Checkmate (comics)
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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![1] 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).[2]
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Action Comics #598 (March 1988) |
Created by | Paul Kupperberg Steve Erwin |
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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 |
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See: List of Checkmate members |
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