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DC’sEvent Leviathanleft the DC Universe in turmoil after the mysterious Leviathan organization destroyed the globe ’s intelligence agency . In the special issueLeviathan Dawn # 1 , the the great unwashed who end Leviathan from pack over the domain all have gather to investigate the counter - espionage radical and interpret the web of arcanum that created them . But the newly - formed team has a major obstruction to infiltrating the villainous cabal : the leader of Leviathan has outright purchase the country of Markovia .
Markovia is a fictional land in the DCU , site in Western Europe somewhere near Belgium . Markovia is considerably love as the stock state ofTeen Titanscharacter Terra , as well as that of her brother Geo - Force , who is a perennial appendage of the Outsiders squad . Both are heirs to the body politic ’s throne , which may or may not exist now that Leviathan has taken over . Markovia is also featured in time of year 3 ofYoung Justiceand inrecent episodes of Black Lightning .
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TheLeviathan Dawnone - shot , written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrate by Alex Maleev , opens withthe ensemble characters scattered and scramble . Each is chasing a unlike trail left by Leviathan ’s soldiers , but working alone against partner in crime that can teleport at will , none are finding any hazard . Steve Trevor , an ARGUS agent leave without an agency , is rescued from detention by a highly closelipped white - haired man who locomote by King . ( Perceptive readers will recognize that this character seem to be King Faraday , a DC spymaster mentioned in the previews forthe upcomingGeneration Onestory . ) King then drags Trevor along on a mission to gather allies and organise a plan to strike back against Leviathan . Once he ’s gathered the roster of the squad semi - officially have it off as Checkmate , he drop a bombshell to the pettifoggery heroes ( and villains ) to let them know the gravity of the situation : Leviathan has purchased the full nation of Markovia with cash .
The cast instantly translate the implications . Manhunteruses her expertise as a lawyerto claim that , " legally speaking " , if Checkmate tries to attack them , they ’re " the uncollectible guy cable " . In other parole , Leviathan ’s leader join the membership of villains like Black Adam and DC ’s Doctor Doom who fly the coop any indebtedness to legal philosophy enforcement in other nations via diplomatical unsusceptibility . Whether this makes any legal sensory faculty is beside the point , which is to establish Leviathan as an ongoing threat and foreclose Checkmate from acting against them overtly .
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