Book description
Christopher Chance has 12 days to solve his own murder! Superstar writer Tom King and acclaimed artist Greg Smallwood team for a new, noir examination of a classic DC character! 2023 Eisner Nominee - Best Limited Series. 2023 Eisner Nominee - Best Writer, Tom King. 2023 Eisner Nominee - Best…
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The Human Target is a man whose specialty is drawing fire for superheroes and supervillains who fear for their lives, and living through it—but he’s caught by something he doesn’t see coming, and he’s only got twelve days to live.
Human Target is Tom King right in his wheelhouse: twisty mysteries and genuinely heartfelt romances, unearthing the buried emotional possibilities of the superhero comic in a way that’s so different, and much richer, than the deconstructions that Frank Miller and Alan Moore made trendy.
King also continues his unbroken streak of working with visual geniuses; Greg Smallwood’s retro-Americana art style…
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