Issue Checkmate 1 Subtitle The Game of Kings, part 1 Date June 2006 Writer(s) Greg Rucka Artist(s) Jesus Saiz storyline Checkmate, an organization to police metahuman activities comprised of both meta and non-meta members, was adopted and sanctioned by the United Nations. As they were in committee, agents attacked a Kobra base. The team got in and killed their leader. The People's Republic of China vetoed the act; Checkmate was given one week to cease all operations and disband. While the ruling was given, Amanda Waller received intel that their target was based in China.

Issue Checkmate 2 Subtitle The Game of Kings, part 2 Date July 2006 Writer(s) Greg Rucka Artist(s) Jesus Saiz storyline White Queen (Amanda Waller) and her Bishop (King Faraday) devise a plan to blackmail the Chinese ambassador and have him reverse his vote. White King (Alan Scott) called his Bishop (Michael Holt - Mr. Terrific) in for a meeting over their recent mission which ended in carnage. Black Queen (Sasha Bordeaux) was briefed after leaving Holt's bedroom. Checkmate struck a missile factory in North Korea. At committee, Checkmate decided to investigate the situation which caused China to veto. Waller showed Bordeaux some paperwork where China was experimenting on metas and building an army. Kobra watched as Checkmate visited ambassadors verifying support on a second vote. A team parachuted into China.

Issue Checkmate 3 Subtitle The Game of Kings, part 3 Date August 2006 Writer(s) Greg Rucka Artist(s) Cliff Richards, Bob Wiacek, Steve Bird storyline Sasha Bordeaux and Thomas Jagger (White King's Knight) ambushed a Chinese military truck heading to a secret location. Fire (Beatriz Dacosta - Black King's Knight) and Count Vertigo (White Queen's Knight) were in on the mission. Tension continued between Fire (who opposed killing) and Sasha. A Kobra agent attacked Alan Scott in France. Scott, using his ring, captured the man. Amanda Waller was attacked in London. After hearing Scott captured his alive, she shot her would-be assassin. Back at the castle, Mr. Terrific discovered the true reason for China's vote: it wasn't that they had a metahuman testing facility, it was that it had been compromised by Kobra. The team inside China reached their target as it was being "sanitized" by the Chinese government.

Issue Checkmate 4 Subtitle The Game of Kings, part 4 Date September 2006 Writer(s) Greg Rucka Artist(s) Jesus Saiz storyline The Checkmate team in China faced off against the airships razing the compound. Sasha realized the ship was alien design - Drulan. They were captured by the August General and his troops. Sasha rattled off infractions they'd witnessed and the Chinese left to convene with their superiors. Faraday and Waller (both on the white team) realized they were in trouble when Mr. Terrific (on the black team) noted they were withholding information. Alan Scott used his ring to learn Waller was lying - she was in no danger when she killed her would-be Kobra assassin. Count Vertigo - on his own accord - attempted to steal Chinese Intel by force. The Chinese metas ordered them killed as Green Lantern (Scott) arrived with their ambassador. GL, using his ring, pointed out their Kobra infiltrator. The vote was recast, and Checkmate passed. Alan Scott was removed from his position by the US.

Issue Checkmate 5 Subtitle Selection Date October 2006 Writer(s) Greg Rucka Artist(s) Jesus Saiz, Fernando Blanco storyline At a Checkmate facility in Switzerland, the selection process for the new Black Queen's Knight continued. At the Castle, Scott gathered up his things. Mr. Terrific came in with his resignation, but Scott asked him to hold it - he would be the new White King. Sasha and Michael discussed their future should he become White King. Josephine Tautin was victorious and named Black Queen's Knight.

Issue Checkmate 6 Subtitle Rogue Squad, part one Date November 2006 Writer(s) Greg Rucka, Nunzio Defilippis, Christan Weir Artist(s) Cliff Richards, Dan Green storyline Bronze Tiger broke into a holding facility in Qurac and let loose its only inmate. Sasha spoke with her Bishop (Jessica Midnight) about Amanda Waller and her political holds. Mirror Master attempted to recruit Icicle on a non-Society job. Waller visited Ben Turner (Bronze Tiger) and the man he'd helped escape - Col. Rick Flag. She asked them to track down the last incarnation of the Suicide Squad, which she'd lost contact with in Kahndaq. Mirror Master's plan was to make a hit that would not only raise eyebrows in Checkmate, but get Waller as well. All were in and they headed out. Calculator contacted them once they were surrounded (and Punch had been killed) - their mission was terminated due to not being sanctioned by the society.

Issue Checkmate 7 Subtitle Rogue Squad, part two Date December 2006 Writer(s) Greg Rucka, Nunzio Defilippis, Christan Weir Artist(s) Cliff Richards, Bob Wiacek, Dan Green storyline Flag and Tiger arrived on the scene as the villains made their move. Javelin was killed trying to get Jewelee away from her dead husband's body. Inside, they killed the Tattooed Man after realizing he'd sold them out to the Society. They got their target (a young boy with energy powers the country was using as fuel) as Tiger and Flag found them. They escaped together through one of Mirror Master's mirrors. Flag told them there was no Task Force X and no Suicide Squad, just some people wanting to get back at Waller. He ordered them to disburse. Checkmate got word of the kid and met. Mr. Terrific believed Waller leaked the information because Checkmate wouldn't move on the situation.