Checkmate
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- Author：Brian Michael Bendis
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Summary
The sequel to 2019's hit mystery Event Leviathan arrives， as unlikely allies unite to take on the DC Universe's deadliest threat！
The award-winning team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev are back with Event Leviathan: Checkmate， the sequel to the hit 2019 mystery that upended the DC Universe！
Leviathan has agents and acolytes all over the world--but what is the secret behind its power？ The planet's last， best hope to infiltrate Leviathan may be a motley collection of spymasters， now teamed up to try to take back the world that was stolen from under us all！ Green Arrow， the Question， Talia al Ghul， and other unlikely allies converge to tackle Leviathan as members of the new Checkmate--but who is the surprise hero behind this team？ Big clues to the future of the DC Universe start here！
Collects Event Leviathan #1 &Checkmate #1-6
The award-winning team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev are back with Event Leviathan: Checkmate， the sequel to the hit 2019 mystery that upended the DC Universe！
Leviathan has agents and acolytes all over the world--but what is the secret behind its power？ The planet's last， best hope to infiltrate Leviathan may be a motley collection of spymasters， now teamed up to try to take back the world that was stolen from under us all！ Green Arrow， the Question， Talia al Ghul， and other unlikely allies converge to tackle Leviathan as members of the new Checkmate--but who is the surprise hero behind this team？ Big clues to the future of the DC Universe start here！
Collects Event Leviathan #1 &Checkmate #1-6
Reviews
John
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I had kind of fallen out of interest with Bendis when he left Marvel for DC， and unfortunately it was a somewhat unsuccessful transition。 However， I think the best thing he did was Event: Leviathan。 I'm a mark for DC's spy/secret organizations ever since Grant ended their run with Spyral being behind the strings of their Batman run。 It was fun and bonkers。 Same as Final Crisis: Escape。 So this book is a continuation of that。 And I really liked the end reveal of who the King was。 It's superfun， a I had kind of fallen out of interest with Bendis when he left Marvel for DC， and unfortunately it was a somewhat unsuccessful transition。 However， I think the best thing he did was Event: Leviathan。 I'm a mark for DC's spy/secret organizations ever since Grant ended their run with Spyral being behind the strings of their Batman run。 It was fun and bonkers。 Same as Final Crisis: Escape。 So this book is a continuation of that。 And I really liked the end reveal of who the King was。 It's superfun， and adds a foible of continuity that I like。 。。。more
Roman Zarichnyi
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Лімітка «Шах і мат» （2021） #1-6 Майкла Бендіса і Алекса Малєєва є сиквелом коміксу «Подія Левіафан»。 Але якщо перший комікс мені сподобався попри мінуси。 То тут все навспак。Левіафан має агентів і помічників по всьому світу。 Але в чому секрет його сили？ Остання надія планети — команда шпигунів， яка має проникнути в Левіафан， щоб спробувати повернути світ до звичного стану。 Зелена стріла， Запитання， Талія аль Ґул й інші малоймовірні союзники об’єднуються， щоб боротися з Левіафаном як члени нової к Лімітка «Шах і мат» （2021） #1-6 Майкла Бендіса і Алекса Малєєва є сиквелом коміксу «Подія Левіафан»。 Але якщо перший комікс мені сподобався попри мінуси。 То тут все навспак。Левіафан має агентів і помічників по всьому світу。 Але в чому секрет його сили？ Остання надія планети — команда шпигунів， яка має проникнути в Левіафан， щоб спробувати повернути світ до звичного стану。 Зелена стріла， Запитання， Талія аль Ґул й інші малоймовірні союзники об’єднуються， щоб боротися з Левіафаном як члени нової команди «Шах і мат»。Тут багато води。 Він стримує від активних дій усіх герої， втягуючи нас в затяжні діалоги。 Немає жодної цікавої таємниці， немає переконливої оповіді， немає нічого， що зробило б цей комікс цікавим。 Окрім малюнку Малєєва， який， на жаль， відійшов на другий план з таким сюжетом。 Історію можна було б покращити， просто спробувавши більш відвертий стиль розповіді， а не намагаючись заплутати кожну деталь。Поганий Бендіс。 Поганий。 。。。more
Dexter
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Bendis schreibt Dialoge und Szenenübergänge， als würde man einen Film schauen， in dem alles perfekt miteinander verzahnt ist。 Hier stimmen Timing， Tempo und Dynamik。 Für die LEVIATHAN-Fortsetzung der Spionage/Geheimagenten/Superhelden-Geschichte aus dem Haus DC tut er sich erneut mit Zeichner Maleev zusammen und ich frage mich mittlerweile， warum dieser Typ sich keine Romanreihe vornimmt。 Der beherrscht sein Handwerk beängstigend gut und wenn man Bendis‘ Werdegang anschaut und somit die Bandbrei Bendis schreibt Dialoge und Szenenübergänge， als würde man einen Film schauen， in dem alles perfekt miteinander verzahnt ist。 Hier stimmen Timing， Tempo und Dynamik。 Für die LEVIATHAN-Fortsetzung der Spionage/Geheimagenten/Superhelden-Geschichte aus dem Haus DC tut er sich erneut mit Zeichner Maleev zusammen und ich frage mich mittlerweile， warum dieser Typ sich keine Romanreihe vornimmt。 Der beherrscht sein Handwerk beängstigend gut und wenn man Bendis‘ Werdegang anschaut und somit die Bandbreite an Storys， Zielgruppen und Figuren in ihrer Gesamtheit erfasst， dann muss man auch noch neidlos anerkennen， dass sich dieser Typ in nahezu jedem Genre wohlzufühlen scheint。 Ich fand CHECKMATE jedenfalls herrlich kurzweilig， hochspannend und mindestens so unterhaltsam wie eine Staffel ALIAS。 。。。more
Shannon Appelcline
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An unfortunately muddy follow-up to the Leviathan event。Much of the problem is Bendis' insistence on jumping his chronology constantly from scene to scene。 I love that type of thing when it's used to good effect， but here it just makes the story hard to understand。Beyond that:The characters are mostly flat。 They're all just joking it up in generic-Bendis-speech， and so none of them really sound or act like themselves。And then we get a plot that mostly treads water for five issues and then has so An unfortunately muddy follow-up to the Leviathan event。Much of the problem is Bendis' insistence on jumping his chronology constantly from scene to scene。 I love that type of thing when it's used to good effect， but here it just makes the story hard to understand。Beyond that:The characters are mostly flat。 They're all just joking it up in generic-Bendis-speech， and so none of them really sound or act like themselves。And then we get a plot that mostly treads water for five issues and then has some major events in the last issue。Just not a very good event， as a whole。 。。。more
Nate
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Lois Lane might be my favorite DC character and Bendis writes her like his life depends on it。 The problem here is that the story doesn't pop the way you would hope a spy story would and while I will always love what Alex Maleev did on Daredevil and especially Scarlet， the art here is just okay。 Lois Lane might be my favorite DC character and Bendis writes her like his life depends on it。 The problem here is that the story doesn't pop the way you would hope a spy story would and while I will always love what Alex Maleev did on Daredevil and especially Scarlet， the art here is just okay。 。。。more
Chad
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Bendis and Maleev's follow-up to Event Leviathan。 There's a couple decent moments in this but most of it just feels like wheel spinning。 He introduces that Lois Lane has a brother but between this and his Justice League appearance， he reveals absolutely nothing about the character。 Like most of this Leviathan stuff， it's likely to be set aside and forgotten about now that Bendis has left DC。 Bendis and Maleev's follow-up to Event Leviathan。 There's a couple decent moments in this but most of it just feels like wheel spinning。 He introduces that Lois Lane has a brother but between this and his Justice League appearance， he reveals absolutely nothing about the character。 Like most of this Leviathan stuff， it's likely to be set aside and forgotten about now that Bendis has left DC。 。。。more
Jackie
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I have no idea what I've just read #seriouslydisappointing I have no idea what I've just read #seriouslydisappointing 。。。more
Simone
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Preso semplicemente per la presenza di Freccia Verde nel cast。 Effettivamente， Bendis scrive un Oliver Queen decisamente dignitoso e all'altezza delle aspettative。 Non dico che vorrei vederlo su una serie regolare dell'Arciere di Smeraldo， perché non vorrei si ripetesse l'esperienza con Iron Man avuta in Marvel。 Nelle serie trattate dallo scrittore di Portland， Iron Man era ONNIPRESENTE in ogni sua produzione e riusciva nel bilanciare la parte originale fumettistica e la rinnovazione del MCU; so Preso semplicemente per la presenza di Freccia Verde nel cast。 Effettivamente， Bendis scrive un Oliver Queen decisamente dignitoso e all'altezza delle aspettative。 Non dico che vorrei vederlo su una serie regolare dell'Arciere di Smeraldo， perché non vorrei si ripetesse l'esperienza con Iron Man avuta in Marvel。 Nelle serie trattate dallo scrittore di Portland， Iron Man era ONNIPRESENTE in ogni sua produzione e riusciva nel bilanciare la parte originale fumettistica e la rinnovazione del MCU; solo che ogni aggiunta del Vendicatore di Ferro， era quasi un grido al "datemi una serie di Iron Man"。 Una volta accontentato。。。 Beh， forse certi personaggi in mano a certi scrittori funzionano meglio nel ruolo di comprimari。 Ma a parte tutto questo sproloquio， questo è il secondo volume DC che leggo di Bendis。 Il suo cambio dalla scuderia rossa a quella blu speravo fosse un segno di rinascita， ma qui ritrovo un mischione fiacco e senza mordente di opere meglio riuscite in Marvel。 E' un mix tra Secret War e The Pulse， uscito maluccio。 。。。more
Chris Lemmerman
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The first Event Leviathan mini-series is probably the best thing Bendis has done during his entire tenure at DC （although that's not saying much）。 Unfortunately， the follow-up feels more like it's a necessary evil than a book that actually needs to exist。 Most of this book is about undoing everything Bendis did in the first one。 He hamstrings the Leviathan character as well as the organisation so that he can put all his toys back in the pram at the end so whoever wants to play with Talia Al Ghul The first Event Leviathan mini-series is probably the best thing Bendis has done during his entire tenure at DC （although that's not saying much）。 Unfortunately， the follow-up feels more like it's a necessary evil than a book that actually needs to exist。 Most of this book is about undoing everything Bendis did in the first one。 He hamstrings the Leviathan character as well as the organisation so that he can put all his toys back in the pram at the end so whoever wants to play with Talia Al Ghul next time is free to do so。 He also introduces the Daemon Rose character before promptly doing nothing with him either here or over in Justice League where he pops up next， so he's a complete non-entity that'll likely be forgotten。There's no mystery， there's no compelling storytelling， there's nothing that makes this any kind of worthy successor to Event Leviathan except perhaps Alex Maleev's artwork。 I'm not sure if editorial interference or Bendis' apparent departure from the main DC books has made this lose its impact， but it definitely feels like a book that had to happen rather than one that anyone wanted to see。 。。。more
David Palazzolo
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A lot of water treading here—like most of Bendis’ stories it would be improved by simply trying a more forthright style of telling the story instead of trying to obfuscate every detail。 This is supposed to be a spy thriller thing and while we got the spies， we got no thrills。 I can’t remember any of the cliffhangers and by the time we reach the end of the story which includes surprise deaths， sudden betrayals and other revelations （as these stories do） the punch had been weakened to the point of A lot of water treading here—like most of Bendis’ stories it would be improved by simply trying a more forthright style of telling the story instead of trying to obfuscate every detail。 This is supposed to be a spy thriller thing and while we got the spies， we got no thrills。 I can’t remember any of the cliffhangers and by the time we reach the end of the story which includes surprise deaths， sudden betrayals and other revelations （as these stories do） the punch had been weakened to the point of not really caring。 。。。more
Alan
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Bendis' tenure at DC Comics， which has essentially ended， has made me rethink his prior work。 Frankly， I enjoyed what he did on most of the titles he worked on， including Superman， JLA， Naomi， and Young Justice。 Here takes his mini-event than ran through his Superman titles， Leviathan， and gives us a new take （the third） on DC's version of a super-spy agency， Checkmate。The core group that make up this small sized agency includes Lois Lane， and The Question for their investigative abilities。 Mr。 Bendis' tenure at DC Comics， which has essentially ended， has made me rethink his prior work。 Frankly， I enjoyed what he did on most of the titles he worked on， including Superman， JLA， Naomi， and Young Justice。 Here takes his mini-event than ran through his Superman titles， Leviathan， and gives us a new take （the third） on DC's version of a super-spy agency， Checkmate。The core group that make up this small sized agency includes Lois Lane， and The Question for their investigative abilities。 Mr。 Bones used to head the DEO， so that make sense。 But， Green Arrow seems out of place， Manhunter is under used， and Talia al Guhl well。。。I still really liked this。。 I think it does quite a good job at beginning to set a new， and hopefully by those who follow Bendis on stories likes this， smart status quo for how intelligence agencies will have to work in a world populated by super heroes。Or， at least I can op they will be as good as the Greg Rucka run o checkmate。 。。。more
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