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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published June 2006
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 4.00 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Joan Hilty; Rachel Gluckstern (Assistant)

Cover Details

Characters Sasha Bordeaux; Alan Scott [Green Lantern]; Amanda Waller; Fire
Genre Superhero
Pencils Lee Bermejo
Inks Lee Bermejo
Colors Patricia Mulvihill

22 page Checkmate story "The Game of Kings Part #1"

Characters Amanda Waller; Alan Scott [Green Lantern]; Sash Bordeaux; Fire; Jessica Midnight; Mister Terrific [Michael Holt]; Jonah McCarthy; Ambasidor Shi; Kobra; Cameos -- Count Vertigo; King Faraday; Shen Li Po; Taleb Beni Khalid; Thomas Jagger
Synopsis Sasha Bordeaux, Fire, and Jonah McCarthy infiltrate a Kobra base to find the source of a biotoxin. Alan Scott and Amanda Waller attend a meeting of Checkmate's UN oversite commity reviewing the organization's mandate.
Genre Superhero
Script Greg Rucka
Pencils Jesus Saiz
Inks Jesus Saiz
Colors Tanya Horie; Richard Horie
Letters Travis Lanhm
Notes First appearances of: Ambasidor Shi; Jonah McCarthy; Shen Li Po; Taleb Beni Khalid; and Thomas Jagger. Also, the death of Jonah McCarthy.

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher)

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Script Dan Didio
Letters typeset

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