Synopses & Reviews
Acclaimed novelist Greg Rucka (A Fistful of Rain) and artist Jesus Saiz, the creative team behind The Omac Project, reunite to tell the tale of Checkmate, a covert organization that exists to keep the super-powered factions in the DC Universe in check regardless of national boundary, affiliation or agenda. After the explosive events of Infinite Crisis and The Omac Project, the United Nations formed this new agency to bring down heroes and villains that get out of line in a world that's more dangerous than ever. Now Checkmate uses unique abilities to deputize human and metahuman forces throughout the world.
About the Author
Greg Rucka is a DC Comics writer as well as author of a number of thrillers including
Critical Space, Keeper, and two Queen and Country novels. He resides with his family in Portland, Oregon. www.gregrucka.com
Jesus Saiz is another talented Spanish cartoonist who's making some noise in America. Following work for Dark Horse and DC's JLA-verse, he got a lot of attention for Midnight Mass (Vertigo) and he's now penciling the monthly 21 Down for Wildstorm, a Gen 13-Universe spin-off about a young man with the power to see how people die that echoes both Fight Club and Unbreakable. Saiz' work contrast realistic humans against moody, expressionist vistas
and the contrast makes both more effective.