Comic Title: Checkmate #27
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1990
On Sale Date: March 27, 1990 Copyright Date March 27, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Shipping Date February 27, 1990
Source: Previews, #12

Shipping Date March 1, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #14

Shipping Date February 27, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #176

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jonathan Peterson

Title: "Kidnapped"
Pages: 25

Feature(s):
Checkmate

Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Penciller: Thomas Grindberg
Inker: Al Vey
Letterer: Lee Keys
Colorist: Julianna Ferriter

Feature Character(s)

• Checkmate (Roberts named; last appearance in Checkmate #26; next appearance in Checkmate #28)
• Harry Stein (last appearance in Checkmate #26; next appearance in Checkmate #28)
• Gary Washington (last appearance in Checkmate #26; next appearance in Checkmate #28)
• Harvey Bullock (last appearance in Checkmate #26; next appearance in Checkmate #29)
• Philip Kramer (last appearance in Doom Patrol #16; next appearance in Checkmate #28)
• Winston Churchill O'Donnell (last appearance in Checkmate #25; next appearance in Checkmate #28)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sarge Steel (last appearance in Suicide Squad #38; next appearance in Checkmate #28)
• Valentina Vostok (last appearance in Checkmate #25; next appearance in Checkmate #29)

Villain(s)

• Jacques Reynard (last appearance in Checkmate #26; next appearance in Checkmate #28)
• Niles Dark (name revealed; last appearance in Checkmate #26; next appearance in Checkmate #29)
• Victor Cypher (name revealed; last appearance in Checkmate #26; next appearance in Checkmate #28)
• Pierre (Cypher's assistant; next appearance in Checkmate #28)
• Members of Cypher's organization (McKinnon, Stearn, and Pete named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Matthew Stein (last appearance in Checkmate #26; next appearance in Checkmate #28)
• Barry Stein (last appearance in Checkmate #26; no further appearances)
• Natalie Cohen (last appearance in Checkmate #26; next appearance in Checkmate #28)
• Melvin and Betsy (a couple; no further appearances)
• Prof. Braddock (last appearance in Checkmate #25; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Checkmate #26 and continues in Checkmate #28.

Synopsis:
After his children are kidnapped, Harry Stein breaks Jacques Reynard out of Checkmate custody. Sarge Steel orders Harry stopped, but Stein avoids capture. He takes Reynard to an abandoned chemical plant to make the exchange. Valentina Vostok has found the plant too. She tries to quietly help Stein, but her presence is discovered triggering a gunfight. Niles Dark, the kidnapper, and Reynard escape. One of Stein's children is wounded and rushed to the hospital for surgery. Stein is then arrested.