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Batman Character Guide [INTERACTIVE]
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Action Comics #598 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1988.
Synopsis for "Checkmate"
Appearing in "Checkmate"
Featured Characters:
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
- 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".
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