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The Halo Graphic Novel Hardcover – January 1, 2006

by Lee Hammock (Author), Jay Faerber (Author), Tsutomu Nihei (Author, Illustrator),
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Marvel and Bungie team up to create The Halo Graphic Novel HC based on the best-selling video game. The graphic novel brings the Halo universe to life for the first time in the sequential art medium in a 128-page, full color, high quality, jacketed, hardcover graphic novel. Stories include: "Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor" by Simon Bisley and Lee Hammock. When communications from a Covenant agricultural support ship are mysteriously terminated, an Elite Commander and his squad of Special Forces are sent to investigate. In "Armor Testing" by Ed Lee and Jay Faerber, the only way to test Spartan armor, is to send a Spartan. The question is what's really being tested? In Tsutomo Nihei's "Breaking Quarantine," the untold tale of Sergeant Johnson's escape from the clutches of the Flood menace is revealed! Finally, Moebius and Brett Lewis' "Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa" tells of the subtler, more dangerous fights taking place on the streets of New Mombasa and in the hearts and minds of men. Cover by Phil Hale. Gallery art created a number of elite artists including Rick Berry, Geof Darrow, Scott Fischer, Sterling Hundley, Craig Mullins, George Pratt, Juan Ramirez, George Staples, Justin Sweet, John Van Fleet and Kent Williams.
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  2. Language
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    Marvel Enterprises
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2006
  5. Dimensions
    7.5 x 0.5 x 10.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
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Based on the wildly popular videogame, this anthology collects four stories by different creators, all set in the Halo universe of the 26th century. The game's central story details a war between Earth's United Nations Space Command and the Covenant, a coalition of hostile alien races. At the center is Master Chief, a UNSC cyborg-marine who discovers the terrible secret of the Halo, a series of ringlike artificial planets. Hardcore Halo fans will love Lee Hammock's "The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor," viscerally illustrated by Simon Bisley, detailing the Flood, a nasty parasitic race of monsters that threaten both the Covenant and the human race. For newcomers there's the legendary Moebius's "Second Sunrise over New Mombasa," in which he renders a beautiful, futuristic version of the Kenyan city—and deftly surveys the intersection of war propaganda and the media. The book's artwork is skillful and unusual (including a story by Tsutomu Nihei and a gallery by an all-star lineup of artists in the back) and the writing brings the Halo universe and its central tenets to life. But ultimately the reader will yearn for the depth of a real, book-length graphic novel—and maybe that's next to come. (July)
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0785123725
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel Enterprises (January 1, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780785123729
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0785123729
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.5 x 10.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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    Tsutomu Nihei (弐瓶 勉 Nihei Tsutomu?, born 1971) is a Japanese manga artist. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following. He has a relatively large community of fans in Germany where his manga Blame!, NOiSE and Biomega were published by Ehapa. Blame! was also published in France and Spain by Glénat, in the US by Tokyopop and in Italy by Panini Comics. In 2009 Abara was released in Brazil also by Panini Comics.

    At first he studied architecture and later this influence has shown up in his manga works in his depiction of huge structures. This has become one of the general themes that make his manga unique. His works are usually in black and white.

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    Jay Faerber is a writer of comic books and television. He got his start working at Marvel and DC on such titles as WHAT IF...?, GENERATION X, NEW WARRIORS, GREEN LANTERN, and THE TITANS. In 2001 he launched his first creator-owned series at Image Comics, the super-hero soap opera NOBLE CAUSES. Since then he's co-created a number of series at Image, including DYNAMO 5, DODGE'S BULLETS, NEAR DEATH, GRAVEYARD SHIFT, GEMINI, POINT OF IMPACT, COPPERHEAD, and ELSEWHERE.

    In addition to comic books, Jay is also a television writer/producer, having worked on such series as RINGER, STAR-CROSSED, MARVEL'S AVENGERS ASSEMBLE, ZOO, and SUPERGIRL.

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Michael S. Richards
5.0 out of 5 stars another fantastic slice of the Halo universe
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2007
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This is a very impressive collection. Extremely well put together, and you can tell the teams working here are fans who love what they're doing.

When they called this a `Graphic Novel' they really meant it. Two of the four stories are told mostly visually (one entirely without text, but incredibly compelling), and the other two, while heavy on story, are still beautifully rendered. (I'm not a fan of the art style in "second sunrise', but it's still well done.)

The art compilation in the back of the book is fantastic, and has some really creative stuff. I love the weapons load out with the Master Chief standing in the middle of all his gear.

Any fan of the Halo `verse will have fun with this.

(and if you haven't read the Eric Nylund novels, you're missing a Huge part of the Halo story! Don't miss it!)
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C. Brockmann
5.0 out of 5 stars Halo graphic novel
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2007
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This is the best comic I have ever read. I , being a Halo fan myself, have also read the novels that compliment the story of Master chief and the rest of the Halo universe. This is a wonderful edition to the Halo universe. It answers questions about characters , the art is spectacular, the stories and how they are presented meld so perfectly together with the style of the games, novels, and the rest of the halo universe that I felt I was reading cut scenes form the games and continuations of the books( which both were amazing as well). Any comic book lover, Halo fan or Sci fi fan should check this comic out , and if that sparks your enthusiasm and you want to find out how this all ties into the Great Story that is Halo you should check out the other novels and game products. 5/5, perfect!, wonderful!, so many words can describe how pleased I am with this product.
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Michael Carl Debenedictis
5.0 out of 5 stars My review of the Halo graphic novel
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2010
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I am a fan of graphic novels like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Watchmen, Batman, and the Dark Tower series. I am not so acquainted with the Halo game (as I am not a gamer), but do love the graphic novels. Their stories bring a human touch and feel to an intergalactic story These graphic novels stand up to any of the comic book and graphic novel greats in all aspects - colors, graphics, storytelling, and their ability to reach people on a realistic, real world level of thought and feeling. I suggest these graphic novels to anyone interested in the art of graphic novels whether or not you're a gamer.
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Jacob
5.0 out of 5 stars Minty fresh
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2021
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Practically print fresh condition. Came for one artists work, pleasantly surprised by the quality on the protection and condition of the book on arrival. 10/10 would not buy again… only cause I have one now and don’t need another…
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Zane Doyle
4.0 out of 5 stars Fast delivery
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2024
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Please with product and Fast delivery
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Jorge Puentes Pucheux
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2019
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When the book came out I was just a kid, I didn’t speak the language by that time, and didn’t have the money to buy it. Now I understand English and I have the money, was worth the wait.
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BlueStar
3.0 out of 5 stars A collection of stories from the Halo universe!
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2013
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Four different artists, four different stories. Four artists take on four tales; all of a different perspective of the same horrible war that plagues the Halo universe. The first story, The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor, follows Elite Commander Rtas 'Vadumee and, after a quick training spar with his men, learns that the Infinite Succor has been boarded by an unknown enemy and leads a squad to meet the threat. Upon entering the ship, he learns that the boarding party is a parasitic life-form that feeds off the living and the dead. He then fights to find the Legate and get him off the infested ship all while making an attempt to eliminate the threat that the Legate calls, the Flood. The next story, Armor Testing, is a short tale about a Spartan named Maria that is armor-testing the very suit that John-117 receives shortly after this takes place.

The third story in the book, Breaking Quarantine, shows how Sergeant Johnson escaped the Flood parasites. The fourth, and final story, Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa, follows a civilian journalist and his daytime job to edit war photos into propaganda for the masses but soon realizes that the Covenant has attacked the city and his only hope is getting his data out of the city before the Covenant destroy everything...and everyone!

The first story in this book starts out quite slow but picks up as we see the famous Shipmaster 'Vadumee and his first encounter with the disgusting Flood. We see his combat skills as well as his commanding skills and we also see how the Flood is a very intelligent, parasitic life-form that feeds off of their hosts' minds and gathers information. It's an interesting story for the characters involved and one definitely worth reading. The art, however, I'm not too fond of as it's difficult at times to decipher what exactly is going on with all the splattered gore from the Flood splashing the pages. The second story has nicer art but is very, very short but is almost completely action. It's basically just an armor-testing exercise but it's revealed that the armor's going to Master Chief. It's nice to see where Master Chief's armor came from and how he got it and that's pretty much what this story serves to tell. Breaking Quarantine is a story void of any dialogue but some really nice art. The Sergeant's escape from the Flood is a cool little action-packed tale and no dialogue was needed, thankfully. The final story is the most poorly done. It's highlight is that it provides a civilian perspective on the New Mombasa attack and shows how quickly it went from a normal day to the end of the world. However, the art is atrocious and looks like a child drew it. None of the humans look particularly 'human' and the Covenant are multi-colored globs with guns. The art really brings the presentation down and even the writing isn't top-notch or even as good as the other stories with dialogue. Overall, however, you get four stories that add to the Halo universe and contribute more information for all Halo fans to soak in. On top of that, you get a really cool art gallery at the end of the book! The first story is fantastic and the two short stories are good reads as well. Although the last one drags down the book a bit, it's still worth looking at. This is by no means the best Halo comic media out there, but if you like Halo and must read everything, then pick this up!
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paul
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2018
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Great book. It has more than one story in it, so it's not just a paper thin comic book like ones in shops. Definitely recommend to everyone who likes Halo and suck at reading actual books (like me).
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MB
5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for any halo fan.
Reviewed in Canada on March 17, 2021
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Beautiful art and great stories.
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Yellowprism644
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastica
Reviewed in Italy on March 1, 2020
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La seconda raccolta di fumetti di Halo migliore che abbia mai avuto tra le mani
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Angel M
4.0 out of 5 stars Solo para fans
Reviewed in Mexico on August 2, 2017
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Un producto bueno a secas, buena presentacion y una calidad decente. Las historias que contiene solo la entenderán las personas familiarizados con la cronologia de los juegos.
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Oval
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice
Reviewed in Singapore on February 17, 2024
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I like the older halo comics
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Mathilde L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Rien à dire
Reviewed in France on August 31, 2017
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Je ne peux pas commenter le contenu car c'était un cadeau. Mais le produit en lui même était très bien. Livré dans les temps, bien emballé, produit impeccable à l'arrivée.
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