DC Comics have announced “Event Leviathan: Checkmate,” the six-issue sequel to last year’s event series written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Alex Maleev. The second chapter, which Bendis and Maleev will return to create, sees several unlikely DC heroes uniting to fight back against the Leviathan organization (led by the supervillain of the same name), by forming a new iteration of the intelligency agency Checkmate.
The official synopsis reads, “The results of the ‘Event Leviathan’ miniseries established a new world order among the espionage agencies of the DC Universe, now united under the single banner of the mysterious Leviathan! Leviathan has agents and acolytes all over the world, but what exactly are they following? What’s the secret behind Leviathan’s power? The planet’s last, best hope against this rampant threat is an unlikely collection of allies that will form the new Checkmate! The most dangerous spies in all of DC must team up to take the world back from Leviathan before all is lost.”
It continues, “Green Arrow, The Question, Lois Lane and Talia Al Ghul are the last line of defense against Leviathan, but there’s a secret hero working from the shadows that could mean the difference between victory or defeat for this new version of Checkmate. Who is it?”
“Event Leviathan: Checkmate” #1 goes on sale April 22, 2020, and will be preceded by “Leviathan Dawn,” a one-shot, also by Bendis and Maleev, setting up the second series on February 26, 2020.
