Comic Title: Checkmate #5
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: August 1988
On Sale Date: April 12, 1988 Shipping Date April 12, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #3

Shipping Date April 12, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #138
Misnumbered #4

Copyright Date April 12, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Newsstand Date April 26, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754

Shipping Date April 12, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754

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

Title: "The Dallas Connection"
Pages: 16

Feature(s):
Checkmate

Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Penciller: Steve Erwin
Inker: Al Vey
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Julianna Ferriter

Feature Character(s)

• Checkmate (last appearance in Checkmate #4; next appearance in Checkmate #5)
• Harry Stein (last appearance in Checkmate #3; next appearance in Suicide Squad #17)
• Harvey Bullock (last appearance in Batman:The Killing Joke #1; next appearance in Checkmate #6)
• Jake Tyler (a Knight; no further appearances)
• An unnamed Pawn (no further appearances)

Supporting Character(s)

• B.J. (last appearance in Checkmate #3; next appearance in Checkmate #9)
• Jack Wyznowski (a Rook; first appearance; next appearance in Checkmate #6)

Villain(s)

• M.T. Cavanaugh (no further appearances)
• Stan Allan (president of Interair; no further appearances)
• Cavanaugh's men (Billy Ed named; no further appearances)
• Allan's men (no further appearances)
• An assassin (disguised as Vittoria DeLucca; last appearance in Checkmate #4; next appearance in Checkmate #7)

Other Character(s)

• Barry Stein (last appearance in Checkmate #2; next appearance in Checkmate #13)
• Matthew Stein (last appearance in Checkmate #2; next appearance in Checkmate #13)
• Simmons (a security guard; no further appearances)
• Sgt. Ramez (a Dallas police detective; no further appearances)
• Sid (city editor of the Dallas Express; no further appearances)
• Katie (Stan Allan's wife; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When four bodies are discovered in Dallas with connections to an Italian mob and the arms trade, Checkmate gets involved. Knight Jake Tyler begins investigating M.T. Cavanaugh, a corrupt businessman who ordered the hit. However, Jake is captured while searching Cavanaugh's office.

Jake is taken to an airfield and tied to a landing strip where a plane is about to land. Coincidentally, a Checkmate pawn is at the scene during his own investigation of arms dealing. The pawn creates a distraction that allows Jake to get loose. Cavanaugh and his men are then captured, but the hitman who also encountered Checkmate operatives in Italy escapes.