Nova: Dark Reign (Nova #1-3). The first issue of the Nova appropriately shows the aftermath of Annihilation Omnibus, but then the story takes a rather surprising detour to Earth in the middle of Norman Osbourne's Dark Reign. It's a rarity, seeing this iteration of the Nova comic interacting with Earth, and it's interesting seeing how far Richard has moved beyond these Earthly concerns [7/10]. 
 Nova: The Early Conquest (Nova #4-7). These early issues of Nova do a good job of continuing the epic scope of the Conquest while also giving us the personal stories of both Richard and the new Nova, Ko-rel (who is great!). It's a wonderful balance and one that has very nice closure with the last issue, as Nova's Conquest story enters a new stage ... and we branch out to the stories of others ... [7+/10].