Nova is a character I am just discovering through the Annhilation Trades.  I think I like this more modern statue

Instead of the Classic

"Hands up, Nova !"

"Aaaarghhh"

"That was easy..."

So... now every time Nova raises his arms he stabs himself in the head?

...

That's why he has to wear the helmet!

I can kinda get behind the modern look in the comics, because an artist can cheat his way out of such problems, but the whole thing just falls apart when you look at it in glorious 3D space.

Maybe more artists should think like sculptors, and figure out how such appearances would function if they were to be created in the real world? It might also save us from characters who carry guns that are bigger than themselves, or from straps of pouches going every which way all over their bodies, inhibiting movement for no purpose.