The end of Peacemaker season two saw the former 11th Street Kids—Leota Adebayo, Emilia Harcourt, John Economos, Adrian Chase, and Christopher Smith—form a new intelligence agency. And it’s an agency mostly funded by Adrian’s money stolen from criminals. Joining them are disillusioned ex-ARGUS agents Sasha Bordeaux , Judomaster, and Agent Fleury. As we see them leaving their new office space, we see that their fledgling agency already has a name on the building: Checkmate. And that’s an organization that has a long history in DC Comics lore. Checkmate has even headlined its own ongoing series several times over the years.

The History of Checkmate in DC Comics

The organization Checkmate was created by writer Paul Kupperberg, who wrote the ‘80s Peacemaker series, and artist Steve Ir

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