Key Issue

August 31, 1976

Nova #1

Key Issue

First appearance of Nova; Origin of Nova; First appearance of Rhomann Dey

Artist

Michele Wolfman

Rich Buckler

John Buscema

Dan Crespi

Joe Rosen

Script Writer

Marv Wolfman

Editor

Marv Wolfman

Publisher

Marvel

Publication Date

Aug 31, 1976

Cover Price

$0.30

Page Count

36 pages

What's it Worth?

Building Tables

Graded Population

CGC Title	Publisher	Date	Verify
Nova #1	Marvel Comics	9/76	Verify
Nova #1 (U.K. Price Variant)	Marvel Comics	9/76	Verify

All Grades 8,791 Population Share	Universal 8,169 92.9% of pop	Signature 590 6.7% of pop	Restored 30 0.3% of pop	Qualified 2 0% of pop	Conserved 0 0% of pop
9.8	545 top 6.7%	41 top 6.9%	0 --	0 --	0 --
9.6	1,329 top 22.9%	93 top 22.7%	3 top 10%	0 --	0 --
9.4	1,379 top 39.8%	101 top 39.8%	0 --	0 --	0 --
9.2	994 top 52%	75 top 52.5%	5 top 26.7%	1 top 50%	0 --
9.0	960 top 63.7%	67 top 63.9%	3 top 36.7%	0 --	0 --
8.5	807 top 73.6%	75 top 76.6%	6 top 56.7%	1 top 100%	0 --
8.0	612 top 81.1%	33 top 82.2%	4 top 70%	0 --	0 --
7.5	441 top 86.5%	33 top 87.8%	1 top 73.3%	0 --	0 --
7.0	345 top 90.7%	26 top 92.2%	4 top 86.7%	0 --	0 --
6.5	233 top 93.6%	20 top 95.6%	2 top 93.3%	0 --	0 --
6.0	170 top 95.7%	9 top 97.1%	0 --	0 --	0 --
5.5	107 top 97%	5 top 98%	1 top 96.7%	0 --	0 --
5.0	101 top 98.2%	5 top 98.8%	0 --	0 --	0 --
4.5	55 top 98.9%	3 top 99.3%	1 top 100%	0 --	0 --
4.0	37 top 99.3%	1 top 99.5%	0 --	0 --	0 --
3.5	23 top 99.6%	1 top 99.7%	0 --	0 --	0 --
3.0	18 top 99.8%	2 top 100%	0 --	0 --	0 --
2.5	8 top 99.9%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
2.0	2 top 100%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
1.8	1 top 100%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
0.5	2 top 100%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
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