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The Halo franchise includes various types of merchandise and adaptations outside of the video games. This includes bestselling novels, graphic novels, and other licensed products, from action figures to a packaging tie-in with . Numerous action figures and vehicles based on Halo have been produced. Joyride Studios created Halo and Halo 2 action figures, while Halo 3 poseable and collectible action figures, aimed at collectors, were produced by and became some of the top-selling action figures of 2007 and 2008. partnered with Microsoft to produce Halo Wars-themed toys.
Books[]Halo authors and
There have been numerous printed adaptations based on the Halo established by the video games. Larry Niven (author ofRingworld) was originally approached to write a Halo novelization, but declined due to unfamiliarity with the subject matter. The first novel was , a prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved. It was written by in seven weeks, and published in October 2001. wrote an adaptation of Halo: Combat Evolved called , which was released in 2003.Eric Nylund returned to write the third novel, , which takes place between Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2, and was published in December 2003. Nylund also wrote the fourth adaptation, , which was published on October 31, 2006. Bungie employee wrote the fifth book, , which was released on October 30, 2007, while produced the sixth, Halo: The Cole Protocol, published in November 2008. Bungie considers the Halo novels as additions to the Halo canon.
A collection of Halo short stories, Halo: Evolutions, was simultaneously released in print and audiobook formats in November 2009.Evolutions includes original material by Nylund, Buckell, and contributions from Bungie. Tor re-released the first threeHalo novels with new content and cover art. Science fiction author wrote a trilogy of books focusing on the Forerunners, called The Forerunner Saga. The first book, entitled , was released in January 2011, followed by in January 2012 and on March 19, 2013. Karen Traviss wrote the Kilo-Five trilogy, which takes place after the events of Halo 3 andHalo: Ghosts of Onyx. The first book, Halo: Glasslands, came out October 2011, followed by Halo: The Thursday War on October 2, 2012, and Halo: Mortal Dictata on January 21, 2014. The fourteenth Halo book (the thirteenth novel) was released in November 2014: Halo: Broken Circle by , the author of novels based on ,, and other games.
Comics[]
The Halo universe was first adapted into the graphic novel format in 2006, with the release of , a collection of four . It was written and illustrated by graphic novelists , , , Brett Lewis, , Ed Lee and . At the 2007 , announced they would be working on an ongoing Halo series with and . The limited series, titled , bridges the gap between the events of Halo 2 and Halo 3; initially planned to conclude shortly before the release of Halo 3, the constant delays led to the final issue being published April 2009.
Marvel announced at the 2009 Comic Con that two new comics, a five-part series written by and a second series written by , would appear the coming summer and winter. David's series, Halo: Helljumper, is set prior to Halo: Combat Evolved and focuses on the elite Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. The five-part series was published between July and November 2009. Lente's series, originally titled Spartan Black, revolves around a black ops team of Spartan supersoldiers assigned to the UNSC Office of Naval Intelligence. The rebranded comic, Halo: Blood Line, debuted in December 2009. A comic-retelling of the novel Halo: The Fall of Reach was the most recent comic series entitled: Halo: Fall of Reach. Fall of Reach was split into three mini-stories: Boot Camp, Covenant, and Invasion. Two new series were announced in 2013. A three-part series, Halo: Initiation was released August 2013 with Brian Reed returning as writer. Also announced was Halo: Escalation, an ongoing comic series covering the period directly after Halo 4.
