Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	April 1988
Cover Price	1.25 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mike Gold; Jonathan Peterson

Cover Details - "He Doesn't Fight The Criminal Element... ..He Terminates It!"

Characters	Knight [Gary Washington]
Genre	Detective; Superhero
Pencils	Kerry Gammill (signed)
Inks	Karl Kesel (Signed)

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Deluxe Apr Checklist"

Synopsis	Checklist for DC's April 1988 books.
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside Front Cover, first column.

Half page Meanwhile promo (ad from the publisher)

Script	Dick Giordano
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside Front Cover, columns 2 and 3.

24 page Checkmate story "Opening Gambit!"

Characters	Black Thorn [Elizabeth Thorne]; Harvey Bullock; Harry Stein; Amanda Waller; William Cross (Death); Grace Guinness; Kevin Maxwell; Kramer; Jameson; Gilroy; O'Connor (Undercover Fed Agent); Pawn One [Reed]; Knight [Gary Washington]
Synopsis	Checkmate gets their first official case and a Knight is sent to infiltrate a Neo-Nazi organization.
Genre	Detective; Superhero
Script	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	Steve Erwin
Inks	Al Vey
Colors	Julianna Ferriter
Letters	Janice Chiang

2 page Checkmate! letters page "Checkmate!"

Synopsis	No letters. Contains a discussion of how Checkmate came about and it's ties to the DC universe.
Script	Mike Gold
Letters	Typeset