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Issue: Checkmate #14
Publication Date: April 1989
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Issues: #14 of 33 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/16/1989
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.85 CAD
£0.80 GBP
$1.50 USD
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Content Items: 16 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): Black Thorn
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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First Line: It's been sitting behind a closed door in...
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): DC Check List This Week
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Pages: 0.33
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Neighborhood Watch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): Black Thorn; Mrs. Tockman; Mr. Tockman; Mr. Hagen
First Line: This is the city.
Synopsis: While Black Thorn is out cleaning up the neighborhood, somebody is robbing her apartment.
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Pages: 8
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The Killer Debut Album.

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Feature(s): Warner Brothers
Character(s): Bullet Boys (photo of the band)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover ad for Bullet Boys Music album.
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Knight of the Living Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): Knight [John Reed]; Kalia Campbell; Mr. Waters
First Line: Pl-please-- oh, God... no... stay away from me!
Synopsis: John no sooner gets home from taking down a designer drug ring when he gets a phone call from Black Thorn.
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Pages: 9
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News from Questar

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Writer(s): Brian Thomsen
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Questar
Character(s): Brian Thomsen (photo)
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Pages: 1
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A Retro-Future Gangster Epic

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Skreemer
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Hot Property

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): Knight [John Reed]; Black Thorn; Mr. Pickett
First Line: I could really catch hell for this.
Synopsis: Reed helps Black Thorn track down her stolen property as one of the items taken is very near and dear to her heart.
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Pages: 7
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Batman's Past Is Catching Up with Him

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Character(s): Batman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for "Blind Justice" storyline in Detective Comics and "The Many Deaths Of The Batman" storyline in Batman comics.
Between page 3 and 4 of the previous story.
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War Games within Our Deadliest Organizations

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Character(s): Suicide Squad; Manhunter; Checkmate; Captain Atom; Firestorm
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Disclose Notes: House ad for The Janus Directive storyline in various DC Comics.
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Comics Buyer's Guide 1988 Fan Awards

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Feature(s): Comics Buyer's Guide 1988 Fan Awards
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ballot for Comics Buyer's Guide 1988 Fan Awards.
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DC Annuals 1989

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Letterer(s): typeset
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hero Hotline
First Line: In Trouble?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Hero Hotline series.
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Let the Celebration Continue throughout 1989

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Blackhawk; Lady Blackhawk
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover house ad for subscriptions.
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The Private Files of The Shadow

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Shadow (Lamont Cranston)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover house ad for Hardcover collection of DC 1970's The Shadow series.

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