Halo: Escalation Issue 9

Halo: Escalation Issue 9 will be released on August 27th, 2014 and the ninth in the Halo: Escalation series. It is set in the second arc out of three arcs "The Next 72 Hours" and includes Blue Team tracking down the Didact immediately following the campaign of Halo 4.

Plot Synopsis
The 9th Issue opens up with Blue Team exiting a portal leading them away from Installation 03. They discover a Forerunner city and an mysterious light source. Fred comments that whatever may be there must have killed Black Team to which John replies that it must be The Didact, even though he is thought to be eliminated. The team discovers numerous Composers by the city and then detect an enemy contact, none other than The Didact holding the Activation Index. The Didact reveals that this place is the Composers Forge and Blue Team opens fire. The Didact stomps the ground causing the Spartans to lose their balance and stumbles.