Chief

Chief is a supporting character in Steve Moncuse's underwater noir comedy Fish Police, an aquatic parody of hard-boiled detective fiction. Operating in a world of anthropomorphic sea creatures, Chief shares the precinct with protagonist Inspector Gill in this fin-and-scale crime universe.

Surfacing from the imaginative depths of Steve Moncuse's beloved aquatic noir world, Chief made their debut in The Fish Police #2 in 1986, right in the heart of the Copper Age. Published by Comico, this underwater universe blended crime fiction with fin-and-scale whimsy in a way that felt genuinely unlike anything else on the stands. Chief keeps colorful company — sharing pages with the likes of Inspector Gill, Oscar the Octopus, and the evocatively named Hook and Goldie — a cast that tells you everything about how richly populated this submerged precinct really was. With a cult following that has kept Fish Police fondly remembered decades on, Chief is a rewarding discovery for any collector who appreciates the Copper Age's spirit of bold, offbeat storytelling.