Baron calls, and, without preamble, just says 'Nexus'. He even came up with the lightning bolt for the costume. Over a drink at a restaurant, Baron outlined his ideas for Nexus to Rude: On the creation of the series, Baron noted that they had originally pitched a series called Encyclopaedias to Capital Comics, but the company rejected this, saying they were looking for a superhero title.
The black-and-white issues and the first six color issues were published by Capital Comics after Capital's demise, First Comics took over publication. The series debuted as a three-issue black-and-white limited series (the third of which featured a 33 RPM flexi disc with music and dialogue from the issue), followed by an ongoing full-color series which lasted 80 issues.
