Chess Set (Earth-616)

Chess Set
Name	Chess Set
Members
Current Member(s)	Over-Knight, King Coal, Killer Queen, Dark Tower
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Secret
Enemies	Alpha Flight
Origin and Status
Status	Active
Reality	Earth-616
Base of Operations	Mobile
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Simon Furman, Craig Brasfield
First	Alpha Flight #121 (April, 1993)
First	Alpha Flight #121 (April, 1993)
Last	Alpha Flight #121 (April, 1993)
Last	Alpha Flight #121 (April, 1993)

History

The Chess Set attempted to auction off the remains of former Gamma Flight members, Auric and Silver, and a civilian scientist. Auric and Silver had been experimented on by the Sphinx and his agents in an exploration of superhuman powers. The scientist who discovered their corpses claimed that their bodies gave him powers so the corpses were stolen and added to the auction block for an event the Chess Set had organized. Alpha Flight (Gamma Flight's successor) tracked down the event, with the aid of Spider-Man.

There the Brass Bishop explained that the energies that had been collected as part of the Sphinx's experiments were now stored in the bodies of the two siblings and the scientist. During the battle between Alpha Flight, Spider-Man, and the Chess Set, the energies pooled into the scientist and he became a new, merged, being. Seeking vengeance, the new being lashed out at the Chess Set, planning to kill them. Alpha Flight's leader, Guardian convinced the being that to honor the memories of Auric and Silver, it should not kill the Chess Set. Agreeing, the being disappeared.

See Also

• 1 appearance(s) of Chess Set (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Chess Set (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Chess Set (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Chess Set (Earth-616)
• 5 member(s) of Chess Set (Earth-616)