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|author=*[[Christopher Schlerf]], [[Brian Reed]] & Duffy Boudreau ''(writers)''<br> | |author=*[[Christopher Schlerf]], [[Brian Reed]] & Duffy Boudreau ''(writers)''<br> | ||
*Sergio Ariño | *Sergio Ariño, Ricardo Sanchez Arreola & Douglas Franchin (pencillers)<br> | ||
*Juan Castro & Rob Lean (inkers)<br> | *Juan Castro & Rob Lean (inkers)<br> | ||
*Michael Atiyeh (colorist)<br> | *Michael Atiyeh (colorist)<br> | ||
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*Issue #14: January 28, [[2015]] | *Issue #14: January 28, [[2015]] | ||
*Issue #15: Febuary 25, 2015 | *Issue #15: Febuary 25, 2015 | ||
*Issue #16: March 25, 2015 | |||
*Volume #1: October 8, 2014 | *Volume #1: October 8, 2014 | ||
*Volume #2: April 21, 2015 | *Volume #2: April 21, 2015 | ||
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{{Main|Halo: Escalation Issue 3}} | {{Main|Halo: Escalation Issue 3}} | ||
'''Official summary''' | '''Official summary''' | ||
{{Article Quote|Commander Palmer confronts the traitor who has betrayed her team, as the Covenant closes in on their position. With time running out, Lasky is forced to make a costly sacrifice to save the peace delegation from the impending attack. | {{Article Quote|Commander Palmer confronts the traitor who has betrayed her team, as the Covenant closes in on their position. With time running out, Lasky is forced to make a costly sacrifice to save the peace delegation from the impending attack.<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/22-703/Halo-Escalation-3/ '''Dark Horse Comics:''' ''Halo: Escalation #3'']</ref>}} | ||
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{{Article Quote|The Master Chief returns in “The Next 72 Hours: Part 1”! After defeating the Didact, John-117 joined the crew of Infinity... but why did he leave? The mystery begins here. Halo® lead writer Brian Reed (Amazing Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel) reveals the secret events that immediately follow the end of Halo 4.<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/22-708/Halo-Escalation-8/ '''Dark Horse Comics:''' ''Halo: Escalation #8'']</ref>}} | {{Article Quote|The Master Chief returns in “The Next 72 Hours: Part 1”! After defeating the Didact, John-117 joined the crew of Infinity... but why did he leave? The mystery begins here. Halo® lead writer Brian Reed (Amazing Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel) reveals the secret events that immediately follow the end of Halo 4.<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/22-708/Halo-Escalation-8/ '''Dark Horse Comics:''' ''Halo: Escalation #8'']</ref>}} | ||
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===Issue 9 - ''"The Next 72 Hours, Part 2"''=== | ===Issue 9 - ''"The Next 72 Hours, Part 2"''=== | ||
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{{Article Quote|In the days following the events of Halo 4, the Master Chief faced one of his greatest challenges. Halo® lead writer Brian Reed (Amazing Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel) takes the Master Chief from the fires of Halo 4 to the pages of Escalation in “The Next 72 Hours” Part 2!<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/22-709/Halo-Escalation-9/ '''Dark Horse Comics:''' ''Halo: Escalation #9'']</ref>}} | {{Article Quote|In the days following the events of Halo 4, the Master Chief faced one of his greatest challenges. Halo® lead writer Brian Reed (Amazing Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel) takes the Master Chief from the fires of Halo 4 to the pages of Escalation in “The Next 72 Hours” Part 2!<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/22-709/Halo-Escalation-9/ '''Dark Horse Comics:''' ''Halo: Escalation #9'']</ref>}} | ||
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===Issue 10 - ''"The Next 72 Hours, Part 3"''=== | ===Issue 10 - ''"The Next 72 Hours, Part 3"''=== | ||
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{{Article Quote|The Master Chief returns in "The Next 72 Hours" Part 3! What happened to the Master Chief immediately following the events of Halo 4, and what do those events mean for the future of the crew on the UNSC Infinity? Halo lead writer Brian Reed (Amazing Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel) and Ricardo Sánchez reveal all in the thrilling conclusion to this Halo event!<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/22-710/Halo-Escalation-10/ '''Dark Horse Comics:''' ''Halo: Escalation #10'']</ref>}} | {{Article Quote|The Master Chief returns in "The Next 72 Hours" Part 3! What happened to the Master Chief immediately following the events of Halo 4, and what do those events mean for the future of the crew on the UNSC Infinity? Halo lead writer Brian Reed (Amazing Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel) and Ricardo Sánchez reveal all in the thrilling conclusion to this Halo event!<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/22-710/Halo-Escalation-10/ '''Dark Horse Comics:''' ''Halo: Escalation #10'']</ref>}} | ||
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===Issue 11 - ''"Exposure, Part 1"''=== | ===Issue 11 - ''"Exposure, Part 1"''=== | ||
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{{Article Quote|Spartans Ray and Thorne set out on a secret mission to uncover the origin of a monstrous new bioweapon... but is it too late to prevent total catastrophe? Halo lead writer Brian Reed (Amazing Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel), Duffy Boudreau (BlackAcre), and Ricardo Sánchez (Green Arrow) team up to present one of the most dangerous Spartan ops yet!<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/22-711/Halo-Escalation-11 '''Dark Horse Comics:''' ''Halo: Escalation #11'']</ref>}} | {{Article Quote|Spartans Ray and Thorne set out on a secret mission to uncover the origin of a monstrous new bioweapon... but is it too late to prevent total catastrophe? Halo lead writer Brian Reed (Amazing Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel), Duffy Boudreau (BlackAcre), and Ricardo Sánchez (Green Arrow) team up to present one of the most dangerous Spartan ops yet!<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/22-711/Halo-Escalation-11 '''Dark Horse Comics:''' ''Halo: Escalation #11'']</ref>}} | ||
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===Issue 12 - ''"Exposure, Part 2"''=== | ===Issue 12 - ''"Exposure, Part 2"''=== | ||
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*[[Type-52 Phantom]] | *[[Type-52 Phantom]] | ||
*[[Type-56 Lich]] | *[[Type-56 Lich]] | ||
*[[Type-58 Harvester]] | |||
*[[UNSC Destroyer]] | *[[UNSC Destroyer]] | ||
*{{UNSCShip|Infinity}} | *{{UNSCShip|Infinity}} | ||
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*[[M395 DMR|M395 Designated Marksman Rifle]] | *[[M395 DMR|M395 Designated Marksman Rifle]] | ||
*[[M41 Extended Light Anti-Aircraft Gun]] | *[[M41 Extended Light Anti-Aircraft Gun]] | ||
*[[M41 rocket launcher]] | |||
*[[M45 shotgun#M45D Tactical Shotgun|M45D Tactical Shotgun]] | *[[M45 shotgun#M45D Tactical Shotgun|M45D Tactical Shotgun]] | ||
*[[M6H magnum|M6H Personal Defense Weapon System]] | *[[M6H magnum|M6H Personal Defense Weapon System]] | ||
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File:Halo Escalation 14.jpg|Issue #14 cover art by Jean-Sébastien Rossbach. | File:Halo Escalation 14.jpg|Issue #14 cover art by Jean-Sébastien Rossbach. | ||
File:Halo Escalation 15.jpg|Issue #15 cover art by Jean-Sébastien Rossbach. | File:Halo Escalation 15.jpg|Issue #15 cover art by Jean-Sébastien Rossbach. | ||
File:Halo Escalation 16.jpg|Issue #16 cover art by Jean-Sébastien Rossbach. | |||
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Halo: Escalation is an ongoing comic book series produced by Dark Horse Comics.[1] It focuses on "how the events of Halo 4 have helped define the destiny not only of the Chief but of the galaxy as a whole".[2] The series is told in multiple arcs set between Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians. The majority of issues focus on the crew of the flagship Template:UNSCship shortly after the events of Spartan Ops, particularly during their encounters with remnants of the Covenant and the resurgent Insurrection. However, the third story arc ("The Next 72 Hours") instead acts as an epilogue to Halo 4 and takes place six months before the greater part of the series.
Halo: Escalation was originally marketed as a limited-run series consisting of 12 issues;[3] however, several more issues have since been announced. A paperback edition of Halo: Escalation - Volume 1 (collecting Issues #1-6) is due for release on October 8, 2014.[4] Halo: Escalation - Volume 2 (collecting Issues #7-12) is due out April 21, 2015. [5]
Plot synopsis
Issues 1 to 3 focus on UNSC Infinity's mission to provide security for the Sangheili-Jiralhanae peace delegation on Ealen IV and their struggle for survival after Covenant forces under the command of Vata 'Gajat attack the conference. In Issues 4 to 6, the Infinity crew track down the spy in the UNSC's ranks who leaked the location of the negotiations to the Covenant and face down the New Colonial Alliance and Captain Daniel Clayton, the true mastermind behind the attack. Issue 7 focuses on Spartan Gabriel Thorne's trip to the reopened New Phoenix to receive closure for his grandmother's death in the Didact's attack on the city. Issues 8, 9 and 10 form a story arc called "The Next 72 Hours" which details Spartan John-117's fate immediately after the events of Halo 4. Issues 11 and 12 comprise a story arc called "Exposure" in which Spartans Ray and Thorne are deployed on a mission to uncover the secrets of a mysterious biological weapon. The next four issues form another story arc, "Spartan Ops: The Janus Key",[6] that returns to the principal plot threads of Spartan Ops, continuing the ongoing conflict between Infinity and Jul 'Mdama's forces and their struggle for control of the Janus Key.[7]
Issues
Issue 1
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Issue 2
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Issue 3
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Issue 4
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Issue 5
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Issue 6
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Issue 7
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Issue 8 - "The Next 72 Hours, Part 1"
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Issue 9 - "The Next 72 Hours, Part 2"
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Issue 10 - "The Next 72 Hours, Part 3"
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Issue 11 - "Exposure, Part 1"
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Issue 12 - "Exposure, Part 2"
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Issue 13
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Issue 14
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Issue 15
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Issue 16
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Appearances
Production notes
- Though the series primarily uses Halo 4's designs for the Covenant species and their equipment, the Halo 3 and Halo: Reach incarnations of certain elements appear occasionally throughout the series. Most notably, Lydus resembles the Brutes seen in Halo: Reach, yet his bodyguards are clearly drawn in their Halo 3 likeness. Curiously, despite his recognizable classic appearance, Escalation depicts the Arbiter much like the Sangheili in Halo 4 with regard to his skin tone and mouth structure. Vata Gajat's combat harness is based on a piece of concept art for Halo 4, exploring the possibility that hard light technology could be incorporated into Sangheili armor.[8]
- Throughout the first three issues Banshees are depicted in their unpiloted stance even though they are flying. Similarly, in Issue 1 they are shown firing thin beams at DS-004, rather than the bolts that they canonically fire. This is similar to the Halo: Combat Evolved box art and very well may be a deliberate homage.
Gallery
Issue #1 cover art by Anthony Palumbo
Issue #1 variant cover art by Kenneth Scott
Issue #2 cover art by Anthony Palumbo
Issue #3 cover art by Anthony Palumbo
Issue #4 cover art by Anthony Palumbo
Issue #5 cover art by Anthony Palumbo
Issue #6 cover art by Sparth
Issue #7 cover art by Sparth
Issue #8 cover art by Anthony Palumbo
Issue #9 cover art by Anthony Palumbo
Issue #10 cover art by Anthony Palumbo
Issue #11 cover art by Anthony Palumbo
Issue #12 cover art by Anthony Palumbo
Issue #13 cover art by Daniel Chavez
Issue #14 cover art by Jean-Sébastien Rossbach.
Issue #15 cover art by Jean-Sébastien Rossbach.
Issue #16 cover art by Jean-Sébastien Rossbach.
Sources
- ^ Dark Horse: Dark Horse Announces All-New Halo Ongoing Series: Escalation!
- ^ Wired.com: Dark Horse Will Turn World of Halo 4 Into Ongoing Comic Series
- ^ pbs.twimg.com - Halo: Escalation Giveaway
- ^ Dark Horse Comics: Halo: Escalation Volume 1
- ^ Amazon.com Halo: Escalation Volume 2
- ^ Halo: Escalation, Issue 12
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