The Vigil Vol 1 5

"Checkmate": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

"Checkmate"
Part of the "Dawn of DC" event.
The Vigil Vol 1 #5
November, 2023
Rated T for Teen (12+)
Executive Editor	Marie Javins
Cover Artists	Sumit Kumar
Variant Cover Artists
Cover Variant #1	Nimit Malavia Anand Radhakrishnan
Checkmate
Writers	Ram V
Pencilers	Devmalya Pramanik
Inkers	Devmalya Pramanik
Colorists	Rain Beredo
Letterers	Dave Sharpe
Editors	Jessica Chen Ben Meares Ben Abernathy
Previous Issue	The Vigil # 4
Next Issue	The Vigil # 6

If we failed to convince Hep, I'd need people on my side when I returned to Earth. People motivated to take down whatever ideas Hep manifested on Earth.

— Dr. Sankaran

The Vigil #5 is an issue of the series The Vigil (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 2023. It was published on September 19, 2023.

Appearing in "Checkmate"

Featured Characters:

• Dr. Sankaran (First appearance chronologically) (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
• The Vigil (Disbands)
  • Arclight (Aqib Khan) (Also in a vision)
  • Dodge (Dinah Kom) (Also in a vision)
  • Castle (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
  • Saya (Also in a vision)

Supporting Characters:

• Mr. Lightless (First full appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • Nia Saha (Cameo)
• Dr. Maddison Cypris (First appearance) (Flashback only)
• United States Government (Flashback only)
  • United States Navy (Flashback only)

Antagonists:

• Dr. Feistus Hep (First appearance chronologically) (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
  • Feistus Hep's Ideas (First full appearance)
    • Mr. Wall (Cameo)
• Nazis (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Unnamed bullies (Single appearance) (Flashback only)

Other Characters:

• Aqib Khan's wife (Unnamed) (Deceased) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Dynamo (Tyaga) (Revealed to be alive) (Also in a vision) (First appearance as Dynamo)
• Nadia Khan (Deceased) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• NASA (Flashback only)
  • Neil Armstrong (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Gods of Rome (Mentioned only)
  • Vulcan (Mentioned only)
• Hans Kammler (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Hypertime
  • Timestream (Behind the scenes)
• Multiverse
  • Atneon (Flashback only) (First full appearance)
  • Earth 0
    • 1943
      • Earth
        • United States of America
          • Philadelphia
            • Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
      • England
        • Cambridge University (Flashback only) (Cameo)
    • 1945
      • New Mexico (Flashback only) (Cameo)
    • 1965
      • United States of America (Flashback only) (Cameo)
        • Feistus Hep's Utopia (Single appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
    • 1969
      • Earth
        • United States of America
          • Florida
            • Cape Canaveral (Flashback only) (Cameo)
      • Earth's Moon (Flashback only) (Cameo)
    • 21st Century
      • India (Flashback only)
    • 2023
      • Kerala
        • LexCorp facility
      • Mumbai

Items:

• Glycemic Regenerator (First appearance) (Flashback only)
• Saya's Mask (Also in a vision)

Vehicles:

• USS Eldridge (First appearance) (Flashback only)

Concepts:

• First Moon landing (Flashback only)
• Magic
• Manhattan Project
  • Trinity Test (Flashback only)
• Philadelphia Experiment (Flashback only)
  

Notes

• This story reveals that, in the DC Universe, the Philadelphia Experiment actually teleported the USS Eldridge through the dimensional space.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the The Vigil series
• Images from The Vigil Vol 1 5

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