I think NOVA was based on Green Lanter when he first came out in the 70's.
Everybody always said he had too much power to be in the New Warriors. He was written as a washed up super-hero in the first issue.
But this is a pretty good character make over.
He is basically taking the place of Quasar.
yeah, alot of similarities with Green Lantern
but I they kinda took it in a different direction with Annihilation, essentially killing off the rest of the Corps and really upping his powers. Imagine if say, all the Green Lanterns were killed off but the last living GL had ALL of their powers as well as knowledge and experience transferred to him. That's almost what Nova is, he's really Super Nova, now. Plus with the New Warriors, he was still more or less an teen or young 20s cat. Now they've kinda matured his character to maybe the late 20s , early 30s thing. Making all the right decisions but still giving into the heat of the moment at times.
Great book. Gets pulled for me at the shop every month.
