Checkmate Part 1

Checkmate Part 1
Produced for:	The Phantom #21 (2008)
# of pgs:	22
Writer:	Mike Bullock
Artist:	Silvestre Szilagyi
Original colorist:	Bob Pedroza
Producer:	Moonstone Books

"Checkmate Part 1" is a 2008 Moonstone Books Phantom story by Mike Bullock and Silvestre Szilagyi.

Plot synopsis

Rebels warring in Bangallan jungles, terrorist attacks in the streets of Mawitaan and an old enemy suddenly freed from prison for no logical reason. Is this a series of unrelated events or part of something far more sinister?

Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Diana Palmer-Walker
• Kit
• Heloise
• Guran
• Devil
• Lamanda Luaga
• Ali Gutaale
• Temur Singh
• Anna Bacia (mentioned)
• HIM (mentioned)
• President Goranda (mentioned)

One-time characters

• President Leone (mentioned)
• Logu

Locations

• Bangalla
  • The Skull Cave
  • Mawitaan
• Ivory-Lana (mentioned)
• Egypt (mentioned)
  • Alexandria
• Uganda (mentioned)

Tribes

Organizations

• The Jungle Patrol
• Bangallan Freedom Alliance
• United African Freedom Militia
• Locke Corporation

Old Jungle Sayings

• When the Phantom is angry, the jungle shakes.

Related stories

Followed by

• "Checkmate Part 2" by Mike Bullock and Silvestre Szilagyi and Tomas Coggiola.
• "Checkmate Part 3" by Bullock and Szilagyi.
• "Checkmate Part 4" by Bullock and Szilagyi.
• "Checkmate Part 5" by Bullock and Szilagyi.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

USA

• The Phantom #21 (2008)
• Checkmate (2010)