Rider, having taken up the mantle of Nova, was enamored with his newfound abilities, albeit he did not have the any idea as to how he was supposed to use them. are so powerful that Dey's body was itself destroyed in the process. to disintegrate Zorr, leaving behind only the alien's life-support suit. Dey then teleported Zorr aboard his Nova-Ship and used the energies of its Computer P.R.I.M.E. Using a telepathic link Dey was able to use Rider to lock onto Zorr's location. Rider was able to locate Zorr and engage him in combats, although he was unable to fatally wound Zorr. Indeed, he barely had the opportunity to test out these powers before radio circuitry contained in his uniform's helmet alerted him to Zorr, who was on a rampage in the heart of New York City. Rider discovered that he now possessed super strength, near invulnerability, the power to fly, and a uniform with a sealed life-support system, but with little instruction as to how to use these new powers. Discharged, he tried to resume his normal routine.īut the very next day, Rider was alone in his bedroom when Dey suddenly transmitted to him Dey's last gift to Rider, his Centurion's uniform. Rider's recovery was as sudden as his incapacitation had been, being preceded by eye-blasts that knocked a doctor out of his room. While Rider was comatose, the moribund Rhomann Dey explained to him telepathically what had happened to him and what his mission was. The sudden infusion of power overloaded Rider's body, and he was hospitalized. At death's door, Dey had little choice but to transfer his power to an unsuspecting human on the planet below, gambling that whoever he found would be willing to take up his cause and prove worthy of the powers he had given their recipient. Having been mortally wounded in the battle that tore Xandar apart, Dey succeeded in tracking Zorr to Earth, but he was unable to exact vengeance himself due to the extent of his injuries. As a teenager, he was chosen at random by the alien Rhomann Dey, last surviving Centurion of the planet Xandar's elite Nova Corps, to inherit his power and succeed him in the rank of Nova Prime following the destruction of his world by the intergalactic pirate Zorr. Richard Rider was born in Hempstead, New York.
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