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Issue: Checkmate #16
Publication Date: May 1989
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Issues: #16 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: 03/30/1989
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
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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 3 of 11: Checkmate -- Destroyed!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Inker(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Feature(s): Checkmate
Character(s): Peacemaker [Christopher Smith]; Major Force [Clifford Zmeck]; Checkmate Knights
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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DC Covers

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jenette Kahn; Richard Bruning
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Publishorial
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Guest editorial by Richard Bruning about DC covers and the people behind them.
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The Janus Directive, Part 3: Shadow Knights

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Kupperberg
Penciller(s): Rick Hoberg
Inker(s): Al Vey
Colorist(s): Julianna Ferriter
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Feature(s): Checkmate; Suicide Squad
Character(s): Checkmate [Harry Stein; Harvey Bullock; Black Thorn [Elizabeth Thorne]; Checkmate Knight [John Reed]; Checkmate Knight [Gary Washington]]; Valentina Vostok; Amanda Waller; Suicide Squad [Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]]; Project Peacemaker [Peacemaker [Christopher Smith]; Dr. Bridgette D'Abo]; Major Force [Clifford Zmeck]; Murph [Daniel Murphy]; Lois Lane; Dr. Heinrich Megala; Babylon (flashback); Wade Eiling; Col. Clarkson (first appearance)
Synopsis: Checkmate has captured Megala from Project Atom but fails to find a tracking device in his chair which he promptly activates. Eiling sends Major Force to go and get him back. Harry decides that Waller has gone off the deep end with this Janus Directive nonsense and decides to go after her. Gary, Val and Black Thorn infiltrate Belle Reve Prison but tangle with the Suicide Squad, giving Waller time to escape.
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Pages: 24
Job Number: G-4732
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Suicide Squad (DC, 1987 series) #27 and continues in Suicide Squad (DC, 1987 series) #28.

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