Checkmate #17

(June 1989)

[The Trip to Egypt] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Janus Directive, Part 5: A Hard Day's Knight (Table of Contents: 2)

Checkmate / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Kupperberg

Pencils

Steve Erwin

Inks

Al Vey

Colors

Julianna Ferriter

Letters

Todd Klein

Job Number

G-4697

Genre

spy; superhero

Characters

Checkmate [Harry Stein; Harvey Bullock; Black Thorn [Elizabeth Thorne]; Checkmate Knight [John Reed]; Checkmate Knight [Gary Washington]; Checkmate Knights (die)]; Valentina Vostok; Project Peacemaker [Peacemaker [Chris Smith]; Dr. Bridgette D'Abo]; General Wade Eiling; Cherie Chase; John Chase; Lois Lane; Mr. Wellsley (dies); Kobra (villain); Kobra cult members (villains); Blackadders (villains)

Synopsis

With their headquarters destroyed, Checkmate moves into the old NORAD complex in Colorado. Harry convinces Eiling that the Janus Directive is a set-up and that Checkmate and the Atom Project need to work together to get to the bottom of it. All over the globe, Kobra begins attacking and killing Checkmate Knights deployed on various missions.

Reprints

• in Superalmanaque DC (Editora Abril, 1990 series) #2 (Junho 1991)
• in Suicide Squad (DC, 2011 series) #4 - The Janus Directive ([September] 2016)

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Suicide Squad (DC, 1987 series) #28 and continues in Manhunter (DC, 1988 series) #14.