Daily Archives: 04/25/2013

NEW Halo comic book from Dark Horse! The origin of Sarah Palmer!!!

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Wired posted an article today detailing a new Halo mini-series comic book.

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Craving more stories in the Halo universe? Dark Horse has you covered.

Although graphic novels and comics set in the Halo series have heretofore been handled by industry giant Marvel, Wired can exclusively reveal today that the next series of books based on Microsoft’s insanely popular Xbox shooters will be produced by Dark Horse. On August 14, it will launch the first issue of a new mini-series called Halo: Initiation.

Brian Reed, the comic writer who adapted the Halo: Fall of Reach novel into comic form in 2010 before joining 343 Industries to write the Halo 4 game, will write the books, with Marco Castiello (Star Wars: Purge) on art. Initiation is the origin story of Sarah Palmer, a character introduced in Halo 4. Although she appeared in the game as a commander of the Spartan forces, she was originally an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper; this series follows her career path.

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“After Halo 4 and Spartan Ops, fans wanted to know more about the origins of the Spartan-IV program and Sarah Palmer in particular. So it’s great fun to be able to grant those wishes with a partner like Dark Horse,” Reed said in a statement issued by Dark Horse.

Text from link, credit to Dark Horse for pics.

Holy crap…Palmer was an ODST? Hmm, kind of fits though. Wow, I can’t wait for this series!!!

-Sal

The Halo Bulletin 4-24-12

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halobulletinheader_4-24-13Ooh, there are some goodies in this week’s Bulletin.

First we find out why Jen Taylor was at 343. She did personalized voice mails for the highest bidders of the “Child’s Play Charity Dinner Auction.” While there she played a game of “Did you know?” Revolvoing around her various acting credentials. Someone brought up her wiki page and it was found to have some errors…

Next up are three sets of clues to as yet to be discovered Halo 4 Campaign Easter Eggs. Here’s a pic of the clues:Easter Eggs 4-25-13
I think I have part of the Infinity one worked out, so I’m going to try and get that one today. Though the first part of it makes me think I should be listening for a loud “fart” sound, LOL.

After this the bulletin goes on to an article regarding weapon tuning. BR, DMR, LR, and AR are all discussed.

Next up something near and not so dear to me, JIP or Join-In-Progress. Something I happen to abhor that is in Halo 4. Looks like while it’s still going to be in the game, the time in which you can JIP will be reduced, in some cases drastically. GOOD!

Finally, BS Angel posts up a gallery of “Assassin” screenshots.

To read the full bulletin, check out the official site’s link.

-Sal