Checkmate comic books issue 1

Add to cart Very Fine $2.60

Add to cart Very Fine $2.60

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Bombs are going off in Chicago...and that's only the start of a terrorist plot to tear America apart! Exploding from the pages of Vigilante and Action Comics comes the ultra-secret organization Checkmate, whose Knights are the country's heroes of last resort! Written by Paul Kupperberg, with art by Steve Erwin and Al Vey. Cover by Kerry Gammill and Karl Kesel. New Format. Cover price $1.25.

Add to cart Fine $1.00 Discounted from $2.50.

Add to cart Fine $1.00 Discounted from $2.50.

First Printing, Color cover. Written by Greg Rucka Art by Jesus Saiz. Cover by Lee Bermejo. Checkmate holds the line. Cross it ? and they'll take you off the board. Permanently. In this thrilling new ongoing series, the team behind the blockbuster OMAC PROJECT ? writer Greg Rucka & artist Jesus Saiz ? returns with a different spy agency for a different world. Infinite Crisis has changed the DCU, and Checkmate has shaped its hard-learned lessons into a new game plan. In Checkmate, it's all about the balance of power. Between Black and White; between human and metahuman; and between the familiar faces who have become its new Kings and Queens. It's also about the propaganda wars, black ops combat, and political manuevering that fuel Checkmate's critical missions ? missions that take a grueling toll on the agents' day-to-day lives. First, however, they must prove their right to exist ? to the U.N. And they only have hours to do it in this breathtaking first issue! For a signed edition, see the Dynamic Forces section of Previews. ? 32 pg, FC Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

Second Printing, sketch cover with black,white and red title logo. Written by Greg Rucka Art by Jesus Saiz. Cover by Lee Bermejo. Checkmate holds the line. Cross it ? and they'll take you off the board. Permanently. In this thrilling new ongoing series, the team behind the blockbuster OMAC PROJECT ? writer Greg Rucka & artist Jesus Saiz ? returns with a different spy agency for a different world. Infinite Crisis has changed the DCU, and Checkmate has shaped its hard-learned lessons into a new game plan. In Checkmate, it's all about the balance of power. Between Black and White; between human and metahuman; and between the familiar faces who have become its new Kings and Queens. It's also about the propaganda wars, black ops combat, and political manuevering that fuel Checkmate's critical missions ? missions that take a grueling toll on the agents' day-to-day lives. First, however, they must prove their right to exist ? to the U.N. And they only have hours to do it in this breathtaking first issue! For a signed edition, see the Dynamic Forces section of Previews. On sale April 26 ? 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art and Cover by Alex Maleev. The dark forces of Leviathan have torn through the DC Universe, and now no one can be trusted. No one…not even the person writing to you about this book! Thats why you find out in Justice League #63 that Green Arrow has been secretly funding a group called CHECKMATE because not even the Justice League itself can be trusted. The mysterious MR. KING has helped Green Arrow assemble the greatest team of super—spies the world has ever seen! LOIS LANE, THE QUESTION, ROBIN, STEVE TREVOR, MANHUNTER, BONES, and TALIA Ah GHUL will have to outsmart the smartest people in the world before they destroy everything! PLUS! A new mystery character is tip toeing though the shadows! They call him…the DAEMON ROSE! And he is hunting Lois Lane right under Supermans nose! Its an all–new spine-chilling thriller from the Eisner Award-winning team of Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Alex Maleev. Cover by Matt Taylor. The dark forces of Leviathan have torn through the DC Universe, and now no one can be trusted. No one…not even the person writing to you about this book! Thats why you find out in Justice League #63 that Green Arrow has been secretly funding a group called CHECKMATE because not even the Justice League itself can be trusted. The mysterious MR. KING has helped Green Arrow assemble the greatest team of super—spies the world has ever seen! LOIS LANE, THE QUESTION, ROBIN, STEVE TREVOR, MANHUNTER, BONES, and TALIA Ah GHUL! will have to outsmart the smartest people in the world before they destroy everything! PLUS! A new mystery character is tip toeing though the shadows! They call him…the DAEMON ROSE! And he is hunting Lois Lane right under Supermans nose! Its an all–new spine-chilling thriller from the Eisner Award-winning team of Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $9.49

Add to cart Fine $7.10

Add to cart Fine $7.10

1st printing. Checkmate (2006- DC 2nd Series) #13-15 and Outsiders (2003-2007 3rd Series) #47-49. Written by Judd Winick and Greg Rucka. Art by Joe Bennett, Matthew Clark, and Eddy Barrows. Cover by Clark & Art Thibert. Collecting the explosive crossover with Checkmate and the Outsiders! The DCU's top spies throw down with the DCU's most troublemaking hero team as Checkmate hunts the Outsiders! Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Fine $5.99

2nd and later printings. Checkmate (2006- DC 2nd Series) #13-15 and Outsiders (2003-2007 3rd Series) #47-49. Written by Judd Winick and Greg Rucka. Art by Joe Bennett, Matthew Clark, and Eddy Barrows. Cover by Clark & Art Thibert. Collecting the explosive crossover with Checkmate and the Outsiders! The DCU's top spies throw down with the DCU's most troublemaking hero team as Checkmate hunts the Outsiders! Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $50.00 View scan Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

"Double Profit Plot" and "Poison Pen Pals." TV tie-in. Photo cover featuring Anthony George, Doug McClure, and Sebastian Cabot (in a pre-Family Affair role). Number on cover 10002-210. Cover price $0.12.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Checkmate (2006-2008 DC 2nd Series) #1-12. Written by Greg Rucka, Nunzio Defilippis, and Christina Weir. Art by Jesus Saiz and Steve Scott. Cover by Lee Bermej. After the explosive events of INFINITE CRISIS and THE OMAC PROJECT, the U.N. formed Checkmate to bring down heroes and villains that get out of line. Using their unique abilities to deputize human and metahuman forces, this agency pulls out all the stops to maintain balance between worlds. Having finally secured the political backing they needed to survive, Checkmate's operations begin in earnest, as an agent tries to infiltrate the terrorist group Kobra! But someone within Checkmate is working against them, and a compromised agent is forced to make a deadly choice! Softcover, 296 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $5.49

Add to cart Fine $4.10

Add to cart Very Good $2.70

1st printing. Collects Checkmate (2006-2008 DC 2nd Series) #1-7. Written by Greg Rucka. Art and cover by Jesus Saiz. After the explosive events of INFINITE CRISIS and THE OMAC PROJECT, the U.N. formed Checkmate to bring down heroes and villains that get out of line. Now they use a unique ability to deputize human and metahuman forces throughout the world in pursuit of its goal to hold the line. Softcover, 168 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $5.49

Add to cart Fine $4.10

1st printing. Collects Checkmate (2006-2008 DC 2nd Series) #16-22. Written by Greg Rucka and Eric S. Trautmann. Art by Joe Bennett, Joe Prado, and Chris Samnee. Cover by Kalman Andrasofszky. The saga of Checkmate continues! The espionage and intrigue continue as Amanda Waller - Checkmate's White Queen - resorts to blackmail to protect her own covert op interests. Softcover, 168 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Fine $8.30

Add to cart Very Good $5.49

1st printing. Collects Checkmate (2006-2008 DC 2nd Series) #26-31.

Written by Bruce Jones. Art and cover by Manuel Garcia.

Once a human soldier, Chimera may be the only thing standing between civilization and total anarchy. But can Checkmate control him?

Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $17.99.

Add to cart Fine $4.70

Add to cart Very Good $3.20

1st printing. Collects Checkmate (2006-2008 DC 2nd Series) #8-12. Written by Greg Rucka, Nunzio Defilippis, and Christina Weir. Art by Jesus Saiz and Steve Scott. Cover by Lee Bermejo. Action and intrigue abound as Checkmate clashes with a rival agency on American soil and The Black Queen deputizes the big guns in an all-out bid to keep Pawn 502's mission alive! And Fire, the Black King's Knight, tries to break free from Amanda Waller's blackmail in a move that will shake the agency from top to bottom! Softcover, 126 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. Collects Checkmate (2021 DC) #1-6 and Leviathan Dawn (2020 DC).

Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art and Cover by Alex Maleev.

The award-winning team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev are back with Checkmate, the sequel to the hit 2019 Event Leviathan mystery that upended the DC Universe!

Leviathan has agents and acolytes all over the world—but what is the secret behind its power? The planets last, best hope to infiltrate Leviathan may be a motley collection of spymasters—Green Arrow, the Question, Talia al Ghul, and other unlikely allies converge to tackle Leviathan as members of the new Checkmate—but who is the surprise hero behind this team?

Big clues to the future of the DC Universe start here!

Softcover, 208 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

(W) Greg Rucka (A) Jesus Saiz (CA) Lee Bermejo While the United Nations takes Amanda Waller to task over her role in assembling Task Force X, the team invades a Kobra base. Cover price $1.00.

Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art and Cover by Alex Maleev. From the award-winning creative team behind last year's Event Leviathan comes the next surprising chapter in DC Comics' deadliest saga. Leviathan has agents and acolytes all over the world-but what is the secret behind its power? The planet's last, best hope to infiltrate Leviathan may be this motley collection of spymasters, now teamed up to try to take back the world that was stolen from under us all! Green Arrow, the Question, Talia al Ghul and other unlikely allies converge to tackle Leviathan as members of the new Checkmate-but who is the surprise hero behind this team? Big clues to the future of the DC Universe start here! Cover price $3.99.

Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Alex Maleev. Cover by Bryan Hitch. From the award-winning creative team behind last year's Event Leviathan comes the next surprising chapter in DC Comics' deadliest saga. Leviathan has agents and acolytes all over the world-but what is the secret behind its power? The planet's last, best hope to infiltrate Leviathan may be this motley collection of spymasters, now teamed up to try to take back the world that was stolen from under us all! Green Arrow, the Question, Talia al Ghul and other unlikely allies converge to tackle Leviathan as members of the new Checkmate-but who is the surprise hero behind this team? Big clues to the future of the DC Universe start here! Cover price $3.99.

1st printing. Collects Phantom (2003-2008 Moonstone) #21-25. Written by Mike Bullock. Art by Silvestre Szilagyi. Cover by Doug Klauba. Just in time for the Sci-Fi Channel's Phantom movie! Rebels warring in Bangallan jungles, terrorist attacks in the streets of Mawitaan, and an old enemy suddenly freed from prison for no logical reason. Is this a series of unrelated events or part of something far more sinister? To the outside world, this man, seemingly immortal, has always worn the mask. As the legend grew, it transcended the life of any one mortal. And that legend became The Phantom! Softcover, 132 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.