- "Lemme grab a seat and I'll tell ya about our hard, hard day."
- ―Hawkeye
| "Check and Mate!" | |
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| The Avengers | |
| Title: | "Check and Mate!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 108 |
| Cover price: | .20 |
| Cover date: | February, 1973 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Roy Thomas |
| Writers: | Steve Englehart |
| Pencilers: | Don Heck |
| Inkers: | Dave Cockrum; Joe Sinnott |
| Cover artists: | Rich Buckler |
| Cover inker: | Joe Sinnott |
| Colorists: | Petra Goldberg |
| Letterers: | John Costanza |
| Editors: | Roy Thomas |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Avengers #107 |
| Next: | Avengers #109 |
"Check and Mate!" is the title to the story from the 108th issue of volume one of the American superhero comic book series The Avengers. The story was written by Steve Englehart. Interior pencil artwork was provided by Don Heck with Dave Cockrum and Joe Sinnott on inks. The cover art illustration was composed by Rich Buckler and Joe Sinnott. The story was colored by Petra Goldberg and lettered by John Costanza. It was edited by Roy Thomas. The issue shipped with a February, 1973 cover date and carried a cover price of 20 cents per copy (US). In this issue, the Grim Reaper and the Space Phantom team up to recruit the Vision into betraying the Avengers with the promise of a human body. The Vision pretends to go along with it, thus biding his time so that he free his comrades. All this plus HYDRA too!
"Check and Mate!"[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
- Immortus (Behind the scenes only)}
Organizations
Races
Locations
- Limbo (Behind the scenes only)
- Negative Zone (Behind the scenes only)
Items
Vehicles
Powers
Notes & Trivia[]
- This issue is job number 1172Z.
- The cover lettering for this issue was provided by Gaspar Saladino, but he is uncredited for his work.
- Iron Man appeared last in Iron Man #55 where he encountered Thanos for the very first time.
- Behind the scenes appearance of Immortus, who is later revealed to be the mastermind behind the Space Phantom's actions.