Checkmate

The Omac Project (6-issue mini + Wonder Woman 219; w Greg Rucka, Geoff Johns, Judd Winick; a Jesus Saiz, Rags Morales, Ed Benes, Phil Jimenez, Ivan Reis, et al.). [From DC Comics: Spinning out of Identity Crisis, Countdown to Infinite Crisis was a Special that laid the groundwork for events in the DCU for the year to come. Now Countdown is collected with the hot miniseries that directly spun out of it: The OMAC Project. Every hero and villain in the DCU is under the gaze of an unbelievably powerful spy satellite. It's a technological marvel that answers to only one person -- and he's got plans for it that are completely unknown to the superspy organization he controls: Checkmate! In a world where men can fly and melt metal with their eyes, there's now an army created specifically as an answer to them: the OMACs Batman and old ally Booster Gold are about to learn the chilling truth behind the OMAC Project ‹ but will they work with or against each other?]

1 A King's Game (1-7; w Greg Rucka; a Jesus Saiz). [From DC Comics: After the explosive events of INFINITE CRISIS and THE OMAC PROJECT, the U.N. formed Checkmate to bring down heroes and villains that get out of line. Now they use unique ability to deputize human and metahuman forces throughout the world in pursuit of its goal to hold the line.]

2 Pawn Breaks (8-14; w Greg Rucka, Nunzio Defilippis, Christina Weir; a Jesus Saiz, Steve Scott). [From DC Comics: Action and intrigue abound as Checkmate clashes with a rival agency on American soil and The Black Queen deputizes the big guns in an all-out bid to keep Pawn 502’s mission alive! And Fire, the Black King’s Knight, tries to break free from Amanda Waller’s blackmail in a move that will shake the agency from top to bottom!]

Outsiders/Checkmate: Checkout (47-49, Checkmate 13-15; w Judd Winick, Greg Rucka; a Joe Bennett, Matthew Clark, Eddy Barrows, et al.). [From DC Comics: The DCU's top spies throw down with the DCU's most troublemaking hero team as Checkmate hunts the Outsiders!] 1/30/08