# Department of Extranormal Operations

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The **Department of Extranormal Operations** (**DEO**) is a [government agency](/source/Government_agency) in the [DC Universe](/source/DC_Universe) appearing in [American comic books](/source/American_comic_book) published by [DC Comics](/source/DC_Comics). It was co-created by [Dan Curtis Johnson](/source/Dan_Curtis_Johnson) and [J. H. Williams III](/source/J._H._Williams_III) and first appeared in *[Batman](/source/Batman)* #550 (1998).[3] The agency was the focus of the *[Chase](/source/Chase_(comics))* series. It is featured in the *[Supergirl](/source/Supergirl_(TV_series))* television series.[4] The agency has a complicated relationship with the depiction of law and constitutional rights in the DC Universe.[5]

## Fictional organization history

The role of the DEO is to monitor those with extranormal [superpowers](/source/Superpower_(ability)) and to prevent any threat to the general public.[citation needed]

A rogue department of the DEO manages to convince [Kyle Rayner](/source/Kyle_Rayner) to scan various heroes, presumably to detect a [body-hopping](/source/Body-hopping) supervillain. Instead, the data is used to create a new version of [Amazo](/source/Amazo). [Chase](/source/Chase_(comics)), [Mister Bones](/source/Mister_Bones), Kyle, and other heroes shut down the division. Amazo is destroyed and Kyle deletes the relevant information.[6]

Batwoman becomes a reluctant agent of the DEO after the agency learns her identity. [Mister Bones](/source/Mister_Bones), director of the DEO, believes himself to be the illegitimate son of Col. [Jacob Kane](/source/Jacob_Kane), Batwoman's father. DEO agents discover that [Beth Kane](/source/Beth_Kane), Batwoman's identical twin sister, is alive and capture her. Bones blackmails Batwoman into helping the DEO uncover the secret identity of [Batman](/source/Batman) in exchange for Beth. Batwoman and her allies are unable to rescue Beth and Bones attempts to kill her. Agent Asaf, suborned by Batwoman, shoots Bones in the head and frees Beth. Bones is brain-damaged, but survives.[7]

## Operatives

### Executive directors

- [Mister Bones](/source/Mister_Bones) – Pre-*Crisis*/Post-*Crisis*
- [Amanda Waller](/source/Amanda_Waller) – *[The New 52](/source/The_New_52)*
- [Cameron Chase](/source/Chase_(comics)) – *[DC Rebirth](/source/DC_Rebirth)*
- [Martin Stein](/source/Martin_Stein) – Founder of the Department of Metahuman Affairs.[8][9]
- [Sarge Steel](/source/Sarge_Steel) – Director of the Department of Metahuman Affairs.

### Agents

- Agent Sandra "The Bear" Barrett
- [Agent Kate Spencer](/source/Manhunter_(Kate_Spencer))
- Alesandra Taracon (undercover as "Cucilla" in Slabside Penitentiary).[1]
- Donald Fite and Ishido Maad (occasional allies of [Young Justice](/source/Young_Justice), seconded from A.P.E.S.).
- [Agent Liberty](/source/Agent_Liberty)[2]
- [Batwoman](/source/Batwoman)

## In other media

### Television

- The Department of Extranormal Operations appears in *[Supergirl](/source/Supergirl_(TV_series))*, initially led by [J'onn J'onzz](/source/J'onn_J'onzz_(Arrowverse)) before [Alex Danvers](/source/Alex_Danvers) eventually succeeds him and consisting of [Brainiac 5](/source/Brainiac_5_(Arrowverse)) and [Raymond Jensen](/source/Raymond_Jensen).
- The Department of Extranormal Operations appears in the *[Legends of Tomorrow](/source/Legends_of_Tomorrow)* episode "Ground Control to Sara Lance".

### Film

The Department of Extranormal Operations appears in *[Green Lantern](/source/Green_Lantern_(film))*, consisting of [Amanda Waller](/source/Amanda_Waller).

### Video games

The Department of Extranormal Operations appears in *[Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate](/source/Batman:_Arkham_Origins_Blackgate)*.

### Miscellaneous

The Department of Extranormal Operations appears in *[Smallville Season 11](/source/Smallville_Season_11)*, led by [Mister Bones](/source/Mister_Bones) and [Steve Trevor](/source/Steve_Trevor) and consisting of [Cameron Chase](/source/Cameron_Chase), [Green Arrow](/source/Oliver_Queen_(Smallville)), and [Diana Prince](/source/Diana_Prince).[10]

## References

1. *[Detective Comics](/source/Detective_Comics)* #763 (December 2001)

1. *[Superman](/source/Superman_(comic_book))* #681 (December 2008)

1. Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). *DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle*. [DK Publishing](/source/DK_Publishing). p. 266. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.

1. Moll, Nicholas William (2020). "Krypton's Rage: Contrasting the Emotions and Powers of Supergirl in Television and the New 52". *Girl of Steel: Essays on Television's Supergirl and Fourth-Wave Feminism*. McFarland & Co. p. 104. ISBN 9781476672014.

1. Daily, James & Davidson, Ryan (2013). "Constitutional Law". *The Law of Superheroes*. Gotham Books. pp. 33–35. ISBN 9781592408399.

1. *DC Secrets and Origins* (2000)

1. *[Batwoman](/source/Batwoman)* (vol. 2) #17 - 20 (April - July 2013)

1. *[Doomsday Clock](/source/Doomsday_Clock_(comics))* #9 (May 2019)

1. Johnston, Rich (March 6, 2019). ["Doomsday Clock #9 Rewrites Firestorm's Origin (Spoilers)"](https://bleedingcool.com/comics/doomsday-clock-9-rewrites-firestorms-origin-spoilers/). *[Bleeding Cool](/source/Bleeding_Cool)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210126024318/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/doomsday-clock-9-rewrites-firestorms-origin-spoilers/) January 26, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 27, 2025.

1. *Smallville Season 11 Special* #2 (September 2013)

## External links

- Smith, Zack (November 3, 2006). ["Chasing The Past: Looking Back on "Chase" with Johnson"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121006110219/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=8499). [Comic Book Resources](/source/Comic_Book_Resources). Archived from [the original](http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=8499) on October 6, 2012.

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