Dates
- Cover date
- July 1989
- On sale
- June 1, 1989
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers
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Creators
pencils: Gil Kane, Steve Erwin, Rick Hoberg, Pat Broderick, Timothy Truman, Walter Simonson, George Pérez, Anton Furstinks: Gil Kane, Pablo Marcos, Al Vey, John Beatty, Timothy Truman, Walter Simonson, George Pérez, Anton Furstletters: Todd Klein, Agustin Másscript: Jenette Kahn, Paul Kupperbergcolors: Julianna Ferriter, Anton Furst
Stories
- The Dead of Knight · 24 pages
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.
Publisher’s description
While the Checkmate organization deals with the devastation wrought by the events of the Janus Directive, the Knights in the field are faced with a new menace that threatens to destroy them from within...a renegade agent who calls himself the Black Night.
Reprinted in
DC Finest: Peacemaker: Kill for Peace (2025)