Checkmate [Black King [Taleb Beni Khalid]; Black King's Bishop [August General in Iron; Fang Zhifu]; Black King's Knight [Fire; Beatriz Da Costa]; Black Queen [Sasha Bordeaux]; Black Queen's Bishop [Jessica Midnight]; Black Queen's Knight [Josephine Tautin; Mademoiselle Marie]; White King [Michael Holt; Mr. Terrific]; White King's Bishop [Thinker]; White Queen's Bishop [King Faraday]; White Queen's Knight [Werner Vertigo; Count Vertigo]]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; also as Taleb Beni Khalid]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Suicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]]; Ambassador Trautman; Scandal Savage (villain)
Synopsis:
"Amanda Waller's unauthorized Black Ops game is exposed!" [per solicitation]
Elisabeth Gehrlein talks about Countdown tie-ins from October to December 2007. Hot list - Countdown #32, Countdown to Mystery #1 and Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special #1. House ad for Checkmate #19.