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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Checkmate!" redirects here. For the Namie Amuro album, see <a href="Checkmate!_(album)" title="Checkmate! (album)">Checkmate! (album)</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox ib-comics-organization ib-comics"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Checkmate</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">Artwork for the cover of <i>Checkmate</i> (vol. 2) #4 (September 2006), art by Lee Bermejo</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Publication information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="List_of_comics_publishing_companies" title="List of comics publishing companies">Publisher</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="First_appearance" title="First appearance">First appearance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="Action_Comics" title="Action Comics">Action Comics</a></i> #598 (March 1988)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Paul_Kupperberg" title="Paul Kupperberg">Paul Kupperberg</a><br><a href="Steve_Erwin" title="Steve Erwin">Steve Erwin</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">In-story information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type of organization</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Intelligence_agency" title="Intelligence agency">Intelligence agency</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Base(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Konig Industries, Shelby, Virginia; NORAD facility in the Colorado Rocky Mountains; "The Castle" compound in the Swiss Alps</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Roster</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below">See: <a href="List_of_Checkmate_members" title="List of Checkmate members">List of Checkmate members</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Checkmate</b>, a division of <a href="Task_Force_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Task Force X">Task Force X</a>, is a fictional <a href="Intelligence_agency" title="Intelligence agency">covert operations agency</a> appearing in <a href="American_comic_book" title="American comic book">American comic books</a> published by <a href="DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>. The <a href="Antihero" title="Antihero">antihero</a> team first appeared in <i><a href="Action_Comics" title="Action Comics">Action Comics</a></i> #598 (March 1988) and proceeded to have its own ongoing title in <i>Checkmate!</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the wake of events depicted in the mini-series <i><a href="The_OMAC_Project" title="The OMAC Project">The OMAC Project</a></i> and <i><a href="Infinite_Crisis" title="Infinite Crisis">Infinite Crisis</a></i>, Checkmate is re-chartered as a <a href="United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> Security Council-affiliated agency and was again given its own series, <i>Checkmate</i> (vol. 2).<sup id="cite_ref-dc-ency_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dc-ency-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2></div>

<p>The Checkmate organization was created by <a href="Paul_Kupperberg" title="Paul Kupperberg">Paul Kupperberg</a> and <a href="Steve_Erwin" title="Steve Erwin">Steve Erwin</a>, first appearing in <i><a href="Action_Comics" title="Action Comics">Action Comics</a></i> #598 (March 1988).<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The precursor to this fictional organization was known as the <b><a href="List_of_government_agencies_in_DC_Comics#The_Agency" title="List of government agencies in DC Comics">Agency</a></b>, first appearing in <i><a href="Vigilante_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vigilante (comics)">Vigilante</a></i> #36. <a href="Harry_Stein_(character)" title="Harry Stein (character)">Harry Stein</a> was appointed <a href="Valentina_Vostok" title="Valentina Vostok">Valentina Vostok</a>'s replacement in The Agency's command position by <a href="Amanda_Waller" title="Amanda Waller">Amanda Waller</a>. Stein later sought out the most stable personnel available from the American and international intelligence and law enforcement communities to form Checkmate. His agency would field only the best-trained and well-equipped of agents, working under the strictest rules of secrecy. For the organizational structure of the re-organized Agency, Stein chose the game of <a href="Chess" title="Chess">chess</a> as his working model.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Stein brought in Gary Washington (Knight One) and Black Thorn as Checkmate operatives, both of whom were his friends, and both of whom were introduced during his run on Vigilante.

</p><p><i>Checkmate!</i> was at various times involved with the other government agencies in the DC Comics universe, primarily the <i><a href="Suicide_Squad" title="Suicide Squad">Suicide Squad</a></i>, which resulted in the crossover "<a href="The_Janus_Directive" class="mw-redirect" title="The Janus Directive">The Janus Directive</a>". <i>Checkmate!</i> was canceled after 33 issues but the organization continued to appear, mostly in titles related to either the government or <a href="Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a>.

</p><p>After the events of the <a href="Limited_series_(comics)" title="Limited series (comics)">mini-series</a> <i><a href="The_OMAC_Project" title="The OMAC Project">The OMAC Project</a></i>, a precursor to the <i><a href="Infinite_Crisis" title="Infinite Crisis">Infinite Crisis</a></i> limited series, the Checkmate organization was re-organized and its title was revived with <i>Checkmate</i> (vol. 2). This volume ended after publication of its 31st issue, dated December 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>After the cancellation of the second volume, the team returned in the <i><a href="Final_Crisis" title="Final Crisis">Final Crisis</a></i> <a href="One-shot_(comics)" title="One-shot (comics)">one-shot</a> tie-in "Resist" by <a href="Greg_Rucka" title="Greg Rucka">Greg Rucka</a> and Eric Trautmann.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Checkmate!_(vol._1)"><i>Checkmate!</i> (vol. 1)</h3></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Biography_2">Biography</h4></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Organization_and_designation">Organization and designation</h5></div>

<p>The name Checkmate is taken from <a href="Checkmate" title="Checkmate">the winning move</a> in <a href="Chess" title="Chess">chess</a>, and the agency's hierarchy is modeled after the various pieces of a chess game; one King, one Queen and several Bishops, Rooks, Knights and Pawns. The Bishops oversaw the Rooks behind the scenes while the Rooks planned missions and supervised the field agents, or Knights, and the Knights' support, the Pawns.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Known_employed_operatives">Known employed operatives</h4></div>

<p><a href="List_of_Checkmate_members#Roster_during_Checkmate!" title="List of Checkmate members">List of operatives during first series.</a>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History">History</h3></div>

<p>The Agency is first set up by <a href="Amanda_Waller" title="Amanda Waller">Amanda Waller</a> to serve as a small branch of <a href="Suicide_Squad" title="Suicide Squad">Task Force X</a> under the command of Colonel <a href="Valentina_Vostok" title="Valentina Vostok">Valentina Vostok</a> (formerly Negative Woman of the <a href="Doom_Patrol#The_new_Doom_Patrol" title="Doom Patrol">Doom Patrol</a>) to perform operations worldwide considered vital to the security of American interests. She relinquishes command to <a href="Harry_Stein_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Stein (comics)">Harry Stein</a>, who recreates The Agency into a new image and organization, dubbed Checkmate, in relation to its chess-inspired organizational scheme.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id=""The_Janus_Directive"">"The Janus Directive"</h4></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Janus_Directive" title="Janus Directive">Janus Directive</a></div>

<p>"The Janus Directive" is a crossover storyline that involves an inter-agency war between Checkmate, the <a href="Suicide_Squad" title="Suicide Squad">Suicide Squad</a>, and <a href="Captain_Atom" title="Captain Atom">Project Atom</a>, who are manipulated by <a href="Kobra_(DC_comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kobra (DC comics)">Kobra</a> in order to distract the United States intelligence community from his activities. Checkmate loses at least 38 Knight agents<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-C27_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C27-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (tallying to more than two thirds of Checkmate's Knight force<sup id="cite_ref-C27_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C27-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and its headquarters (as well as its cover, Konig Industries) in Shelby, Virginia, in the incident. In the aftermath, <a href="Sarge_Steel" title="Sarge Steel">Sarge Steel</a> takes Waller's place as head of Checkmate, and Checkmate relocates to a new NORAD base in Colorado.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Russian_Checkmate">Russian Checkmate</h4></div>

<p>A <a href="Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Russian</a> version of Checkmate (<a href="Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Шах и мат</span>) (presumably under the KGB) is introduced in the last issues of the original series run. They are admittedly underfunded, but wear armor similar to their U.S. counterparts.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_between_volumes">In between volumes</h3></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Biography_3">Biography</h4></div>

<p>Checkmate's hierarchy is remodeled in a manner similar to that of <a href="Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>' <a href="Hellfire_Club_(comics)" title="Hellfire Club (comics)">Hellfire Club</a> (with the organization itself more closely resembling <a href="S.H.I.E.L.D." title="S.H.I.E.L.D.">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a>). The chess-motif remains, but there are sets of Kings and Queens, as well as Bishops, Rooks, Knights, and Pawns, divided between a Black and White set. Their functions remain the same, although neither Rooks nor Pawns are seen. Kings and Queens are the head of each department. Bishops oversee plans behind the scenes. Rooks plan missions. Knights carry out the plans in field teams. Pawns assist the Knights on missions, providing surveillance and backup if needed. The structure of Checkmate with two halves, <b>Black</b> (ops) and <b>White</b> (intel), may also be inspired by the CIA's original two separate halves, the Directorate of Operations and Directorate of Intelligence.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Known_employed_operatives_2">Known employed operatives</h4></div>

<p><a href="List_of_Checkmate_members#Roster_between_series" title="List of Checkmate members">List of operatives between series.</a>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_2">History</h3></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Deathstroke,_the_Terminator"><i>Deathstroke, the Terminator</i></h4></div>

<p>Sarge Steel reactivates Checkmate in <i>Deathstroke, the Terminator</i> #17, in order to find the comatose <a href="Deathstroke" title="Deathstroke">Deathstroke</a> (Slade Wilson). Phil Kramer is promoted to King and Kalia Campbell to Queen. Harry Stein is said to be on indefinite leave of absence after his son is shot, and to be spending more time with his family. Gary Washington and two other Knights appear in the story as well (one of whom might be Winston O'Donnel, who appears in <i>Deathstroke, the Terminator</i> #19). Checkmate Knights invade the lair of supervillainess <a href="Cheshire_(comics)" title="Cheshire (comics)">Cheshire</a> in <i>Deathstroke, the Terminator</i> #18, but most are killed by her operatives and a revived Slade Wilson. Just as two Checkmate agents are about to defeat Deathstroke, Roy Harper (at that time also known as <a href="Speedy_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Speedy (comics)">Speedy</a>) knocks them down, revealing to be helping Cheshire as a double agent in both Checkmate and the Brotherhood of Evil. The Russian outfit of Checkmate appears when Deathstroke, Cheshire, Speedy and others try to steal a group of nuclear warheads in Russia. It is revealed that Harper called in Checkmate and that he was working on their side all along. Ultimately, Deathstroke is also revealed to be working for the CIA, and joins up with the American and Russian Checkmate to invade Cheshire's base later, after she threatens the world (unleashing a nuclear warhead on <a href="Qurac" class="mw-redirect" title="Qurac">Qurac</a> as leverage).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are able to defeat Cheshire, and the warheads are destroyed.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id=""Knight_Moves"">"Knight Moves"</h4></div>

<p>A man called David Said has taken over the role of King within the organization, and in the "Knight Moves" storyline Checkmate invades the <a href="Batcave" title="Batcave">Batcave</a>, in order to recruit the <a href="Huntress_(Helena_Wayne)" title="Huntress (Helena Wayne)">Huntress</a> in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On Batman's word, she agrees to temporarily assume the mantle of Queen, using this position to relay information to Batman on at least one occasion.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bruce_Wayne_-_Murderer?">Bruce Wayne - Murderer?</h4></div>

<p>After the events of <i><a href="Bruce_Wayne" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruce Wayne">Bruce Wayne</a>: Murderer?</i> and <i><a href="Bruce_Wayne%3A_Fugitive" title="Bruce Wayne: Fugitive">Bruce Wayne: Fugitive</a></i>, his bodyguard and partner <a href="Sasha_Bordeaux" title="Sasha Bordeaux">Sasha Bordeaux</a> is framed for the murder of Vesper Fairchild. She is recruited as a Checkmate operative by Jessica Midnight, as the two fake her death and Sasha undergoes plastic surgery.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_OMAC_Project"><i>The OMAC Project</i></h4></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="The_OMAC_Project" title="The OMAC Project">The OMAC Project</a></div>

<p>It is revealed that <a href="Maxwell_Lord" title="Maxwell Lord">Maxwell Lord</a> has assumed the position of Black King within the Checkmate organization with the intent of manipulating the agency to kill all <a href="Metahumans" class="mw-redirect" title="Metahumans">metahumans</a> on Earth. While DC did not explain how or when Lord came to power (or had seemingly gone from supporting metahuman involvement in the protection of the planet to this personality), it has been implied that Checkmate may have been the victim of <a href="Superboy-Prime" title="Superboy-Prime">Superboy-Prime</a>, who warped the fabric of reality by punching the walls of his prison in another dimension. Due to Prime's actions, the hierarchy of Checkmate was changed and a changed Maxwell Lord was suddenly in charge of the organization.

</p><p>In order to hide his activities, which included hijacking and reprogramming to his own purposes the super-spy satellite <i>Brother I</i> that Batman originally built to monitor metahumans, Lord murdered former ally <a href="Ted_Kord" title="Ted Kord">Ted Kord</a>. He also mind-controlled <a href="Superman" title="Superman">Superman</a>, sending the hero after other former allies such as <a href="Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a> and <a href="Wonder_Woman" title="Wonder Woman">Wonder Woman</a>. Wonder Woman then proceeded to kill Lord in order to break his control on Superman's mind, which left Checkmate dismantled as an organization.

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<p>In <i><a href="52_(comics)" title="52 (comics)">52</a></i> Week 24, <a href="Martian_Manhunter" title="Martian Manhunter">Martian Manhunter</a> reveals that he has spent months undercover undermining the remnants of Checkmate to convince the President of the U.S. to disband the organization. Within days, however, it is reconstituted as a United Nations agency. In Week 25, <a href="Alan_Scott" title="Alan Scott">Alan Scott</a> reveals to <a href="Mister_Terrific_(Michael_Holt)" title="Mister Terrific (Michael Holt)">Mister Terrific</a> that he will lead the agency as White King, and asks him to join as well.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Checkmate_(vol._2)"><i>Checkmate</i> (vol. 2)</h3></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Greg_Rucka_about_Checkmate_(vol._2)">Greg Rucka about <i>Checkmate</i> (vol. 2)</h4></div>

<p>Rucka was quoted regarding the new series: "Take a big chunk of The OMAC Project, take the concept of "Who Watches the <a href="Watchmen" title="Watchmen">Watchmen</a>?" and throw in some <a href="James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a> and you've got Checkmate". Rucka's stated plans in several interviews include depicting the repurposing of Checkmate as a United Nations-affiliated intelligence/intervention force with a specific purpose of maintaining "balance" between Earth's human and metahuman communities in the wake of events in <i><a href="The_OMAC_Project" title="The OMAC Project">The OMAC Project</a></i> and <i><a href="Infinite_Crisis" title="Infinite Crisis">Infinite Crisis</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-dc-ency_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dc-ency-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Biography_4">Biography</h3></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Organization_and_designation_2">Organization and designation</h4></div>

<p>Pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1696, Checkmate is reorganized as the UN's Chartered Metahuman Monitoring Force. The organization was restructured utilizing the "Rule of Two". Each super-powered or otherwise enhanced member in the "Royal Family" must have an un-powered counterpart in a corresponding position of power. Pawns still remain as low-level field agents. The Rooks make their first appearance in issue #25 as Checkmate's black ops squad (while the Knights are "Special Agents" and Bishops "Advisers"). Specifically they include four operatives of different specialties: <a href="Cinnamon_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinnamon (comics)">Cinnamon</a>, <a href="Gravedigger_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravedigger (comics)">Gravedigger</a>, <a href="Sebastian_Faust" title="Sebastian Faust">Sebastian Faust</a>, and <a href="G.I._Robot" title="G.I. Robot">G.I. Robot</a>. The Rooks are augmented with DNA from <a href="Starro" title="Starro">Starro</a>, which gives them a telepathic link with one another. G.I. Robot is assigned to monitor his teammates to make sure they do not lose control. If that situation were to arise, he is supposed to kill them, or as the Black Queen puts it "terminate the link".

</p><p>The organization's headquarters is a castle in the <a href="Swiss_Alps" title="Swiss Alps">Swiss Alps</a> known only as "The Castle".

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_3">History</h3></div>

<ul><li>In <i><b>A Game of Kings</b></i> (issues #1-4), the UN votes on Checkmate's existence, but China vetoes this as they are supplying Kobra. Checkmate infiltrates a Chinese base, confronting the <a href="Great_Ten" title="Great Ten">Great Ten</a> with aid from <a href="Alan_Scott" title="Alan Scott">Alan Scott</a>, who is removed from the organisation for not embarrassing China.</li>

<li>In <i><b>Selection</b></i> (#5), Black Queen <a href="Sasha_Bordeaux" title="Sasha Bordeaux">Sasha Bordeaux</a> tests Checkmate agents to select her new Knight (the previous one having died in the first arc). The outgoing White King taps his Bishop, <a href="Mister_Terrific_(Michael_Holt)" title="Mister Terrific (Michael Holt)">Mister Terrific</a>, as his successor.</li>

<li>In <i><b>Rogue Squad</b></i> (#6-7), a new Suicide Squad hunts down an imprisoned metahuman in Myanmar; despite heavy losses, the Squad frees the prisoner and are rescued by <a href="Bronze_Tiger" title="Bronze Tiger">Bronze Tiger</a> and <a href="Rick_Flag" title="Rick Flag">Rick Flag</a>, raising suspicion among the royals due to Waller's involvement.</li>

<li>In <i><b>Pawn 502</b></i> (#8-10), the Department of Metahuman Affairs arrests a terrorist cell trying to join Kobra, unaware one of the members is a covert Checkmate agent. Checkmate deputizes the <a href="Shadowpact" title="Shadowpact">Shadowpact</a> to help orchestrate the agent's escape and to get him through Kobra's mystical screening process.</li>

<li>In <i><b>Corvalho</b></i> (#11-12), Waller rigs the Santa Prisca election to stop <a href="Bane_(DC_Comics)" title="Bane (DC Comics)">Bane</a> winning, but Colonel Computron defects to Checkmate with proof of the falsification. Though <a href="Judomaster" title="Judomaster">Tommy Jagger</a> beats Bane, <a href="Fire_(comics)" title="Fire (comics)">Fire</a> kills Computron under blackmail from Waller.</li>

<li>In <i><b>Checkout</b></i> (#13-15, crossover with <a href="Outsiders_(comics)" title="Outsiders (comics)">Outsiders</a>, alternating with <i>Outsiders</i> #47-49, starting in <i>Checkmate</i> #13 and ending in <i>Outsiders</i> #49), Checkmate abducts the Outsiders, where they are given a deal; they can keep operating if they work for Checkmate. Sasha, Nightwing and <a href="Owen_Mercer" class="mw-redirect" title="Owen Mercer">Captain Boomerang</a> are captured by <a href="Chang_Tzu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chang Tzu">Chang Tzu</a>, but are rescued with help from Batman.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>In <i><b>Past Perfect</b></i> (#16), Sasha is examined by <a href="Doctor_Mid-Nite_(Pieter_Cross)" title="Doctor Mid-Nite (Pieter Cross)">Doctor Mid-Nite</a> after being tortured, Fire is reunited with <a href="Ice_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ice (comics)">Ice</a> and <a href="August_General_in_Iron" class="mw-redirect" title="August General in Iron">August General in Iron</a> becomes the new Black King's Bishop.</li>

<li>In <i><b>Firewall</b></i> (#17), former villain <a href="Carl_Draper" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Draper">Carl Draper</a> defends The Castle against a series of assaults and is appointed <a href="Castellan" title="Castellan">Castellan</a>, The Castle's chief of security.</li>

<li>In <i><b>Fall of the Wall</b></i> (#18-20), the other Royals continue to gather evidence that Waller is secretly conducting her own covert operations. With the assistance of <a href="Martian_Manhunter" title="Martian Manhunter">Martian Manhunter</a> they learn about Operation: "<a href="Salvation_Run" title="Salvation Run">Salvation Run</a>" and succeed in forcing Waller to resign.</li>

<li><i><b>La Vie en Sang</b></i> (#21-22) explores the history of <a href="Mademoiselle_Marie" title="Mademoiselle Marie">Mademoiselle Marie</a> and how it connects to the title's current holder, the Black Queen's Knight.</li>

<li><i><b>Castling</b></i> (#23-25) concludes the plot begun in <i><b>Pawn 502</b></i>. Kobra launches a worldwide attack, and Checkmate must deputize the Justice League and activate its Rooks to save the world.</li>

<li><i><b>Chimera</b></i> (#26-31) brings the series to an end as a shapeshifting bioweapon devised by Checkmate scientists fights an apocalypse of monsters.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Brightest_Day"><i>Brightest Day</i></h4></div>

<p>At the start of the <i><a href="Brightest_Day" title="Brightest Day">Brightest Day</a></i> crossover, Maxwell Lord returns from the dead and uses his mental abilities to erase all memories of his existence from everyone on the planet, save for several former members of the <a href="Justice_League_International" title="Justice League International">Justice League International</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this, Lord discredits Fire (who is one of the heroes who still remembers him) by forcing everyone at Checkmate to believe that she has failed a psychological evaluation and has begun to show signs of mental instability. Fire is subsequently dismissed from Checkmate by Taleb Beni Khalid.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The members of the new Justice League International eventually infiltrate Checkmate headquarters by disguising themselves in stolen Rocket Red suits, but the mission goes awry and they are forced to flee before they can capture Lord.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Max eventually tells <a href="Blue_Beetle_(Jaime_Reyes)" title="Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)">Blue Beetle</a> that one of the major goals of his plot was to have the Justice League International discredit Checkmate by making them look incompetent, causing the United Nations to pull their funding and fire Khalid and most of the other senior Checkmate higher-ups, leaving Max the opportunity to regain control of the organization.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>At the end of the series, Lord is still shown to be in control of Checkmate. He then releases a video onto the internet where he blames the rogue superhero <a href="Magog_(DC_Comics)" title="Magog (DC Comics)">Magog</a> for an accident in Chicago that resulted in the deaths of a thousand civilians, and vows to use Checkmate's resources to keep an eye on similar superheroes and prevent future metahuman catastrophes.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Checkmate_(vol._3)"><i>Checkmate</i> (vol. 3)</h3></div>

<p>As part of "<a href="Infinite_Frontier" title="Infinite Frontier">Infinite Frontier</a>", a new series was launched written by <a href="Brian_Michael_Bendis" title="Brian Michael Bendis">Brian Michael Bendis</a> and artist <a href="Alex_Maleev" title="Alex Maleev">Alex Maleev</a>. Its members are <a href="Green_Arrow" title="Green Arrow">Green Arrow</a>, <a href="Kamandi" title="Kamandi">The King</a>, <a href="Lois_Lane" title="Lois Lane">Lois Lane</a>, <a href="Manhunter_(Kate_Spencer)" title="Manhunter (Kate Spencer)">Manhunter</a> (Kate Spencer), <a href="Mister_Bones" title="Mister Bones">Mister Bones</a>, the <a href="Question_(character)" title="Question (character)">Question</a>, <a href="Steve_Trevor" title="Steve Trevor">Steve Trevor</a>, and <a href="Talia_al_Ghul" title="Talia al Ghul">Talia al Ghul</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Known_employed_operatives_3">Known employed operatives</h2></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="List_of_Checkmate_members" title="List of Checkmate members">List of Checkmate members</a></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_other_media">In other media</h2></div>

<ul><li>Two Checkmate factions appear in <i><a href="Smallville_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Smallville (TV series)">Smallville</a></i>, with one consisting of <a href="Amanda_Waller" title="Amanda Waller">Amanda Waller</a> / White Queen, <a href="Tess_Mercer" class="mw-redirect" title="Tess Mercer">Tess Mercer</a>, and <a href="Maxwell_Lord" title="Maxwell Lord">Maxwell Lord</a> / Black King and the other led by <a href="Martha_Kent" class="mw-redirect" title="Martha Kent">Martha Kent</a> / Red Queen.</li>

<li>Checkmate appears in <i><a href="My_Adventures_with_Superman" title="My Adventures with Superman">My Adventures with Superman</a></i>, with an as-yet-unidentified operative voiced by <a href="Vincent_Tong_(voice_actor)" title="Vincent Tong (voice actor)">Vincent Tong</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This version of the organization serves as a benefactor to <a href="Task_Force_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Task Force X">Task Force X</a>.</li>

<li>Checkmate appears in <i><a href="DC_Universe_Online" title="DC Universe Online">DC Universe Online</a></i>.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collected_editions">Collected editions</h2></div>

<th width="275">Title</th>

<th width="125">Publisher</th>

<th width="240">Reprints

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<td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;"><i><b>Checkmate: A King's Game</b></i></td>

<td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;"><a href="DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a></td>

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<p>The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from:<br>

</p>

<ul><li><i>Checkmate</i> (vol. 2) #1-7</li></ul></div></div>

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<ul><li><a href="Greg_Rucka" title="Greg Rucka">Greg Rucka</a></li>

<li><a href="Nunzio_DeFilippis" title="Nunzio DeFilippis">Nunzio DeFilippis</a></li>

<li><a href="Christina_Weir" title="Christina Weir">Christina Weir</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; width:0">Penciller(s)</th><td>

<li>Jesus Saiz</li>

<li>Cliff Richards</li></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Covering the stories "A Game of Kings", "Selection", and "Rogue Squad".<br>A British edition was published by <a href="Titan_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan Books">Titan Books</a> — <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-84576-436-6</bdi></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#efefef;"><i><b>Checkmate: Pawn Breaks</b></i></td>

<td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#efefef;">DC Comics</td>

<td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#efefef;" rowspan="2"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="background:#efefef; width:240px; vertical-align:middle;"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center; background:#efefef; font-size:100%;">Collects</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;">

<p>The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from:<br>

</p>

<ul><li><i>Checkmate</i> (vol. 2) #8-12</li></ul></div></div>

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<td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#efefef;" colspan="4"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="background:#efefef; width:98%; vertical-align:middle;"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center; background:#efefef; font-size:100%;"><span style="padding-left:5.5em;"> </span>Credits and full notes</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;">

<table style="width:100%; margin:0; text-align:left; background:#efefef;"><tbody><tr><th style="text-align:right; width:0">Writer(s)</th><td>

<ul><li><a href="Greg_Rucka" title="Greg Rucka">Greg Rucka</a></li>

<li><a href="Nunzio_DeFilippis" title="Nunzio DeFilippis">Nunzio DeFilippis</a></li>

<li><a href="Christina_Weir" title="Christina Weir">Christina Weir</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; width:0">Penciller(s)</th><td>

<li>Jesus Saiz</li>

<li>Cliff Richards</li>

<li><a href="Steve_Scott_(comics)" title="Steve Scott (comics)">Steve Scott</a></li></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Covering the stories "Pawn 502" and "Corvalho".<br>A British edition was published by Titan Books — <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-84576-603-2</bdi></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;"><i><b>Outsiders/Checkmate: Checkout</b></i></td>

<td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;">DC Comics</td>

<td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;" rowspan="2"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="background:#ffffff; width:240px; vertical-align:middle;"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center; background:#ffffff; font-size:100%;">Collects</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="background:#ffffff; text-align:left;">

<p>The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from:<br>

</p>

<ul><li><i>Checkmate</i> vol. 2, #13-15</li>

<li><i>Outsiders</i> (vol. 3) #47-49</li></ul></div></div>

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<table style="width:100%; margin:0; text-align:left; background:#fff;"><tbody><tr><th style="text-align:right; width:0">Writer(s)</th><td>

<ul><li><a href="Greg_Rucka" title="Greg Rucka">Greg Rucka</a></li>

<li><a href="Judd_Winick" title="Judd Winick">Judd Winick</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; width:0">Penciller(s)</th><td>

<li><a href="Eddy_Barrows" title="Eddy Barrows">Eddy Barrows</a></li>

<li><a href="Joe_Bennett_(artist)" title="Joe Bennett (artist)">Joe Bennett</a></li>

<li>Matthew Clark</li>

<li><a href="Ron_Randall" title="Ron Randall">Ron Randall</a></li></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Covering the only crossover story of the same name.<br>A British edition was published by Titan Books — <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-84576-737-3</bdi></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#efefef;"><i><b>Checkmate: Fall of the Wall</b></i></td>

<td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#efefef;">DC Comics</td>

<p>The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from:<br>

</p>

<ul><li><i>Checkmate</i> (vol. 2) #16-22</li></ul></div></div>

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<table style="width:100%; margin:0; text-align:left; background:#efefef;"><tbody><tr><th style="text-align:right; width:0">Writer(s)</th><td>

<a href="Greg_Rucka" title="Greg Rucka">Greg Rucka</a></td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; width:0">Penciller(s)</th><td>

Jesus Saiz</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Covering the stories "Past Perfect", "Firewall", "The Fall of the Wall" and "La Vie en Sang".<br>A British edition was published by Titan Books — <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-84576-848-5</bdi></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;"><i><b>Checkmate: Chimera</b></i></td>

<td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;">DC Comics</td>

<p>The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from:<br>

</p>

<ul><li><i>Checkmate</i> (vol. 2) #26-31</li></ul></div></div>

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<table style="width:100%; margin:0; text-align:left; background:#fff;"><tbody><tr><th style="text-align:right; width:0">Writer(s)</th><td>

<a href="Bruce_Jones_(comics)" title="Bruce Jones (comics)">Bruce Jones</a></td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; width:0">Penciller(s)</th><td>

<ul><li><a href="Joe_Bennett_(penciller)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Bennett (penciller)">Joe Bennett</a></li>

<li>Manuel Garcia</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Covering the story "Chimera".</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<p><i>Checkmate</i> (vol. 2) #23-25 can be found collected in <i><b>Kobra: Resurrection</b></i> - DC Comics - Feb 17 2010.

</p>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_Checkmate_members" title="List of Checkmate members">List of Checkmate members</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_government_agencies_in_DC_Comics" title="List of government agencies in DC Comics">List of government agencies in DC Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Suicide_Squad" title="Suicide Squad">Suicide Squad</a></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div>

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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFManningDolan2010" class="citation book cs1">Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah (2010). "1980s". <i>DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle</i>. <a href="Dorling_Kindersley" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorling Kindersley">Dorling Kindersley</a>. p. 235. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-7566-6742-9</bdi>. <q>The clandestine government operation Checkmate began its monthly adventures in April [1988] in its self-titled ongoing series by writer Paul Kupperberg and artist Steve Erwin.</q></cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-dc-ency-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dc-ency_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dc-ency_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFBeatty2008" class="citation book cs1"><a href="Scott_Beatty" title="Scott Beatty">Beatty, Scott</a> (2008). "Checkmate". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). <i>The DC Comics Encyclopedia</i>. New York: <a href="Dorling_Kindersley" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorling Kindersley">Dorling Kindersley</a>. p. 79. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-7566-4119-1</bdi>. <a href="OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/213309017">213309017</a>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Guide-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Guide_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFCowsillIrvineKorteManning2016" class="citation book cs1">Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). <i>The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe</i>. DK Publishing. p. 66. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-1-4654-5357-0</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i> <a href="Action_Comics" title="Action Comics">Action Comics</a></i>, no. 598 (March 1988). <a href="DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Per announcement on the last page of <i>Checkmate</i> (vol. 2) #30, DC Comics (November 2008).</span>

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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090218184841/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/081029-rucka-final-crisis-resist.html">Resistance Leaders: Rucka, Trautmann on Final Crisis Special</a>, <a href="Newsarama" title="Newsarama">Newsarama</a>, October 29, 2008</span>

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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFGreenberger2008" class="citation book cs1">Greenberger, Robert (2008). <i>The Essential Batman Encyclopedia</i>. Del Rey. pp. <span class="nowrap">87–</span>88. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>9780345501066</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i> Checkmate!</i>, no. 18 (June 1989).</span>

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<li id="cite_note-C27-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-C27_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-C27_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i> Checkmate!</i>, no. 27 (May 1990). DC Comics.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i> Checkmate!</i>, no. 17 (July 1989).</span>

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<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Deathstroke</i> #19 (February 1993)</span>

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<li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i> <a href="Batman%3A_Gotham_Knights" title="Batman: Gotham Knights">Batman: Gotham Knights</a></i>, no. 38-40 (April through June 2003). DC Comics.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i> Batman: Gotham Knights</i>, no. 48 (February 2004). DC Comics.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095709/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?s=b2c0fa0131957f4cc2a8d5a9e36a8ec7&threadid=51755">"Greg Rucka on Checkmate"</a>. Newsarama. 2005-12-08. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?s=b2c0fa0131957f4cc2a8d5a9e36a8ec7&threadid=51755">the original</a> on 2007-09-29<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2007-06-26</span></span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dccomics.com/comics/?cm=7631">"Outsiders #49"</a>. DC Comics<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2007-07-06</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120731134051/http://www.dccomics.com/redirect/?7148">"Checkmate #13"</a>. DC Comics. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dccomics.com/redirect/?7148">the original</a> on 2012-07-31<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2007-07-06</span></span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Brightest Day</i> #0</span>

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<li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Justice League: Generation Lost</i> #2</span>

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<li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Justice League: Generation Lost</i> #8-9</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Justice League: Generation Lost</i> #19</span>

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<li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Justice League: Generation Lost</i> #24</span>

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<li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Checkmate</i> Vol. 3 #1-6</span>

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<li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.supermanhomepage.com/my-adventures-with-superman-season-2-double-episode-premiere-review/">""My Adventures with Superman" Season 2 Double-Episode Premiere Review"</a>. <i>Superman Homepage</i>. May 26, 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 26,</span> 2024</span>.</cite></span>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130120050355/http://www.comics-db.com/DC_Comics/C/Checkmate/index.html"><i>Checkmate</i></a> at the <a href="Big_Comic_Book_DataBase" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Comic Book DataBase">Big Comic Book DataBase</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comics.org/series/3577"><i> Checkmate (1988)</i></a> at the <a href="Grand_Comics_Database" title="Grand Comics Database">Grand Comics Database</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comics.org/series/17693"><i> Checkmate (2006)</i></a> at the <a href="Grand_Comics_Database" title="Grand Comics Database">Grand Comics Database</a></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2018010101/http://comicbookdb.com/team.php?ID=135">Checkmate</a> at the Comic Book DB (archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://comicbookdb.com/team.php?ID=135">the original</a>)</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2018010101/http://comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=4461"><i>Checkmate</i> (1988)</a> at the Comic Book DB (archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=4461">the original</a>)</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2018010101/http://comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=6598"><i>Checkmate</i> (2006)</a> at the Comic Book DB (archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=6598">the original</a>)</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interviews">Interviews</h3></div>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081205052913/http://classic.newsarama.com/dcnew/Checkmate/04/CheckTen.html">Greg Rucka on The Great Ten in Checkmate</a>, Newsarama, June 22, 2006</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081205052959/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=84915">Rucka, DeFilippis & Weir on the Return of the Suicide Squad</a>, Newsarama, September 21, 2006</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070905080343/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=106660">Checking Out "Checkout" With Rucka And Winick - Updated</a>, Newsarama, March 27, 2007</li></ul>

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<ul><li>Created by <a href="Robert_Kanigher" title="Robert Kanigher">Robert Kanigher</a></li>

<li><a href="Ross_Andru" title="Ross Andru">Ross Andru</a></li>

<li><a href="John_Ostrander" title="John Ostrander">John Ostrander</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_Suicide_Squad_members" title="List of Suicide Squad members">Current members</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Director</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Amanda_Waller" title="Amanda Waller">Amanda Waller</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Field Leader</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Peacemaker_(character)" title="Peacemaker (character)">Peacemaker</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operatives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Ambush_Bug" title="Ambush Bug">Ambush Bug</a></li>

<li><a href="Bloodsport_(character)" title="Bloodsport (character)">Bloodsport</a></li>

<li><a href="Chemo_(character)" title="Chemo (character)">Chemo</a></li>

<li><a href="Major_Force" title="Major Force">Major Force</a></li>

<li><a href="Match_(DC_Comics)" title="Match (DC Comics)">Match</a></li>

<li><a href="Nocturna_(DC_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nocturna (DC Comics)">Nocturna</a></li>

<li><a href="Parasite_(comics)" title="Parasite (comics)">Parasite</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable former members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Atom_Smasher_(DC_Comics)" title="Atom Smasher (DC Comics)">Atom Smasher</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Adam" title="Black Adam">Black Adam</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Manta" title="Black Manta">Black Manta</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Mask_(character)" title="Black Mask (character)">Black Mask</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Spider" title="Black Spider">Black Spider</a></li>

<li><a href="Bronze_Tiger" title="Bronze Tiger">Bronze Tiger</a></li>

<li><a href="Captain_Boomerang" title="Captain Boomerang">Captain Boomerang</a></li>

<li><a href="Captain_Cold" title="Captain Cold">Captain Cold</a></li>

<li><a href="Cheetah_(character)" title="Cheetah (character)">Cheetah</a></li>

<li><a href="Copperhead_(DC_Comics)" title="Copperhead (DC Comics)">Copperhead</a></li>

<li><a href="Count_Vertigo" title="Count Vertigo">Count Vertigo</a></li>

<li><a href="Deadshot" title="Deadshot">Deadshot</a></li>

<li><a href="Deathstroke" title="Deathstroke">Deathstroke</a></li>

<li><a href="Doctor_Light_(Arthur_Light)" title="Doctor Light (Arthur Light)">Doctor Light (Arthur Light)</a></li>

<li><a href="El_Diablo_(character)" title="El Diablo (character)">El Diablo</a></li>

<li><a href="Enchantress_(DC_Comics)" title="Enchantress (DC Comics)">Enchantress</a></li>

<li><a href="General_Zod" title="General Zod">General Zod</a></li>

<li><a href="Giganta" title="Giganta">Giganta</a></li>

<li><a href="Harley_Quinn" title="Harley Quinn">Harley Quinn</a></li>

<li><a href="Duela_Dent" title="Duela Dent">Joker's Daughter</a></li>

<li><a href="Katana_(DC_Comics)" title="Katana (DC Comics)">Katana</a></li>

<li><a href="KGBeast" title="KGBeast">KGBeast</a></li>

<li><a href="Killer_Croc" title="Killer Croc">Killer Croc</a></li>

<li><a href="Killer_Frost" title="Killer Frost">Killer Frost</a></li>

<li><a href="King_Faraday" title="King Faraday">King Faraday</a></li>

<li><a href="King_Shark" title="King Shark">King Shark</a></li>

<li><a href="Lashina" title="Lashina">Lashina</a></li>

<li><a href="Nemesis_(DC_Comics)" title="Nemesis (DC Comics)">Nemesis</a></li>

<li><a href="Nightshade_(DC_Comics)" title="Nightshade (DC Comics)">Nightshade</a></li>

<li><a href="Barbara_Gordon" title="Barbara Gordon">Oracle</a></li>

<li><a href="Parasite_(comics)" title="Parasite (comics)">Parasite</a></li>

<li><a href="Peacemaker_(character)" title="Peacemaker (character)">Peacemaker</a></li>

<li><a href="Penguin_(character)" title="Penguin (character)">Penguin</a></li>

<li><a href="Plasmus" title="Plasmus">Plasmus</a></li>

<li><a href="Plastique_(character)" title="Plastique (character)">Plastique</a></li>

<li><a href="Poison_Ivy_(character)" title="Poison Ivy (character)">Poison Ivy</a></li>

<li><a href="Polka-Dot_Man" title="Polka-Dot Man">Polka-Dot Man</a></li>

<li><a href="Power_Girl" title="Power Girl">Power Girl</a></li>

<li><a href="Punch_and_Jewelee" class="mw-redirect" title="Punch and Jewelee">Punch and Jewelee</a></li>

<li><a href="Ravan_(comics)" title="Ravan (comics)">Ravan</a></li>

<li><a href="Reactron" title="Reactron">Reactron</a></li>

<li><a href="Daniel_West_(character)" title="Daniel West (character)">Reverse-Flash (Daniel West)</a></li>

<li><a href="Roy_Harper_(character)" title="Roy Harper (character)">Roy Harper</a></li>

<li><a href="Savant_(DC_Comics)" title="Savant (DC Comics)">Savant</a></li>

<li><a href="Slipknot_(comics)" title="Slipknot (comics)">Slipknot</a></li>

<li><a href="Solomon_Grundy_(character)" title="Solomon Grundy (character)">Solomon Grundy</a></li>

<li><a href="Thinker_(DC_Comics)" title="Thinker (DC Comics)">The Thinker</a></li>

<li><a href="Unknown_Soldier_(DC_Comics)" title="Unknown Soldier (DC Comics)">Unknown Soldier</a></li>

<li><a href="Vixen_(comics)" title="Vixen (comics)">Vixen</a></li>

<li><a href="Weasel_(DC_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Weasel (DC Comics)">Weasel</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Antagonists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Brainiac_(character)" title="Brainiac (character)">Brainiac</a></li>

<li><a href="Brimstone_(DC_Comics)" title="Brimstone (DC Comics)">Brimstone</a></li>

<li><a href="Darkseid" title="Darkseid">Darkseid</a></li>

<li><a href="Eclipso" title="Eclipso">Eclipso</a></li>

<li><a href="Enchantress_(DC_Comics)" title="Enchantress (DC Comics)">Enchantress</a></li>

<li><a href="General_Wade_Eiling" title="General Wade Eiling">General Wade Eiling</a></li>

<li><a href="Imperiex" title="Imperiex">Imperiex</a></li>

<li><a href="Joker_(character)" title="Joker (character)">Joker</a></li>

<li><a href="Kobra_(DC_Comics)" title="Kobra (DC Comics)">Kobra</a></li>

<li><a href="League_of_Assassins" title="League of Assassins">League of Assassins</a></li>

<li><a href="Manhunters_(DC_Comics)" title="Manhunters (DC Comics)">Manhunters</a></li>

<li><a href="Eobard_Thawne" title="Eobard Thawne">Professor Zoom</a></li>

<li><a href="Riddler" title="Riddler">Riddler</a></li>

<li><a href="Starro" title="Starro">Starro</a></li></ul>

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