Originally Posted by
Jim Kelly
Despite being a character contained to back-up features and team-ups in the 1970s and 1980s, Christopher Chance (created by Len Wein and Carmine Infantino, he looked like George Peppard in his BANACEK days), the HUMAN TARGET nevertheless won his own T.V. series in 1992, starring Rick Springfield. Granted this series had a short run, but based on his comic book appearances, one wouldn't expect this character to have his own television show. As a result of that show, Chance finally got his own one-shot comic book.
Later (in the early 2000s) Vertigo used the character in his own comic book run, before going back into limbo once again. Then for the 2010 - 2011 T.V. season, a new HUMAN TARGET series appeared on the screen, this time starring Mark Valley. This one lasted a little longer than the first series, but still only had one season. And out of that came a limited comic book run.
My guess is the Human Target is a lot easier to do than some super-hero. He's just a detective type character with a cool hook. It's a series that can be done on a modest budget.