Best Halo comic series (not that it had a great deal of competition, considering most of the others were...kind of shit *COUGH* Uprising *COUGH*). You can tell that it's Schlerf who is writing it throughout because it [i]perfectly[/i] encapsulates a good number of those human themes introduced in Halo 4. Scruggs telling Palmer that "I am a Spartan. But what you fight for isn't always the same as who you fight for", echoes just about everything said in A Hero Awakens where Kiki/Chris/Josh all make their agenda regarding the development of Halo's story clear - making us question what it means to be a hero and whether the sacrifice is worth it. It's no wonder that we see that parallel imagery of Palmer standing where John stood on the observation deck following the death of somebody close, and I am [i]genuinely[/i] engaging with palmer in this series. "Tom, you're one of my closest friends. But right now, you need to get the hell away from me..." [i]This[/i] is what I want to see! Not the cookie-cutter commander replacement for Johnson, but this strong and independent woman who is a capable leader who has to make sacrifices which leave a lasting impression on her. She's starting to see that it's not simply a case of "orders are orders", that this is actually a very real conflict where nobody is safe - I was genuinely surprised that DeMarco was killed off, it was a ballsy decision by Schlerf but it damn well [i]worked[/i]. And Scruggs states that there are more than just two sides at work (YES!), I am bloody loving this series. I really am, it's the perfect way to keep us tided over month-by-month over the course of a year.