Highly trained agents tackle the most dangerous espionage assignments imaginable-some involving super beings.
Checkmate was created by John Byrne and premiered in one of the Superman titles.
Proving to be popular Checkmate was given its own series in 1988 and is still a vital part of the DC Comics Universe today.
Checkmate, run by Stein and Waller, plans to take the rather unorthodox methods of the Vigilante (now killed) and the Peacemaker and hone it, refine it and make them legitimate through a secret government agency that often skips over the legal aspects of crime fighting.
They drug and capture Thorn (a friend of the Vigilante and uses his same methods of crime fighting) and recruits her into Checkmate.
In the meantime Checkmate assigns one of its Knights to track down a group of Neo-Nazi’s who have kidnapped an important official.
The Knight intervenes and saves the man who is grateful for his help and promises to do whatever he can to aid him.
Next assignment, stop a string of devastating bombings.
Checkmate was an exciting series set in the real world. International and domestic crimes were confronted and when necessary wiped out, including their chief proponents.
It was a gritty series and unfortunately didn’t last log.
However Checkmate has interwoven itself into the DC Universe and has proven to be a vital part of it. Like any game of chess the game never is over until the final Checkmate.
Psalm 19:1 (NKJV) “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.”
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