Comic Title: Checkmate #7
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: October 1988
On Sale Date: June 14, 1988 Shipping Date June 14, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #5

Shipping Date June 16, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #141

Shipping Date June 14, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #758, #760, #762

Newsstand Date June 28, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #758, #760, #762

Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jonathan Peterson

Title: "Arabian Knights"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Checkmate

Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Penciller: Steve Erwin
Inker: Al Vey
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino
Colorist: Nansi Hoolahan

Feature Character(s)

• Checkmate (last appearance in Checkmate #6; next appearance in Checkmate #8)
• Harry Stein (last appearance in Suicide Squad #17; next appearance in Checkmate #8)
• Aaron (aka Knight-One; last appearance in Checkmate #6; no further appearances)
• Winston Churchill O'Donnell (aka Knight-Three; dies in this story; last appearance in Checkmate #4; next appearance in Checkmate #19)
• Beth Zahar (alias Knight-Two; a Checkmate Knight; last name not revealed in this story; next appearance in Checkmate #19)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jack Wyznowski (last appearance in Checkmate #6; next appearance in Checkmate #19)

Villain(s)

• President Marlo (last appearance in Suicide Squad #2; next appearance in Suicide Squad #26)
• An assassin (disguised as Vittoria DeLucca; last appearance in Checkmate #5; no further appearances)
• A Quracan minister (no further appearances)
• Several Quracan troops (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Asche (last appearance in Checkmate #6; no further appearances)
• Emile (a member of the Student Revolutionary Council in Qurac; no further appearances)
• A group of rebels (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Checkmate has tracked a ring of international arms smugglers to the rogue nation of Qurac. They covertly send three knights into the country to meet with local rebel groups. They also kidnap a Quracan minister who reveals that the supply of arms has been consolidated in a central location due to Checkmate's previous operations.

When the time is right, the order is given and the rebel groups begin a campaign of chaos throughout the capital city of Al Kuwait. Checkmate's knights then entire the compound where the weapons are stored and plant explosives. An assassin who has tangled with Checkmate on two other occasions awaits them. He wounds Winston O'Donnell just as he activates the bomb's timer. A female Knight named Beth then kills the assassin. Beth is forced to leave Winston behind to die in the explosion which destroys the weapons.

By the following morning, the Quracan troops have restored order. The rebel uprising fails to unseat President Marlo. However, Checkmate primary mission to destroy the weapons was successful, though it cost them the life of one of their own.