Comic Title: Checkmate #4
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: July 1988
On Sale Date: March 15, 1988 Shipping Date March 15, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #2

Shipping Date March 15, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #137

Copyright Date March 15, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jonathan Peterson

Title: "One Knight in Venice..."
Pages: 16

Feature(s):
Checkmate

Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Penciller: Steve Erwin
Inker: Al Vey
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Feature Character(s)

• Checkmate (last appearance in Checkmate #3; next appearance in Checkmate #4)
• Winston Churchill O'Donnell (a Checkmate knight; next appearance in Checkmate #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Nina DiVito (a Checkmate pawn; no further appearances)
• Mr. Wing (a Checkmate rook; no further appearances)
• Walter (a Checkmate pawn; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Don Rosseli (an Italian crime lord; no further appearances)
• Rosseli's henchmen (Tony and Carlo named; no further appearances)
• Count Francois Villa (no further appearances)
• An assassin (disguised as DeLucca; next appearance in Checkmate #5)

Other Character(s)

• Vittoria DeLucca (dies in this story; an importer; no further appearances)
• An unnamed minister (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Checkmate Knight Winston O'Donnell saves the life of a mousy clerk working for Travini Imports in Venice, Italy. The import company serves as a front for Checkmate, and the killers were sent by crime lord Don Rosseli. Using some fake artwork allegedly stolen during World War II, O'Donnell manages to get a personal meeting with Rosseli to access information on his smuggling ring. However, the clerk is killed and replaced by an assassin who kills Rosseli before Checkmate can successfully shut down the smuggling pipeline.