{"id":8473,"date":"2013-05-02T02:08:50","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T06:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=8473"},"modified":"2013-05-02T02:08:50","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T06:08:50","slug":"hard-copy-new-halo-mini-series-coming-from-dark-horse-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=8473","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: New Halo Mini-Series Coming from Dark Horse This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dark Horse continues in the tradition of bringing only the biggest and be<a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/HALOIN-_1-FC-FNL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8474\" style=\"width: 267px;\" alt=\"HALOIN _1 FC FNL\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/HALOIN-_1-FC-FNL.jpg\" width=\"331\" height=\"460\" \/><\/a>st characters and story lines to comics with the announcement of the <i>Halo: Initiation <\/i>miniseries, launching in August! This exciting new miniseries will be written by <i>Halo 4 <\/i>writer and comics veteran Brian Reed, with art by Marco Castiello (<i>Secret Invasion: Front Line<\/i>, <i>Star Wars: Purge<\/i>)!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before she was a supersoldier defending humanity as part of the Spartan-IV program, Sarah Palmer was an ODST\u2014Orbital Drop Shock Trooper\u2014carrying out the most dangerous missions behind enemy lines! See how she became the first Spartan-IV commander in this must-read series for fans of <i>Halo 4<\/i> and the <i>Halo <\/i>franchise!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A rich science fiction universe driven by compelling characters, <i>Halo<\/i> has all the makings for show-stopping comics, &#8221; said Dave Marshall, Dark Horse Editor. &#8220;In <i>Initiation<\/i>, Brian and Marco are delivering an action-packed thrill-ride with a beating heart of authentic human drama.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really exciting to work with Dark Horse in continuing the <i>Halo<\/i> story in comics. After <i>Halo 4<\/i> and <i>Spartan Ops<\/i>, fans wanted to know more about the origins of the Spartan-IV program and Sarah Palmer in particular. So it\u2019s great fun to be able to grant those wishes with a partner like Dark Horse,\u201d said writer Brian Reed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">For an exclusive look at an interior page, check out <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/gamelife\/2013\/04\/halo-initiation-comic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wired<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Look for <i>Halo: Initiation <\/i>#1 on sale in comic shops everywhere on August 14!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark Horse continues in the tradition of bringing only the biggest and best characters and story lines to comics with the announcement of the Halo: Initiation miniseries, launching in August! This exciting new miniseries will be written by Halo 4 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=8473\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2764,88,100,85,2766,394,2765,2309,66],"class_list":["post-8473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hard-copy","tag-brian-reed","tag-comic-book","tag-dark-horse","tag-dark-horse-comics","tag-dave-marshall","tag-halo","tag-marco-castiello","tag-mini-series","tag-video-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8475,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8473\/revisions\/8475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}