Is Nova (Frankie Raye) dead? She wasn't in the Annihilation prequels. What's the deal?

Answer 1

I missed the Annihilation prequels, unfortunately, but I'm pretty darn sure she was dead, and has been for quite awhile. Morg killed her with a big honkin' cosmic axe back in Silver Surfer #75 or so.

Answer 2

I don't think she's permanently dead. IIRC, she was show in the Last Galactus Story graphic novel. which pictures the big guy millions of years from now when he's eaten all the life-producing planets and is facing starvation, oslt. She's in that one. It makes sense that he might reconstitute her, or whatever you want to call it, with all his cosmic power. Don't forget, Nova was the first herald who actually fell in love with Galactus, and if he was aware of that (and I wouldn't want to bet against what Galactus might or might not know!) then he might have brought her back because he missed her. Even Galactus had some feelings for Nova which he was hardly able to face or express. Norrin Radd was astonished to hear Galactus wanting Nova back, when this universal force of nature had previously seemed indifferent to the fate of every other living thing. So he might bring her back. She looks awfully yummy with that coating of galactic 'glaze' on her. Who knows...? She might be able to persuade Galactus to try eating something else than mere planets, sometime....

Answer 3

As far as I know, Frankie is dead. Mephisto disquised himself as frankie for a time, to try to get the Silver Surfers soul, but it wasn't her, only her likeness. In the comics though, it seems nobody stays dead forever. I think Cap's sidekick, Bucky, holds the record.

Answer 4

She was killed off in the Herald Ordeal arc that concluded in Silver Surfer # 75. The Last Galactus Story is not in continuity, IIRC.

Answer 5

Maby her plane or car got held up for an emergency or she got sick.