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'''''Halo Uprising''''' is a 40-page, 4-issue comic book series published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The comic fills the gap between ''[[Halo 2]]'' and ''[[Halo 3]]'', explaining how the [[John-117|Master Chief]] got to [[Earth]]. The series was first announced at the NY Comic-Con [[2007]]. Originally intended to be finished for the release of ''Halo 3'' in September 2007, all issues of ''Halo: Uprising'' experienced severe delays before being released. | |||
A hard cover edition went on sale on June 5, 2009. | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The first issue was pushed back for an unknown reason from July 18, 2007 to August 22, 2007. It is said that its delay was due to a last minute change in Halo 3's plot, and it was decided that Halo: Uprising needed reworking. | The first issue was pushed back for an unknown reason from July 18, 2007 to August 22, 2007. It is said that its delay was due to a last minute change in Halo 3's plot, and it was decided that Halo: Uprising needed reworking. Issue #1 of ''Halo Uprising'' sold out in less than 24 hours.<ref>[http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.1470.Halo_Uprising_1_Returns_With_New_Printing '''Marvel''': ''Halo Uprising #1 sells out in less than 24 hours'']</ref> Due to its popularity they have become rare and are selling in comic book stores for anywhere from $7.00 to $12.00. Graded copies are priced at $65.00 on Amazon.com. A second edition was also printed. It has a black-and-white cover but the inside contents are in color. | ||
Issue #1 of ''Halo Uprising'' sold out in less than 24 hours.<ref>[http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.1470.Halo_Uprising_1_Returns_With_New_Printing '''Marvel''': ''Halo Uprising #1 sells out in less than 24 hours'']</ref> Due to its popularity they have become rare and are selling in comic book stores for anywhere from $7.00 to $12.00. Graded copies are priced at $65.00 on Amazon.com. A second edition was also printed. It has a black-and-white cover but the inside contents are in color | |||
==Issues== | ==Issues== | ||
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Issue #1's original date of August 15, 2007 was pushed back a week to August 22, 2007, which was met. #2's original date of August 29, 2007 was pushed back a couple times and released on November 21, 2007. #3 was originally slated for a September 26, 2007 release but has been pushed back around ten times to its current expected release of August 13, 2008. #4 had also seen a similar number of delays from its original October 31, 2007 release, and was finally released on April 15, 2009. | Issue #1's original date of August 15, 2007 was pushed back a week to August 22, 2007, which was met. #2's original date of August 29, 2007 was pushed back a couple times and released on November 21, 2007. #3 was originally slated for a September 26, 2007 release but has been pushed back around ten times to its current expected release of August 13, 2008. #4 had also seen a similar number of delays from its original October 31, 2007 release, and was finally released on April 15, 2009. | ||
==Hardcover | ==Hardcover edition== | ||
On June 5 Marvel Comics released a hardcover version of Halo: Uprising which includes Halo: Uprising Issues #1 to #4 along with Marvel Spotlight: Halo, a series of interviews with the team who worked on Halo: Uprising and the team from Bungie who helped with the comics production. | On June 5 Marvel Comics released a hardcover version of ''Halo: Uprising'' which includes ''Halo: Uprising'' Issues #1 to #4 along with Marvel Spotlight: Halo, a series of interviews with the team who worked on Halo: Uprising and the team from Bungie who helped with the comics production. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*All the covers of the Uprising comics show | *All the covers of the Uprising comics show Master Chief on Earth, but in all of the comics he is still in the Forerunner Dreadnought. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Comics|Uprising]] | ||
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