Nova: Centurion #1
Series premiere · Cover B Frank Miller Variant · original first printing · planned second printing cancelled · Collect Forever Soft Slab
19 November 2025
Original first-print Cover B of Nova: Centurion #1, the November 2025 launch of Jed MacKay and Alvaro Lopez's Richard Rider series spinning out of Marvel's post-Imperial cosmic status quo. Frank Miller's open-order variant places Nova in a bold, graphic action pose and forms part of Miller's late-career return to Marvel variant-cover work.
Read the catalogue note →- Issue
- #1
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- State
- Collect Forever Soft Slab
- Condition
- Near Mint appearance, provisional and ungraded inside Collect Forever Soft Slab.
- Completeness
- Complete under the standing TMR accession rule; no missing issued component is reported. Interior completeness is not independently page-counted because the comic remains enclosed in its Collect Forever Soft Slab.
- Rarity
- Not assessed
Catalogue note
Original first-print Cover B of Nova: Centurion #1, the November 2025 launch of Jed MacKay and Alvaro Lopez's Richard Rider series spinning out of Marvel's post-Imperial cosmic status quo. Frank Miller's open-order variant places Nova in a bold, graphic action pose and forms part of Miller's late-career return to Marvel variant-cover work. The series ultimately ran six issues and was collected in August 2026. A proposed January 2026 second printing was solicited but subsequently listed as cancelled, making this copy the verified original release state without a confirmed later single-issue printing.
Writer: Jed MacKay
Artist: Alvaro Lopez; Mattia Iacono (colorist); Cory Petit (letterer)
Cover: Frank Miller
Edition: Cover B · Frank Miller Variant · original first printing
Why this object matters
Miller’s Nova cover contributes to the archive’s later-career artist group and the original issue documents the post-Imperial launch. A cancelled proposed reprint does not demonstrate rarity or exceptional importance; 7.5 better fits the current evidence.
Evidence limits: Complete under the standing TMR accession rule; no missing issued component is reported. Interior completeness is not independently page-counted because the comic remains enclosed in its Collect Forever Soft Slab.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 7.5 / 10.
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Recorded contributions · 3
- Jed MacKayWritingCatalogue credit
Writing credit: Jed MacKay Original catalogue credit
Find other objects with this contribution → - Alvaro LopezArtworkCatalogue credit
Artwork credit: Alvaro Lopez; Mattia Iacono (colorist); Cory Petit (letterer) Original catalogue credit
Find other objects with this contribution → - Frank MillerCover artworkCatalogue credit
Cover artwork credit: Frank Miller Original catalogue credit
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