Smallwood delivers some beautiful, brilliantly detailed and emotional art in the issue. The visuals are stunning and deliver on the style and tone King brings out in the dialogue and plot. Read Full Review

This series is obviously out of continuity, as its takes on the JLI are pretty far from what we'd expect. Everyone is a little more twisted, a little more corrupt. A fan of the classic comic could be turned off by that, but when you think of it as a noir story using these characters as a jumping-off point for an Elseworlds, it works brilliantlyjust like many of King's past works. Read Full Review

The Human Target was a somber and beautiful ride from start to finish. With amazing storytelling, art and letters by Tom King, Greg Smallwood and Clayton Cowles, this stands as yet another Black Label Classic. Read Full Review

Tom King and Greg Smallwood's The Human Target wraps up, and the spotlight goes to Ice. If you're a fan of hers, check out this issue you'll understand why revenge is a dish best served cold. Read Full Review

Honestly, I think that's what made this ending stick in a way that other Tom King-written series have failed to do the comic feels like it headed towards its natural conclusion in a bittersweet way. Read Full Review

Greg Smallwood hits yet another unqualified home run with his art and coloring, while Tom King proves once again that he is absolutely terrible at endings.Still worth your time, if you've come this far. Read Full Review

The Human Target #12 finishes the run with a mild plot twist and a final act to end the story with typical Tom King hallmarks. The character work is bizarre, and the final resolution comes at least five issues too late, but Small wood's art is mesmerizing. Read Full Review

The final page seems to suggest some happy ending, but again King misses the point. His version of the JLI arent heroes. Theyre pretty loathsome, flawed characters who arent engaging or remotely likable. In the end, King managed to take out Human Target, but the character assassination on the JLI was the far greater tragedy. Read Full Review

Overall an amazing series. Ending was solid and it had some truly stellar issues throughout.

Tom King has done it yet again.

Must read series.

Not even gonna spoil anything about this issue just read it.

A successful finale to a great series. Nothing more needs to be said.

A beautiful issue that delivers closure for one of King’s best written characters. It’s rare to see a title character take the back seat in their own series. This issue closes with a somber and heartfelt victory for both Christopher Chance & Ice.

What can happen when you aren't tied to the constraints of continuity.
Fantastic!

I think King sticks the landing and the last couple pages are just about perfect. This title really embraced the fact that it's Black Label and we're all better for it.

I really just want to gush about Smallwood one more time. His art on this book has been nothing short of impeccable and I cannot wait to read what he does next. He's a superstar.

Also, if you haven't checked out his threads on his artistic process get on it: https://twitter.com/SavageSmallwood/status/1572281108301250567

Modern Classic.

You could complain, if you like, about King & Smallwood making Ice, of all characters, a femme fatale. But given that King has always struggled to write any female character — even Supergirl! — without slouching into noir cliches, I don't know what to tell you if you come to Tom King writing a full-fledged noir comic expecting anything else. And given the ending, this is unambiguously out of continuity and can reasonably be read as an Elseworlds comic, even these days when what does and doesn't count is not as clear-cut as it was back in the days of Elseworlds.

So let's take it on its own terms, because taken on its own terms, this is definitely King's most successful work. This is in no small part because of incredible work from Greg Smallwood, who gets the midcentury noir sleaze across beautifully without ever resorting to the obvious chiaroscuro Sin City style that a lesser artist might use, opting instead for colors, shapes and textures that make the comic feel like a napkin from a smoky 1950s bar. Because this is an era of comics where the writer is King (see what I did there?) we talk about comics as though they succeed or fail based solely on the work of the writer, but more than King, this is really Smallwood's masterpiece, and he's the one who makes it truly memorable and unique.

But not because Tom King hasn't done the work of his career on this series. The simplicity of a noir detective story and the rigid "12 days" structure works great for him, forcing him away from the excesses that drag so many of his works off the tracks, leaving him free to experiment and go non-linear (as with the J'onn issue) but keeping him from losing the story to it. And in that, this is a damn fine story, perhaps especially because it doesn't reinvent the wheel. Was Ice always the obvious killer to anyone who's ever read a Chandler novel or watched a Bogie flick? Of course, but I grew up watching Columbo with my grandmother, so I know the fun of a mystery isn't in the destination, it's the journey. And this has been a great journey, full of tension and suspense undimmed by the fact that I knew who the killer was the moment she appeared on panel. And if it isn't a JLI comic I'd want in continuity, this was actually one of the best post-Giffen/Dematties JLI comics I've read. For an Elseworlds JLI comic that wasn't primarily a comedy book, this was note perfect all the way to its elegantly executed final panel.

Hands down, The Human Target has been one of the best comics to come out of Black Label, and I'm only sad there can't be more more

a satisfying and solid conclusion to this series. Tom King may be polarizing and controversial, but when he lands the ending, it really works.

I'm left whelmed by this ending. It's what we expected, no doubt. The main star here is Smallwood, who continues to deliver to the very last page. I was much more hyped on this series in its first half, but I felt its second half has dragged a bit, and again, the story mostly plays out exactly how you expect. Sometimes it's not about that, it's about the experience. And the experience is good. Just not as amazing as I would hope, given this series' praise.

A touching yet, simple ending to a pretty stellar series. Smallwood made the series must see, and King didn't piss me off. I consider this a solid win.

Another Tome King deconstruction story with plenty of character assassination comes to an end.