseudo-Rich with cameo appearances in the
: book.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Already on my pull list. Have seen no
: comments
: for have the issue ended. My comic shop is
: 1.5 hours away, so I only go every few
: months. I used to go when ever Rich's title
: appeared.
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: --Previous Message--
: Look at the preview pages.
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: Sam is on a mission to find Richard Rider.
:
: Essentially the story of his return is
: starting right there on those pages.
:
: And this is what we want, right? Richard
: back.
:
: This is the start of his return story and we
: should support it.
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