Nova Prime / Leige Maximo
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 4:05 pm
I haven't seen this theory aired before, so apologies if it has.
Is IDW Nova Prime an analogue for Marvel's Liege Maximo?
They both represent long lost Cybertronians interested in Imperialistic expansionism. They both have a high ranking subordinate called Jhiaxus. Furman even indicated that he had plans for Liege Maximo to show up in the 2008 IDW run - no one with that name appeared, but it's the year in which the Dead Universe crew made their comeback in Devastation and Revelation. Nova/Nemesis Prime is the Big Bad, back from the past, updating the role Maximo played in G2.
Additionally, MTMTE adds further credence to this by having Nova Prime's reign see the invention of an alternative method of reproduction, with spark-splicing / cold-construction standing in for budding. I'm not suggesting that James Roberts was playing into the Maximo parallel - I imagine it's a coincidence - but it fits neatly.
Obviously there are some big differences - besides the visuals, LM claims to be Megatron's ancestor, whilst Nova is a Prime; LM leaves Cybertron after the war has started, Nova leaves before it begins - but the common themes are striking, at least to me.
Thoughts?
Is IDW Nova Prime an analogue for Marvel's Liege Maximo?
They both represent long lost Cybertronians interested in Imperialistic expansionism. They both have a high ranking subordinate called Jhiaxus. Furman even indicated that he had plans for Liege Maximo to show up in the 2008 IDW run - no one with that name appeared, but it's the year in which the Dead Universe crew made their comeback in Devastation and Revelation. Nova/Nemesis Prime is the Big Bad, back from the past, updating the role Maximo played in G2.
Additionally, MTMTE adds further credence to this by having Nova Prime's reign see the invention of an alternative method of reproduction, with spark-splicing / cold-construction standing in for budding. I'm not suggesting that James Roberts was playing into the Maximo parallel - I imagine it's a coincidence - but it fits neatly.
Obviously there are some big differences - besides the visuals, LM claims to be Megatron's ancestor, whilst Nova is a Prime; LM leaves Cybertron after the war has started, Nova leaves before it begins - but the common themes are striking, at least to me.
Thoughts?