Checkmate #28

A massive, red-eyed armored figure dominates the foreground of this September 2008 issue, his grim expression and imposing bulk filling nearly the entire cover. Behind him, a monitor displays a snarling, spiky creature mid-leap, while the surrounding panels teem with prehistoric-looking beasts threatening a cityscape — painting a picture of escalating, multi-front chaos. Manuel Garcia's cover work gives "Chimera: Soul of Fire, Part Three" an appropriately unsettling intensity that fits right into Checkmate's world of high-stakes covert operations.