New Halo Comic! Halo: Initiation #1

On 08/14/2013 at 04:19 PM by KnightDriver

The Halo comics have been just ok so far, but, being a fan of the franchise, I had to get this to check out, and it's pretty good so far. It's about an ODST, Lance Corporal Sarah Palmer, being recruited into a Spartan program after a particularly great performance on a mission. I think it's going to be the Spartan-IV program though. Master Chief was a Spartan II and the Spartan III's were like a low cost, less enhanced soldier. This comic takes place after the defeat of the Covenant, so it's probably a new Spartan program, which I guess will be revealed in upcoming issues. So far so good. The writing is crisp and to the point by Brian Reed, veteran of many comics and now writing exclusively for 343 Industries. The art, by Marco Castiello, is colorful and very much in line with previous Halo comics. I think I'm going to like this series.

Also found this Halo: Spartan Assault ad within and it reminds me of one more reason to get an iPad. I could just play this on my laptop though, now I think of it. Anyway, the ad is pretty cool.

Travis Hawks Senior Editor

08/14/2013 at 04:31 PM

Spartan Assault will only work on Windows 8 crud like my phone and not on an iPad. So, no need to buy one of those!

KnightDriver

08/14/2013 at 04:40 PM

Ah man, it would look so good on a Surface or iPad. Oh well, I guess I'll settle for the old PC.

08/14/2013 at 05:32 PM

Well, a Surface would probably work. You'd have to double check...

08/15/2013 at 01:57 PM

Yea, I just heard E on Major Nelson's podcast mention Spartan Assault on the Surface. I guess I still think of any touch-pad device as an iPad.

BretBaber

08/14/2013 at 05:16 PM

I bought the newest Buffy comic today, also from Dark Horse.

08/15/2013 at 02:00 PM

I think Dark Horse did a Serenity comic. I was interested in that Whedon story.

08/15/2013 at 08:54 PM

Read that. It didn't live up to the show. The one he wrote was a lot better than the one written by various other writers.

smartcelt

08/15/2013 at 10:34 AM

I don't have any Halo comics,so this sounds pretty cool. I think I will like them because I enjoy almost everything Dark Horse does that's game related.

08/15/2013 at 01:59 PM

This ones' off to a good start.

Halochief90

08/16/2013 at 11:39 PM

I've probably mentioned this before, but I did use to read all the Halo books including the comics. They weren't the greatest fiction out but they were good comfort food. They have had so much stuff come out in the last two years or three years though and I've fallen behind on all of them.

08/17/2013 at 03:12 AM

I thought some of the novels were really good. I actually enjoyed them a bit more than the comics. I'm thinking Karen Traviss is going to release another one soon. It'll be her third and that's always a good number...searching... Lo and behold, Karen's third Halo novel Mortal Dictata announced here: http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/07/09/Tor-Books-Announces-the-Third-Halo-Novel-in-the-Kilo-Five-Trilogy-by-Karen-Traviss.aspx coming out January 2014.

Super Step Contributing Writer

08/18/2013 at 08:12 AM

I actually might be able to play something like that on my laptop now, too! Exciting!

PixlBit