Human Target #2

The second chapter of DC's 2010 Human Target series dives straight into espionage intrigue, and John Paul Leon's cover sets the mood perfectly — a sharp-suited man advances with a drawn pistol at center, surrounded by a cast of shadowy figures, a glamorous woman rendered in cool teal tones, Swiss Guards in full regalia, and the unmistakable dome of St. Peter's Basilica looming in the background. The story title, "The Vatican Rag," makes the Roman setting deliciously clear, and the collage of tense faces and a lurking truck hints at a mission with plenty of moving parts. Len Wein scripts and Bruno Redondo illustrates the interior, making this a confident creative team tackling Christopher Chance's world of dangerous identities right when the Fox TV series was drawing fresh eyes to the character.