Human Target

The Human Target #8

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Another day passes in the life of Christopher Chance, but this one isn’t spent with Ice or looking into his murder. Instead, Chance loses a full day to former JLI member Rocket Red kidnaps Chance looking for answers about what has happened to his old friend Guy Gardner. Treated far from friendly by Dmitri, Chance gives up no information about Gardner, Chance’s condition, or his recent discovery.

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The Human Target #7

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After a six-month hiatus, The Human Target picks up with Christopher Chance halfway through his remaining days on Earth after drinking the poison meant for Lex Luthor. Issue #7 offers a chance for Chance and Fire to test each other while dancing around the question of whether or not Fire is our would-be murderer. The back-and-forth is fun, and will eventually lead somewhere Chance doesn’t expect.

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Tales of the Human Target #1

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An interlude for the ongoing The Human Target twelve-issue maxi-series, the Tales of the Human Target one-shot gives us a look at three members of the Justice League and their separate attempts to do the right thing, not realizing the person that each was dealing with was the Human Target Christopher Chance. 

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The Human Target #6

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The Human Target #6 marks the halfway point of the twelve-issue maxi-series which begins with Christopher Chance telling Ice that he suspects her best-friend of the murder attempt on Lux Luthor‘s life (which poisoned Chance instead). Let’s just say she doesn’t take his suspicions all that well.

We may not get much in the way of moving the case forward (with Ice continuing to be a distraction), or any new cameos from the Justice League International, but we do get a return in the jealous Guy Gardner who attempts to break-up the pair of squabbling lovers and faces Ice’s fury. The scene, and its aftermath remind us that we are in a Black Label comic, separate from the current continuity of the DC Universe. As for the case, Chance needs to get back to work with only a handful of days left to find his answers.

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The Human Target #5

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The latest issue of The Human Target is by far the least linear of the series. While spending time with Ice, and preparing to meet the Martian Manhunter, Christopher Chance thinks back on his past and remembers the events of his childhood which put him on the path to becoming a Human Target and his training with a version of Saturn Girl who taught him not to hide his secrets but see into the minds of others as they probe his own.

What’s obvious here is how quickly Chance and Ice have fallen for each other, as his few remaining days continue to slip away. However, that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing one last mystery as the clues seem to be leading back to Ice’s best-friend who may have used her feminine wiles on J’onn to help with her plan. Before the end we can see a reckoning for Chance and Ice adding another bittersweet layer to events.

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