In fact, some suggest the character could have initially appeared in the original Guardians of the Galaxy alongside the introduction of the Nova Corps. But that’s beside the point.

While Nova dealt with Annihilus in the crossover storyline Annihilation, the heroes of Earth were fighting each other in Civil War, which later inspired the 2016 movie Captain America: Civil War.

More importantly, a Nova series offers a lot of potential for the MCU, as the character has gone through a few important phases. The first phase began with the character’s debut appearance in ...

But there was one character that we didn’t see on screen, Nova—a character so hotly anticipated folks were certain Nathan Fillion was secretly cast as this strong-jawed space cop.