
Contents
“Checkmate” -- 22 pages
- script by Paul Kupperberg
- story by Paul Kupperberg and John Byrne
- pencils by John Byrne
- inks by Ty Templeton
- first appearance of the Checkmate organization (which spins off into the mature-readers Checkmate Vol. 1, beginning the following month)
See It in Context on the Continuity Pages:
Post-Crisis Superman: John Byrne Era (1986-1988)
In 1986, in the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC chose John Byrne to helm the reboot of the Superman titles. Byrne was the popular artist of Marvel’s The Uncanny X-Men, which he had often… [more]