Action Comics Vol 1 598

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"Checkmate"
Cover
Action Comics Vol 1 #598
March, 1988
Executive Editor	Dick Giordano
Cover Artists	John Byrne
Checkmate
Writers	John Byrne Paul Kupperberg
Pencilers	John Byrne
Inkers	Ty Templeton
Colourists	Petra Scotese
Letterers	John Costanza
Editors	Mike Carlin
Previous Issue	Action Comics # 597
Next Issue	Action Comics # 599

There he goes-- The man responsible for God knows how many deaths... Scot free!

— Lois Lane

Action Comics #598 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1988.

Appearing in "Checkmate"

Featured Characters:

• Superman

Supporting Characters:

• Cat Grant (Cameo)
• Jimmy Olsen (Cameo)
• Lois Lane
• Perry White
• Checkmate (First appearance)
  • B.J. (Behind the scenes) (First appearance)
  • Grace Guiness (First appearance)
  • Harry Stein
  • Harvey Bullock
  • Knight Two

Antagonists:

• Quracan Defense Minister Achmed Khareemali (Only appearance; dies)
• Two Defense Minster Guards (Unnamed) (Apparent Death) (Single appearance)
• Angels of Allah (Single appearance)
  • Fist of Allah (Single appearance)
  • Jackal (Single appearance)
  • Three Members (Unnamed) (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Arisia (Cameo) (Flashback only)
• Batman (Cameo) (Flashback only)
• Booster Gold (Cameo) (headshot) (Flashback only)
• Booster Gold Robot (Mentioned only) (from Action Comics #594 and Booster Gold #23)
• Gangbuster (Cameo) (headshot) (Flashback only)
• Hawkman (Cameo) (Flashback only)
• Kilowog (Cameo) (Flashback only)
• Lana Lang (Cameo) (headshot) (Flashback only)
• Lex Luthor (Cameo) (headshot) (Flashback only)
• Martian Manhunter (Cameo) (Flashback only)
• Wonder Woman (Cameo) (Flashback only)
• United Nations (Mentioned only)
• Manhunters (Mentioned only)
• Daily Planet Employees (Unnamed)
• New York City Police Department (Mentioned only)
• United States Navy
  • Captain (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
  • Crew (Unnamed) (Cameo)
• Allah (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Metropolis
  • Daily Planet
  • Rolling Dead Concert (Mentioned only)
  • Metropolitan Grande
  • Metropolis Harbor
  • Metropolis International Airport (Unnamed)
    • Interarabian Exports (several miles outside of Metropolis)
• Virginia
  • Shelby
    • Checkmate Headquarters
• Atlantic Ocean (Behind the scenes)
• Qurac (Mentioned only)
• Japan
  • Hiroshima (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Checkmate Lance

Vehicles:

• U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Weisinger
• Defense Minister's Plane (Destroyed)

Concepts:

• Millennium (Mentioned only)
  

Notes

• The U.S.S. Weisinger is named after former Superman editor Mort Weisinger.

Trivia

• On the cover, Metropolis is incorrectly spelled "Metroplis".

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Action Comics series
• Images from Action Comics Vol 1 598

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