Checkmate #28

(September 2008)

Chimera: Soul of Fire [Chimera, Part Three] (Table of Contents)

Checkmate / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bruce Jones

Pencils:

Manuel Garcia

Inks:

Manuel Garcia

Colors:

Santiago Arcas

Letters:

Travis Lanham

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero; Spy

Characters:

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]; Chimera [Adam Sharp]]; Chloe Roberts; Major Shinsky; Azhi Dahaki (villain; disguised as Pawn 6); Akhlut (villain); Canaima (villain); Qi Yu (villain)

Synopsis:

"Checkmate struggles to contain a growing environmental disaster, and the Black King faces upheaval in his own ranks over it - even as the King's secret weapon, Chimera, is exposed to the memory of his previous life!" [per solicitation]

The Real Power of the DC Universe [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Adam Hughes

Inks:

Adam Hughes

Colors:

Adam Hughes

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Kara [Power Girl]; Diana Prince [Wonder Woman]; Kara Zor-El [Supergirl]; Kate Kane [Batwoman]; Mari McCabe [Vixen]; Pamela Isley [Poison Ivy]; Harleen Quinzel [Harley Quinn]

DC Nation 122 (Table of Contents)

DC Nation / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Elisabeth Gehrlein [as Liz Gehrlein]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Titans [Raven; Beast Boy [Gar Logan]]

Indexer Notes

New editor Liz Gehrlein discusses some of her upcoming projects. Hot list - Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge #1, Joker's Asylum: Poison Ivy #1 and Trinity #7. House ad for Checkmate #29.