Checkmate (comics)
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Checkmate is a fictional covert operations agency appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The antihero team first appeared in Action Comics #598 (March 1988) and proceeded to have its own ongoing title in Checkmate!. In the wake of events depicted in the mini-series The OMAC Project and Infinite Crisis, Checkmate is re-chartered as a United Nations Security Council-affiliated agency and was again given its own series, Checkmate (vol. 2).
Infobox
Publisher
DC Comics
First appearance
Action Comics (March 1988)
Created by
Paul KupperbergSteve Erwin
Type of organization
Intelligence agency
Base(s)
Konig Industries, Shelby, Virginia; NORAD facility in the Colorado Rocky Mountains; "The Castle" compound in the Swiss Alps
Tables
· Collected editions
| # | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN | Reprints | |||
| 1 | Checkmate: A King's Game | DC Comics | 2007 | mw- body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw- .mw- .mw- .mw- } }ISBN 1401212204 | Collects The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from: Checkmate (vol. 2) | |||
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| 2 | Checkmate: Pawn Breaks | DC Comics | 2007 | ISBN 1401214452 | Collects The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from: Checkmate (vol. 2) | |||
| Credits and full notes Writer(s) Greg Rucka Nunzio DeFilippis Christina WeirPenciller(s) Jesus Saiz Cliff Richards Steve ScottCovering the stories "Pawn 502" and "Corvalho".A British edition was published by Titan Books — ISBN 1-84576-603-2
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| 3 | Outsiders/Checkmate: Checkout | DC Comics | 2008 | ISBN 1401216234 | Collects The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from: Checkmate vol. 2, Outsiders (vol. 3) | |||
| Credits and full notes Writer(s) Greg Rucka Judd WinickPenciller(s) Eddy Barrows Joe Bennett Matthew Clark Ron RandallCovering the only crossover story of the same name.A British edition was published by Titan Books — ISBN 1-84576-737-3
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| 4 | Checkmate: Fall of the Wall | DC Comics | 2008 | ISBN 1401217885 | Collects The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from: Checkmate (vol. 2) | |||
| Credits and full notes Writer(s) Greg RuckaPenciller(s) Jesus SaizCovering the stories "Past Perfect", "Firewall", "The Fall of the Wall" and "La Vie en Sang".A British edition was published by Titan Books — ISBN 1-84576-848-5
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| 5 | Checkmate: Chimera | DC Comics | 2009 | ISBN 1401221351 | Collects The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from: Checkmate (vol. 2) | |||
| Credits and full notes Writer(s) Bruce JonesPenciller(s) Joe Bennett Manuel GarciaCovering the story "Chimera".
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References
- DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle
- The DC Comics Encyclopediahttps://search.worldcat.org/oclc/213309017
- The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe
- Action Comics, no. 598 (March 1988). DC Comics.
- Per announcement on the last page of Checkmate (vol. 2) #30, DC Comics (November 2008).
- Resistance Leaders: Rucka, Trautmann on Final Crisis Special, Newsarama, October 29, 2008https://web.archive.org/web/20090218184841/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/081029-rucka-final-crisis-resist.html
- The Essential Batman Encyclopedia
- Checkmate!, no. 18 (June 1989).
- Checkmate!, no. 27 (May 1990). DC Comics.
- Checkmate!, no. 17 (July 1989).
- Deathstroke #19 (February 1993)
- Batman: Gotham Knights, no. 38-40 (April through June 2003). DC Comics.
- Batman: Gotham Knights, no. 48 (February 2004). DC Comics.
- "Greg Rucka on Checkmate"https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095709/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?s=b2c0fa0131957f4cc2a8d5a9e36a8ec7&threadid=51755
- "Outsiders #49"http://www.dccomics.com/comics/?cm=7631
- "Checkmate #13"https://archive.today/20120731134051/http://www.dccomics.com/redirect/?7148
- Brightest Day #0
- Justice League: Generation Lost #2
- Justice League: Generation Lost #8-9
- Justice League: Generation Lost #19
- Justice League: Generation Lost #24
- Checkmate Vol. 3 #1-6
- Superman Homepagehttps://www.supermanhomepage.com/my-adventures-with-superman-season-2-double-episode-premiere-review/