Nova Kane, real name Katrinka Colchnzski, is E-Man’s girlfriend and eventual superhero partner, created by Nicola Cuti and Joe Staton for E-Man #1 (Charlton, 1973). She is a red-haired geology student at Xanadu University who supports herself as an exotic dancer. After being caught in a nuclear explosion in E-Man #8, she gains energy-based powers similar to E-Man’s and begins adventuring alongside him as Nova.