Get a glimpse of the Halo graphic novel

48 Comments by Christopher Grant Jun 13th 2006 2:55PM
Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters

Marvel is offering a sneak peak at the upcoming Halo Graphic Novel (that's HGN for those of us in the know). They're teasing the Halo-faithful with some panels from each of the four main stories -- "The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor," "Armor Testing," "Breaking Quarantine," and "Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa" -- as well as a short strip titled "Shore Leave: Master Chief on Holiday."

It also has the release date emblazoned on the back page: oh seven-twelve-oh six. That's less than a month away, fanboy. You can make it. We believe in you. Master Chief believes in you.

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[Update: Forget Marvel's obnoxious, interactive, reg-required site. Check out Bungie.org for some regular, plain-ole JPGs and a little background on the preview. Thanks, supersloth!]

Tags: Bungie, Comic books, ComicBooks, Comics, Graphic Novel, GraphicNovel, Halo, Marvel, Master Chief, MasterChief

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JimmyHACK: Jun 13th 2006; 2:59PM

Hell ya make Cortana a slut !!!!!!!!
Now people can masturbate to her pictures...

Robert: Jun 13th 2006; 3:04PM

Man, I bought this "preview" and it was a bunch of poorly drawn "episodes." It was actually pretty depressing. You'd think after all the success of Halo that they could afford some decent artists. Of course, I'm comparing this to many of the mass produced comics out there. And maybe they'll make it better for the actual novel.

lloyd: Jun 13th 2006; 3:07PM

you weren't already?

Trent: Jun 13th 2006; 3:08PM

I think I'm going to need a new keyboard.

Jay: Jun 13th 2006; 3:10PM

... and Halo becomes the next The Sims. whats next? Halo branded underwear? Halo version of mobile phones (with the original theme tune ringtone!z).

I dunno. Halo 1 was so awesome. Halo 2 was so shit. Why do they milk franchises like this, it's not even that great.
earth- "oh noes! the worlds is in dangers! send for the guy in the green suit!"
chief- "here I am, back to save the world. all on my own. you know. 1 person against an army."
fans- "i love you master chef"

please. enough. who's behind all this? Can I smell an EA logo somewhere?

FunkyJunk: Jun 13th 2006; 3:21PM

Is Cortana French? It might explain her lack of (ahem) proper grooming habits.

Sense: Jun 13th 2006; 3:22PM

@Jay

Hate Halo all you want, but Halo 2 wasn't the travesty you perceive it to be. They're milking the franchise because they can. And it's not like it's just tacky, worthless merchandise. The HGN has serious talent behind it.

Also, the Cheif hardly does everything by himself. There are fellow marines all over the game. They'll die if you don't protect them, but they're definitely there.

And I might go so far as to say that your synopsis of the Halo 2 plotline is somewhat lacking.

To each his own I guess...

supersloth: Jun 13th 2006; 3:26PM

halo.bungie.org has a much better version up for free in much better .jpg format.

here's the direct link: http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/hgn_preview/

rogue: Jun 13th 2006; 3:29PM

Hey Jay, ever heard of Superman? Or just about any other comic book hero. They've been doing the "same thing" for 50+ years, and their franchises are still going strong.

TheSporkWithin: Jun 13th 2006; 3:29PM

Oh Jesus, look at Cortana.

I'm crying inside right now.

supersloth: Jun 13th 2006; 3:31PM

Also, I forgot to point out how people (like Jay it seems) get pissed off on one end because they didn't play as Chief the whole game (why else wouldn't you like the story, it was great if cut a little short) while simultaneously making fun of the fact you play as a one man army. ITS THE WAY VIDEO GAMES WORK. You are the protagonist! You do all the hard work. Wheter your the Chief or Solid Snake or Gordon Freeman or Mario, you're doing rediculous shit to save the day. You don't want that? Go fill out your taxes I hear those forms are pretty realistic.

DG: Jun 13th 2006; 3:33PM

Sweet. Naked woman on my monitor while at work.

I know, I know, don't look at joystiq while at work. Got it.

...just saying...

el nico: Jun 13th 2006; 3:50PM

"1. Hell ya make Cortana a slut !!!!!!!!
Now people can masturbate to her pictures..."

what makes her a slut? is the simple display of the female form enough to make a woman a slut?

James: Jun 13th 2006; 3:54PM

I am slightly happy that Bungie when for the American Action-Comic style as opposed to today's run of the mill "Manga Rip Off" when they sent it over to Marvel.

LunarDuality: Jun 13th 2006; 3:55PM

@ Joystiq

Just so you know guys...the link you added in the update isn't to Bungie. It's to HBO, which even has a "We're NOT Bungie" disclaimer at the bottom."

Osiris: Jun 13th 2006; 3:56PM

Cortana is one saggy bitch.

Put some clothes on, or well, mosaics or something. Urgh.

Frowelishnu: Jun 13th 2006; 3:58PM

Any addition to the rich backstory of Halo is welcome by me, I'll pick these up. And the sexiest thing about Cortana is her rampancy, that said, what a beautiful picture.

LongshotX: Jun 13th 2006; 4:20PM

Her p**** sure is one hairy muthaf*****!

Les Doodis: Jun 13th 2006; 4:20PM

"15. Cortana is one saggy bitch.

Put some clothes on, or well, mosaics or something. Urgh."

You must watch a lot of fake-boobie porn in your mom's basement if that's what you think saggy is.

Fenris: Jun 13th 2006; 4:28PM

That is quite a rack they threw on Cortana.

I finally read the Fall of plant Reach, and if the stories in this come even close to that I will pick this up. Great read for a Sci-Fi fan.

Hope this can flesh out the story some more.

Pun Intended.

Wargazm: Jun 13th 2006; 4:31PM

the drawings for this look terrible. I haven't been into comics for a long time, but I am surprised that Marvel is behind this. it doesn't seem like their style at all.

Belcho: Jun 13th 2006; 4:35PM

Whoa, Cortana's got some heavy ones.

Rocky: Jun 13th 2006; 4:40PM

I see the chief likes it doggy style(!)

Colin: Jun 13th 2006; 5:05PM

I (heart) slutty holograms.

Catastrophic: Jun 13th 2006; 5:16PM

''Cortana is one saggy bitch.''
wow, shes not saggy dude.

--

Hell yes, cortana is HOT.

Amir: Jun 13th 2006; 5:17PM

Pay for the preview? Man, some stores are tough. My local comic book store was giving these out for free. I felt wrong walking out with a comic in hand and paying nothing, then I saw it really is a preview, with barely ANYTHING given away (i.e. just the first one ore two pages).

pistol: Jun 13th 2006; 5:23PM

Cortans got a nice set of guns

wii-ds: Jun 13th 2006; 5:32PM

Is it going to be X-rated because of the nudity? Like competition for Sin City.

botdeluxe: Jun 13th 2006; 5:42PM

so Osiris, what do boobs feel like? do they feel like bags of sand when you're touching them? :P

Nmaster: Jun 13th 2006; 5:51PM

And people say NINTENDO fanboys are immature...

OTAM: Jun 13th 2006; 6:04PM

So...is there going to be any worthwhile comments aside from "ZOMG! Cortana is t3h H0T!!11" ?

Anyone? Bueller? Anyone? Anyone?

Aaron: Jun 13th 2006; 6:08PM

You know, without trying to start a flamewar, I could never see what was go great about Halo. I've had the PC version for sometime now (seeing as how I've never owned an XBOX), but I just couldn't get very far into the game without getting bored. It just seems like another FPS game to me.

I dunno, maybe I'm just FPS'd-out, similar to how I'm starting to get RPG'd-out lately. Maybe I'll give it another shot one of these days.

Osiris: Jun 13th 2006; 6:55PM

Well, ok, it's my opinion, i think she looks like a post pregnant mother who is heavily lactating. And ew.

Theyre big and slightly saggy, not attractive imo.

I think they could have drawn these comics better, i liked the style they used with the PDZ strip with the deluxe box.

shock: Jun 13th 2006; 7:31PM

i just jacked off to it. this is great art.

jds: Jun 13th 2006; 7:38PM

Most of that preview kinda sucked...also Cortana looks more like hentai that I ever thought they'd make her out to be.

@Osiris
Her breasts aren't saggy, that's what natural breasts look like, they don't stand up perfectly like fake ones...

awa64: Jun 13th 2006; 8:00PM

I still take issue with this.

The "novel" part of the phrase "Graphic Novel" implies it's one cohesive storyline.

This, on the other hand, is an anthology of short stories. It's not a novel, and therefore, shouldn't be called one.

AARGH!

Arachneya: Jun 13th 2006; 8:04PM

Christopher, H.B.O. (where the Nikon server is located) is NOT Bungie, but the biggest Bungie fansite. 'Thought you should get that information straight, especially with the rampant amount of corrections going on in articles lately.

n8dogg: Jun 13th 2006; 8:13PM

Osiris is just used to all of that anime porn, where mammaries look like someone stuck a basketball under a sheet of skin.

n8dogg: Jun 13th 2006; 8:14PM

Oh, and that isn't pubic hair. It's the MC's leg showing through her hologram image.

embassy: Jun 13th 2006; 8:30PM

yeh i was wondering how long it wud take people to realize that n8dogg...

and wdf @ saggy breasts...??? are u insane osiris?..

and they arent even " big" ..those look pretty "Avg" sized to me...

u must to be into those 100 lbs food-deprived run-way models who look like starved giraffes...

Abyss: Jun 13th 2006; 9:20PM

For the not so bright people:
-Her breasts seem good to me, it wouldn't look right if they made them 100% round and perfect omg silicon, its all good how they are.
-Thats the master chiefs leg showing thru her.
-Halo doesn't suck, Jay, you're just upset that you Sony fanboys got Killzone and we got the awesome Halo.
-Cortana is sexy.

Sundown70: Jun 13th 2006; 9:50PM

I agree with all of what Abyss said. And to correct what awa64 said....there is one "novel" storyline with 3 "minor" sidestories, and some anthologies of situations that occur during the same time period other events that other characters endured, which was not included in the games and other novels.

Richard: Jun 14th 2006; 12:37AM

I was surprised at first by Cortana's undressed appearance, but now I'm wondering if she's always looked like that. I had assumed while playing Halo 1 & 2 that she was intended to have a psuedo-feminine form; I guess the reality was that she was too much woman for the XBOX to handle. This should be a major bullet point in the argument for the relevance of next-gen consoles--advanced breast rendering technology.

tachikoma: Jun 14th 2006; 2:09AM

it seems that everyones into shaved ----- these days...

you and your 'american porn'

Kazi: Jun 14th 2006; 7:33AM

@13 "what makes her a slut? is the simple display of the female form enough to make a woman a slut?"

She's obviously being banged by 5 guys in that picture. Besides, she never once complained about the big MC thinking about sex. What do you think Cortana's doing every 10 seconds inside MC's head? Yeah, you know it. Total slut.

And how can you call these poorly drawn? The pictures by Tsutomu Nihei kinda suck, but the other 2 in the preview look awesome. So I don't know WTF you guys are complaining about.

Tachikoma: Jun 14th 2006; 7:48AM

everyone is complaining about it because they think their own art is 1337

pp: Jun 14th 2006; 7:53AM

What's worse than fake breasts on a real woman? Real breasts on a fake one...

mocax: Jun 14th 2006; 11:57AM

why's cortana wasting precious CPU time on rendering those things?
She'll be way more efficient if she appears like guilty spark or something.....
Waste of resource.....