: This is comic books. Just because he's on the cover doesn't mean he survived
: past the "this is what happened at the end of Halo 4" recap. I
: mean, yeah, I've been pretty sure he's still alive in some form for a
: while, probably where whatever was left of Cortana ended up for Chief to
: track down, but a comic cover doesn't confirm it.

He didn't punch the Chief though, or take a swing at him, and the area behind him doesn't look like his ship (it's possible that's what it's supposed to be, but I remember it looking pretty different).