(March 1988)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- DC
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Mike Carlin
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; Saddle-stitched (Squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449); ongoing series
Checkmate
Superman; Checkmate / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Paul Kupperberg (co-plot; script); John Byrne (co-plot)
- Pencils:
- John Byrne
- Inks:
- Ty Templeton
- Colors:
- Petra Scotese
- Letters:
- John Costanza
- Job Number:
- G-3666
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero; Spy
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Checkmate [Harry Stein; Harvey Bullock; Knight-Two] (first appearance); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Cat Grant; Perry White; The Jackal; VILLAINS: Morgan Edge; Achmed Khareemali (dies); The Fist of Allah (an armored terrorist; first appearance); The Jackal (first appearance); the Angels of Allah (a terrorist group; first appearance)
- Synopsis:
- Checkmate takes out a terrorist.
Indexer Notes
Intro and 1st Checkmate, the law-enforcement agency which spins off into its own book.
Re: Action Comics
Re: Action Comics / letters page / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Mike Carlin ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- L-3070
Indexer Notes
Letters from readers - Ricardo Padiua, Peter Meilaender, Neil Ahlquist, Charlie Harris, Abe Rodriguez, Kiril Kundurazief, Michael D.Z., Juan Carlos Alvarez, Todd Standish, PFC Jonathan Hook and Jody Hamby.
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Gregory Fischer
- Daniel Thingvold
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Jon Ingersoll
- Diverse Hands
- Brian Mowbray
- John Greb
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Lou Mazzella
- Carlos Tasada
- John Douglas Miceli
- Kyle Weber
- Terry Watkins
- Allen Ross
- Jerry Hillegas
- Gregory Fischer
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Bob Hughes
- Darrel McCann
- Ed Boner
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