This issue was a massive leap in the right direction. Issue 1 had me a little worried this was going to be a slog to get through, but I'm genuinely enjoying myself at this point. I hope Bendis can keep this momentum going forward. This issue is definitely worth it if you've been intrigued since issue 1, but if you're still skeptical on the series as a whole, maybe give it another issue. Read Full Review

Overall, it's an intriguing series, but a third of the way through the story, it feels like it's revealing its secrets very slowly. Not unusual for the creative team. Read Full Review

There is a lot to mull over. And certainly I want to see how all these new threads move forward. But this seemed like a pause. In a 7 issue mini-series, I want a roller coaster. Read Full Review

We also get more of Green Arrow and the Question working together for Checkmate which is quickly becoming one of the comic's more amusing pairings. Read Full Review

Checkmate #2 begins to lineup some pieces, but is the game still worth playing? Read Full Review

Bendis fails to sell the notion that take on Checkmate is necessary at this point or why the story matters with so many characters and events moving well past Event Leviathan. At least this issue suggests there can be some redeeming parts through this journey. Read Full Review

Checkmate #2 doesn't fire on the same cylinders that the first issue did, but there's still time for the story to find itself and hit a home run. It did give us a great scene between Oliver Queen and The Question though, which is worth the price of admission alone. Read Full Review

What the heck is even happening here most of the time? Don't ask me, what a let down. Read Full Review

Checkmate continues to disappoint as I wonder what the point is overall in not only the story but in the characters we love acting and sounding so strangely through Bendis' mind. Some things in this issue feel like they'd be big anywhere else but because they're done here in a story that has gone on too long without anyone really knowing what it's about, I can't bring myself to think that anything big that happens here matters anywhere else. Read Full Review

Checkmate #2 would be brilliant if we understood what was happening. The story is awful for new readers, with no explanations for any part of the plot. The time jumps have had no starting point, and there are so many characters involved that is impossible to get a bearing over whether you are interested in them. Read Full Review

HO IS DAEMON is some pretty terrible from cover typography, like not at a professional level at all.

This continues to be a waste of time and money. Who is Daemon Rose? Well, we know who he is in Justice League, but he doesn't show up here.

More garbage from a garbage writer. Damian is poorly dialogues a 3 year old could do better. Absolute garbage