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Joey_m · 03-30-2006, 09:48 PM

I was wondering if Jonah Hex has been around for a while or is it a new title/character? I am coming back to comics after many years so that is why I am asking. I picked up Jonah Hex #1-5 and wow I love them. I am so happy I went ahead and bought them. I look forward to more and more of them in the future.

**Paul Newell** · 03-30-2006, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Joey_m

I was wondering if Jonah Hex has been around for a while or is it a new title/character? I am coming back to comics after many years so that is why I am asking. I picked up Jonah Hex #1-5 and wow I love them. I am so happy I went ahead and bought them. I look forward to more and more of them in the future.

Old character. You'll probably love this:

http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=4426

Joey_m · 03-30-2006, 10:08 PM

OK I am ordering it :) Thanks for the lead on this.

Apathy Boy · 03-31-2006, 12:34 AM

Yeah, you're going to enjoy that SHOWCASE PRESENTS. Better than the current series, as far as I'm concerned. And it's certainly bigger, which we all know is the most important thing.

Kirayoshi · 03-31-2006, 01:29 AM

Actually, my favorite Jonah Hex story was an episode of Batman: the Animated Series, where Batman listened to a tape recorded by Ra's Al Ghul detailing a confrontation between Ra's and Jonah. Pretty damn cool ep.

Baron Banter · 03-31-2006, 11:02 PM

He appeared for the first time in All Star Comics #10. He was so popular that he took over the title and it was renamed Weird Western Tales with #12. At some point he left Weird Western Tales and starred in his own Jonah Hex series. His series lasted until 1986 and ended with issue 92.

Also earlier in the All Star Western series, Bat Lash was revealed. I think he might have been around before but I don't know.

Hopefully this one will last well beyond 92. :)

Joey_m · 03-31-2006, 11:26 PM

Yeah...I am hoping that also. I want it to go on and on. They really have a winner here. I wish I could meet the fellas who put this together. They are so talented. A real class act.

matt levin · 04-01-2006, 12:11 PM

Just want to add my enjoyment of Jonah Hex, the new series, and my recommendation, albeit late, for the Showcase book--a really great collection and let's all lobby for a follow-up Showcase volume, of the JH issues which followed Weird Western, eh?

I'd like to suggest AVOIDANCE of the Jonah Hex series "Hex" which sets him uncomfortably in the future, and careful consideration of the Tim Truman JH series of a few years ago-- very nice to look at, pretty odd reading. NOT the Jonah Hex stories I enjoy the best.

Matt

hondobrode · 04-01-2006, 09:24 PM

I've never read a Hex I didn't like, including "Mad Max" Hex. He's one of the consistently best presented characters I can think of.

Joey_m · 04-01-2006, 11:12 PM

I'm hoping to read something that will explain how he got the scars on his face. I am hoping this book:

http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=4426

will explain it. I look forward to getting it. Hopefully it will be monday or tuesday. Oh yeah and a new Jonah Hex will be in stores this wednesday :)

Baron Banter · 04-04-2006, 06:44 AM

Spoilers on how he got his face scarred (If I remember it correctly)

He was raised by Native Americans because his father sold him to one of the tribes however later on he did some things that they didn't like... including being a scout for the army... so he was given the Face of Death by one of tribes of the Indians. I can't recall which tribe. If he is ever captured on that tribe's lands, he is to be put to death.

Now this is based on my memory which can be faulty. ;)

Economist · 04-09-2006, 09:23 PM

According to Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Hex

1866:Jonah locates his old tribe and tells the chief how Noh-Tante betrayed him years before. The chief decrees that this must be settled by a tomahawk battle. Noh-Tante had sabotaged Jonah tomahawk so that the handle would break. In an act of desperation, Jonah pulls a knife and kills Noh-Tante. As punishment for breaking the rules, Jonah has a heated tomahawk pressed against the right side of his face and is given "The mark of the demon".

but I don't know how accurate that is because it also says this

The series was canceled during Crisis on Infinite Earths (in which Jonah also appeared along with Scalphunter and other western heroes) and Jonah was moved to an 18 issue run in a book titled Hex where he was transported to the 21st century to become a post-apocalyptic warrior like Mad Max. The series had mediocre success in the United States but was critically acclaimed and well received in Great Britain, Italy, Spain and Japan. There are even rumors of a Jonah Hex manga being planned in Japan but done in a more serious Lone Wolf & Cub style rather than the exaggerated cuteness that typifies current manga titles. Jonah Hex continues to appear in various DC Universe titles.

Critically acclaimed?!?!?!
Jonah Hex Magna?!?!?!?

Count Vertigo · 04-10-2006, 05:24 PM

I might be in the minority here but I liked the HEX series myself when he was sent to the future. It reminded me of Escape from NY meets Blade Runner to a certain degree.

I would be very pleased if DC brought him back in an ongoing series. Of course with Lansdale at the helm!

Hex is such an intriguing character. I used him in a Deadlands RPG (great game btw... horror and western? genius!) and it was great fun.

As for a Hex manga, I wouldn't mind it. Provided it IS done in a serious style. None of that cutesy shit that seems to be prevalent in all manga and anime nowadays.

matewan1990 · 04-11-2006, 06:44 AM

If anyone wants to see some really cool Jonah Hex original art, including pages from All-Star Western 10, go to:
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=3650
That's my comicartfans.com gallery. Take a look in the John Albano, Ernie Chan, Ron Wagner, Mark Texeira, Tony DeZuniga, All-Star Western 10, Luke McDonnell and Gerald Forton subgalleries. There's a lot of old stuff, some new and some unpublished Hex art in those galleries.
Check it out and let me know what you think.
I'm one of the biggest Jonah Hex fans around. I loved his post-apocalyptic series and the Vertigo series by Lansdale, Truman and Glanzman (you can still get original drawings by Truman and Glanzman... they're online and you should be able to do a Google search and come up with contact info for both).
Only a few weeks before JH creator John Albano passed away, I spoke with him via phone. It was the only interview he'd ever done about Jonah Hex. John and I quickly became friends and he drew, for me, the only Jonah Hex commission he ever did. I was so pleased to get it, but was saddened only days later when I found out he'd died in Florida.
The one Jonah Hex creator interview that has evaded me is one with Michael Fleisher. He's a guy that no one seems to know how to contact. Even people who were friends with him don't know where he's at these days.
The new Jonah Hex series is great. Palmiotti and Gray are doing a great job and the art has been top-notch (especially issue 5 with Tony DeZuniga art... beautiful, if Hex can be called that...).
I hope everyone reads the new Jonah Hex series so it survives for a long, long time.
Mike Browning

Baron Banter · 04-13-2006, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Economist

According to Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Hex

1866:Jonah locates his old tribe and tells the chief how Noh-Tante betrayed him years before. The chief decrees that this must be settled by a tomahawk battle. Noh-Tante had sabotaged Jonah tomahawk so that the handle would break. In an act of desperation, Jonah pulls a knife and kills Noh-Tante. As punishment for breaking the rules, Jonah has a heated tomahawk pressed against the right side of his face and is given "The mark of the demon".

The sabotaged tomahawk is familiar. I think this is accurate. Maybe he was exiled from the Indian lands for the reasons I gave... Hmm...

As for the Future Hex, it was the worst thing I've ever seen and prefer to forget it ever existed.

03-30-2006, 10:08 PM	#3
Joey_m New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8	Whoa!! OK I am ordering it :) Thanks for the lead on this.

03-31-2006, 01:29 AM	#5
Kirayoshi Whoof! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Wherever it is, there's an outrageous amount of running involved. Posts: 3,496	Actually, my favorite Jonah Hex story was an episode of Batman: the Animated Series, where Batman listened to a tape recorded by Ra's Al Ghul detailing a confrontation between Ra's and Jonah. Pretty damn cool ep. __________________ And now, here it is, your moment of zen... "That planet out there, with three suns, wormhole and alien sand, that planet is nothing--you hear me, nothing--compared to all those things waiting for you. Food, home, people--hold on to that. 'Cause we're gonna get there. I promise. I'm gonna get you home." --Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead "I feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up." —Tom Lehrer

03-31-2006, 11:02 PM	#6
Baron Banter Talk Talk Talk Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: PA Posts: 319	He appeared for the first time in All Star Comics #10. He was so popular that he took over the title and it was renamed Weird Western Tales with #12. At some point he left Weird Western Tales and starred in his own Jonah Hex series. His series lasted until 1986 and ended with issue 92. Also earlier in the All Star Western series, Bat Lash was revealed. I think he might have been around before but I don't know. Hopefully this one will last well beyond 92. :) __________________ Quarrels and Quills is a roleplaying community that began on the Crossgen MB and has grown to include original worlds and novel and movie worlds. New members always needed.

03-31-2006, 11:26 PM	#7
Joey_m New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8	Yeah Yeah...I am hoping that also. I want it to go on and on. They really have a winner here. I wish I could meet the fellas who put this together. They are so talented. A real class act.

04-01-2006, 12:11 PM	#8
matt levin government's watching you Join Date: May 2004 Location: western Massachusetts, USA; rural, river valley Posts: 678	Just want to add my enjoyment of Jonah Hex, the new series, and my recommendation, albeit late, for the Showcase book--a really great collection and let's all lobby for a follow-up Showcase volume, of the JH issues which followed Weird Western, eh? I'd like to suggest AVOIDANCE of the Jonah Hex series "Hex" which sets him uncomfortably in the future, and careful consideration of the Tim Truman JH series of a few years ago-- very nice to look at, pretty odd reading. NOT the Jonah Hex stories I enjoy the best. Matt __________________ Walking Man Comics 10 years mini-comics monthly Favorites: Age of Bronze, Astro City, All Star Superman, Amelia Rules, Boneyard, Conan, Colonia, Castle Waiting, Daredevil, Fables, Fell, Hellboy, Jack Staff, Jonah Hex, Lone Wolf, Mouse Gaurd, Next Wave, Powers, Spirit, Strangers, Usagi, Wolff & Byrd. Up'n'coming: Criminal, Echo, Fire and Brimstone, House of Mystery, Mde. Xanadu, Mercy Sparks, Top Ten II, Welcome to Hoxford, Young Liars, Zorro

03-30-2006, 09:48 PM	#1
Joey_m New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8	Jonah Hex I was wondering if Jonah Hex has been around for a while or is it a new title/character? I am coming back to comics after many years so that is why I am asking. I picked up Jonah Hex #1-5 and wow I love them. I am so happy I went ahead and bought them. I look forward to more and more of them in the future.

03-31-2006, 12:34 AM	#4
Apathy Boy Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,446	Yeah, you're going to enjoy that SHOWCASE PRESENTS. Better than the current series, as far as I'm concerned. And it's certainly bigger, which we all know is the most important thing.

04-01-2006, 09:24 PM	#9
hondobrode Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,733	I've never read a Hex I didn't like, including "Mad Max" Hex. He's one of the consistently best presented characters I can think of. __________________ "Our lives teach us who we are." - Salman Rushdie (1947 - ) British Indian novelist and essayist

04-01-2006, 11:12 PM	#10
Joey_m New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8	I am hoping... I'm hoping to read something that will explain how he got the scars on his face. I am hoping this book: http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=4426 will explain it. I look forward to getting it. Hopefully it will be monday or tuesday. Oh yeah and a new Jonah Hex will be in stores this wednesday :)

04-04-2006, 06:44 AM	#11
Baron Banter Talk Talk Talk Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: PA Posts: 319	Spoilers on how he got his face scarred (If I remember it correctly) He was raised by Native Americans because his father sold him to one of the tribes however later on he did some things that they didn't like... including being a scout for the army... so he was given the Face of Death by one of tribes of the Indians. I can't recall which tribe. If he is ever captured on that tribe's lands, he is to be put to death. Now this is based on my memory which can be faulty. ;) __________________ Quarrels and Quills is a roleplaying community that began on the Crossgen MB and has grown to include original worlds and novel and movie worlds. New members always needed.

04-09-2006, 09:23 PM	#12
Economist Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 374	According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Hex 1866:Jonah locates his old tribe and tells the chief how Noh-Tante betrayed him years before. The chief decrees that this must be settled by a tomahawk battle. Noh-Tante had sabotaged Jonah tomahawk so that the handle would break. In an act of desperation, Jonah pulls a knife and kills Noh-Tante. As punishment for breaking the rules, Jonah has a heated tomahawk pressed against the right side of his face and is given "The mark of the demon". but I don't know how accurate that is because it also says this The series was canceled during Crisis on Infinite Earths (in which Jonah also appeared along with Scalphunter and other western heroes) and Jonah was moved to an 18 issue run in a book titled Hex where he was transported to the 21st century to become a post-apocalyptic warrior like Mad Max. The series had mediocre success in the United States but was critically acclaimed and well received in Great Britain, Italy, Spain and Japan. There are even rumors of a Jonah Hex manga being planned in Japan but done in a more serious Lone Wolf & Cub style rather than the exaggerated cuteness that typifies current manga titles. Jonah Hex continues to appear in various DC Universe titles. Critically acclaimed?!?!?! Jonah Hex Magna?!?!?!?

04-10-2006, 05:24 PM	#13
Count Vertigo Suicide Squad flunky Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Little Vlatava in NYC Posts: 587	I might be in the minority here but I liked the HEX series myself when he was sent to the future. It reminded me of Escape from NY meets Blade Runner to a certain degree. I would be very pleased if DC brought him back in an ongoing series. Of course with Lansdale at the helm! Hex is such an intriguing character. I used him in a Deadlands RPG (great game btw... horror and western? genius!) and it was great fun. As for a Hex manga, I wouldn't mind it. Provided it IS done in a serious style. None of that cutesy shit that seems to be prevalent in all manga and anime nowadays. Last edited by Count Vertigo; 04-10-2006 at 05:27 PM. Reason: adding more info

04-11-2006, 06:44 AM	#14
matewan1990 BANNED Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 173	Jonah Hex original art If anyone wants to see some really cool Jonah Hex original art, including pages from All-Star Western 10, go to: http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=3650 That's my comicartfans.com gallery. Take a look in the John Albano, Ernie Chan, Ron Wagner, Mark Texeira, Tony DeZuniga, All-Star Western 10, Luke McDonnell and Gerald Forton subgalleries. There's a lot of old stuff, some new and some unpublished Hex art in those galleries. Check it out and let me know what you think. I'm one of the biggest Jonah Hex fans around. I loved his post-apocalyptic series and the Vertigo series by Lansdale, Truman and Glanzman (you can still get original drawings by Truman and Glanzman... they're online and you should be able to do a Google search and come up with contact info for both). Only a few weeks before JH creator John Albano passed away, I spoke with him via phone. It was the only interview he'd ever done about Jonah Hex. John and I quickly became friends and he drew, for me, the only Jonah Hex commission he ever did. I was so pleased to get it, but was saddened only days later when I found out he'd died in Florida. The one Jonah Hex creator interview that has evaded me is one with Michael Fleisher. He's a guy that no one seems to know how to contact. Even people who were friends with him don't know where he's at these days. The new Jonah Hex series is great. Palmiotti and Gray are doing a great job and the art has been top-notch (especially issue 5 with Tony DeZuniga art... beautiful, if Hex can be called that...). I hope everyone reads the new Jonah Hex series so it survives for a long, long time. Mike Browning

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