Naim Luqman's Reviews > The Human Target, Volume 1

Tom King does Tom King things again and is that so wrong? Not when it worked so well, in which I think this was. What is Tom King things he Tom King does? He writes a title with character or characters, known or lesser known ones and uses them to explore trauma or something within that spectrum that it is a meme at this point. Doesn't make it a bad thing necessarily especially when it does fit with a character or title such as The Human Target, at least thematically.

The Human Target follows Christopher Chase; the titular Human Target. Despite the titular character being Christopher Chase, the second character to use the Human Target moniker and works as a bodyguard/body double, King added in element from the first character that bears the Human Target moniker with the Bond-esque private investigator and noir aesthetics.

The art is also lovely. It's pulpy and poppy despite how gritty and grungy the noir story was and it works so well. It uses colours so effectively to emphasize characters and mood which is perfect for the comic medium as it tells the story, more than just one way.

Volume 1, which features the first 6 issue is an atmospheric noir detective mystery that happens to feature superheroes among its cast and so far, it's amazing.