Cover: Carmine Infantino & Tom Palmer
Nova #17
📊 ~37,004 copies sold its debut month
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In "Tidal Wave!", Nova faces one final mission with S.H.I.E.L.D. as his personal life begins to unravel under the weight of his secret duties. Written by Marv Wolfman and brought to life by Carmine Infantino’s dynamic art—inked by Tom Palmer and colored by Irene Vartanoff—this 1978 issue captures the tension between duty and connection, with a cover by Infantino and Palmer that perfectly frames the stakes.
writer Marv Wolfman · artist Carmine Infantino · inker Tom Palmer · colorist Irene Vartanoff · letterer Joe Rosen · cover Carmine Infantino, Tom Palmer
ComicBooks.com Value
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Raw (Fine) $3
CGC 9.8 · 35 in census $92
CGC 9.6 · 27 in census $38*
CGC 9.4 · 11 in census $24*
CGC 9.2 · 2 in census $20*
CGC 9.0 · 5 in census $20*
CGC 8.5 · 3 in census $20*
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CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $20*
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $20*
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $20*
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $20*
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $20*
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $20*
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 none in existence
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $20*
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Full credits
writer Marv Wolfman
artist Carmine Infantino
inker Tom Palmer
colorist Irene Vartanoff
letterer Joe Rosen
cover pencils Carmine Infantino
cover inks Tom Palmer
Reprints
Reprinted in Rampage Monthly #4 (1978), Rampage Monthly #5 (1978), Gli Eterni #17 (1979), Nova #18 (1979), Essential Nova #1 (2006), Nova Classic #2 (2013), Nova: Richard Rider Omnibus #[nn] (2022)
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