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*Issue #1: December 11, [[2013]] | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 1|Issue #1]]: December 11, [[2013]] | ||
*Issue #2: January 8, [[2014]] | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 2|Issue #2]]: January 8, [[2014]] | ||
*Issue #3: February 26, 2014 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 3|Issue #3]]: February 26, 2014 | ||
*Issue #4: March 26, 2014 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 4|Issue #4]]: March 26, 2014 | ||
*Issue #5: April 23, 2014 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 5|Issue #5]]: April 23, 2014 | ||
*Issue #6: May 28, 2014 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 6|Issue #6]]: May 28, 2014 | ||
*Issue #7: June 25, 2014 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 7|Issue #7]]: June 25, 2014 | ||
*Issue #8: July 23, 2014 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 8|Issue #8]]: July 23, 2014 | ||
*Issue #9: August 27, 2014 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]: August 27, 2014 | ||
*Issue #10: September 24, 2014 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 10|Issue #10]]: September 24, 2014 | ||
*Issue #11: October 22, 2014 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 11|Issue #11]]: October 22, 2014 | ||
*Issue #12: November 26, 2014 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 12|Issue #12]]: November 26, 2014 | ||
*Issue #13: December 24, 2014 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 13|Issue #13]]: December 24, 2014 | ||
*Issue #14: January 28, [[2015]] | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 14|Issue #14]]: January 28, [[2015]] | ||
*Issue #15: February 25, 2015 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 15|Issue #15]]: February 25, 2015 | ||
*Issue #16: March 25, 2015 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 16|Issue #16]]: March 25, 2015 | ||
*Issue #17: April 22, 2015 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 17|Issue #17]]: April 22, 2015 | ||
*Issue #18: May 27, 2015 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 18|Issue #18]]: May 27, 2015 | ||
*Issue #19: June 24, 2015 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 19|Issue #19]]: June 24, 2015 | ||
*Issue #20: July 29, 2015 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 20|Issue #20]]: July 29, 2015 | ||
*Issue #21: August 26, 2015 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 21|Issue #21]]: August 26, 2015 | ||
*Issue #22: September 23, 2015 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 22|Issue #22]]: September 23, 2015 | ||
*Issue #23: October 28, 2015 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 23|Issue #23]]: October 28, 2015 | ||
*Issue #24: November 25, 2015 | *[[Halo: Escalation Issue 24|Issue #24]]: November 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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Halo: Escalation is a 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, it was later continued with another twelve issues. A paperback edition of Halo: Escalation - Volume 1 (collecting Issues #1-6) was released on October 8, 2014.[4] Halo: Escalation - Volume 2 (collecting Issues #7-12) was released on April 21, 2015,[5] Halo: Escalation - Volume 3 (collecting Issues #13-18) was released on September 22, 2015[6], and Halo: Escalation - Volume 4 (collecting Issues #19-24) was released on March 22, 2016.[7]
The series is also being released in two hardcover "Library Editions" featuring extra content such as developer commentaries. Library Edition Volume #1 (collecting Escalation Volumes 1 and 2, and the entirety of Halo: Initiation) was released on May 11, 2016.[8] The second and last Library Edition (collecting Volumes 3 and 4), will be released on June 27, 2017.[9]
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",[10] 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.[11] Issues 17 and 18 comprise a story arc called "The Glass Horizon", which tells the mysterious origin of Spartan Holly Tanaka.[12]
Issues 19 to 24 comprise the last story arc called "Absolute Record", continuing the conflict between the UNSC and Jul 'Mdama's Covenant after the end of Issue 16, and gives an end to the story started in Spartan Ops.[13]
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 - "The Janus Key, Part 1"
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Issue 14 - "The Janus Key, Part 2"
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Issue 15 - "The Janus Key, Part 3"
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Issue 16 - "The Janus Key, Part 4"
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Issue 17 - "The Glass Horizon, Part 1"
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Issue 18 - "The Glass Horizon, Part 2"
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Issue 19 - "The Absolute Record, Part 1"
- Main article: Halo: Escalation Issue 19
Issue 20 - "The Absolute Record, Part 2"
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Issue 21 - "The Absolute Record, Part 3"
- Main article: Halo: Escalation Issue 21
Issue 22 - "The Absolute Record, Part 4"
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Issue 23 - "The Absolute Record, Part 5"
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Issue 24 - "The Absolute Record, Part 6"
- Main article: Halo: Escalation Issue 24
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.[15]
- 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
The full concept art of Issues #6 and #7
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
Issue #17 cover art by Sparth
Issue #18 cover art by Jean-Sébastien Rossbach
Issue #19 cover art by Jean-Sébastien Rossbach
Issue #20 cover art by Isaac Hannaford
Issue #21 cover art by Isaac Hannaford
Issue #22 cover art by Isaac Hannaford
Issue #23 cover art by Jean-Sébastien Rossbach
Issue #24 cover art by Jean-Sébastien Rossbach
The cover of the Library Edition Volume #1
The cover of the Library Edition Volume #2
Sources
- ^ Dark Horse: Dark Horse Announces All-New Halo Ongoing Series: Escalation!
- ^ Wired: 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: Halo: Escalation Volume 2
- ^ Amazon: Halo: Escalation Volume 3
- ^ Penguin Random House Halo: Escalation Volume 4
- ^ Comic Book Resources: Dark Horse Comics March 2016 Solicitations
- ^ Amazon.com - Halo Library Edition Volume 2
- ^ Halo: Escalation, Issue 12
- ^ Cite error: Invalid
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- ^ Halo: Escalation, Issue 19
- ^ Halo Waypoint Forums - Canon Fodder 1-15-15: Just Getting Started (Catalog Answer)
- ^ Sangheili harness concept art for Halo 4
