Annihilation: Nova #2 Cover - Gabriele Dell'Otto
Artist: Gabriele Dell'Otto (All)
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From Gab's Secret Works book, courtesy of James Tran
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DescriptionWHEW. This one is special. Gab is one of my absolute favorite artists. A true maestro with the brush.This is the cover to issue #2 of Nova from Marvel's cosmic Annihilation event back in 2006, and possibly my favorite cover from the entire series. Gab's cover work throughout the series was so captivating and cinematic, I was immediately pulled back into comics for the first time since I was a kid. I'd hoped to have the art in-hand to take to Lake Como, where I was going to finally meet Gab after so many years but I just couldn't make the shipping time work, and was unable to get to Paris to pick up in person before the show. Honestly, the thought of carrying this around Europe gave me an ulcer anyway. I did speak with Gab at the show, where I told him how much his work meant and thanked him for doing a Thanos commission for me years ago. He remembered the piece and where it was done, and was such a nice guy. I told him I'd just bought this cover and he genuinely said it was one of his favorites and he looks back very fondly on this run. He mentioned Marvel originally asked him to do just the main title run but then kept coming back "can you do these 5? Then again, can you do 5 more?" until eventually painting like 24 covers. Wild. This is the biggest art buy I've ever made, likely ever will make. I've never outright bought a cover, those I have were all commissions turned covers. I'd been in contact with the owner for over a year. When I first reached out in 2021 it was just too much for me to justify. Still is, however, I couldn't get the cover off my mind...like, ever. I decided I have more than enough pieces that won't ever be framed so I decided to sell several to help in covering the cost. So I reached back out a year later and we worked out a deal. The price went up, but fortunately it the € to $ conversion got a little more friendly in that span so it wasn't as wide a jump as it could have been. The opportunity to own such a personally meaningful white whale eventually got me. Thanks Greg! Social/Sharing |
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JN 80 
Member Since 2016
1 - Posted on 5/28/2022
Nova throwing down some good Ole ground and pound GSP style. Congrats on such a dynamic cover by the modern master Gab
André .
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 5/28/2022
Such great covers in this series, including this one. Congrats!
Peter R
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 5/28/2022
Beautiful cover..reminds me of his DKIII #5 Batman vs Superman which is my all-time favorite cover of his. Congratulations!
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 5/28/2022
Everything crystal clear except in that high impact fist!
Carlo M
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 5/29/2022
Dificult to beat as fas as coloured covers go. Enjoy!
Jason Caldwell
Member Since 2014
1 - Posted on 7/14/2022
Holy shit. One of the best covers from my favorite miniseries - featuring two of my favorite characters, by one of my favorite artists!
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