Halo: Lone Wolf

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Halo: Lone Wolf
Author(s):	Anne Toole (writer) Kieren McKewon (artist) JL Straw (artist) Dan Jackson (colorist) Christian Ward (cover artist)
Publisher:	Dark Horse Comics
Publication date:	Issue 1: January 2, 2019 Issue 2: February 6, 2019 Issue 3: March 6, 2019 Issue 4: April 3, 2019 Hardcover collection: June 25, 2019

Halo: Lone Wolf is a four-issue comic mini-series produced by Dark Horse Comics that focuses on Spartan Blue Team's designated marksman, Linda-058. Lone Wolf is written by Writers Guild Award-winner Anne Toole. A hardcover collection of the series was released on June 25, 2019, with a special exclusive cover variant of this edition illustrated by Daniel Chavez and available for purchase only at Halo: Outpost Discovery events that same summer. This Outpost-exclusive cover variant features the addition of Owen-B096 and Hazel-A302.

Plot synopsis

Halo: Lone Wolf follows Spartan Linda-058 alone on a covert mission. Her skills in infiltration and marksmanship make her perfect for the high-stakes mission to end the threat posed by a wanted scientist on a distant planet. With only an ONI-assigned AI at her side, Linda must fight through both the dregs of the Covenant and the hostility of a lost human settlement to stop the rogue scientist in his tracks.

Issues

Issue 1

Main article: Halo: Lone Wolf Issue 1

Official summary

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Sent on a covert mission without the rest of her team, Spartan Linda-058's skills in infiltration and marksmanship are called upon to end the threat posed by a wanted scientist on a distant planet. With only an ONI AI at her side, Linda must fight through both the dregs of the Covenant and the hostility of a lost human settlement to stop the rogue scientist in his tracks.

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Issue 2

Main article: Halo: Lone Wolf Issue 2

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With Dr. Chen, a dangerous ex-ONI scientist, in her sights, Spartan Linda-058 and her AI companion must find a way to end the threat posed by Chen and evacuate the endangered humans in the settlement. But as the Covenant prepare to stage an assault, Linda discovers that Chen holds the key to a secret that could endanger all of humanity if it fell into the wrong hands.

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Issue 3

Main article: Halo: Lone Wolf Issue 3

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With Covenant forces closing in on their location, Spartan sharpshooter Linda-058 must rally the human settlers under a single essential cause: protect an AI that contains the bulk of human history. As new threats rise, the legendary supersoldier sees her mission parameters shift and finds that she will need help from the very man she was sent to kill.

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Issue 4

Main article: Halo: Lone Wolf Issue 4

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In her final confrontation with the rogue scientist Dr. Chen, Spartan Linda-058 and her AI companion find themselves in a race against time to end the threat posed by the disenfranchised doctor and evacuate the endangered civilian settlement before Covenant forces overwhelm them all.

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Appearances

Characters Athos (First appearance) Chen Bax (First appearance) Davison (First appearance) Frederic-104 Gabriela (First appearance) Hala (First appearance) Hazel-A302 (First appearance) Jul 'Mdama (Mentioned only) Kelly-087 Linda-058 Luciana Rutan (First appearance) Martel (First appearance) Owen-B096 Shel Gomez (First appearance) Ur-Didact (Indirect mention) Species Human Kig-Yar Sangheili Unggoy Yanme'e Organizations Covenant remnants Jul 'Mdama's Covenant (Mentioned only) United Nations Space Command UNSC Armed Forces UNSC Navy Naval Special Warfare Command Naval Special Weapons SPARTAN-II program Blue Team Office of Naval Intelligence SPARTAN-III program Alpha Company Beta Company Locations Sol system Earth Africa East African Protectorate Kenya Mombasa New Mombasa Ivory Tower (Simulation only) Europe France Paris Bastille (Mentioned only) Epsilon Eridani system Reach Sephune system (First appearance) Sephune III (First appearance) Events French Revolution Storming of the Bastille (Mentioned only) Human-Covenant War Fall of Reach (Mentioned only)

Vehicles M12 Warthog Orbital defense platform Paris-class heavy frigate UNSC Promise of Dawn (First appearance) UNSC Prowler Sahara-class heavy prowler Type-26 Banshee Type-26B variant Type-32 Ghost Weapons Combat knife Energy cutlass M41 Vulcan M45 shotgun Oathsworn M6G magnum M7057 flamethrower M8 Wolf Spider MA5D assault rifle Machete (First appearance) Point-defense gun M910 Rampart point defense network SRS99-S5 AM sniper rifle Type-1 energy sword Type-25 plasma pistol M7057 flamethrower Improvised UNSC bomb Technology and equipment Armored matrix Artificial Intelligence Smart AI Body bag Data crystal chip Deployable lookout tower Holography War Games Jetpack Series 12 jetpack Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor MJOLNIR [GEN1] Mark V MJOLNIR [GEN2] Argus variant Centurion variant Hermes variant Sangheili harness Officer harness Ranger harness Unggoy combat harness Storm harness Miscellaneous Outpost Discovery (First appearance)

Gallery

Cover artwork

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  Issue #1 and collection cover art by Christian Ward

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  Issue #2 cover art by Christian Ward

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  Issue #3 cover art by Christian Ward

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  Issue #4 cover art by Christian Ward

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  Halo: Outpost Discovery exclusive cover art by Daniel Chavez.

Edition/Issue covers

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  Issue 1 cover.

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  Issue 2 cover.

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  Issue 3 cover.

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  Issue 4 cover.

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  2019 collection.

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  2019 Outpost Discovery exclusive cover.

Other

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  Normal and Outpost Discovery edition covers side by side.

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  Artwork released featuring Owen and Hazel, taken from the original Outpost Discovery exclusive cover.