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Issue: Checkmate #15
Publication Date: May 1989
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Issues: #15 of 33 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/16/1989
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.85 CAD
£0.80 GBP
$1.50 USD
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Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jonathan Peterson
Disclose Notes: Publication date based on house ad for The Janus Directive found in Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #4 (April 1989) and copyright date.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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The Janus Directive, Part 1 of 11: Who is the Man Called Bishop?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Inker(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Feature(s): Checkmate
Character(s): Bishop; Checkmate Knight [Ray Carson]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Legion of Super-Heroes

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jenette Kahn
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Publishorial
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Jenette Kahn editorial about the Legion of Super-Heroes and L.E.G.I.O.N.
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The Janus Directive, Part 1: Knight Kill

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Kupperberg
Penciller(s): Steve Erwin
Inker(s): Al Vey
Colorist(s): Julianna Ferriter
Letterer(s): Agustin Mas
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Feature(s): Checkmate
Character(s): Checkmate [Harry Stein; Harvey Bullock; Mr. O'Connell; Checkmate Knight [Ray Carson] (first appearance); B.J.; Pawn-One [Rick]; Phil]; Valentina Vostok [Negative Woman]; Amanda Waller; Suicide Squad [Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]]; Project Peacemaker [Dr. Bridgette D'Abo] (cameo); Black Thorn (cameo flashback); VILLAINS: Bishop [Jaques Reynard]; Mr. Warwick (first appearance); Salvadore "Crazy Horse" Sharpo (first appearance); Danelli
Synopsis: Ray is impersonating a mob contact who is involved in a plot to kill a political figure when he is attacked by an armored assassin who calls himself Bishop. Bishop handily beats the Checkmate Knight and blows up his target (or thinks he does, not realizing it was Ray in disguise). After a short breather, Ray goes out as Warwick again to confront the man who tried to have him killed. Once again, Bishop attacks, but this time Ray is ready for him with a souped up suit of Checkmate armor. Waller shows up at Checkmate with reinforcements for a war that is about to rock the intelligence community.
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Pages: 24
Job Number: G-4713
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Suicide Squad (DC, 1987 series) #27.

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