COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Action Comics 598 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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3694486008
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Owner:
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13
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
ACTION COMICS # 598 CGC 9.8-HIGHEST GRADED
FIRST APPEARANCE OF CHECKMATE
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: March 1988
On Sale Date: December 1, 1987
Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike Carlin
Cover Credits:
Artist: John L. Byrne
Plotter/Penciller: John L. Byrne
Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Inker: Ty Templeton
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Petra Scotese (Goldberg)
STORY: "CHECKMATE"
Lois Lane conducts an interview with Khareemali, Qurac's defense minister, who is in Metropolis to denounce Superman's actions against his country. Angered that a woman is sent to do the interview, the minister has his guard seize Lois. Members of a rival terrorist group known as the Angels of Allah then storm the office and take Lois and the minister hostage.
To ensure Superman is distracted, other members of the terrorist group hijack a Navy aircraft carrier and plant a bomb on its nuclear reactor. Lois is rescued by a man in black wearing a modified knight's mask. Superman meets a man in similar garb aboard the carrier. This man helps Superman defeat the terrorists. After the crisis is over, both "knights" disappear.
Lois then returns to the Daily Planet to write up her story. Clark writes up the story about the carrier. Elsewhere Harry Stein and Harvey Bullock hold a meeting. Their secret government organization, known as Checkmate, employed the two knights. Harry receives a report that the defense minister has left American airspace. He then detonates an explosive on Khareemali's plane, destroying it.
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