Well Amanda Waller is really trying to shake up CheckMate. She's taken the Black Queen's Knight off the board, by injuring her with a gunshot. She's got the Black Queen in front of the UN review board, looking in to her previous actions. They're seriously talking about dismissing her. She's got picture showing the White King and the Black Queen in . . . . compromising situations. Which may lead to both of their dismissals. And she's got pictures showing that the Martian Manhunter was posing as the Black King. We all know that he wasn't taking his place. But the pictures make it seem like he was. And that the Black King's Knight, Beatriz, knew about the whole thing. Which we know she didn't. But the pictures are very incriminating. The Green Lantern from the Tangent Universe is also involved in the mix for some reason. She seems to be spying on Amanda and her operation for the August General, who's taken over as the Black King's Bishop. But she also seems to be in love with him. Meanwhile they've pieced together that the bullet that shot Josephine, was probably done by Deadshot. So Beatriz and Jessica have gone after him. Of course it's hard to get a drop on a guy that slippery. So he ends up getting the drop on them. As he holds Jessica down, with a gun pointed to her head, he says, "Checkmate huh? Waller told me about Checkmate. She told me . . . shoot to kill." Greg Rucka is doing a fantastic job with these stories. I really don't know how he keeps all the characters straight. And I think Joe Bennett, on pencils, is the perfect fit for this book. This Suicide Squad / Waller thing is really just getting started. But she could really shake things up by the time alls said and done. Fantastic series.
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