Comic Title: Checkmate #20
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: September 1989
On Sale Date: July 25, 1989 Shipping Date July 27, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #168

Shipping Date July 25, 1989
Source: Previews, #5

Direct Market Date July 27, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #106, #108

Copyright Date July 25, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

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

Title: "Into the Knight"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Checkmate

Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Penciller: Steve Erwin
Inker: Al Vey
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino
Colorist: Julianna Ferriter

Feature Character(s)

• Checkmate (last appearance in Checkmate #19; next appearance in Checkmate #21)
• Harry Stein (last appearance in Checkmate #19; next appearance in Checkmate #21)
• Beth Zahar (last appearance in Checkmate #19; next appearance in Checkmate #31)
• Winston Churchill O'Donnell (last appearance in Checkmate #19; next appearance in Checkmate #21)

Supporting Character(s)

• Valentina Vostok (last appearance in Checkmate #19; next appearance in Checkmate #21)
• Bridgette D'Abo (last appearance in Suicide Squad #30; next appearance in Checkmate #23)
• Black Thorn (last appearance in Checkmate #19; next appearance in Checkmate #22)
• Peacemaker (last appearance in Checkmate #19; next appearance in Checkmate #21)

Villain(s)

• Colonel Popov (dies in this story; last appearance in Checkmate #19; no further appearances)
• Comrade Minayev (a Soviet agent; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Various Soviet agents and soldiers (no further appearances)
• A gang of drug dealers (no further appearances)
• A gang of weapons smugglers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Yuri (an informant; no further appearances)
• Anatoly Krasnikov (last appearance in Checkmate #19; no further appearances)
• Sonya Petronovich (Krasnikov's girlfriend; no further appearances)
• Natalie Cohen (last appearance in Checkmate #19; next appearance in Checkmate #21)

Comments:
This story is continued from Checkmate #19.

Synopsis:
A knight in Moscow tracks down an informant to gain leverage to help with the defection of Anatoly Krasnikov. He is led to Sonya Petronovich, Krasnikov's girlfriend, but Soviet agents are waiting for him. The knight is captured and taken to a nearby prison for questioning. Krasnikov breaks him out. Then the Peacemaker breaks into the facility, having traced some weapons dealers to the Soviet Union. The attack gives the knight the time and cover to get Krasnikov safely out of the country. The defector then provides information to expose a mole in the U.S. Defense Department.