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dantastic's review
3.0
Former P.I. Cameron Chase joins the Department of Extranormal Operations and investigates metahuman activity. But what dark secret is she harboring...
I picked up Chase because Cameron Chase was a supporting cast member of the Manhunter series by [a:Marc Andreyko|19806|Marc Andreyko|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1342287225p2/19806.jpg]. Chase has a flavor that's somewhere in between Manhunter and Gotham Central. It almost feels like an ancestor of sorts of both books.
Chase's cases see her interacting with Batman, Clayface, the Suicide Squad, and many others. It's a slice of 90's comic nostalgia for me. Notable guest stars include the version of the Teen Titans led by The Atom, Connor Hawke as Green Arrow, the electric blue Superman, and the greatest Green Lantern to ever wear a ring, the crab-masked Kyle Rayner. Let's see how long it takes Terry to notice that last one. Other guest stars include Alan Scott as Sentinel and a tale of the past featuring the Hal Jordan Green Lantern and his cousin Air Wave. Chase's interactions with Batman were my favorite part of the story. I'm glad she's currently making appearances in one of the Bat-books.
The stories of the main Chase series are very well done, delving into Chase's background as she goes on cases. The various other stories within are fairly unnecessary. Did I really need to read Chase #1000000 or the various secret files issues? I did not. Chase 1-9 were very well done. The rest of the collection dragged it down.
Three stars. If you liked Cameron Chase's appearances in other books, you'll like her here.
I picked up Chase because Cameron Chase was a supporting cast member of the Manhunter series by [a:Marc Andreyko|19806|Marc Andreyko|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1342287225p2/19806.jpg]. Chase has a flavor that's somewhere in between Manhunter and Gotham Central. It almost feels like an ancestor of sorts of both books.
Chase's cases see her interacting with Batman, Clayface, the Suicide Squad, and many others. It's a slice of 90's comic nostalgia for me. Notable guest stars include the version of the Teen Titans led by The Atom, Connor Hawke as Green Arrow, the electric blue Superman, and the greatest Green Lantern to ever wear a ring, the crab-masked Kyle Rayner. Let's see how long it takes Terry to notice that last one. Other guest stars include Alan Scott as Sentinel and a tale of the past featuring the Hal Jordan Green Lantern and his cousin Air Wave. Chase's interactions with Batman were my favorite part of the story. I'm glad she's currently making appearances in one of the Bat-books.
The stories of the main Chase series are very well done, delving into Chase's background as she goes on cases. The various other stories within are fairly unnecessary. Did I really need to read Chase #1000000 or the various secret files issues? I did not. Chase 1-9 were very well done. The rest of the collection dragged it down.
Three stars. If you liked Cameron Chase's appearances in other books, you'll like her here.
matt4hire's review
4.0
We need to get this out of the way first: Williams' art is amazing. Even at this earlier, rougher, pre-Promethea stage, current artists should still be jealous of what he could do back in the day.
That said, the story's still really good! Chase is an interesting character, and it's sad that so little is seen of Johnson's plans with her. There were quite a few things at the very beginning that were set up as fodder for eventual plotlines down the road that the book was never able to get to. But it's still definitely worth it. Good stuff.
That said, the story's still really good! Chase is an interesting character, and it's sad that so little is seen of Johnson's plans with her. There were quite a few things at the very beginning that were set up as fodder for eventual plotlines down the road that the book was never able to get to. But it's still definitely worth it. Good stuff.
bloodravenlib's review
5.0
Quick impressions: I picked this up from my local public library, mostly out of curiosity, and it was worth it. This is one for libraries with graphic novel collections, especially if you already have the "usual" DC Comics fare like Batman, Superman, etc.
(Full review available on my blog soon.)
(Full review available on my blog soon.)
disobedientlib's review
3.0
A mishmash of stories from around the DC universe centering around agent Chase. There are some excellent stories here and great artwork by Williams III, but it's overwhelmed int he end by some bad and just plain confusing or incomplete stories pulled from other titles. Many feel unfinished and a couple of totally out of place far-future bizarre stories jolted me out of the stories completely.
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