Xandar

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Xandar is a fictional planet in the Tranta system in the Andromeda galaxy of the Marvel Comics universe. It is best known as the home world of the Nova Corps, an intergalactic police task force. The most prominent member of the Nova Corps is Richard Rider, one-time member of the New Warriors. Xandar is also the home planet of the former Heralds of Galactus known as Firelord and Air-Walker.

History

Blown apart in an attack by the Luphomoid Zorr, Xandar is saved from complete destruction by the timely intervention of the Watcher, who assists the Xandarians in creating a network of interconnected domed cities out of the largest remaining pieces of the planet.

Recently, the already war-torn planet is completely destroyed and the Nova Corps decimated at the hands of Annihilus. Rider stands as the last surviving Nova Corps member following the massacre. The living supercomputer which resided in Xandar's core, an entity known as the Xandarian Worldmind, also survived and is now housed within Rider's newly modified uniform, which has also been enhanced to assist him in containing the full measure of the Nova Force.

Bibliography

*"Nova (vol. 1)" #1-25 (September, 1976 - May, 1979)
*"Fantastic Four (vol. 1)" #204-214 (March, 1978 - January, 1979)
*"Uncanny Origins" #4 "Firelord"
*"Annihilation: Prologue" #1 (May, 2006)
*"Annihilation: Nova" #1-4 (June, 2006 – September, 2006)