Today, Dark Horse Comics has announced a new Halo collection called Halo: Legacy Collection which includes some of the biggest comics creators in the business. The collection is for release on August 11, 2021, in comic book shops and available to preorder at book stores for $19.99.
Running 464 pages, the collection houses many different stories from creators like Brian Michael Bendis (Superman, Ultimate Spider-Man), Peter David (The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Reborn, Spider-Man 2099), and Fred Van Lente (Conan the Avenger, Resurrectionists) Alex Maleev (Infamous Iron Man, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.), Eric Nguyen (X, Gigantic), and Francis Portela (Black Panther, X-O Manowar), with colors by Matt Hollingsworth (Seven to Eternity, Tokyo Ghost), Jose Villarrubia (Sweet Tooth, Hungry Ghosts), June Chung (The Dreaming, Batman), and Ulises Arreola (Batgirl, Shadowman).
This news comes about a month after Dark Horse announced Halo Graphic Novel.
So what’s Halo: Legacy about?
Halo: Uprising follows the Master Chief as he single-handedly takes on the Covenant’s miles-long Forerunner Dreadnought as it makes its way to Earth! Then, join the ranks of the UNSC’s meanest, most battle-hardened Marines in Helljumper, as a group of ODST respond to a remote science colony’s SOS call and discover an enormous Covenant military presence! Finally, a UNSC ship encounters a strange phenomenon that sends it plummeting toward an unknown planet. The Spartan Black fireteam needs to unlock the secrets of an ancient Forerunner installation if they’re going to survive the experience but, to complicate matters, they’re not the only ones shipwrecked. Check out their story in Halo: Blood Line!
For more on this news, read the official press release below.
MILWAUKIE, Ore., (May 3, 2021)—Three classic Halo tales are back in print in Halo: Legacy Collection! Comic book heavy weights Brian Michael Bendis (Superman, Ultimate Spider-Man), Peter David (The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Reborn, Spider-Man 2099), and Fred Van Lente (Conan the Avenger, Resurrectionists) pen the stories in this collection with illustrations done by acclaimed artists Alex Maleev (Infamous Iron Man, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.), Eric Nguyen (X, Gigantic), and Francis Portela (Black Panther, X-O Manowar), with colors by Matt Hollingsworth (Seven to Eternity, Tokyo Ghost), Jose Villarrubia (Sweet Tooth, Hungry Ghosts), June Chung (The Dreaming, Batman), and Ulises Arreola (Batgirl, Shadowman).
Halo: Uprising follows the Master Chief as he single-handedly takes on the Covenant’s miles-long Forerunner Dreadnought as it makes its way to Earth! Then, join the ranks of the UNSC’s meanest, most battle-hardened Marines in Helljumper, as a group of ODST respond to a remote science colony’s SOS call and discover an enormous Covenant military presence! Finally, a UNSC ship encounters a strange phenomenon that sends it plummeting toward an unknown planet. The Spartan Black fireteam needs to unlock the secrets of an ancient Forerunner installation if they’re going to survive the experience but, to complicate matters, they’re not the only ones shipwrecked. Check out their story in Halo: Blood Line!
Included in this special collection are exclusive interviews with the creative teams and behind the scenes art from bringing these Halo stories to life.
Halo: Legacy Collection trade paperback will be available everywhere books are sold August 11, 2021. It is available for pre-order on Amazon, and at your local comic shop, and will retail for $19.99.
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