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*There are a number of differences involving the attire of characters.
*There are a number of differences involving the attire of characters.
**The comic does not depict Dr. Halsey with glasses at any point, whereas the book describes her as wearing glasses in most of her appearances.
**The comic does not depict Dr. Halsey with glasses at any point, whereas the book describes her as wearing glasses in most of her appearances.
**During the Spartan-II trainees' mission in the [[Military Wilderness Training Preserve]], the Spartans are shown wearing their standard training fatigues. In the novel, they wear heavy parkas because of the cold.
**In [[Michael Stanforth|Admiral Stanforth]]'s initial briefing on the Covenant and the destruction of [[Harvest]] in ''Boot Camp'', Stanforth wears a green uniform vaguely similar to the standard [[UNSC Navy Service Uniform|Navy service uniform]]. Mendez and Halsey are wearing similar outfits, teal and light gray in coloration, respectively. The novel describes Stanforth and Mendez as wearing black dress uniforms, with Mendez's chest covered with decorations while Stanforth's uniform is undecorated; Halsey is described as wearing gray slacks and a black shirt with her glasses hanging about her neck on a gold chain.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 95''</ref>
**In [[Michael Stanforth|Admiral Stanforth]]'s initial briefing on the Covenant and the destruction of [[Harvest]] in ''Boot Camp'', Stanforth wears a green uniform vaguely similar to the standard [[UNSC Navy Service Uniform|Navy service uniform]]. Mendez and Halsey are wearing similar outfits, teal and light gray in coloration, respectively. The novel describes Stanforth and Mendez as wearing black dress uniforms, with Mendez's chest covered with decorations while Stanforth's uniform is undecorated; Halsey is described as wearing gray slacks and a black shirt with her glasses hanging about her neck on a gold chain.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 95''</ref>
*Like ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'', the series depicts space battles with considerable artistic license. In the novel, space engagements are consistently described as occurring over distances of many thousands of kilometers. For example, when the ''Unrelenting'' performs a slipspace jump near the ''Commonwealth'', a distance of three thousand kilometers is considered to be dangerously close, enough to trigger collision alarms. Meanwhile, in the comic, ships and entire fleets exchange fire within visible range, often merely hundreds of meters from one another. This is simply a pragmatic storytelling approach and does not reflect the actual nature of space battles in the ''Halo'' universe.
*Like ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'', the series depicts space battles with considerable artistic license. In the novel, space engagements are consistently described as occurring over distances of many thousands of kilometers. For example, when the ''Unrelenting'' performs a slipspace jump near the ''Commonwealth'', a distance of three thousand kilometers is considered to be dangerously close, enough to trigger collision alarms. Meanwhile, in the comic, ships and entire fleets exchange fire within visible range, often merely hundreds of meters from one another. This is simply a pragmatic storytelling approach and does not reflect the actual nature of space battles in the ''Halo'' universe.
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*In Issue 1, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Ysionris Jeromi]] sends Halsey [[UNSC Priority Transmission 09872H-98|his results]] on the [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures]] just after the children are kidnapped in 2517. In the book, he sends the results in 2525, just before the surgeries begin.
*In Issue 1, [[Vice Admiral]] [[Ysionris Jeromi]] sends Halsey [[UNSC Priority Transmission 09872H-98|his results]] on the [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures]] just after the children are kidnapped in 2517. In the book, he sends the results in 2525, just before the surgeries begin.
*A new scene is included depicting the ''UNSC'' Dartmouth under a pirate attack by Watts' ship.
*A new scene is included depicting the ''UNSC'' Dartmouth under a pirate attack by Watts' ship.
*In the novel, [[Franklin Mendez|CPO Mendez]] gives John no answer when the Spartan asks if the dead candidates' lives were wasted or spent. In the comic, he avoids the question by telling John to get some rest.  
*A new scene is added in which John dreams of Dr. Halsey waking him up in his first day of training.
*The scenes depicting the Spartans' first days of training are compressed into a montage and the two consecutive "Ring the Bell" exercises are omitted as the impetus for John befriending Sam and Kelly.
*In the novel, [[Franklin Mendez|CPO Mendez]] gives John no answer when the Spartan asks if the dead candidates' lives were wasted or spent. In the comic, he avoids the question by telling John to get some rest.
*When CPO Mendez and Dr. Halsey enter the titanium mine where the newly-augmented Spartans are training, Mendez's Warthog lacks a turret. In the novel, the Warthog is mentioned as being [[Missile Warthog|equipped with a missile launcher]].
*The incident aboard the UNSC ''Atlas'' with the four ODSTs in the gym is omitted.
*The incident aboard the UNSC ''Atlas'' with the four ODSTs in the gym is omitted.
*In Issue 3, [[John-117|John]] pushes [[Samuel-034|Sam]] out of the line of fire and is wounded during the [[assault on Eridanus Secundus]]. In the novel, John is merely grazed by a lucky shot.
*In Issue 3, [[John-117|John]] pushes [[Samuel-034|Sam]] out of the line of fire and is wounded during the [[assault on Eridanus Secundus]]. In the novel, John is merely grazed by a lucky shot.
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*The first transmission from the [[Covenant]] to humanity that tells them their destruction is the will of the gods is an audio message in the novel. In the comic it is a video, with the [[Prophet of Regret]] personally appearing to announce it to them.
*The first transmission from the [[Covenant]] to humanity that tells them their destruction is the will of the gods is an audio message in the novel. In the comic it is a video, with the [[Prophet of Regret]] personally appearing to announce it to them.
**In the same scene, the Covenant ship first encountered at Harvest is depicted as a [[CCS-class battlecruiser|''CCS''-class]] or [[CRS-class light cruiser|''CRS''-class cruiser]], presumably ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''. ''Halo Wars: Genesis'' shows and ''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' explicitly states that the ship encountered by [[Battlegroup 4]] was a [[Covenant super-destroyer|super-destroyer]].
**In the same scene, the Covenant ship first encountered at Harvest is depicted as a [[CCS-class battlecruiser|''CCS''-class]] or [[CRS-class light cruiser|''CRS''-class cruiser]], presumably ''[[Rapid Conversion]]''. ''Halo Wars: Genesis'' shows and ''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'' explicitly states that the ship encountered by [[Battlegroup 4]] was a [[Covenant super-destroyer|super-destroyer]].
*John's last meeting with CPO Mendez and the latter giving the former back the [[quarter]] that decided his entry into the SPARTAN-II program is omitted in the comic.


====''Covenant''====
====''Covenant''====
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*''Invasion'' adds a subplot with [[Red Team]] being deployed on Reach to defend [[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-331]]; this sequence is not present in ''The Fall of Reach'' but is instead loosely adapted from ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' with significant changes from the original narrative.
*''Invasion'' adds a subplot with [[Red Team]] being deployed on Reach to defend [[Orbital Defense Generator Facility A-331]]; this sequence is not present in ''The Fall of Reach'' but is instead loosely adapted from ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' with significant changes from the original narrative.
**The [[Bravo 001|Spartans' Pelican]] is piloted by Fred and Kelly with Joshua manning its troop bay gun; in ''First Strike'', no rear gun is in evidence and the Pelican is piloted by a [[Mitchell|Naval aviator]].
**The [[Bravo 001|Spartans' Pelican]] is piloted by Fred and Kelly with Joshua manning its troop bay gun; in ''First Strike'', no rear gun is in evidence and the Pelican is piloted by a [[Mitchell|Naval aviator]].
**The Longswords escorting the Pelican are omitted in the comic.
**The dropship is pursued—and shot down—by Banshees. In the book, the Covenant craft are [[Seraph]] fighters instead.
**The dropship is pursued—and shot down—by Banshees. In the book, the Covenant craft are [[Seraph]] fighters instead.
**The Pelican crashes with the Spartans still on board; in ''First Strike'', the Spartans exit the Pelican at a high altitude before it crashes into a mountainside at a supersonic velocity. The subsequent part of the book detailing the Spartans' regrouping and advance on the generator complex is also omitted in the comic.
**The Pelican crashes with the Spartans still on board; in ''First Strike'', the Pelican is traveling much faster, forcing the Spartans to exit at a high altitude before it crashes into a mountainside at a supersonic velocity. The subsequent part of the book detailing the Spartans' regrouping and advance on the generator complex is also omitted in the comic.
**The events at the generator facility are portrayed with notable differences, including the Spartans encountering a single delirious Marine as opposed to the four moderately shaken survivors of [[Charlie Company]].
**The events at the generator facility are portrayed with notable differences, including the Spartans encountering a single delirious Marine as opposed to the four moderately shaken survivors of [[Charlie Company]].
**In the comic, all the Spartans of Red Team remain at ODG A-331 when the Covenant launch their second major assault on the facility; in ''First Strike'', only [[Beta-Red|Team Beta]] remains at the complex by the time of the Covenant attack.
**In the comic, all the Spartans of Red Team remain at ODG A-331 when the Covenant launch their second major assault on the facility; in ''First Strike'', only [[Beta-Red|Team Beta]] remains at the complex by the time of the Covenant attack.
*In an added scene, the Master Chief dreams of his and Kelly's young selves reflecting on the possibility of returning home someday while in cryosleep.


==''Fall of Reach'' animated adaptation==
==''Fall of Reach'' animated adaptation==
*The animated adaptation depicts the Spartan-IIs aboard the ''Rapid Conversion'' having their first Covenant encounter be with an Ibie'shan [[Kig-Yar]], the stout-headed subspecies introduced in ''[[Halo 4]]''.<ref>[[:File:TFoR-as-concept 3.jpg]]</ref> Both the comic and the novel depict a thin-headed Ruuhtian Kig-Yar, with John comparing its head to that of a carrion bird.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 120''</ref>
*The animated adaptation depicts the Spartan-IIs aboard the ''Rapid Conversion'' having their first Covenant encounter be with an Ibie'shan [[Kig-Yar]], the stout-headed subspecies introduced in ''[[Halo 4]]''.<ref>[[:File:TFoR-as-concept 3.jpg]]</ref> Both the comic and the novel depict a thin-headed Ruuhtian Kig-Yar, with John comparing its head to that of a carrion bird.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 120''</ref>


==See Also==
==See also==
*[[List of inconsistencies in the Halo series]]
*[[List of inconsistencies in the Halo series]]
*[[List of rectified inconsistencies in the Halo series]]
*[[List of rectified inconsistencies in the Halo series]]
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