The Human Target (Christopher Chance) Appreciation 2021

[MajorHoy]

First appearance: the back-up feature of Action Comics #419 (December 1972)


from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. X (December 1985)

[Jekyll]

Really enjoyed the short lived series on Fox with Mark Valley.

[MajorHoy]

First appearance: the back-up feature of Action Comics #419 (December 1972) . . .

From that issue,

[signalman112]

I first met the HUMAN TARGET as a backup feature in the dollar size DETECTIVE COMICS.
Aparo cover to Detective Comics #493.

Detective493.jpg

[MajorHoy]

from Who's Who in the DC Universe #4 (1990)

[MajorHoy]

cover to Human Target Special #1 (November 1991), when Rick Springfield would be starring in an ABC television series based on the character.

[Hypo]

https://twitter.com/TomKingTK/status...05123381731328

[bretmaverick2]

The Mark Valley series was okay but it wasn’t really the Human Target.

There was a shot lived Human Target series starring Rick Springfield that was closer to the actual comic version. And pretty entertaining.

[ducklord]

https://twitter.com/TomKingTK/status...05123381731328

Reactions in order:

1) Hey, Christopher Chance! I love that character!
2) Ooh, those fists all belong to the JLI! Bitchin'!
3) Is that last one... G'Nort? I'm all in, baby!
4) Tom... King? Tom... freakin'... King?

Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh!

This is either going to be spectacularly good (as in "I had no idea Tom King had this in him" good) or very, very bad.

If Christopher Chance is a burned out spy with PTSD* I will chuckle so mordantly that Darkseid will be impressed.

* Yes, I'm aware that that's how the last couple of Vertigo takes on the character have gone.

[The Cool Thatguy]

Really enjoyed the short lived series on Fox with Mark Valley.

The first season was f**king great.

The second season, the writers decided to throw out all the awesome stuff that made the series work and were surprised that it died.

[Stanlos]

I would love to see the 2nd season of his show. But it says unavailable

[Stanlos]

The first season was f**king great.

The second season, the writers decided to throw out all the awesome stuff that made the series work and were surprised that it died.

Ooooooooooh. That is a surprise! The first season was enjoyable

[Riv86672]

Really enjoyed the short lived series on Fox with Mark Valley.

^^^So did I.
I also liked the CW’s take on the character, which was more in line w. how Chance operates in the comics.

https://twitter.com/TomKingTK/status...05123381731328

^^^oh this is new info for me. So great!

[The Cool Thatguy]

I would love to see the 2nd season of his show. But it says unavailable

You really don't want to. They surgically removed virtually all the good parts and dumped almost all subplots.

[Mr. White]

Reactions in order:

1) Hey, Christopher Chance! I love that character!
2) Ooh, those fists all belong to the JLI! Bitchin'!
3) Is that last one... G'Nort? I'm all in, baby!
4) Tom... King? Tom... freakin'... King?

Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh!

This is either going to be spectacularly good (as in "I had no idea Tom King had this in him" good) or very, very bad.

If Christopher Chance is a burned out spy with PTSD* I will chuckle so mordantly that Darkseid will be impressed.

* Yes, I'm aware that that's how the last couple of Vertigo takes on the character have gone.

^So much this.

On average, I think King does good work with "less established" characters.

That said, I hope he doesn't "Tom King it" and make it have the same underlying tones all his other work has. Even though these were good stories, I'd like him to step out of the box a bit.

On the character, I always did like the concept and the tv show. Also I liked a couple of volumes of the series. More so the earlier ones which had more linear storylines.

*I know I know. King and linear storytelling don't always go hand in hand.

All in all, I'm a lil' excited.