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Now that the networks have announced their new series for the fall season, I want to take a moment to talk about one of them, “Human Target.” The series, created in 1972 for DC Comics, was centered on Christopher Chance, a detective/bodyguard who specialized in impersonating an individual threatened with death. Chance would take the place of the target while trying to capture the villain. Chance wasn’t a superhero. He only used makeup to disguise himself as the target. The Human Target was a backup feature for most of its run, but did get its own series under the Vertigo imprint for DC Comics. In that series, the character was disfigured and took the identity of a client. Chance had to deal with his own loss of identity as well as multiple personality issues that he began to exhibit. The character …

Now that the networks have announced their new series for the fall season, I want to take a moment to talk about one of them, “Human Target.” The series, created in 1972 for DC Comics, was centered on Christopher Chance, a detective/bodyguard who specialized in impersonating an individual threatened with death. Chance would take the place of the target while trying to capture the villain. Chance wasn’t a superhero. He only used makeup to disguise himself as the target. The Human Target was a backup feature for most of its run, but did get its own series under the Vertigo imprint for DC Comics. In that series, the character was disfigured and took the identity of a client. Chance had to deal with his own loss of identity as well as multiple personality issues that he began to exhibit. The character …