Quick question for you Jonah Hex fans

[s-man]

Whats up with the right side of his face?

 

[dudeman5000]

Whats up with the right side of his face?

 

 

Depending on which version you are reading:

 

1. 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 secretly sabotages Jonah's tomahawk so that the handle will break. In an act of desperation during the fight, Jonah pulls a knife and kills Noh-Tante. As punishment for breaking the rules, Jonah is bound and the chief presses a heated tomahawk to the right side of Jonah's face giving him "The Mark of the Demon". The tribe then banishes Jonah. (JH V1, #8)

 

2. 1862: After a failed assault by Confederate forces, Jonah is tortured by Union Capt Fulsome (under orders by Col Ackerman)by whip causing disfigurement and set afloat to scare other Confederates and show what will happen to them when captured. (JH V2, #13)

 

Current storyline combines the two events, with both events adding to the disfigured bounty hunter that is Jonah Hex.

 

Please bring me back on track if my recollection of events are skewed.

Chris

 

[Aman619]

haha. Pretty good! I thought I remembered it was just a Civil War wound! Gotta work on my reading comprehension as Ive bought read every Jonah Hex story since Weird Western 10...

[s-man]

Whats up with the right side of his face?

 

 

Depending on which version you are reading:

 

1. 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 secretly sabotages Jonah's tomahawk so that the handle will break. In an act of desperation during the fight, Jonah pulls a knife and kills Noh-Tante. As punishment for breaking the rules, Jonah is bound and the chief presses a heated tomahawk to the right side of Jonah's face giving him "The Mark of the Demon". The tribe then banishes Jonah. (JH V1, #8)

 

2. 1862: After a failed assault by Confederate forces, Jonah is tortured by Union Capt Fulsome (under orders by Col Ackerman)by whip causing disfigurment and set afloat to scare other Confederates and show what will happen to them when captured. (JH V2, #13)

 

Current storyline combines the two events, with both events adding to the disfigured bounty hunter that is Jonah Hex.

 

Please bring me back on track if my recollection of events are skewed.

Chris

 

Thanks for the explaination...I never read the books and was curious about it.

[dudeman5000]

(thumbs u Jonah Hex is consistantly one of the best books DC puts out every month. Most are "done in one", with a few story arcs carrying over. One of the books that keeps me in the modern market. Pick up one of the trades, I don't think you will be disappointed. Good times!

 

Chris

[s-man]

(thumbs u Jonah Hex is consistantly one of the best books DC puts out every month. Most are "done in one", with a few story arcs carrying over. One of the books that keeps me in the modern market. Pick up one of the trades, I don't think you will be disappointed. Good times!

 

Chris

 

Any recommendations?

[Ares]

Money shot to the face?

[shiverbones]

ooohhh....

 

Jonah is great! The 70's series as well as the modern are great reads. JH was the last modern I read before giving up all moderns.

[rjpb]

The modern run is good reading - especially with Jordi Bernet doing the art lately. Far gorier than the original code approved version, My favorite incarnation is the Lansdale/Truman version from the 90's - some purists may not care for the supernatural elements - but I loved it.

[kidcolt]

(thumbs u #1 is the real reason. I will try and find time to pull the issue and scan and post the page where it happens.

 

 

Whats up with the right side of his face?

 

 

Depending on which version you are reading:

 

1. 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 secretly sabotages Jonah's tomahawk so that the handle will break. In an act of desperation during the fight, Jonah pulls a knife and kills Noh-Tante. As punishment for breaking the rules, Jonah is bound and the chief presses a heated tomahawk to the right side of Jonah's face giving him "The Mark of the Demon". The tribe then banishes Jonah. (JH V1, #8)

 

2. 1862: After a failed assault by Confederate forces, Jonah is tortured by Union Capt Fulsome (under orders by Col Ackerman)by whip causing disfigurement and set afloat to scare other Confederates and show what will happen to them when captured. (JH V2, #13)

 

Current storyline combines the two events, with both events adding to the disfigured bounty hunter that is Jonah Hex.

 

Please bring me back on track if my recollection of events are skewed.

Chris

[s-man]

#1 is the real reason. I will try and find time to pull the issue and scan and post the page where it happens.

[Aman619]

The modern run is good reading - especially with Jordi Bernet doing the art lately. Far gorier than the original code approved version, My favorite incarnation is the Lansdale/Truman version from the 90's - some purists may not care for the supernatural elements - but I loved it.

 

I didnt care for the supernatural elements!!

[Beau]

 

I didnt care for the supernatural elements!!

 

'Riders of the Worm and such' was a darn good story, though.

[Comicopolis]

My favourite book from the 70's and the best thing that DC are putting out at the moment, though that wouldn't be too hard.

 

The supernatural revival mini's from the 90's, there were 3 I think, were OK but nothing like the quality of the traditional and new stuff.

 

Anybody read Hex? Maybe the strangest and stupidest 'updating' of a character in the history of comic books - and I still don't know how he got back from the future!

[Norrin_Radd]

I've bought read every Jonah Hex story since Weird Western 10...

Cool. (thumbs u

 

I bought a bunch from board members several years ago. Need to re-read them.

[seank]

If you want to check out the 70s stuff on the cheap, the Showcase TPB is great. The Jonah Hex stories don't suffer from a lack of color.