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CHECKMATE #1
Written by Greg Rucka
Art by Jesus Saiz
Cover by Lee Bermejo

Checkmate holds the line. Cross it - and they'll take you off the board. Permanently.

In this thrilling new ongoing series, the team behind the blockbuster OMAC PROJECT - writer Greg Rucka & artist Jesus Saiz - returns with a different spy agency for a different world. Infinite Crisis has changed the DCU, and Checkmate has shaped its hard-learned lessons into a new game plan.

In Checkmate, it's all about the balance of power. Between Black and White; between human and metahuman; and between the familiar faces who have become its new Kings and Queens. It's also about the propaganda wars, black ops combat, and political manuevering that fuel Checkmate's critical missions - missions that take a grueling toll on the agents' day-to-day lives.

First, however, they must prove their right to exist - to the U.N. And they only have hours to do it in this breathtaking first issue! For a signed edition, see the Dynamic Forces section of Previews.

On sale April 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

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Lex Luthor: Man of Steel #1 hits stores today!

Written by Brian Azzarello; Art and cover by Lee Bermejo

Superman has been called many things, from the defender of Truth, Justice and the American Way to the Big Blue Boy Scout. In the new 5-issue miniseries LEX LUTHOR: MAN OF STEEL, he'll be called something he never has before: a dangerous threat to all humanity!

Fresh off his dynamic run on SUPERMAN, Brian Azzarello teams up with Lee Bermejo (BATMAN/DEATHBLOW) for a bold story in which readers get a glimpse into the mind of Lex Luthor. Long considered one of DC's most vile villains, MAN OF STEEL reveals why Luthor chooses to be the proverbial thorn in Superman's side — simply put, to save humanity from an untrusted alien being. Or, as Azzarello himself puts it, "In this story, Superman is the villain."

Superman  |  32pg.  |  Color  |  $2.99 US

-Eddy