Checkmate #3 Preview

[Hypo]

Checkmate #3 Preview
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Alex Maleev

[Thor-Ul]

I hope something happens in this number.

[Lee Stone]

I hope something happens in this number.

It'll be half through.
So maybe a door will get opened on the last page.

[Frontier]

What is even Leviathan's deal? It seems to change depending on the story.

(I low-key hate it when they call him "Clark Kent" now).

[Korath]

What is even Leviathan's deal? It seems to change depending on the story.

(I low-key hate it when they call him "Clark Kent" now).

I don't know, I think there has been a lot of consistency : they want to make the world a better place in the most radial way (absolute transparency, no more secret services, etc.) and they want to win over Clark to their side...

But like most extremist movements, their goals are undermined by their means. If they won, of course they'd be the heroes to everyone's villains... but as long as they don't, they can only pretend that they don't resort to terrible behavior.

[married guy]

I hope something happens in this number.

Absolutely no question this book is moving at a glacial pace.
I was hoping things would pick up a bit considering we've already had Event Leviathan and the Leviathan Dawn one-shot setting the dominoes up.
Not quite sure why Bendis hasn't pulled the trigger yet. An interesting premise is now beginning to bore me.

[Frontier]

I don't know, I think there has been a lot of consistency : they want to make the world a better place in the most radial way (absolute transparency, no more secret services, etc.) and they want to win over Clark to their side...

But like most extremist movements, their goals are undermined by their means. If they won, of course they'd be the heroes to everyone's villains... but as long as they don't, they can only pretend that they don't resort to terrible behavior.

I get the general gist but their standing and what they actually are just seems to radically shift (terrorist/Supervillain organization? Their own independent nation?).

It just seems kind of unclear to me.

[Thor-Ul]

I get the general gist but their standing and what they actually are just seems to radically shift (terrorist/Supervillain organization? Their own independent nation?).

It just seems kind of unclear to me.

Well, the most interesting things just happens... off-panel.
(Where is Geo-Force? How they take over a country? Was Markovia part of the EU?)