

This proved successful and the group changed into their costumes. Their detention turned out to be a ruse, designed to get the entirety of their team in one place. Sam immediately snapped back at Peter, even insulting his costume as Spider-Man before being hauled off to detention with the latter by Coulson. Soon after, he was hauled out of the school's cafeteria by Peter, whom wanted to confront him on his choice to hang out with his friends.

He amused Mary Jane by showing off a sculpture of Principal Coulson. He later helped defeat the Frightful Four and later enrolled in Midtown High School.

He watched the live footage of Spider-Man training and didn't want to lead him, but was upset to find Spider-Man was supposed to be leading them.

Sam became Nova when the Nova Corps gave him a special helmet that gave him the ability to fly and fire energy blasts. On very few occasions, he is shown to know the difference between a joke and something serious. He spends most of his time during fights trying to show off how cool he is, clicks photos on his mobile, rather than actually helping his teammates to win the fight. His massive ego causes him to be the bane of all of his teammates, especially during battles. Sam, despite being boastful and sarcastic, has leporiphobia, the fear of rabbits. He always feels that he has something to prove and is very cocky. Like his rival Spider-Man and his mainstream counterpart Richard Rider, Nova is enthusiastic, immature and impulsive. Nova doesn't know the limits of his powers. He wears a black suit, with golden buttons on the suit with golden belt, gloves and boots. He wears the standard Nova costume which comes with a helmet that covers the upper part of the face, with a big red star on the front and white eyes. As a civilian, he wears a light blue shirt with a white shirt undearneath and grey pants. Sam Alexander aka Nova is a short teenage hispanic male who has black hair and green eyes.
