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New Halo Comic Announced By Dark Horse

by Isaac Perry on October 03, 2013 at 12:43 PM

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Halo canon lovers rejoice. Dark Horse is taking another video game franchise to print in Halo: Escalation. The UNSC flagship Infinity will be the centerpiece for the comic’s first issue. The writer is none other than Chris Schlerf, the lead writer of Halo 4.

The events in Halo: Escalation begin with the Infinity being assigned an escort mission for the covenant. Of course, things don’t go according to plan. You can read the synopsis on the website and get excited for the first issue on December 11th. For more information on other video game comics by Dark Horse, such as Plants vs Zombies or Tomb Raider, click here and here respectively.

Our Take
The synopsis suggests that the series will take place before the events of Halo 4 and Spartan Ops. Before serving as an exploratory ship, Infinity fought in the Sangheili civil war. My guess is that the series begins after the signature battles on the Elites’ home world.

Even though Master Chief might sit this series out, it's exciting to see comics expand a video game’s universe. A deeper look at Infinity could be interesting.

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Filed under: News, Microsoft, Halo, Comic, Dark Horse, escalation, 343, infinity

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by Joseph Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 12:52 PM

No thanks.
by TALI Z0RAH Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 12:55 PM

Will eventually get it, still reading the kilo two five series.
by Winston Churchill Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 12:59 PM

When I read, "The writer is none other than Chris Schlerf, the lead writer of Halo 4" I was all like, "No way bro."
by Baya Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 01:10 PM

Sweat, I'll try it out
by Azurekite619 Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 01:13 PM

Comics? What are those? Are they like manga?
by frostblitz20 Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 01:13 PM

Abit off topic but still waiting for more Spartan ops they promised us Long ago what happened to that? Also ill try reading this see if i can get into it but not gonna have high hopes
by SpiderRyno Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 01:16 PM

nope, sorry after halo 4 the halo series for me has become somewhat of a joke. and besides Marvel isn't backing the comics anymore.... so yea I'm out.
by Robert Hansen Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 01:24 PM

I sort of wish they'd focus on something other than the Infinity.
by Cameron Koch Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 01:42 PM

The Arbiter is in this!? Sign me up, man what has he been up to.
by SJsharksfan17 Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 01:51 PM

Halo 4 was a good game but I just don't like where they are taking the series. The Sangheili civil war, Halsey all of a sudden becoming evil, etc. I'm holding out some hope that Halo 5 will be better but in my opinion they should stop messing with the universe that's already been set in stone by Bungie and the novels that cane alongside the first three halo games and instead continue crafting the story with the promethians.
by hoodie_weather Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 01:59 PM

Who cares?
by ahein Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 02:52 PM

I guess they weren't loving what Marvel was doing with Halo either.
by Tommy H. Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 03:07 PM

Hmmm, interesting. Maybe my brother wants to collect these. He's into comic books but mostly Marvel and DC. Me, not so much, except for the Uncharted and Mass Effect comics.

What surprised me is that there's a Plants vs. Zombies comic?!?! :D
by Arparagus Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 03:42 PM

This would be more interesting if Halo 4 had had better writing. The idea for the story was great, but they didn't handle it as well as they should have.
by Tim Gruver Thursday, October 03, 2013 at 05:15 PM

Huh. No one's face looks as good as a bad-a** Spartan helmet, lol