The Man Called Nova #25 (1979) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	In Final Battle!	cover	1	pencils: Keith Pollard; inks: Rudy Nebres; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Nova [Richard Rider]
1	Invasion of the Body Changers!	comic story	17	script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Klaus Janson; colors: Glynis W.; letters: Joe Rosen	Nova [Richard Rider]; Skrulls; Sphinx; Doctor Sun; Diamondhead; Quasimodo (flashback); Powerhouse; Comet; Crime-buster; Charles Rider; Gloria Rider; Robert Rider
2	-	in-house column	0.9	script: Stan Lee	Daredevil, Matt Murdock, Thor Odinson, Thor
3	The All New Fantastic Four is Here!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.1		Ben Grimm, H.E.R.B.I.E., Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, The Thing
5	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset

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

Collection	Year
Essential Nova #1 ISBN 0-7851-2093-9	2006	On eBay ›
Nova Classic #3 ISBN 978-0-7851-8552-9	2014	On eBay ›
Nova: Richard Rider Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-95094-1	2022	On eBay ›
Nova: Richard Rider Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-95095-8	2022	On eBay ›

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