{"id":283,"date":"2010-11-02T16:34:40","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T16:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/11\/02\/behold-the-awesome-power-of-revsf-wayne-beamer\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:35","slug":"behold-the-awesome-power-of-revsf-wayne-beamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/11\/02\/behold-the-awesome-power-of-revsf-wayne-beamer\/","title":{"rendered":"Behold the awesome power of RevSF & Wayne Beamer"},"content":{"rendered":"

On October 1 as part of the RevolutionSF six day extravaganza, the Uncanny Un-Collectibles<\/a>, Wayne Beamer lamented<\/a> the lack of a collected Chase<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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What 99 percent of us know about Chase<\/span> is nothing, unfortunately. It was a blip of a 10-issue series last published in 1999<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Since the Eisner-winning debut of Batwoman by Williams III and Greg Rucka in Detective Comics<\/span> 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:<\/p>\n

1. When will DC finally collect it? 2. When will Chase return?<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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When y’all hit your local shop tomorrow to pick up your new comics, you might notice a book titled DC Presents: Chase<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s the skinny from the DC page:<\/p>\n

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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<\/p>\n

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 \u2013 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!<\/p>\n

DC Comics | 96pg. | Color | $7.99 US<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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While it’s not exactly what Wayne was clamoring for, it’s a start.<\/p>\n

Now if only the fine folks at DC would finally give us those Scribbly<\/span>, Secret Six<\/span>, Rip Hunter<\/span>, and Plop<\/span> collections…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On October 1 as part of the RevolutionSF six day extravaganza, the Uncanny Un-Collectibles, Wayne Beamer lamented the lack of a collected Chase. Quote: What 99 percent of us know about Chase is nothing, unfortunately. It was a blip of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n