Checkmate (comics)
| Checkmate | |
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Artwork for the cover of Checkmate (vol. 2) #4 (September 2006), art by Lee Bermejo | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Action Comics #598 (March 1988) |
| Created by | Paul Kupperberg Steve Erwin |
| In-story information | |
| Type of organization | Intelligence agency |
| Base(s) | Konig Industries, Shelby, Virginia; NORAD facility in the Colorado Rocky Mountains; "The Castle" compound in the Swiss Alps |
| Roster | |
| See: List of Checkmate members | |
Checkmate, a division of Task Force X, is a fictional covert operations agency appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The antihero team first appeared in Action Comics #598 (March 1988) and proceeded to have its own ongoing title in Checkmate! In the wake of events depicted in the mini-series The OMAC Project and Infinite Crisis, Checkmate is re-chartered as a United Nations Security Council-affiliated agency and was again given its own series, Checkmate (vol. 2).