On October 1 as part of the RevolutionSF six day extravaganza, the Uncanny Un-Collectibles, Wayne Beamer lamented the lack of a collected Chase.
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| What 99 percent of us know about Chase is nothing, unfortunately. It was a blip of a 10-issue series last published in 1999 about Cameron Chase, a female governmental operative with the Department of Extranormal Operations who had a deep-seated hatred of most superbeings, good and bad. No great loss, right? Hardly.
Chase marked the beginning of the artistic partnership of J. H. Williams III and Mick Gray, whose collaboration with Alan Moore on Promethea, a modern-day mashup of Wonder Woman and Fawcett’s Captain Marvel memes, was among a handful of the best and most entertaining and beautiful superhero comics published anywhere by anybody over the past decade. And award-winning too. Since the Eisner-winning debut of Batwoman by Williams III and Greg Rucka in Detective Comics now promoted (to her own series coming this November), the scant few fans of Chase and those who want to be (me) have been asking two questions: 1. When will DC finally collect it? 2. When will Chase return? If the overt hints on Williams III’s web site are any inkling, we may see a Chase reappearance in the pages of Batwoman next year. What that could lead to afterward is anyone’s guess. Fingers and toes are crossed daily. Feel free to join the movement. -Wayne Beamer |
When y’all hit your local shop tomorrow to pick up your new comics, you might notice a book titled DC Presents: Chase.
Here’s the skinny from the DC page:
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| Written by D. CURTIS JOHNSON and J.H. WILLIAMS III; Art and cover by J.H. WILLIAMS III and MICK GRAY
Cameron Chase, agent of the Department of Extranormal Affairs, is introduced in the debut issue of her cult-favorite DCU series! Plus, family secrets are revealed in a tale from issue #6 – and the Dark Knight guest stars in the two-part story "Shadowing the Bat," from issues #7-8. Featuring the spectacular art of J.H. Williams III! DC Comics | 96pg. | Color | $7.99 US |
While it’s not exactly what Wayne was clamoring for, it’s a start.
Now if only the fine folks at DC would finally give us those Scribbly, Secret Six, Rip Hunter, and Plop collections…