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Issue Details

Issue #21
Published February 2008
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 3.65 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Joan Hilty; Rachel Gluckstern (associate)
Notes U.S. on sale date: 2007-12-19.

Cover Details - "The French Resister"

Characters Queen's Knight [Josephine Tautin; Mademoiselle Marie]
Genre Superhero; Spy
Pencils Kalman Andrasofszky (signed)
Inks Kalman Andrasofszky (signed)
Colors Kalman Andrasofszky (signed)
Notes U.S. on sale date: 2007-12-19.

22 page Checkmate story "La Vie En Sang"

Characters Checkmate [Black Queen [Sasha Bordeaux]; Black Queen's Bishop [Jessica Midnight]; Black Queen's Knight [Josephine Tautin; Mademoiselle Marie] (origin); White Queen [Valentina Vostok] (joins)]; Secretary General Addy; Mademoiselle Marie [Lady Elisabeth Saint-Marie] (flashback); Comte De Nevers (flashback); Mademoiselle Marie [Countess Margaux de Mortain] (flashback); General Lafayette (flashback); Mademoiselle Marie [Sabine Roth] (flashback); Officer Thierry Desmarais; Samantha Desmarais; Madeleine Desmarais; Saleh
Synopsis "Long before World War II, a legendary French spy network was born - and now a kidnapping in Africa has turned the Mademoiselle Marie legacy against its latest standard-bearer, the Black Queen's Knight!" [per solicitation]
Genre Superhero; Spy
Script Greg Rucka; Eric Trautmann
Pencils Chris Samnee
Inks Chris Samnee
Colors Santiago Arcas
Letters Travis Lanham

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation 92"

Script Dan Didio
Letters typeset
Notes Dan Didio's gift list for various DCU characters. Hot list - Countdown: Arena #3, Superman/Batman #44 and The Spirit #13. House ad for Checkmate #22.