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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published May 1988
Cover Price 1.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Gold; Jonathan Peterson

Cover Details

Characters Knight [Gary Washington]
Genre Detective; Superhero
Pencils Gil Kane (signed)
Inks Gil Kane (signed)

Half page Publishorial promo (ad from the publisher)

Script Jenette Kahn
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Notes Inside front cover, columns 1 and 2.

Half page DC List This Week promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis Release checklist for a week in May 1988.
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24 page Checkmate story "A House Divided!"

Characters Mickey; Knight [Gary Washington]; Pawn One [Reed]; Sheila Williams (Newscaster); Vanessa Fresco (Reporter); Kevin Maxwell; Harry Stein; Mrs. Grady (Stein's housekeeper); Barry Stein; Matthew Stein; Harvey Bullock; Grace Guinness; Black Thorne [Elizabeth Thorne]; Vigilante [Adrian Chase] (Flashback, Cameo); Barney (N.Y.P.D. Bomb Squad); General Jackson; Pawn Seven; Boyle; Al Rizzoli (Demolitions Expert)
Synopsis Checkmate digs deeper into Kevin Maxwell and his Neo-Nazi organization.
Genre Detective; Superhero
Script Paul Kupperberg
Pencils Steve Erwin
Inks Al Vey
Colors Julianna Ferriter
Letters Janice Chiang

2 page Checkmate! letters page

Script Mike Gold
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