List of Checkmate members

Checkmate is a fictional covert operations agency, as published by DC Comics.

The roster of the agency has changed a great deal over the years. These roster lists are of the members during the agency's various incarnations.

The codenames listed under Character are those used during the time frame of the particular iteration. Characters with more than one codename for that period have them listed chronologically and separated by a slash (/). Bolded names in the most recent iteration published are the current agency members.

First appearance is the place where the character first appeared as a member of a particular iteration. It is not necessarily the first appearance of the character in print, nor the story depicting how the character joined the agency.

All information is listed in rank order first, then publication, and finally alphabetical.

Roster during Checkmate!

Character	Real name	Position	First appearance	Notes
Harry Stein	N/A	King	Checkmate! #1 (April 1988)
Amanda Waller		Queen		Concurrent leader of the Suicide Squad.
Harvey Bullock		Bishop		Also member of the GCPD .
Phil Kramer
Scott Jameson
Grace Guinness		Rook
John Reed		Pawn / Knight		Promoted to Knight in Checkmate! #5 (August 1988).
Gary Washington		Knight
Winston Churchill O'Donnel		Knight	Checkmate! #4 (July 1988)
Mr. Wing		Rook	Checkmate! #4 (July 1988)
Kalia Campbell		Bishop	Checkmate! #5 (August 1988)
Jack Wyznowski		Rook
Jake Tyler		Knight
Abe Crane		Rook	Checkmate! #9 (December 1988)
Roger Dayton		Knight
Rene Rockwell		Pawn		Killed in Checkmate! #10 (Winter 1988).
Connie Webb		Knight	Checkmate! #12 (February 1989)
Valentina Vostok		Bishop	Checkmate! #15 (May 1989)	Former member of the Doom Patrol.
Ray Carson		Knight	Checkmate! #15 (May 1989)
Jacques Reynard			Checkmate! #17 (June 1989)
Jerry Blake			Checkmate! #19 (July 1989)
Conrad Mackay			Checkmate! #21 (October 1989)
Mark Nagoya			Checkmate! #30 (August 1990)
Arsenal	Roy Harper	Freelance	?	Former member of the Teen Titans. Later member of: The Titans The Outsiders Justice League of America
Black Thorn	Elizabeth Thorne
Deadshot	Floyd Lawton			Former member of the Suicide Squad. Later member of the Secret Six.
Deathstroke	Slade Wilson			Later member of: The Society Titans East
Peacemaker	Christopher Smith			Died in Eclipso #13 (November 1993).
Vigilante	Adrian Chase			Died in Vigilante #50 (February 1988).
Vigilante	Pat Trayce
Vixen	Mari McCabe			Former member of the Suicide Squad. Former and later member of the Justice League.

Roster between series

Character	Real name	Position	First appearance	Notes
Phil Kramer	N/A	King	Deathstroke, the Terminator #17 (December 1992)	Promoted from Bishop to King in Deathstroke, the Terminator #17.
Kalia Campbell		Queen		Promoted from Bishop to Queen in Deathstroke, the Terminator #17.
Gary Washington		Knight
Jack Wyznowski		Rook	Deathstroke, the Terminator #18 (January 1993)
Speedy	Roy Harper	Knight	Deathstroke, the Terminator #18 (January 1993)	Working with Cheshire in order to infiltrate the Brotherhood of Evil; betrays Cheshire later on.
Winston Churchill O'Donnell	N/A	Knight	Deathstroke, the Terminator #19 (February 1993)
David Said		King	Detective Comics #768 (May 2002)
Jessica Midnight		Black Bishop	Detective Comics #773 (October 2002)
Sasha Bordeaux		Black Knight	Detective Comics #773 (October 2002)
Huntress	Helena Bertinelli	Queen	Gotham Knights #38 (April 2003)	Former member of the Justice League. Later member of: Birds of Prey The Outsiders
Maxwell Lord	N/A	Black King	DC Countdown #1 (May 2005)	Former financier of the Justice League. Died in Wonder Woman vol. 2, #219 (September 2005).
Patricia Grace-Colby		Black Queen	The OMAC Project #2 (July 2005)
Ahmed Samsarra		White King
Oksana Verchenko		White Queen
Arthur Kendrick		Knight
Jacob Lee
Graziella Rea
Isobel Sanchez

Roster during Checkmate vol. 2

Character	Real name	Position	First appearance	Notes
Taleb Beni Khalid	N/A	Black King	Checkmate vol. 2, #1 (June 2006)	Seconded from Israeli Defence Forces .
Sasha Bordeaux	N/A	Black Queen
Green Lantern	Alan Scott	White King		Concurrent member of the Justice Society of America; forced to resign by UN Security Council in issue #4 (September 2006).
Mister Terrific	Michael Holt	White King's Bishop / White King		Concurrent member of the Justice Society of America.
Shen Li Po	N/A	Black King's Bishop		Leave of absence in issue #16 (September 2007).
Amanda Waller	N/A	White Queen		Resigned from Checkmate in issue #20 (November 2007).
Jessica Midnight	N/A	Black Queen's Bishop		British National.
King Faraday	N/A	White Queen's Bishop		Resigned from Checkmate in issue #20 (November 2007).
Fire	Beatriz Bonilla da Costa	Black King's Knight		Former member of: Global Guardians Justice League
Jonah McCarthy	N/A	Black Queen's Knight		Apparent death in issue #1 (June 2006).
Count Vertigo	Werner Vertigo	White Queen's Knight		Current member of the Suicide Squad. Resigned from Checkmate in issue #20 (November 2007).
Thomas Jagger	N/A	White King's Knight
Mademoiselle Marie	Josephine Tautin	Black Queen's Knight	Checkmate vol. 2, #5 (October 2006)
Pawn 502	Lucas Terrel	Pawn	Checkmate vol. 2, #8 (January 2007)	Infiltrated Kobra organization. Died shortly after being lifted when cover was blown in issue #23 (February 2008).
Thinker	N/A	White King's Bishop	Checkmate vol. 2, #9 (February 2007)
August General in Iron	Fang Zhifu	Black King's Bishop	Checkmate vol. 2, #16 (September 2007)	Seconded from the Great Ten.
Valentina Vostok	N/A	White Queen	Checkmate vol. 2, #21 (December 2007)	Apparently KIA in Blüdhaven from Darkseid 's forces.
Bad Samaritan	Zviad Baazovi	White Queen's Bishop	Checkmate vol. 2 #22 (March 2008)	A Georgian National.
Rocket Red #1	Maks Chazov	White Queen's Knight	Checkmate vol. 2 #22 (March 2008)	Russian member of the Rocket Red Brigade.
Cinnamon	N/A	Rook	Checkmate vol. 2, #24 (May 2008)
Gravedigger	Tyson Sykes
Faust	Sebastian Faust			Checkmate's mystic consultant. Designated callsign "Rook Gamma".
Master Jailer	Carl Draper	Castellan	Checkmate vol. 2, #17 (October 2007)
Snapper Carr	Lucas Carr	Pawn	52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #3 (December 2007)
G.I. Robot	J.A.K.E. #6.1	Rook	Checkmate vol. 2, #24 (May 2008)

Roster during Checkmate vol. 3

Character	Real name	Position	First appearance	Notes
Green Arrow	Oliver Queen
Talia al Ghul	N/A
Lois Lane	N/A
Manhunter	Kate Spencer
Mister Bones	Robert Todd
Question	Vic Sage
Steve Trevor	N/A