Human Target: Chance Meetings
Written by Peter Milligan
Art by Edvin Biuković and Javier Pulido
2010
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Christopher Chance is the Human Target. A one man throw-back to the pulp adventure television that most of us remember from our childhoods (The A-Team, The Man From UNCLE, The Saint, Mission: Impossible etc) he's suave, sophisticated, high skilled in all manner of combat training and prone to ending up in high stakes games of danger and daring. First appearing in Action Comics #419 in 1972 and then showing up in a few Batman stories before making the jump into his own television series (twice - once in 1991 and then again in 2009): he's a master of disguise who (according to himself): "doesn't just pretend, doesn't just impersonate - but in a very real and profound sense - becomes another person." In this Vertigo title Peter Milligan spins a head-twisting tale of mistaken identity and fractured minds: with a cliff-hanger on every page and Edvin Biuković (in the first story) creating all sorts of awesome with his dexterous artwork cutting time across his careful placed panels. Martini and Chilled Jazz soundtrack optional.
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Further reading: Sleeper, Button Man, 100 Bullets.
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