TALES OF THE HUMAN TARGET one-shot will be prequel to King, Smallwood series

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By Zack Quaintance — DC Comics has announced a 48-page Tales of the Human Target one-shot, which will serve as a prequel to writer Tom King’s and artist Greg Smallwood’s Human Target maxi-series. The book, due out in September, will see guest artists Mikel Janín, Rafael Albuquerque, and Kevin Maguire joining Smallwood.

This series — if you haven’t been paying attention — is a Golden Age of Hollywood noir story that uses the characters from the classic Justice League International run (also illustrated by Maguire). Launched last year, it has so far seen six issues make it to print before taking a hiatus set to end also in September. The new one-shot is set before the events of Human Target #1, and it will detail four connecting mysteries involving the JLI characters and Christopher Chance (aka the Human Target). It will all tie into the mystery at the heart of the main book, which is who tried to poison Lex Luthor but actually poisoned Christopher Chance dressed as Lex Luthor?

Tales of the Human Target is due out Sept. 13, just two weeks before Human Target #7 arrives on Sept. 27. The official preview text from DC Comics’ press release — along with a set of three covers for the one-shot — can be found after the jump below…enjoy!

Tales of the Human Target One-Shot

Check out the preview text now:

In this one-shot anthology, Christopher Chance “teams up” with members of the Justice League International – some of whom already are prominently involved in this story – in four connecting mysteries, and one of them may be responsible for the poison that has The Human Target living on borrowed time.

As well as the covers…

Main cover artwork by Greg Smallwood.

Open-to-Order Variant Cover Artwork by David Marquez with Alejandro Sanchez.

1-in-25 Variant Cover Artwork by Jorge Jimenez.

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Zack Quaintance is a tech reporter by day and freelance writer by night/weekend. He has written about comics for The Beat and NPR Books, among others. He Tweets compulsively about storytelling and comics as Comics Bookcase.