 Marvel announced at the 2009 Comic Con that two new comics , a five @-@ part series written by Peter David and a second series written by Fred Van Lente , 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 . 
