Checkmate #19
(July 1989)

DC, 1988 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD; 0.80 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1989-06-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Jonathan Peterson (credited) (editor)

One Knight in Moscow... (Table of Contents)

Checkmate / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane (signed as G K)
Inks
Gil Kane (signed as G K)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
spy; superhero
Characters
Knight [Jerry Blake]

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 0.67 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

DC Check List This Week / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Dead of Knight (Table of Contents: 3)

Checkmate / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg (credited)
Pencils
Rick Hoberg (credited); Steve Erwin (credited)
Inks
Pablo Marcos (credited as Marcos); Al Vey (credited as Vey)
Colors
Julianna Ferriter (credited)
Letters
Agustin Más (credited)
Job Number
G-4321
Genre
spy; superhero
Characters
Amanda Waller (Flashback Cameo); Major Force (Flashback Cameo); Bronze Tiger (Flashback Cameo); Peacemaker [Christopher Smith]; Sarge Steel (Flashback Cameo); Harry Stein; Comrade Dunin; Colonel Popov; Jack Wyznowski; Knight [Jerry Blake]; Rivka (Mr. Blake's secretary); Jerry Wilson; Anatoly Krasnikov; Black Thorne [Elizabeth Thorne]; Harvey Bullock; Natalie Stein (Harry Stein's ex-wife); Knight [Jacques Reynard]; Corporal Minskov; Beth Zahar; Valentina Vostok [Negative Woman]; Winston Churchill O'Donnell
Synopsis
Checkmate recovers after the "Janus Directive" that revealed them to other intelligence forces. A Knight operating in Russia tries to aid a high-ranking official to defect. One of Checkmate's fallen Knights returns from the dead.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Reprise Records / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

As Above So Belo (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

To the Oppressed - (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

U.S. General Service Administration / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Reading worth writing for.

Indexer Notes

PSA for Consumer Information Center.

New Titans Annuals #5 (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

Eating Right Can Help Reduce the Risk of Cancer. (Table of Contents: 11)

American Cancer Society / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

PSA for American Cancer Society.

Don't Miss Out on Action Comics (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

June 23 (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Batman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. One Knight in Moscow...
    Checkmate
  2. 1. ["This month two new comics will be coming from DC that won't bear the DC logo in the upper left-hand corner."]
    DC Publishorial
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    DC Check List This Week
  4. 3. The Dead of Knight
    Checkmate
  5. 4. ["The long-awaited new album"]
    Reprise Records
  6. 5. ["Once upon a time, a crimefighter needed a partner..."]
    Batman
  7. 6. As Above So Belo
    Hawkman
  8. 7. To the Oppressed -
    El Diablo
  9. 8. ["Yes... It is a dinosaur!"]
  10. 9. ["Reading worth writing for."]
    U.S. General Service Administration
  11. 10. New Titans Annuals #5
  12. 11. Eating Right Can Help Reduce the Risk of Cancer.
    American Cancer Society
  13. 12. Don't Miss Out on Action Comics
    Superman
  14. 13. June 23
    Batman
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