| Department of Extranormal Operations | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Batman #550 (1998) |
| Created by | Dan Curtis Johnson and J. H. Williams III |
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| Type of organization | Federal Law Enforcement Agency |
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The Department of Extranormal Operations (DEO) is a government agency in the DC Universe appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. It was co-created by Dan Curtis Johnson and J. H. Williams III and first appeared in Batman #550 (1998).[3] The agency was the focus of the Chase series. It is featured in the Supergirl television series.[4] The agency has a complicated relationship with the depiction of law and constitutional rights in the DC Universe.[5]
- ^ Detective Comics #763
- ^ Superman #681
- ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Manning, Matthew K.; McAvennie, Michael; Wallace, Daniel (2019). DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle. DK Publishing. p. 266. ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.
- ^ Moll, Nicholas William (2020). "Krypton's Rage: Contrasting the Emotions and Powers of Supergirl in Television and the New 52". In Rayborn, Tim; Wehler, Melissa (eds.). Girl of Steel: Essays on Television's Supergirl and Fourth-Wave Feminism. McFarland & Co. p. 104. ISBN 9781476672014.
- ^ Daily, James; Davidson, Ryan (2013). "Constitutional Law". The Law of Superheroes. Gotham Books. pp. 33–35. ISBN 9781592408399.