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Valley has recently appeared in a recurring role on Fox\u2019s sci-fi show &#8220;Fringe&#8221; and has also appeared as Brad Chase in ABC\u2019s &#8220;Boston Legal&#8221;.   <\/p>\n<p>The Human Target is a comic book character created by Len Wein and Carmine Infantino for DC Comics.  The character is a bodyguard and private investigator named Christopher Chance, who operates by impersonating his clients in order to strike back at the threats against them.  Since he makes himself a target for the enemies of his clients he becomes known by the nickname &#8220;the Human Target.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Human Target\u2019s early appearances came in back-up stories in the mostly-Superman-oriented &#8220;Action Comics&#8221; from DC. The Human Target has recently starred in an ongoing &#8220;Human Target&#8221; series written by Peter Milligan and published under DC&#8217;s Vertigo imprint, and before that had been featured over the years in both main and backup stories in the Batman-connected titles &#8220;The Brave And The Bold&#8221; and &#8220;Detective Comics&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>There is no release date set for the pilot.<\/p>\n<p>Check back with Shockya.com for more on The Human Target.<\/p>\n<p>By Costa Koutsoutis, (Source: Hollywoodreporter.com)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/the_human_target_fox.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The Human Target Fox\" width=\"180\" height=\"275\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11380\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Valley has been tapped as the lead in the pilot for the upcoming Fox TV drama &#8220;Human Target&#8221;, for director Simon West and director McG&#8217;s production company Wonderland. 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