Fox released a very well cut together video recap of Comic Con. Check it out!
And don't miss the full Human Target panel video

After Comic Con IGN was able to steal a quick conversation with two of the cast of Human Target Jakie Earle Haley and Mark Valley. They seem to have a great relationship and bounce off each others comments with a high about of energy. In the pilot we did not get to see the two side by side too often. But from this interview we can tell that in future episodes their dynamic will be a trill to watch.

Before I could even bring up the awesome action sequences on the show, Haley beat us to it. "This guy (Valley) smokes it. Man, that action sequence just floored me. "When I was watching the pilot, and that sequence hit, and kept coming and coming, I felt like I was watching a movie," Haley beamed. "Like a big time movie." Valley, as the man of action in the fight scene, added "I remember doing it, and it seemed like there was enough fighting inside the air duct. And then it fell out of the air duct and it starts all over again." Valley himself marveled at the choreography. "One of the coolest things about it was that everything became a weapon." Valley went on to say that the stunt work was a lot like dancing. He worked with the trainers for three days before the shoot date. "Actually in the future I think I'm going to make sure that the stunt man knows it really well," Valley laughed. Valley himself then shared some of his love for Haley's performance in the pilot. Haley plays a seemingly unimposing man of mystery, Guerrero, who's able to pose a threat without using his fists. "Marla and the girls," Valley said doing a slight impersonation of Haley's voice in a particular scene. "It creeped me out," Valley added. We don't really find out a whole bunch about the primary players of Human Target (Chance, Guerrero (Haley) and Winston (Chi McBride) in the pilot.

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Nothing can quite compare to viewing a shows premiere at Comic Con with a room full of thousands of fans. We cannot show you that footage, but we can do the next best thing and revisit some of the clips we have already seen as we look back at the Comic Con event.
As the Comic Con crowd settles down the show opens with an intense hostage situation, Hollis the irate bank employee stands with explosives strapped to his chest and waves a gun at his hostages. He believes he has his former boss tied to a chair and covered with a black hood, but when the hood is pulled off it reveals, much to the delight of a screaming comic con audience, Mark Valley playing Christopher Chance, the Human Target. We soon learn a little bit about Chance's tactics as you can see in the following clip.

While recovering from that little adventure Chance catches his good friend and business partner Winston, played by Chi McBride, trying to turn away potential client, Stephanie Dobbs, who is played by Tricia Helfer- and is well received by the hooting and hollering Comic Con crowd as she makes her first appearance in the following clip.

The line "Will I get to ride on it?" gets a lot of laughs from the crowd. It speaks volumes of Chances character and his inner child.

Posing as an interpreter, Chance boards California's first bullet train along side the woman he is paid to protect. When greeting a Japanese business man Chance suddenly finds the ability to speak Japanese, and invents quite a colorful history for his new fake persona.

Some fans who are fluent in the language have commented Valley's enunciation is not up to par, but I'm a little ashamed to admit that to my uncultured ear it sounded fine. We shall have to forgive him, as his claims of being an interpreter are only an elaborate cover story.

Guerrero, played by Watchman's Jackie Earle Haley was a fan favorite. His debut scene was greeted by the crowd with cheers and laughs as the underhanded character gains the upper hand in a debate with two thugs. You might have to wait until January to catch that scene, but until then, you can enjoy Earle in this scene. It was another crowd favorite with Guerrero's matter-of-fact admittance of his double life.

The climax of the show is a close range gun battle between Chance and the hired hit man. This scene is only the start of the action that remains non stop until the end.

Be sure to catch the premiere yourself Sunday January 17, 2010!

On May 18th 2009 the return of Human Target to the small screen was confirmed at Fox's upfront celebration.1 The new show will come to Fox mid season premiering on Sunday January 17, 2010 and then after taking the 9:00 Wednesday slot behind Idol. It will star Mark Valley of Boston Legal and Fringe, Jackie Earle Haley, Watchmen and A Nightmare on Elm Street and Chi McBride, Pushing Daisies and Boston Public.

People have secrets, and secrets can be dangerous. But nobody deserves to die. This is the thinking of Christopher Chance, a mysterious security agent for hire who assumes different identities, at times literally becoming a human target on behalf of his clients. Using the popular DC Comics title as a springboard for riveting and intelligent action and adventure, HUMAN TARGET provides a thrill ride with no clear boundaries. Resourceful, driven and compelled by a force known only to him, this take-charge antihero will barter his services for an aged bottle of scotch, much to the chagrin of his shadowy associates. If someone is threatened or a life is in danger...leave it to Chance. (official WB synopsis)

Pilot

Aired: January 17, 2010
Writer: Jon Steinberg (Jericho)
Director: Simon West
Producer: Peter Johnson

Guest stars: Danny Glover, Mark Moses (Hollis) and Tricia Helfer (Stephanie Dobbs)

As the pilot begins Christopher Chance, played by Mark Valley, is in quite the tight spot. An irate gunman with plastic explosive strapped to his chest holds up the bank he was recently fired from. The former bank employee, played by Mark Moses (Desperate Housewives) is not about to let Chance go, even though he soon realizes he is not his former boss Ken Lydecker. Lydecker was not the model citizen, but for a fee Chance is willing to take a bullet for him, or in this case shrapnel from an exploding bomb.

But this is only the start of the episode. Ignoring the advice of his well-meaning friend Winston, played by Chi McBride, Chance is soon back on his feet taking up the case of Stephanie Dobbs, played by Tricia Helfer, the engineer aboard California's first bullet train. Posing as her interpreter, Chance suddenly finds the ability to speak Japanese as he slips into his roll to help fish out her would be killer.

Meanwhile, a shady figure named Guerrero played by Jackie Earle Haley, who seems to switch his loyalties daily based on price, is digging into the case, much to the chagrin of the by the books Winston.

Aboard a train racing along at 220 mph the stakes are high. Chance not only has his client to protect, but the lives of everyone aboard the trains maiden voyage.

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Rewind

Aired: January 20, 2010
Writer: Robert Levine
Director: Steve Boyum
Producer: Peter Johnson

Guest stars: Courtney Ford as Laura; Alessandro Juliani as Tennant; Ali Liebert as Brooke; Robert Weiss as Larry; Sean Owen Roberts as Sergei; David Nykl as Vincent

As the first season begins, Winston takes on an unlikely role to help Chance protect an unknown client, a pseudonymous computer hacker with potentially devastating information, from an unidentified assassin aboard a very unusual flight to Seattle.

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Embassy Row

Aired: January 26, 2010
Writers: Matthew Federman, Stephen Scaia
Director: Steve Boyum
Producer: Peter Johnson

Guest stars: Guest Cast: Sean Maher as Aaron Cooper; Emmanuelle Vaugier as Emma Barnes; Aleks Paunovic as Alexi Volkov; Alex Fernandez as Peter Blanchard; Tyler McClendon as Danny Cooper

Chance's seach for a friend's killer makes him an uninvited guest at the Russian embassy, where he gets mixed up in the worldwide weaons trade and tangles with a distaff counterpart.

Sanctuary

Aired: February 3, 2010
Writer: Kalinda Vazquez
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Producer: Peter Johnson

Guest stars: Sam Huntington as John Gray; Sarah Smyth as Emily; William Mapother as Fisher; Merwin Mondesir as Tom Karrel; Peter Bryant as Abbot Stevens

Chance needs a miracle to help protect a reformed thief from his vengeful former accomplices as they race to recover priceless religious artifacts hidden in a remote Canadian monastery. Guest star SAM HUNTINGTON (Superman Returns) appears as John Gray, SARAH SMYTH (Naked Josh, Durham County) appears as Emily and WILLIAM MAPOTHER (Lost) appears as Fisher.

Run

Aired: February 10, 2010
Writer: Jon Steinberg (Jericho)
Director: Kevin Hooks
Producer: Peter Johnson

Guest stars: Kristin Lehman as Allyson; Dylan Neal as Wes Gibson; Chris Mulkey as Det. Jenkins; William B. Davis as Whitey Doyle; Gardiner Millar as Frank Murphy; Andrew Hedge as Scar; Ted Whittall as A.D.A. Harris; BJ Harrison as Judge Heard; Brandon Jay McLaren as Omar

Chance is hired to protect a district attorney who is running from her family's past and marked for murder because of her investigation into an organized crime family. Guest star KRISTIN LEHMAN (Drive, Judging Amy) appears as Allyson.

Lockdown

Aired: February 17, 2010
Writer: Josh Schaer
Director: Jon Cassar
Producer: Peter Johnson

Guest stars: KEVIN WEISMAN (Alias) appears as Martin Gleeson; MITCH PILEGGI (Grey's Anatomy, Sons of Anarchy, The X Files) appears as Leonard Kreese; AUTUMN REESER (Entourage, The O.C.) appears as Layla; and GARCELLE BEAUVAIS-NILON (NYPD Blue, The Jamie Foxx Show) appears as Vivian Cox.

Chance must break in -- then break out -- of the maximum-security high-rise headquarters of a weapons manufacturer when he is hired to rescue a genius engineer who is held prisoner by his murderous employers. Guest star KEVIN WEISMAN (Alias) appears as Martin Gleeson; guest star MITCH PILEGGI (Grey's Anatomy, Sons of Anarchy, The X Files) appears as Leonard Kreese; guest star AUTUMN REESER (Entourage, The O.C.) appears as Layla; and guest star GARCELLE BEAUVAIS-NILON (NYPD Blue, The Jamie Foxx Show) appears as Vivian Cox.

Salvage and Reclamation

Aired: March 10, 2010
Writers: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
Director: Bryan Spicer
Producer: Peter Johnson
Guest stars: Leonor Varela - Maria Kris Marshall - Doug Kim Coates - Bertram Bruce Ramsay

Chance reunites with a fiery former flame when he is called to South America to rescue an archeologist whose discovery of a lost treasure makes him the target of a deadly bounty hunter -- and a South American army. Guest stars include KRIS MARSHALL (My Family, Murder City) as Doug, KIM COATES (Sons of Anarchy, Prison Break, CSI: Miami) as Bertram and LEONOR VARELA (Cleopatra, Where God Left His Shoes, Innocent Voices) as Maria.

Baptiste

Aired: March 17, 2010
Writers: Matthew Federman, Stephen Scaia
Director: Paul Edwards
Producer: Peter Johnson
Guest stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier - Emma Barnes Autumn Reeser - Layla Samantha Ferris Lennie James - Baptiste

Pieces of Chance's past come into focus when he recruits FBI Agent Emma Barnes (recurring guest star EMMANUELLE VAUGIER) to help him stop his former partner from assassinating a visiting foreign dignitary. Meanwhile, Guerrero tests out a familiar face as a new recruit to the team. Guest stars include AUTUMN REESER (Entourage, The O.C.) as Layla and LENNIE JAMES (Jericho, Snatch, 24 Hour Party People) as Baptiste.

Corner Man

Aired: March 24, 2010
Writers: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
Director: Steve Boyum
Producer: Peter Johnson
Guest stars: Dash Mihok - Eddie Dunn Grace Park - Eva Khan Kenneth Welsh - Tony Bevilacqua Peter Wingfield - Hugh Prentiss Dan Payne - Foster Larouche

Chance is knocked out when he meets the beautiful daughter of a former heavyweight champ in Vienna and must jump in the ring to protect a prize fighter on the run from a ruthless businessman. Guest star GRACE PARK (Battlestar Galactica, The Cleaner, Edgemont) appears as Eva.

Tanarac (formally Company Town)

Aired: March 31, 2010
Writer: Mike Ostrowski
Director: Kevin Hooks
Producer: Peter Johnson
Guest stars: Moon Bloodgood - Dr. Jessica Shaw

Chance travels to a remote Alaskan island to find a missing doctor and expose an industrial giant's involvement in the death of a mining foreman. Guest star MOON BLOODGOOD (Terminator Salvation, Day Break, Journeyman) appears as Dr. Jessica Shaw.

Victoria

Aired: April 7, 2010
Writer: Mike Ostrowski
Director: Kevin Hooks
Producer: Peter Johnson
Guest stars: Christina Cole

Chance is hired to protect a member of the British Royal family (guest star Christina Cole, R) in the HUMAN TARGET episode "Victoria" airing Wednesday, April 14 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Christopher Chance

Will Air: April 14, 2010
Writer: Mike Ostrowski
Director: Kevin Hooks
Producer: Peter Johnson
Guest stars: Armand Assante, Amy Acker

HUMAN TARGET: Chance's (Mark Valley, L) former boss makes a bold move in the HUMAN TARGET season finale episode "Christopher Chance" airing Wednesday, April 14 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

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In 1990 Warner Brothers and Pet Fly Productions, the creators of Viper and The Sentinel, developed the Human Target franchise into a one hour crime drama along the lines of A-Team and Mission Impossible. Airing on ABC, the show starred former pop star Rick Springfield as Christopher Chance.

The original pilot cast another rock and roll legend, Clarence Clemons from Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and well known actress Frances Fisher. When the production was delayed the series was recast with Signy Coleman who starred as Libby Page an ex-CIA agent who helped Chance coordinate his missions. Clemons was replaced by Sami Chester who starred as Jeff Carlyle Chance's pilot, cook and confidant. And lastly, Kirk Baltz starred as Philo Marsden the computer wiz who helped Chance create is high tech disguises.

In 1991 to prepare for the show's release a 48 page one-shot was released titled, "The Human Target Special #1" Written by Mark Verheiden, with artwork by Rick Burchett and Dick Giordano the cover advertised "Coming soon to ABC-TV"

After a delay, the TV series minus the original pilot was finally aired in the summer of 1992. Sadly ratings were poor, due much in part to the show's airing in a competing time slot to the Olympics.¹

1. Pilot

Synopsis

First aired: July 20,1992
Writer: Danny Bilson, Paul DeMeo
Director: Max Tash
Producer: Michael O. Gallant
Supervising Producer: Dan Kurt
Guest stars: Scott Paulin (Jay Palmer), Kathryn Dowling (Margaret Palmer), Luke Edwards (Sam), Vito D'ambrosio, Richard Belzer (Greene), Sara Rose Johnson, Eloy Casados, Gregg Daniel, Ricardo Gutierrez, Nick Angotti.

A construction company owner enlists Chance's help when one too many on the job accidents have him fearing someone is trying to kill him. But Jay Palmer has not told Chance the whole truth.

2. Second Chance

First aired: July 25, 1992
Writer: Rick Nathan
Director: Mario Azzopardi
Guest stars: Tim Kelleher, Felton Perry, Bibi Beech (Dr. Elaine Cosgrove), David Carradine (Harry Solow), R. Lee Ermey (General Ferris), Felton Perry (Col Riggins), Kenneth Tigar (Russ Tabler)

An American general is targeted in an assassination attempt and barley escapes with his life, his loyal aide is not so lucky. Shaken, the general calls in the Human Target who soon learns his mentor, played by David Carradine, is the would-be assassin.

3. Designed by Chance

First aired: August 1, 1992
Writer: Kevin Droney
Director: Danny Bilson
Guest stars: Amber Van Lent, Vanessa Arevalo, John Wesley Shipp (Garner St. John), Leslie Bevis (Rita), Christopher Neame (Deguerre), Borovnisa Blervague (Rochelle), Steve Franken (Quentin Firth)

Chance takes the place of a fashion designer Garner St. John, John Wesley Shipp of Dawson's Creek fame, placing himself in mortal danger while his client attempts to rekindle a romance with Libby, Chance's CIA trained operative, and lure her back to the life of fashion.

4. Mirror Image

First aired: August 8, 1992
Writer: Thania St. John
Director: Bruce Bilson
Supervising Producer: Don Kurt
Guest stars: David Clennon (Dr. Michaelson), Matt Landers (Detective Franco), Matt Levin (Kevin), Yvette Nipar (Alena), Pierre Epstein (Dr. Langford) Steve Rankin (Harper)

Chance takes the place of a psychiatrist who believes one of his patients is trying to kill him, but while probing the troubled minds of Dr. Michaelson's patents Chance finds that everything is not always as it appears.

5. Cool Hand Chance

First aired: August 15, 1992
Writer: Stephen Hattman, Scott Richardson, Rick Natkin
Director: Bill Corcoran
Guest stars: James T. Morris, Tom Dahlgren, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Ben Mittleman, Tom Simmons, Billy "Sly" Williams, Thomas Ryan, Eileen Seeley

An innocent man goes to jail when a judge is bribed to see an act of self defense as murder. To clear the mans name Chance must take the his place behind bars and lure out the inside man trying to do him in.

6. Going Home

First aired: August 22. 1992
Writer: William A. Schwartz, Don Carlos Dunaway
Director: Mario Azzopardi
Guest stars: Charles Hayward, Katie Mitchell, Charles Noland, Michael Bofshever

Chance gets the chance to reconcile with his father when he takes the place of a judge and long time friend of the family whose life is being threatened by an unknown assailant.

7. Chances Are

First aired: August 29, 1992
Writer: Howard Chaykin, John Francis Moore
Director: Danny Bilson
Guest stars: Joseph Carberry, Michael Harris, Peter Allas, Jackie Millnes, Mike Genovese, George Chakiris, Lisa Zane

Chance finds himself falling for a TV journalist whose life is being threatened by a mysterious group she has been attempting to expose.

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Footnotes

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