Halo: The Graphic Novel

This is a brilliant graphic novel adding to the story of Halo.

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First thing, Don't buy this if your expecting to see the master chief running around facing the covenant. In this, he only has a two page cameo (I think in 343 guilty spark). If you want to see him, try Halo Uprising. That shows him in the events after halo 2 (the space ship).

This graphic novel has four individual stories writen and drawn by four diiferent writers/artists.

• #1: The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor-

  This story covers the first time of the covenant meeeting the flood. It is a quite good story, showing you how the covenant felt and acted coming apon a new enemy. They're not just targets to point and shoot. I found the artistic style of the story more graphic than the others, in a good way.

• #2: Armour Testing –

  This is about the testing of the spartan arnour, before the M.C. gets it. The story shows a spartan go into a form of training to prepare the armour. The art style is a bit like some animes, I'd compare it to Halo Legends (the halo anime).

• #3: Breaking Quarantine –

  Ever wondered what happened to Sg. Johnson after seeing Pvt. Jenkins video of the flood ambush back in halo 1? This shows him escaping the forerunner infrastructure back on halo. This has no ‘speaking’ in the story, but there is no need for it with the great realistic style.

• #4: Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa –

  Last but not least, the story of New Mombassa. This is about a journalist flashing back on when the covenant first invaded Earth. It shows his story and opinion of what happened vs the portrayal of the media. Of all the stories, this has the most cartoon-like drawing. It's still good, but it may not be to everyones taste.

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Overall the presentation and quality of this novel is very nice. Under the dust jacket there is a blacked out book with a great, etched-looking spartan (i.e. the cover, even cooler).
At the rear of the novel is gallery of 20+ artists whom had been proposed to design for the halo novel. Each with a full page drawing of what they choose, some are nothing short of brilliant.

If you're a fan of Halo, or know someone who is adicted to it. This is a great purchase, you'll love it. :) – T.

The artwork was so-so, the stories not engaging and the collection was too much of a mish-mash (not even a stylish mix-n-match), hardly made any sense to me. Rather than a novel with a single start-to-end plot, it was just a collection of single episodes with no continuity. Waste of my money, I feel.