Name: Checkmate
Classification: supporting characters group
First Appearance: Action Comics (vol. 1) #598 (Mar. 1988): "Checkmate"
Creators: Paul Kupperberg, John Byrne, Ty Templeton
Number of Appearances: 102
Comic Book Appearances: 100
TV, Film Appearances: 2
Type of Organization/Group: government agency, intelligence agency
Note: major covert ops organization
Number of group members listed below: 71
Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.) |
Religious Affiliation |
Team(s) [Notes] |
Pub. | # app. |
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Checkmate | 1 | ||||||||
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Checkmate; Great Ten [Position in Checkmate: Black King's Bishop] |
31 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Knight] |
13 | ||||||||
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Checkmate; CIA [was freelance operative for Checkmate] |
30 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Knight] |
2 | ||||||||
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Checkmate | 79 | ||||||||
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[1st app: Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1 (May 2005)] | 37 | |||||||
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Checkmate; Gotham Major Crimes Unit | 259 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Bishop; later: King] |
16 | ||||||||
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Blasters; Checkmate... [Position in Checkmate: Pawn] |
143 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Knight] |
1 | ||||||||
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[major covert ops organization] | 102 | ||||||||
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Checkmate; Secret Society of Super Villains... [Position in Checkmate: White Queen's Knight] |
105 | |||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Knight] |
3 | ||||||||
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Checkmate; Killer Elite... [was a freelance operative for Checkmate] |
213 | ||||||||
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Checkmate; H.I.V.E.... [was a freelance operative for Checkmate] |
376 | |||||||
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CBI; Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: White Queen's Bishop] |
52 | ||||||||
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Checkmate; Sentinels of Magic... | 44 | |||||||
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Checkmate; Global Guardians... | 297 | |||||||
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Checkmate; Kobra [sleeper agent within Checkmate, loyal to Kobra] |
1 | |||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Pawn] |
1 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: Black Queen] |
1 | ||||||||
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All-Star Squadron; Checkmate... [Position in Checkmate: White King] |
768 | |||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Rook] |
4 | ||||||||
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Batman family; Birds of Prey... [Position in Checkmate: Queen] |
520 | |||||||
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Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: White King's Knight] |
20 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Bishop] |
5 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: Knight] |
1 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: Black King] |
29 | |||||||
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Checkmate; NYPD... | 59 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Knight] |
6 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Bishop; later: King] |
12 | ||||||||
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indeterminate | Checkmate [found dead in JSA headquarters] |
1 | |||||||
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Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: Knight] |
1 | ||||||||
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Checkmate; Extremists... | 163 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Knight] |
2 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: Black Queen's Knight] |
15 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: Castellan] |
17 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: Black Queen's Knight] |
21 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: Black Bishop, Black Queen's Bishop] |
38 | ||||||||
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black; Checkmate... [Position in Checkmate: White King's Bishop; White King] |
289 | |||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Knight] |
4 | ||||||||
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Checkmate; The Agency... | 76 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Knight] |
18 | ||||||||
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Checkmate; Shadow Fighters... [Founder of the Pax Institute.] |
78 | |||||||
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Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: Black King's Bishop] |
10 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: Knight] |
1 | ||||||||
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CBI; Checkmate... [was freelance operative for Checkmate] |
668 | |||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Pawn; later promoted to Knight] |
19 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Pawn] |
2 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Rook] |
1 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: King] |
8 | |||||||
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Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: White King] |
1 | ||||||||
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indeterminate | black; Checkmate | 2 | |||||||
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Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: Knight] |
1 | ||||||||
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CBI; Checkmate... | 51 | ||||||||
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Checkmate; DEO... [Special Advisor to Checkmate.] |
11 | ||||||||
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indeterminate | Checkmate [killed by Kobra sleeper agent within Checkmate] |
1 | |||||||
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Checkmate; The Injustice Society | 23 | |||||||
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indeterminate | Checkmate [killed by Kobra sleeper agents within Checkmate] |
1 | |||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Knight] |
1 | ||||||||
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Checkmate; Kobra [sleeper agents within Checkmate, loyal to Kobra] |
1 | |||||||
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Checkmate [Position in Checkmate: White Queen] |
1 | ||||||||
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Checkmate; The Agency | 77 | |||||||
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Checkmate; Forgotten Heroes [Was a freelance operative for Checkmate.] |
37 | ||||||||
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Birds of Prey; black... | 254 | |||||||
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Checkmate; Shadow Fighters... | 211 | |||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Knight] |
20 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Knight] |
5 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Rook] |
1 | ||||||||
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Checkmate [position in Checkmate: Rook] |
11 |
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate_(comics)
- http://www.comicvine.com/checkmate/65-40521/