Based on her role in Halo 4, it seems like Sarah Palmer was intended to be the "face" of the new Halo generation and the Spartan-IVs. And on the surface, she seems like a pretty great character; she's a Commander, which is cool, and she's voiced by legendary voice actor and perennial fan favorite Jennifer Hale. Unfortunately, her characterization throughout the game is uneven and even somewhat unlikable, and those problems extend to this book which was meant to serve as an origin story for the c...

a bit of a let down, not a great story, non of the characters from the games... But it's short and reads easy and looks nice...

And then came Dark Horse and the new era, along with generic boredom...

Le doy solamente la mitad de los puntos porque el arte está bastante bien, pero para ser "la historia de Sarah Palmer", le falta MUCHÍSIMO contenido. Muchísimo.

I keep trying to get into the post-Halo: Reach universe, but something keeps holding me back. I was hoping this graphic novel might inspired where other elements of the 'verse have not, but alas, I remain unsatisfied. I was initially very hopeful following the introduction of Sarah Palmer in Halo 4 - perhaps my affinity for Commander Shepard was bleeding over - but still nothing in her character speaks to me. And the bits with Jun are vaguely unsettling in the way that all 'we must trust our mil...

I've played the games, read the books & other graphic novels. In my opinion, this was disappointing. Palmer wasn't my favorite Spartan, so I thought this GN would make me think " well, she's not such a b-". That didn't happen. On the cover of the GN proclaims 'The exciting lead-in to Spartan Assault!'-nope. Not exciting. More like 'too short, story disjointed'. Actually succeeded in making me like Palmer even less than I did before. I see on the back of the GN that it was 'Scripted by one of the...

I liked it but its kinda short and felt like they rushed the ending but i still like it the book also informs you about what surgeries they do on you before you become a spartan

What I kind of miss in the length of this comic it makes up in the quality and style of the graphics. The pictures are very nice and the print is of good quality. But it's not very long so I will have to continue reading with the next part of the series.

"I know my answer."This is an interesting expansion of the Halo universe. For an introduction the story is good, but not great. The pacing feels a bit rushed and there's some pretty cheesy banter. We get to see how ODST's became Spartans and get some background on people in the Halo world, but this book doesn't suck you in or add anything mind blowing...yet.It's a short read and it's super focused on Palmer while also trying to share the larger story of Spartans.

As someone with very little familiarity with the Halo games after the first one, I assume there are a lot of references and callbacks here that I'm missing. That being said, it still manages to be completely accessible, and a surprisingly full action story considering its relatively short length. Sarah Palmer is a new generation of Spartans, and she gets to prove it with her cohorts against a renegade who is trying to steal a secret ship. It has lots of action, although not much in the way of al...

As the first “Halo” comic released by Dark Horse (who picked up the rights to the franchise in 2013 from Marvel after the series transitioned from Bungie to 343 Industries), “Initiation” is a solid, albeit “safe” first go-of-it for the publisher. The story, set just after the events of Halo 3 and about 4 years prior to Halo 4, follows the typical “soldier-is-enlisted-in-a-shady-military-program-and-is-trained-into-an-amazing-warrior” template – you can practically see the plot beats, they’re so

Esse é um dos piores gibis que li em muito tempo.Fazia tempo que eu não via algo tão inumano e sem alma quanto este gibi, parece algo feito por uma IA seguindo passos pré determinados para criar algo que sirva seu propósito de contar uma história mas sem nenhum outro objetivo, completamente privado de qualquer emoção conhecida pelo homem.A arte é triste, absolutamente triste, em quadros isolados ela é até bonita (apesar de ser extremamente parecida com de outros artistas, como o Leinil Yu de man...

I've played the games, read some of the books, and a few of the graphic novels. This was a fun quick read, but it was a bit too quick. It glossed over the rest of the Spartans, and focused only on Palmer, who I do like, but even then, it didn't go into much detail about her. That being said, I still enjoyed it, and look forward to seeing more of these characters. The art was also really good.

A decent story that explains where Spartan Palmer came from.

Halo Initiation is billed as the lead-in to the Halo: Spartan Assault videogame. It covers the origins of the Spartan IV program and Command Sarah Palmer, the leader of the Spartan IVs.The story is well told and well illustrated, capturing the aesthetic of the Halo universe that has already been established through the games and previous comics. It stands on its own, but if you played Halo 4 or Spartan Assault, it ties in nicely, adding more depth to the universe.If I had any criticism for the c...

Good story. Makes me want to get back into the Halo universe again.

I guess I should have paid more attention when I ordered this as when it arrived I was surprised to see it was a graphic novel.After reading it I couldn't tell you what it was about. It just did not register.The Halo game franchise is very strong, and the books I have read add to that strength. This graphic novel was too self centered, at the exclussion of the story making process, for me to enjoy.Even the art work was only okay.I'd recommend the books in this series over the graphic novel appro...

The female Spartans are taking the lead in this new post Bungie Halo Universe. At least in the recent Karen Traviss trilogy of novels and this 3 part comic series. I wonder though, if these characters are going to make it into the next game. Could be interesting.