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Checkmate #17

DC · Series began 1988 · June 1989

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Dates

Cover date
June 1989
On sale
April 13, 1989
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Story arc: The Janus Directive

This is part 5 of 8. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Checkmate (1988) #15
  2. Suicide Squad (1987) #27
  3. Checkmate (1988) #16
  4. Suicide Squad (1987) #28
  5. Checkmate (1988) #17
  6. Firestorm the Nuclear Man (1987) #86
  7. Manhunter (1988) #14
  8. Suicide Squad (1987) #29

Creators

pencils: Gil Kane, Steve Erwininks: Gil Kane, Al Veyletters: Todd Kleinscript: Jenette Kahn, Paul Kupperbergcolors: Julianna Ferriter

Stories

  • A Hard Day's Knight · 24 pages

    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.

Characters

Lois LaneHarvey BullockThe PeacemakerChristopher SmithKobraHarry SteinJeffrey BurrGary WashingtonJohn ReedBlack ThornElizabeth Thorne

Reprinted in

Suicide Squad (2011), DC Finest: Peacemaker: Kill for Peace (2025)

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