Halo: Blood Line

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Halo: Blood Line, formerly known as Halo: Spartan Black, is an upcoming five-part comic series about a team of stranded SPARTAN-II commandos before the Battle of Reach in mid-2552. ^[2]. The first issue is set to be released in December 2009, with the fifth and last issue having a set release date of April 2010. Blood Line is written by Fred Van Lente; Francis Portela has signed on as the series artist, with coloring by Ulises Arreola.

Contents 1 Official Synopsis 2 Issue #1 Summary 3 Issue #2 Summary 4 Appearances 4.1 Characters 4.2 Locations 4.3 Organizations 4.4 Vehicles 5 Trivia 6 Related Links 6.1 Internal 7 Sources

[edit] Official Synopsis

"Blood Line is also a pre-"Halo: Combat Evolved" story, focused on a small Black Ops sabotage and intelligence fire team of Spartans assigned to the ONI, the Office of Naval Intelligence. While on a top-secret mission in enemy space, their ship crashes on a remote moon along with a Covenant cruiser. When a mysterious entity that has lurked on the moon for millions of years threatens both groups, Spartans and Covenant have to forge an uneasy alliance to take down the common threat ... but not all humans and aliens can suddenly start treating the other like allies.."

—Fred Van Lente

[edit] Issue #1 Summary

Main article: Halo: Blood Line Issue 1

"Based on the Best-Selling X-Box Game! The Spartan team codename: Black is the top-secret unconventional warfare unit of the United Nations Space Command's Office of Naval Intelligence, engaging in sabotage and assassination missions deep inside Covenant space. But when this quartet of super soldiers is shot down over a desolate moon along with a Covenant Cruiser, humans and aliens will have to forge an uneasy alliance against a common foe before an eons-old threat destroys them both!^[3]"

—IGN article

[edit] Issue #2 Summary

Main article: Halo: Blood Line Issue 2

"Greetings! I am the monitor of Line Installation 1-4. I am 6-8-6 Ebullient Prism. My function is to collect and inspect any and all specimens captured within this sector for evidence of immunity to infestation by The Flood. I require your assistance. Please do not move while you are dissected and all your tissues are properly analyzed and cataloged."

—Marvel.com

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Characters

• 686 Ebullient Prism
• Iona
• Reff
• Thon

[edit] Locations

• Unnamed Moon
  • Line Installation 1-4

[edit] Organizations

• Covenant Empire
• Forerunners
• United Nations Space Command
  • UNSC Navy
    • Office of Naval Intelligence
      • Team Black

[edit] Vehicles

• Colonial Mining Ship
• Covenant Cruiser

[edit] Trivia

• The armor the Spartans wear in the series appears similar to the MJOLNIR Mk. VI, which was not in use by the time the comic takes place. As stated by Frank O'Connor, this armor is a "skunkworks prototype" produced in Songnam, Korea, explaining its unique appearance.^[4]

[edit] Related Links

[edit] Internal

• Halopedia Interview with Fred Van Lente

[edit] Sources

1. ↑ Halopedia Interview with Fred Van Lente
2. ↑ NYCC 09: Halo Returns to Marvel
3. ↑ http://comics.ign.com/articles/102/1027154p1.html
4. ↑ Halopedia:News/21 May 2009/Fred Van Lente and Spartan Black

	Comics of Halo
Comics Series	Uprising • Helljumper • Blood Line
Graphic Novels	Halo Graphic Novel • The Cradle of Life • Genesis