Alters was a superhero comic book series created and written by Paul Jenkins and drawn by Leila Leiz.

One of the most powerful names himself Matter Man and sets himself up as a terrorist on the Eastern seaboard, gathering other Alters with similar desires.

Chalice's public appearance attracts the attention of both Octavian and Matter Man, due to her high level of powers including gravity manipulation, the ability to move through quantum tunnels and also to detect emerging Alters.

A disastrous confrontation follows where Chalice's inexperience leads to Gateway Army member Morph being crippled, with his real identity exposed as a result.

After some friction from other members, and Octavian correctly guessing Chalice's transgenderism (promising not to pry into her private life), the group becomes closer.

Charlie is still keeping both her dual life as Chalice and ongoing gender reassignment from the rest of the family bar Teddy.

Morph meanwhile makes a partial recovery, choosing to use his abilities one last time even if it will kill him, rather than living miserably in a hospital bed.

[8] Writing for Medium, Miriam Kent expressed scepticism that the small audience of AfterShock Comics really justified the description of Chalice as the first mainstream transgender superhero as reported in other publications.

[9] Bleeding Cool also questioned the description when AfterShock used it in their own solicitation text, citing Masquerade from the 1993 DC series Blood Syndicate.

Patrick Hayes of SciFiPulse.Net noted that "[t]he visuals are beautiful and deserve attention, while the story looks to be addressing something avoided in American society.".

[13] Joe Glass was generally positive reviewing the first trade collection for Bleeding Cool, noting that the story improved after a clumsy start.