List of government agencies in DC Comics


The following is a list of fictional government agencies, comic book organizations that have been published by DC Comics and their imprints.

A

Agency

The Agency is a fictional organization appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
The Agency was formed by Amanda Waller to serve as a small, quasi-independent branch of Task Force X. It performed global operations which were vital to the security of American interests. Valentina Vostok brought former NYPD Lieutenant Harry Stein into the Agency as an operative. Adrian Chase and Peacemaker were contract operatives for the Agency.

Agency in other media

The Agency appears in Batman: The Enemy Within. Led by Amanda Waller, its known members include Iman Avesta, Vernon Blake, Mario Fernandez, Roger Harrison, and an assortment of other unnamed agents.

A.P.E.S.

A.P.E.S. is a semi-independent U.S. governmental division within the D.E.O., possessing government IDs for multiple agencies ranging from the FBI to Scotland Yard and SMERSH; an agent has described the organisation as possessing more clearance than God. Donald Fite, father of Anita Fite / Empress, and Ishito Maad are their most well-known operatives. Their main headquarters is inside Mount Rushmore.

Argent

Argent was the domestic branch of Task Force X. It was a sister organization to the Suicide Squad. Argent was led by Control and consisted mainly of former OSS agents. Argent was a powerful agency during most of the Cold War. After confronting and killing a government official responsible for the assassination of President Kennedy, Control ordered all records of Argent destroyed and pulled the organisation undercover. For years, the Argent continued their work in secret, but shrunk considerably in size. Eventually, Control died, but his granddaughter, Anne-Marie Vere, maintained the pretense that he was still alive to keep the group operating. In recent times, a confrontation with the Suicide Squad exposed the deception and Argent disbanded. Known agents of the Argent included Control, Falcon, Fleur, Iron Munro, Phantom Lady and Anne-Marie Vere.

A.R.G.U.S.

Advanced Research Group Uniting Super-Humans is a U.S. federal agency operating under the jurisdiction of Homeland Security. It is under the command of Colonel Steve Trevor and Director Amanda Waller.

A.S.A.

The A.S.A. was a U.S. government organization that supervised the creation of the national team of super-agents called the Force of July. The chairman of the A.S.A. was B. Eric Blairman. Blairman was later replaced as head of the A.S.A. by the even more corrupt Abraham Lincoln Carlyle, who made an attempt to use Psycho-Pirate's Medusa Mask to get himself elected president. During an internecine war within the U.S. Government called the Janus Directive, Carlyle and most of the Force of July were killed in battle. The American Security Agency was made defunct shortly afterwards.

A.S.A. in other media

A variation of the A.S.A. appears in Black Lightning, consisting of Peter Gambi, Gardner Grayle, Kara Fowdy, Martin Proctor, Percy Odell, Carson Williams, and Sara Grey.

B

B.A.A.

The B.A.A. is a U.S. government agency that monitors and deploys enhanced animal super-operatives. Currently known operatives of the Bureau are Rex the Wonder Dog and Detective Chimp.

Bureau of Normalcy

The Bureau of Normalcy, formerly the Bureau of Oddities, is an organization dedicated to the weaponization or eradication of entities they deem to be odd. It was introduced in Doom Patrol and based on Men from N.O.W.H.E.R.E. from the Doom Patrol comics.

C

C.B.I.

The C.B.I. was formerly led by Sarge Steel and also included Danny Chase, King Faraday, Richard Dragon, and Ben Turner in its stable of agents. Steel was eventually depicted as a Federal Cabinet Secretary of Metahuman Affairs, until the election of Lex Luthor as president. Luthor then appointed Amanda Waller as his replacement until he was exposed as a criminal in the events of Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.

Civil Defense Administration

The Civil Defense Administration is a U.S. intelligence agency created as a replacement for International Operations. It is led by Ivana Baiul as seen in the pages of Stormwatch: Team Achilles.

C.E.M.A.

C.E.M.A. is an interstellar organization tasked to help the survivors of cosmic disasters such as planet-eating monsters.

Checkmate

Checkmate is a covert operations agency within the DC Comics Universe. Created from the ashes of its predecessor group, the Agency, it was originally set up by Amanda Waller to serve as a small, quasi-independent branch of Task Force X under the command of Colonel Valentina Vostok to perform operations worldwide considered vital to the security of American interests. In the wake of events depicted in the miniseries The OMAC Project and Infinite Crisis, Checkmate has been re-chartered as a United Nations Security Council-affiliated agency.
Checkmate's original hierarchy was modelled after the pieces of a chess game - one King, one Queen, and several Bishops. The Bishops oversaw the Rooks behind the scenes, while the Rooks planned missions and supervised the field agents, or Knights, and the Knights' support, Pawns.
Pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1696, Checkmate was reorganized as the UN's chartered metahuman monitoring force. The organization was restructured, utilizing the "Rule of Two". Each super-powered or otherwise enhanced member in the "Royal Family" must have an un-powered counterpart in a corresponding position of power. In addition, there are an indeterminate number of "Pawns". In the original incarnation of Checkmate, they were low-level field agents that provided intelligence-gathering, logistical and operational support; it appears that the Pawns in the current incarnation serve similar roles.

Checkmate! (Russia)

The Russian version of Checkmate was introduced in the last issues of the original series run. They were admittedly underfunded but wore armor similar to their U.S. counterparts.

D

D.E.O.

The D.E.O. is a branch of the U.S. government concerned with the magical, the alien, and the superhuman and having connections with such organizations as the Suicide Squad and Knightwatch. Other divisions include an agency for training 'gifted' youngsters whose powers manifest at a difficult age, and numerous surveillance and data-collection operations. The current Regional Director for the Eastern Seaboard is a former costumed villain named Mister Bones. One of its highest-profile agents is Cameron Chase.

Département Gamma

Département Gamma is the main French covert ops organization in the DC Comics universe. Known operatives are Andre Chevard founder and leader, Fleur-de-Lis, Belphegor, Tin, the Captain, the Professor, and Halfwolf.

Department PSI

Department PSI is a rival organization to the International Operations and employer of the superhero team Wildcore. Its director is Antonio Giovanni. When International Operations was dissolved, Department PSI absorbed most of its assets, equipment, and personnel.

D.M.A.

The D.M.A. is a division within the D.E.O. Known operatives are Sarge Steel, Tom Tresser, and Diana Prince.

D.S.I.

The D.S.I. is a government organization dedicated to the investigation of strange phenomena. Known operatives were Darwin Jones, the chief of staff, and Tommy Dane, one of the Young Scienceers.

E

E.A.G.L.E.

E.A.G.L.E. is a government agency within the Astro City universe. They are described to normally function as a sort of "clean up crew" for the superheroes, but during the Confession storyline they are seen hunting down, and capturing, various superheroes. After the storyline, it is implied that they returned to their normal duties.

F

FDAA

Introduced in issue #1 of The American Way, the FDAA handles a U.S. government superhero team called the Civil Defense Corps. The FDAA is responsible for using gene therapy to create many of America's heroes as well as "villains" who they have fight the heroes in publicly staged battles. The FDAA periodically unleashes Hellbent, a homicidal and sociopathic supervillain, to assassinate enemies of the United States.

Finger, Eye, and Ear

The Finger, the Eye, and the Ear were the three branches of overt government surveillance depicted in the dystopian Britain of V for Vendetta.

G

G.E.O.R.G.E.

G.E.O.R.G.E. debuted in Blackhawk #228, during that title's attempt to mainstream the Blackhawks as superheroes. G.E.O.R.G.E. opposed the International Crime Combine, a supraorganization made up of operatives from various other criminal organizations some based in the DC Comics Universe, like CYCLOPS and O.G.R.E., and other fictional organizations such as THRUSH and SPECTRE. Known G.E.O.R.G.E. operatives were their leader the Long L, Mister Delta, and the Champ, a trenchcoat-wearing robot.

Global Peace Defense

Main article: Global Peace Agency

The Global Peace Agency is an organization that first appeared outside the DC Universe in the original OMAC series, but which became part of the DCU proper in Final Crisis #7.

G.O.O.D.

G.O.O.D. is an international organization where the only known operatives are Barney Ling and field operatives Ben Turner and Richard Dragon.

H

Hayoth

The Hayoth are a team of four super-powered covert operatives who act as a special division of the Mossad. Their first contact with the West came when Amanda Waller was contracted to capture Kobra. Waller was informed of the Hayoth's existence by an Egyptian operative named Nazair.