Checkmate #10

Checkmate #10 brings the tension of Greg Rucka's espionage series crashing into supernatural territory as the cover — penciled by Jesús Saiz — announces "Enter Shadowpact" with a chaotic, creature-filled scene: a Checkmate agent strains against the snapping jaws of a massive beast while a blue-skinned demon grapples nearby, a dark-haired woman in green struggles against coiling scales, a cloaked supernatural figure looms from the shadows above, and an armored Checkmate operative looks on with pistol raised. It's a vivid collision of covert-ops cool and occult menace that captures exactly the kind of unexpected crossover energy the 2007 DC universe did so well.