| CHECKMATE | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Paul Kupperberg and John Byrne |
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CHRONOLOGY
Checkmate first appeared in Action Comics #598 (March 1988).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Checkmate in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Checkmate Chronology
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| Action Comics #598 (March 1988): "Checkmate!" |
| Checkmate #1 (April 1988): "Opening Gambit" |
| Checkmate #2 (May 1988): "A House Divided!" |
| Checkmate #3 (June 1988): "State of the Union!" |
| Checkmate #4 (July 1988): "One Knight in Venice..." |
| Checkmate #4/2 (July 1988): "Moves" |
| Checkmate #5 (August 1988): "The Dallas Connection" |
| Checkmate #5/2 (August 1988): "The Dome" |
| Checkmate #6 (September 1988): "Heat" |
| Checkmate #6/2 (September 1988): "Knight Game" |
| Checkmate #7 (October 1988): "Arabian Knights" |
| Checkmate #8 (November 1988): "A Thorn in Her Side" |
| Checkmate #9 (December 1988): "Funny Money" |
| Checkmate #10 (winter 1988): "Funny Money Part 2" |
| Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #16 (winter 1988): "Reunion" |
| Checkmate #11 (Holiday 1988): "God Save the Queen" |
| Checkmate #12 (February 1989): "Knight Launch" |
| Manhunter Vol. 1 #10 (February 1989): "Finders Keepers" |
| Manhunter Vol. 1 #11 (March 1989): "Losers Weepers" |
| Manhunter Vol. 1 #12 (April 1989): "Losers Weepers" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #25 (March 1989): "Sea of Troubles" |
| Checkmate #13 (March 1989): "A Knight in the Tropics" |
| Checkmate #14 (April 1989): "Neighborhood Watch" |
| Checkmate #14/2 (April 1989): "Knight of the Living Dead" |
| Checkmate #14/3 (April 1989): "Hot Property" |
| Checkmate #15 (early May 1989): "The Janus Directive, Part 1: Knight Kill" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #27 (early May 1989): "The Janus Directive Part 2: Scattermove" |
| Checkmate #16 (late May 1989): "The Janus Directive, Part 3: Shadow Knights" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #28 (late May 1989): "The Janus Directive Part 4: Death Game" |
| Checkmate #17 (early June 1989): "The Janus Directive, Part 5: A Hard Day's Knight" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #29 (early June 1989): "The Janus Directive Part 8: Heavy Squad" |
| Checkmate #18 (late June 1989): "The Janus Directive, Part 9: Knight Fight" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #30 (late June 1989): "The Janus Directive Part 10: Endgame" |
| Checkmate #19 (July 1989): "The Dead of Knight" |
| Checkmate #20 (September 1989): "Into the Knight" |
| Checkmate #21 (October 1989): "One Wet and Wild Knight" |
| Checkmate #22 (November 1989): "One Wet and Wild Knight, Part II" |
| Checkmate #23 (December 1989): "Peaceful Knights" |
| Checkmate #24 (January 1990): "Peaceful Knights, Part Two" |
| Checkmate #25 (February 1990): "Knight After Knight" |
| Checkmate #26 (March 1990): "Knight Job" |
| Checkmate #27 (May 1990): "Kidnapped!" |
| Checkmate #28 (June 1990): "Knight Court" |
| Checkmate #29 (July 1990): "Knight Watch" |
| Checkmate #30 (August 1990): "Knight Beat" |
| Checkmate #31 (October 1990): "Patriotic Knights: Part One" |
| Checkmate #32 (December 1990): "Patriotic Knights: Part II" |
| Checkmate #33 (January 1991): "Patriotic Knights: Part III" |
| Checkmate #33/2 (January 1991): "Knight Light" |
| War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End" |
| Deathstroke, the Terminator #17 (December 1992): "The Nuclear Winter Chapter One: DNA" |
| Deathstroke, the Terminator #18 (January 1993): "The Nuclear Winter Part Two: A Question of Brotherhood" |
| Deathstroke, the Terminator #19 (February 1993): "The Nuclear Winter Part Three: Invasion" |
| Deathstroke, the Terminator #20 (March 1993): "The Nuclear Winter Part Four: Heatwave" |
| Outsiders Vol. 2 #5 (March 1994): "With Friend Like These..." |
| Deathstroke #48 (June 1995): "Third Strike" |
| New Titans #122 (June 1995): "Syndicate Rites!" |
| Deathstroke #49 (July 1995): "All the King's Men" |
| Deathstroke #50 (August 1995): "Revelations" |
| Deathstroke #55 (January 1996): "Night of the Karrion, Chapter One: Born Again!" |
| JLA #1 (January 1997): "Them!" |
| Batman Plus #1 (1997): "Beauty and the Beast" |
| Arsenal #2 (November 1998): "Six Degrees: All in the Family" |
| Batman: Gotham Knights #37 (March 2003): "Spoiler Space" |
| Batman: Gotham Knights #38 (April 2003): "Knight Moves, Part One: The Queen is Dead" |
| Batman: Gotham Knights #39 (May 2003): "Knight Moves, Part Two: Castling" |
| Batman: Gotham Knights #40 (June 2003): "Knight Moves, Part Three: Checkmate" |
| Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1 (2005): "Countdown to Infinite Crisis" |
| OMAC Project #1 (June 2005): "The Eye in the Sky" |
| OMAC Project #2 (July 2005): "There Is No I in Team" |
| OMAC Project #3 (August 2005): "The M-E in Team" |
| OMAC Project #4 (September 2005): "The King is Dead..." |
| 52 #45 (May 2007): "Every Hour Wounds, The Last Kills" |
| World War III #4 (June 2007): "United We Stand" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #1 (June 2006): "The Game of Kings, Part 1" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #2 (July 2006): "The Game of Kings, Part 2" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #3 (August 2006): "The Game of Kings, Part 3" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #4 (September 2006): "The Game of Kings, Part 4" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #5 (October 2006): "Selection" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #6 (November 2006): "Rogue Squad, Part One" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #7 (December 2006): "Rogue Squad, Part Two" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #8 (January 2007): "Pawn 502, Part 1" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #9 (February 2007): "Pawn 502, Part 2" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #10 (March 2007): "Pawn 502, Part 3: The End in Sight" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #11 (April 2007): "Corvalho, Part One" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #12 (May 2007): "Corvalho, Part Two" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #13 (June 2007): "CheckOut, Part 1" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #47 (July 2007): "CheckOut, Part 2" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #14 (July 2007): "CheckOut, Part 3" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #48 (August 2007): "CheckOut, Part 4" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #15 (August 2007): "CheckOut, Part 5" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #16 (September 2007): "Past Perfect" |
| Outsiders Vol. 3 #49 (September 2007): "CheckOut, Conclusion" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #17 (October 2007): "Firewall" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #18 (November 2007): "Fall of the Wall, Part I" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #19 (December 2007): "Fall of the Wall, Part 2" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #20 (January 2008): "Fall of the Wall, Conclusion" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #21 (February 2008): "La Vie En Sang" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #22 (March 2008): "La Vie En Sang, Part Deux" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #23 (April 2008): "Castling, Part One" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #24 (May 2008): "Castling, Part Two" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #25 (June 2008): "Castling, Finale" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #26 (July 2008): "Chimera, Part One: Opening Move" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #27 (August 2008): "Chimera, Part Two: Heart of Ice" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #28 (September 2008): "Chimera: Soul of Fire" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #29 (October 2008): "Chimera: Will of Iron" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #30 (November 2008): "Chimera: Will of Iron" |
| Checkmate Vol. 2 #31 (December 2008): "Chimera: Prophet of Death" |
| Final Crisis #7 (March 2009): "New Heaven, New Earth" |
| Justice League: Generation Lost #7 (early October 2010): "*Of Course* They Got Caught." |
| Justice League: Generation Lost #8 (late October 2010): "Would It Be Ok With the Management If We Check Out Early?" |