Dark Horse Comics recently released Halo Escalation Issue 8 and Halo Follower on YouTube has revealed that the comic recaps Halo 4's story and sees Master Chief arrive on Requirm, defeat the Didact, and lose Cortana in the process. In the comic, Chief then reports to the UNSC and states that the Didact's death has not been confirmed, the UNSC blames the events surrounding the crash of the Infinity on Covenant rebels as they don't wish the public to know what really happened.