Okay, once again SPOILERS! I can’t stress enough how this review will have a HUGE SPOILER in it!
Read on at the risk of spoiling the comic book for yourself! You’ve been warned!!!
As the enemy forces move in on the delegation’s location, Spartan Scruggs takes a hostage. He’s quickly dispatched by Palmer. This isn’t even the biggest spoiler…
First, I’m still against a Spartan rebelling. See, this is one of the VERY REASONS why Halsey’s Spartan II’s are and always will be better. They were trained from childhood. Their minds grew accustomed (some would say brainwashed) to protecting the UNSC no matter what. The Spartan IIs loyalty is without question.
Spartan VIs having been recruited as adults have all of those experiences and baggage they bring with them.
This next part however IS the BIG SPOILER!
Palmer needs to get the delegation away. This means having to split up forces. She will go with the delegation while the remaining Spartans are to stay behind and fend off the attacking forces as long as possible so as to allow the delegation to get away.
This includes Paul DeMarco. Yes, THAT Demarco, Fireteam Majestic’s leader from Halo 4’s Spartan Ops. He mans a Covenant surface to air turret and valiantly staves off some enemies. However, his station is overrun and destroyed by a Banshee.
Now some might have thought DeMarco was a jerk in Spartan Ops. However, he proved himself there. I’m really surprised he was killed off. Or was he? We do see several coffins at the funeral ceremony, however they are not named during it, so we readers can not be certain DeMarco is one of them. Regardless, it’s a BOLD move to an albeit minor but important character. I wonder how this will impact the rest of Majestic. Speaking of, I am a little surprised that we haven’t heard about them in the Escalation series. I do hope they are brought into the story.
This is a good read. It’s mostly fast paced and we get to see Spartans at their worst (Scruggs) and at their best (DeMarco) and points in between (Palmer).
I can’t wait for the next issue! Spirit of Fire!!!
-Sal
I just picked up #3 today and from cover to cover it was amazing! Little things like Palmer apologizing to Lord Hood just before shooting him in the knee, the reference to the Kilo 5 trilogy, even the tension between Palmer and Lasky at the end really makes this a story that I am enjoying (other than wanting it all NOW dammit!)
Very well done Dark Horse & 343. Very well done.