Checkmate #13

Two figures in sleek tactical black cut through swirling green energy and blue smoke on Matthew Clark and Art Thibert's kinetic cover — a determined man with a cybernetic eye implant and a sharp-eyed woman leveling a firearm, both pushing hard into whatever danger lies ahead. This June 2007 issue kicks off "Checkout Part 1," a crossover co-written by Greg Rucka and Judd Winick, with the Outsiders along for the ride as guest stars. It's a confident, propulsive start to what promises to be a tightly plotted collision between DC's world of espionage and its superhero underground.