Department of Extranormal Operations

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The Department of Extranormal Operations is an agency that features in DC Comics.

History

The Department of Extranormal Operations (D.E.O.) was a government agency that operated within the United States of America.

The Department of Extranormal Operations was created by Dan Curtis Johnson and J. H. Williams III where it made its first appearance in Batman v1 #550 (1998).

In Supergirl, the Department of Extranormal Operations was part of the setting and featured in the pilot episode. It was shown as being a government agency established to combat the threat of extraterrestrials following the emergence of Superman. They were responsible for recovering Kara Zor-Els ship after it crashed on Earth and when Superman recovered his cousin. It was headed by Hank Henshaw and one of its lead scientists was Alex Danvers who was the adoptive sister of Supergirl.

In the 2011 Green Lantern film, the Department of Extranormal Operations was a secret agency with one of its heads being Dr. Amanda Waller. It was shown to be receiving secret support from Senator Robert Hammond who took charge of Abin Sur's body and starship for study after it crashed on Earth. The senator's son Dr. Hector Hammond was placed in charge of conducting the autopsy of Abin Sur where he became infected by the Parallax entity gifting him powerful telepathic abilities whilst mutating his body.

In Batman: Arkham Origins - Blackgate, the D.E.O. made an appearance in the video game. They were described as being a secret government agency with Catwoman broke into one of their branches in Gotham City to steal some classified data. Batman arrived at the scene to arrest her but the pair were confronted by D.E.O. security squad Omega. They attempted to arrest the pair with the D.E.O. agents attacking Batman who knocked them out after which he pursued Catwoman to arrest her. Further D.E.O. operatives were at the scene where they were monitoring the rooftops in order to catch the pair of costumed individuals.

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