| The Human Target | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Advertisement repurposed from Action Comics #432. Art by Dick Giordano. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | (Fred Venable) Detective Comics #201 (November 1953) (Christopher Chance) Action Comics #419 (December 1972) |
| Created by | (Fred Venable) Edmond Hamilton Sheldon Moldoff (Christopher Chance) Len Wein Carmine Infantino |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Fred Venable Christopher Chance |
| Notable aliases | Numerous identities Impersonates his clients to protect them |
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The Human Target is the name of two fictional characters in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first is Fred Venable, while the second is private investigator and bodyguard Christopher Chance who assumes the identities of clients targeted by assassins and other dangerous criminals.[1] The character has appeared in numerous books published throughout the decades and has appeared in television adaptations.
Human Target made his first live appearance in the 1992 television series Human Target played by Rick Springfield and then in the 2010 television series Human Target played by Mark Valley. In the fifth and sixth seasons of the Arrowverse series Arrow, Human Target was played by Wil Traval.
- ^ McAvennie, Michael; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1970s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
Starting as a back-up feature in the pages of Action Comics, scribe Len Wein and artist Carmine Infantino introduced Christopher Chance, a master of disguise who would turn himself into a human target - provided you could meet his price.
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