Halo: Escalation: Difference between revisions

'''''Halo: Escalation''''' is an ongoing<ref>[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BbYyXWhCAAANIhl.jpg:large '''pbs.twimg.com''' - ''Halo: Escalation Giveaway'']</ref> comic book series produced by [[Dark Horse Comics]]<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/1442/dark-horse-announces-all-new-halo-ongoing-series-e '''Dark House''': ''Dark Horse Announces All-New Halo Ongoing Series: Escalation!'']</ref>. It focuses on "how the events of ''[[Halo 4]]'' have helped define the destiny not only of the [[John-117|Chief]] but of the [[Milky Way|galaxy]] as a whole".<ref>[http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/07/halo-escalation-comic/ '''Wired.com''': ''Dark Horse Will Turn World of Halo 4 Into Ongoing Comic Series'']</ref> 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 {{UNSCship|Infinity}} shortly after the events of ''[[Spartan Ops]]'', particularly during their encounters with [[Covenant remnants|remnants of the Covenant]] and the [[New Colonial Alliance|resurgent Insurrection]]. However, the third story arc ("The Next 72 Hours") instead acts as an epilogue to ''Halo 4'' and takes place [[2557#July|six months]] before the greater part of the series.

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 [[Vata 'Gajat's mercenary group|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 [[Daniel Clayton|Captain Daniel Clayton]], the true mastermind behind the attack. [[Halo: Escalation Issue 7|Issue 7]] focuses on [[Gabriel Thorne|Spartan Gabriel Thorne]]'s trip to the reopened [[New Phoenix]] to receive closure for his grandmother's death in the [[New Phoenix Incident|Didact's attack on the city]]. Issues 8 to 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 [[Naiya Ray|Ray]] and Thorne are deployed on a mission to uncover the secrets of a mysterious biological weapon.

File:Halo Escalation 1.jpg|Issue #1 cover art by Anthony Palumbo

File:Halo Escalation 1 Variant.jpg|Issue #1 variant cover art by Kenneth Scott

File:Halo Escalation 2.jpg|Issue #2 cover art by Anthony Palumbo

File:Halo Escalation 3.jpg|Issue #3 cover art by Anthony Palumbo

File:Halo Escalation 4.jpg|Issue #4 cover art by Anthony Palumbo

File:Halo-Escalation5.jpg|Issue #5 cover art by Anthony Palumbo

File:Halo Escalation 6.jpg|Issue #6 cover art by Sparth

File:Halo Escalation 7.jpg|Issue #7 cover art by Sparth

File:Halo Escalation 8.jpg|Issue #8 cover art by Anthony Palumbo

File:Halo Escalation 9.jpg|Issue #9 cover art by Anthony Palumbo

File:Halo Escalation 10.jpg|Issue #10 cover art by Anthony Palumbo

File:Halo Escalation 11.jpg|Issue #11 cover art by Anthony Palumbo

File:Halo Escalation 12.jpg|Issue #12 cover art by Anthony Palumbo

File:Halo Escalation 13.jpg|Issue #13 cover art by Daniel Chavez