▁m ox ie ▁to ▁not ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁major ▁character . ▁Each ▁publication ▁had ▁their ▁own ▁opinions ▁on ▁the ▁weak est ▁story ▁in ▁the ▁collection ; ▁both ▁I GN ▁and ▁Game Tra ilers ▁thought ▁that ▁" Ar mor ▁Test ing " ▁had ▁the ▁least ▁emot ional ▁impact , ▁although ▁its ▁surprise ▁ending ▁and ▁art ▁were ▁well ▁done . ▁ ▁Upon ▁release , ▁the ▁H alo ▁Graph ic ▁Nov el ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁" rare ▁hit " ▁for ▁the ▁games - to - com ics ▁genre , ▁debut ing ▁at ▁No . 2 ▁on ▁both ▁the ▁N iel sen ▁Book Scan ▁and ▁Diam ond ▁sales ▁charts . ▁At ▁least ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁were ▁rum ored ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁published , ▁and ▁the ▁com ic ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁top - s elling ▁graph ic ▁nov els ▁months ▁after ▁its ▁debut . ▁The ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁led ▁Marvel ▁Comics ▁and ▁B ung ie ▁to ▁announ ce ▁a ▁four - issue ▁month ly ▁H alo ▁com ic ▁series ▁at ▁San ▁Diego ▁Com ic - Con ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁called ▁H alo : ▁U pr ising ' '. ▁Despite ▁del ays , ▁the ▁first ▁issue ▁of ▁the ▁limited ▁series ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁B ung ie ▁ ▁Marvel ▁Comics ▁ ▁Category : 2 0 0 6 ▁com ics ▁deb uts ▁Graph ic ▁Nov el ▁Category : Mar vel ▁Comics