: Occult Crimes Taskforce is an American four-issue comic book mini-series about the eponymous team of fictional police officers.

There is an old and forgotten resolution in recesses of the City of New York Annotated Code of Ordinances mandating the creation of a taskforce in the Manhattan Police Department specifically designed to deal with crimes of occult origin.

Due to the Otherground’s proximity to the Extant's epicenter, it is a hotbed of magical activity and a haven for Ceteri and Tainted alike.

Like Shangri La, Avalon and the Garden of Eden, only Tainted individuals and Ceteri can actually see the Otherground and spells of concealment prevent the average person from viewing it.

In Occult Crimes Taskforce (OCT) continuity historians claim Peter Minuit purchased the Isle of Manhattan in 1626 from Wappinger Indian Tribe for 60 Dutch Guilders or $24.

Formed in the 19th century, the Occult Crimes Taskforce is a covert police unit composed of the Manhattan Investigators and "Ceteri", supernatural beings from the dimension beyond, who have pledged their existence to the protection of mankind.