DC Comics weren't the only comics he'd read. Back home, he'd had boxes and boxes and boxes of comics in his parents' basement, all packed up in mylar. DC was always his preference because of how bright and idealistic the comics were, but sometimes he read Marvel. Not the depressing stuff like X-Men, but the things that were bright and hopeful.
A story about a normal high schooler -- just like him -- getting amazing powers was definitely one of his favorites from the Marvel side of things. How often did teenagers get superpowers and get to be heroes all on their own instead of being sidekicks? Spider-Man was one of them but Spider-Man had gotten all angsty after Gwen Stacy died and spent all the time being neurotic.
Nova was was like Spider-Man except even less special. He wasn't smart enough to create his own web shooters. He was a nobody, just like Prime had been. Except he still did amazing things. He was still a hero that always saved the day. Maybe his story was a lot like Green Lantern's but it was cooler because he was just a teenager, and look what'd happened to Green Lantern anyway? He'd eventually gone evil.
Prime quickly moved out of the way with superspeed, making it so Nova overshot, and turned around to face him, not wanting to fight him yet, zipping from one place to the next with blurred speed so it'd be impossible for Sam to fire at him or charge him easily.
"No no no, listen, I read about you. I don't know how but my world had comic books that had stories that matched the lives of superheroes in other worlds. I know you. You don't understand!" he said. "I was supposed to be just like you. I was supposed to be a hero! Then all the heroes made me hurt them. It's their own fault. They made me like them."
Hold on, why did Nova look different?
"Wait. How come you're so short? And how come your helmet's blue?" An outraged expression came over his face, and his eyes burned red with rage. "It happened in your world, too, didn't it? Everything went wrong. You're not the real Nova!"
Heatvision arced out and swept around as he tried to tag Sam with it.
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"Nova?"
DC Comics weren't the only comics he'd read. Back home, he'd had boxes and boxes and boxes of comics in his parents' basement, all packed up in mylar. DC was always his preference because of how bright and idealistic the comics were, but sometimes he read Marvel. Not the depressing stuff like X-Men, but the things that were bright and hopeful.
A story about a normal high schooler -- just like him -- getting amazing powers was definitely one of his favorites from the Marvel side of things. How often did teenagers get superpowers and get to be heroes all on their own instead of being sidekicks? Spider-Man was one of them but Spider-Man had gotten all angsty after Gwen Stacy died and spent all the time being neurotic.
Nova was was like Spider-Man except even less special. He wasn't smart enough to create his own web shooters. He was a nobody, just like Prime had been. Except he still did amazing things. He was still a hero that always saved the day. Maybe his story was a lot like Green Lantern's but it was cooler because he was just a teenager, and look what'd happened to Green Lantern anyway? He'd eventually gone evil.
Prime quickly moved out of the way with superspeed, making it so Nova overshot, and turned around to face him, not wanting to fight him yet, zipping from one place to the next with blurred speed so it'd be impossible for Sam to fire at him or charge him easily.
"No no no, listen, I read about you. I don't know how but my world had comic books that had stories that matched the lives of superheroes in other worlds. I know you. You don't understand!" he said. "I was supposed to be just like you. I was supposed to be a hero! Then all the heroes made me hurt them. It's their own fault. They made me like them."
Hold on, why did Nova look different?
"Wait. How come you're so short? And how come your helmet's blue?" An outraged expression came over his face, and his eyes burned red with rage. "It happened in your world, too, didn't it? Everything went wrong. You're not the real Nova!"
Heatvision arced out and swept around as he tried to tag Sam with it.