Comic Title: Checkmate #6
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: September 1988
On Sale Date: May 10, 1988 Shipping Date May 10, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #3

Shipping Date May 12, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #139

Copyright Date May 10, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Shipping Date May 10, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #754, #756, #758

Newsstand Date May 24, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #754, #756, #758

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

Title: "Heat"
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 #5; next appearance in Checkmate #6)
• Aaron (a knight; next appearance in Checkmate #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jack Wyznowski (last appearance in Checkmate #5; next appearance in Checkmate #7)

Villain(s)

• The Children of the Crescent (a terrorist group; no further appearances)
• Giavani Giamatti (an arms dealer; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Asche (a CIA agent; next appearance in Checkmate #7)
• Two unnamed pawns (no further appearances)

Comments:
The dialogue between Asche and Giamatti on page 4 of this story is reversed.

Synopsis:
Checkmate dispatches a knight named Aaron to Israel where he follows a lead to the Children of the Crescent, a terrorist group involved in the arms trade. A mercenary named Asche has been hired to transport the latest shipment through the desert. Aaron interrupts the transfer of the weapons and kills one of the leaders of the terrorist group. Only then does he learn that Asche is a CIA agent working undercover. His actions have damaged the CIA investigation by taking away their primary lead.