Halo: Uprising
by Brian Michael Bendis
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Author: Brian Michael BendisBrand: Marvel
Illustrator: Alex Maleev
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-06-16
ISBN: 0785128387
Number of pages: 168
Publisher: Marvel Books
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- ISBN13: 9780785128380
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Halo: Uprising
Book Review: Great art, no soul
Summary: 1 Stars
First off, the debacle. Readers need to understand that the whole of this work was supposed to be released in the time leading up to the release of Halo 3 for the Xbox 360. Only the first volume made it out on time, and the rest were delayed for (literally) years. What should have been a nice little tie-in between games quickly became a running joke at the comic industry's expense, and unfortunately it's not the only tie-in property Marvel has done this to. This review would get a star or two off for this alone, but that proves unnecessary.
The product. What you get is one binding for four comic books, clearly just trying to jump on the bandwagon calling itself a "graphic novel" when it's only a short compilation. Don't get caught expecting anything more.
The art is mostly great, as artist Maleev does everything from blood-drenched battle scenes to sprawling vistas in a great mix of detail and "feel". The art isn't overly precise, nor is it rushed, and from a technical view it's above-average fare for the most part, with some extra oomph from a few money shots here and there. Everything is recognizably Halo for longtime fans, while being very accessible and cool to any eye. It's not the page-filling masterworks of Todd McFarlane, but it's not bad.
The story is the real weak point. As many reviews note, Master Chief is barely in this comic. He really just bookends the works, appearing in brief vignettes where he does little more than dish out and take a couple panels' worth of damage each time. To talk about the story, we basically skip Chief entirely. The meat of the text focuses on two teens who wind up in a very tired and cliched "star-crossed lovers" plot. There's a lot of hype about a "key" thrown out through the works, the resolution of which is completely underwhelming. Most readers are literally groaning and rolling their eyes at various points as the characters' lame lovestory lurches along, though this is mostly early on and things get a little more even (as in, the writing gets closer to the much better art) towards the end of the run.
In the end, the Master Chief bits that aren't really there are used as a crutch to keep readers tuning in as two teens stumble around a city. It might actually be a spoiler to say that these teens don't do anything worthwhile, because that's basically the ending of the book- that they never did or had anything of interest this entire time. Viewing postmortem this is actually a fantastic piece of black comedy, making readers fret for months and months just to find out they'd been waiting for nothing. Literally.
The most redeeming factor present it Maleev's artwork, but that can't make up for the rest.
Summary of Halo: Uprising
This story starts at the conclusion of the blockbuster video game, Halo 2. This must-read novel reveals how the Master Chief, while onboard a hostile ship headed towards Earth, battles against Covenant forces! Interwined with Master Chief's interstellar one man war is the saga of a great American city's rebellion and downfall, two disparate lives' collision and shared fate, and the Covenant's hunt for an ancient relic of untold power and value. With hope dwindling and the fate of humanity hanging by a thread, is there any chance for a future? Written by one of the hottest authors around responsible for Secret Invasion, Secret Wars and Powers this collects Halo: Uprising #1-4, and Marvel Spotlight: Halo.Science Fiction Books
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