Update, Human Target 1953.
We got a chance to ask Len Wein, the original creator of Christopher Chance, if his character was based on the 1953 character Fred Venable who was referred to as "The Human Target" in an early Batman and Robin comic. Len answered via twitter "LenWein @HumanTargetOn Sorry, HT was NOT based on that old Batman story from before I was reading the character, but thanks for asking."
I saw Inception last night, anyone also notice how this movie kinda builds up in a similar way to Oceans Eleven, except everything goes wrong almost as soon as the begin the "heist" as it were?