Marvel rooter around the world are look to find the MCU embrace the cosmic side of comic rule book story , with the superhero space copNovaone of the most coveted characters . But even if those dreams come up true , andNova ’s root account plays out in the MCU , one of the cool translation of the hoagie seems designate to remain too difficult to ever adapt .

The Marvel characterRick Joneshas been many thing ever since he was saved by Bruce Banner ; Captain America ’s sidekick , a booster and friend to Captain Marvel , and even get to fight with the Avengers . Although he ’s wielded superpowers before , Rick Jones ' counterpart in the Ultimate Marvel macrocosm interpret his life take an even greater way . This teenage Rick Jones was selected to be the superpowered Nova , handpicked by the all - knowing Watchers to protect his macrocosm from an ominous , upcoming scourge .

InUltimate Origins # 5 , theFantastic Fourdiscovered the cosmic champion being chosen from planet Earth . Having observe a great deal of human history , the Watchers selected a forerunner from humans who would help as their designated Cuban sandwich to fight a succeeding crisis . This forerunner was a teenage Rick Jones , discovered in his backyard naked and glowing with energy . Six months subsequently , Rick awoke inThe Ultimate Comics Spider - Manto a dissimilar world … including a new hardening of superpowers , and visions ofthe Watchersin his mind . His teenaged superhero monster - out is accomplished when a backyard test of his force is crashed by Spider - Man and his friend , the Human Torch and Iceman . When a superpowered battle soon follows , the formerly misanthropic Rick is convinced to embrace his newfangled   status .   After saying bye-bye to his category , the hero bed as " Nova " disappeared , eager to research his persona as the Watcher ’s herald – and   fix for the approaching crisis he is to fight down .

Morty looking straight-faced in his pyjamas next to Rick smiling with a portal behind them in Rick and Morty

Nova reappeared inUltimate Comics Mysterytoo lately to warn the Heron of the destructive forces work against them . Rick ’s teleportation powers proved to be a constant asset , purposely or unintentionally teleport characters in and out of battle . But his most memorable military mission come   in theHungermini - series , where the Watcher adopt the disobedient Nova to the bound of space to witness the arrival ofGalactushimself . After witnessing Galactus merge with his Ultimate counterpart ( the Gah Lak Tus swarm ) , Rick tried to protect a Chitauri planet from Galactus , ultimately being saved by Silver Surfer , the death of Peter Parkermotivated Nova to return to distance to help his quondam ally Captain Marvel end the devourer of Earth once and for all . When Mahr Vehl was fatally wounded , he told Rick to habituate his armor to destroy Galactus once and for all . Becoming the new Captain Marvel , he protected the evacuating Kree ship while he used his augment powers to teleport him and Galactus across space – activating his armour in hope of kill the powerful creature .

The Ultimate version of Rick Jones see young variations of classic storylines while give heights that not even the mainstreamNovatouched upon . Although the mainstream Rick Jones seemed okay with his life story as a sidekick and occasional hero , his Ultimate opposite number may not have had the years … but he was still 100 % hero .

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