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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Checkmate (comics)
		Checkmate is a fictional covert operations agency within the DC Comics universe.
		Checkmate's hierarchy is remodelled in a manner similar to that of Marvel Comics' Hellfire Club.
		Checkmate Knights invade the lair of supervillainess Cheshire in Deathstroke, the Terminator #18, but most are killed by her operatives and a revived Slade Wilson.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Checkmate_(comics) (1843 words)

	Dc Comics Checkmate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Checkmate turns against itself as titans clash in the heavens...
		Collar and HK MP5 Deathstroke Date: 04/08/04 Author: Grenadier Skin by Courtnall6 As in the DC comics Checkmate Knight Date: 04/08/04 Author: Grenadier Skin by Courtnall6 A DC Foot Soldier of Checkmate Checkmate...
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	www.marbleboards.info /dc-comics-checkmate.html (231 words)

	Checkmate (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Checkmate is a covert operations agency within the DC Comics universe.
		Checkmate's hierarchy is remodelled in a manner similar to that of Marvel Comics' Hellfire Club.
		She is recruited as a Checkmate operative by Jessica Midnight, as the two fake her death and Sasha undergoes plastic surgery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Checkmate_(comics) (1423 words)

	Checkmate - Oracle Files (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As a result of her poor handling of the matter, Amanda Waller was fired as Checkmate's Queen and replaced with Sarge Steel.
		Checkmate has considerably increased the odds in their favor by outfitting them with specialized equipment, including bullet-resistant fl uniforms and visors resembling a knight's helmet.
		Checkmate maintains a small fleet of air, sea, and land transportation, including supersonic troop carriers, Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk combat assault helicopters, speedboats, tractor trailers, vans, and high-performance chase cars.
	www.unstable.com /oraclewiki/index.php?title=Checkmate (645 words)

	Checkmate!
		Checkmate was headquartered in Shelby, Virginia, eighteen miles outside of Washington, DC, under the cover of Konig Industries, a small, privately held consumer electronics company.
		Konig was destroyed during the events of the Janus Directive, and Checkmate was relocated to a more secure location in an abandoned Norad facility in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
		Checkmate maintains a small fleet of air, sea, and land transportation, include supersonic troop carriers, Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk combat assault helicopters, speedboats, tractor trailers, vans, and high-performance chase cars.
	galileo.spaceports.com /~xsufiru/databank/Checkmate (592 words)

	IGN: Dusting Off Checkmate
		Checkmate first appeared in Action Comics #598 as a reformed version of a predecessor intelligence group, The Agency.
		Checkmate's original mission was to protect American assets and interests on a worldwide level.
		This set the stage for the new Checkmate, whose role in the new "One Year Later" DC Universe is to maintain a worldwide balance of super-powers in all nations.
	comics.ign.com /articles/703/703387p1.html (847 words)

	Jim's Big Store DC Comics
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	jimsbigstore.com /category/collectibles.comics.dccomics (436 words)

	OYL Me Up: Checkmate & Blue Beetle - Shiny Shelf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		‘Checkmate’ was a 1980s superhero espionage book, and Greg Rucka’s revival is pretty much exactly what you’d expect from both his recent superhero scripts and the general tenor of the ‘Infinite Crisis’ era: a combination of superhero nonsense and eyebrow-lifting brutalism, with ambiguous (and at best semi-thought-through) parallels to real-world politics.
		The Checkmate hierarchy now includes Amanda Waller (wasn’t she a bad guy?) and flouncy purple-cloaked Green Lantern Alan Scott, who now inexplicably dresses as a pirate.
		By all means, superhero comics should feel unrestrained in ignoring reality, but if they do they should try not to act like they’re making a ‘West Wing’ style political drama.
	www.shinyshelf.co.uk /article/sl/st/1337 (805 words)

	Fire (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fire is a fictional superheroine ppublished by DC Comics.
		In the first issue of the series, Fire displays a notable change in her character as she is now depicted as a sanctioned Black Ops Intelligence Agent.
		Checkmate #2, however, indicates that Fire, while she will follow orders to kill, regrets taking part in a Checkmate mission in which as many as 50 Kobra personnel were killed, many immolated by Fire herself.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fire_(comics) (1306 words)

	Checkmate #1 Review - Silver Bullet Comics
		Rucka revived Checkmate seemingly on a whim four years ago at the end of his run on Detective Comics, and he promptly sent his creation Sasha Bordeaux packing with them.
		Checkmate has less in common with GC than it does with Queen and Country or Suicide Squad, but an international covert ops intelligence agency set in the heart of the DCU is a formula for an insane number of potentially amazing stories.
		In addition to the global power struggle, the internal politics and factions of the Checkmate members is rather compelling, utilizing the chess iconography and pulling it off with a straight face.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /reviews/114611088650000.htm (462 words)

	NEWSARAMA.COM: GREG RUCKA ON THE GREAT TEN IN CHECKMATE
		Everybody in Checkmate has got a different agenda, so, ostensibly, the excuse for going to the facility in Hebei is to say, 'Okay, Kobra got a hold of a quantity of cyclosarin that was used in an attempted terrorist incident during the missing year.
		Having identified where it came from, Checkmate is going to try and figure out how it got out of there, because clearly, Kobra is arming itself with chemical weapons is a problem.
		Newsarama.com is the comics industry's #1 source for daily comic book news, previews, reviews and commentary, and is home to the largest comic book reader message board community on the Internet, with discussions ranging from Marvel Comics' X-Men and DC Comics' Superman to manga and the smallest indy publishers.
	www.newsarama.com /dcnew/Checkmate/04/CheckTen.html (1650 words)

	Checkmate #6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It’s easy to write Checkmate off as “Queen and Country with superheroes.” On the surface of Checkmate, writer Greg Rucka appears to be dealing in the same espionage circles of Queen and Country.
		Waller is all about control and when she wasn’t allowed involvement in fl ops, she fell back on her old ways and re-established the Suicide Squad, a covert team that recruits criminals with the promise of eventual amnesty.
		With Waller present in Checkmate, the connection between the two teams is logical and actually expected but Rucka has barely reestablished this new Checkmate before working to reestablish another older concept.
	www.popsyndicate.com /index.php/site/story/checkmate_6 (612 words)

	FANBOY PLANET.com .: mc-com03-24-03 :.
		Over the last couple of issues, it's looked like Checkmate planned to simply repeat its earlier stratagem: take a supposed ally of Batman and turn her against him.
		Trying to break Helena, Checkmate has even brought in The Mad Hatter and The Scarecrow as psychological experts.
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	www.fanboyplanet.com /comics/mc-com03-24-03.php (1170 words)

	TheFourthRail.com - Critiques on Infinite Earths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The problem lies in the fact that the main characters all have two names, and as the reader’ s trying to make his or her way through that maze of information, the complex mix of politics and espionage in the UN scenes is in danger of being lost completely.
		The newly formed Checkmate agency — designed to be an international intelligence agency monitoring and policing metahuman affairs — faces a pivotal vote before the UN Security Council.
		On the line is the financial and political support Checkmate needs to survive and thrive, but the Black Queen, Amanda Waller, and the White King, Alan Scott, discover the French are trying to block that support.
	www.thefourthrail.com /reviews/critiques/050806/checkmate1.shtml (554 words)

	Comic Book Resources - CBR News: Catching Up With Greg Rucka
		Now that the debris is beginning to settle, Greg Rucka sat down with a coffee and a smoke to tell CBR News where he is now and where he might be going in the future.
		While “Checkmate” is more grounded than either “JL Elite” or “The Authority,” Rucka still acknowledges its roots in the fantastic.
		He went on to say, “I think they understand that the most crucial thing in doing an adaptation like this is getting the characters right and to try to translate the character as honestly as possible.” However, Rucka does not consider himself right for that job.
	www.comicbookresources.com /news/printthis.cgi?id=7827 (3039 words)

	WizKids - DC HeroClix
		The Checkmate Agent isn’t quite out of the level of mobile terrain, but it’s getting there.
		It has the major benefit of two ranged attacks combined with average combat values; it may not be the toughest figure around, but at least it has two shots at doing some damage.
		The DC Bullet and all characters, names, logos, distinctive likenesses and related indicia are trademarks of DC Comics.
	www.wizkidsgames.com /heroclix/dc/figuregallery.asp?unitid=2401 (165 words)

	Sacrifice Parts 1-4 - PopMatters Comic Book Review
		Maxwell Lord, head of Checkmate, has co-opted a spy satellite owned by Bruce Wayne (who, as we all know, is Batman) to spy on the superhero community in the DC Universe.
		This comes as a culmination of a certain section of comic fandom's increasing disenchantment of the comic medium.
		A time when their heroes were heroes, not people who would kill or brainwash their enemies because they couldn't think of a better way of dealing with them.
	www.popmatters.com /comics/sacrifice-1-4.shtml (1033 words)

	Spoilt!: Checkmate #2 - comicspoilers.net
		They believe flmailing China is their best option to get the country to change their vote and allow Checkmate to exist.
		Kobra plans revenge against Checkmate because of the murder of his operatives last issue.
		In the Operations Center they watch as Checkmate operatives blow up a missile facility in North Korea; a mission ordered by the Americans, British and Russians.
	comicspoilers.blogspot.com /2006/05/checkmate-2.html (407 words)

	Sequart.com Columns > New Comics Day #22: Rucka and Marz give us _Checkmate_ and _Ion_. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The term is employed to distinguish the medium itself from particular genres and formats, such as comic books or graphic novels.
		In a consideration of comics hype and its effect on readers, Bryan closes out the year with reviews of Brian Wood's Demo #2, Mark Millar's Wanted #1, Caper #2, Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead #3, and New X-Men #150.
		In which Bryan addresses comics activism and reviews Ultimate Spider-Man #49, Detective Comics #786, and the conclusion of the Punisher mini-series Born.
	www.sequart.com /columns/?column=1122 (1567 words)

	Comics Continuum
		Following are DC Comics' solicitations for February, with information coming from the company.
		Checkmate has had its missions in Gotham thwarted time and again by Batman, and the covert agency has had enough.
		The eye-popping effects are brought to you by the master of 3-D comics, Ray Zone.
	www.comicscontinuum.com /stories/0211/19/dcindex.htm (6443 words)

	Comics For Sale
		I always had, in the back of my mind, that someday the comics might be worth something.
		Thus, I kept all of the comics that I read.
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	www.gsteve.com /Comics/Default.htm (296 words)

	Dynamic Forces - CHECKMATE #1 - SIGNED BY COVER ARTIST LEE BERMEJO!
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		These issues masterminded by comics legend Wally Wood feature the introduction of Raven the fall of the Warlords and atomic explosions spaceships and international intrigue galore!
		Written by Jack Cole; Art by Jack Cole When ruthless criminal Eel O'Brian fell into a vat of chemicals, his body gained the ability to stretch into any shape and the hero known as Plastic Man was born.
	www.dynamicforces.com /htmlfiles/p-C104617.html (510 words)

	Comics Continuum: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
		For covers and six- to seven-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores in May, CLICK HERE.
		Following sellouts at DC Comics, two issues of the new DCU series Checkmate and Blue Beetle are going back to press for new printings.
		Checkmate #1 Second Printing will feature a fl-and-white version of the original cover art by Lee Bermejo, and is scheduled to arrive in stores on May 24.
	www.comicscontinuum.com /stories/0605/02/index.htm (1213 words)

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		CHECKMATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 INFINITE CRISIS NM
		DC Checkmate V2 #1 - 10 Infinity Crisis Greg Rucka
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	search.ebay.com /checkmate (453 words)

	Author Greg Rucka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Checkmate clashes with a rival agency on American soil.
		The race is on to become the world's most super-powered nation—and when that nation is China, the new Checkmate faces its biggest challenge ever.
		It's also about the propaganda wars, fl ops combat, and political manuevering that fuel Checkmate's critical missions—missions that take a grueling toll on the agents' day-to-day lives.
	www.gregrucka.com /checkmate.html (309 words)

	CHECKMATE #1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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		It's also about the propaganda wars, fl ops combat, and political manuevering that fuel Checkmate's critical missions missions that take a grueling toll on the agents' day-to-day lives.
	www.bcbcomics.com /browseproducts/CHECKMATE--1.HTML (468 words)

	Sequart.com News: DC Solicits for April 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		DC has released its solicitations for April, and among the highlights are the debut of Checkmate and the Villains United special, plus the debut of Ion and more.
		Checkmate continues out of The OMAC Project, DC's most successful Countdown to Infinite Crisis mini-series.
		Marvel Comics has released the variant cover to Astonishing X-Men #19, the first issue of "Unstoppable," the final arc by Whedon and Cassaday.
	www.sequart.com /news/index.php?story=862 (1439 words)

	COMICON.com: SPANISH INQUISITION: JESUS SAIZ IN CHECKMATE
		I think I've been able to be very close to achieve it with Batman and Wonder Woman (anyway, I'm happier about the way I drew her in Manhunter) but I still think I have a lot more work to do to "get" Superman.
		In any case, I don't use to be very conscious of what influences me in any moment, because my influences are a lot and very varied, from comics, to illustration, paintings, movies, books, video clips, advertising...
		I don't know how many of them stays on my style, but they were the ones that, in a certain way, shaped me as an artist.
	www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=004795 (2402 words)

	Checkmate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In Checkmate, a fondly-remembered television show from the early 60's, DON COREY and JED SILLS run a very fancy, very expensive San Francisco detective agency whose aim is "to thwart crime and checkmate death (by) stopping the slide downhill to tradgedy."
		Checkmate was the Tiffany of detective shows in its day.
		Checkmate also indulged in stunt casting: Cyd Charisse as a dancer, Tony Randall as a killer, Sid Caesar as a disc jockey, and Jack Benny as a much-revered entertainer not unlike.
	www.thrillingdetective.com /checkmate.html (930 words)

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