Dc comics announces fiona staples as guest artist on jonah hex. Apr 22, 20 %27allstar western%27 begins a new arc pairing series star jonah hex with booster gold. I love western theme books, movies and graphic novels. Dedicated to protecting and avenging the innocent, he makes himself many enemies. The liveaction movie adaptation of the comic book character created by writer john albano and artist tony dezuniga was released on june 18th, 2010. Pictures, the film is directed by jimmy hayward and stars josh brolin as the title character, jonah hex, and also stars john malkovich, michael fassbender, and megan fox. Grant to try to stop a vengeful exconfederate generalturned terrorist who also is responsible for the death of hex s family from destroying the u. Jonah hex was supposedly ras al ghuls biological father but that fact was later proven otherwise. The newest version of jonah hex returned the anti hero to his hard core western roots, providing a series of tough, violent and atmospheric tales set at various tomes during hex s life. Jonah hex finds himself side by side with american soldiers in vietnam when he tries to return to his own time. Jonah hex is a comic book character published by dc comics.
Jonah hex, the latest comictocinema transfer is more inept than even the most pessimistic moviegoer could possibly imagine. A civil war veteran turned bounty hunter, jonah hex s disfigured face and boorish personality dont win him many friends, but his code of honor and expert marksmanship skills means hes always willing to fight for and protect the innocent and dispense lethal justice. Jonah woodson hex is a western comic book antihero appearing in comic books published by dc comics. Despite his surly and cynical attitude seeming to care about nothing but himself, he is considered an antihero because of his strict personal moral code. The last of the great american comic book western characters created in the 1970s weird phase in comics, jonah hex was created as a deliberate subversion of every western hero cliche you can think. Jonah woodson hex is a western comic book antihero created by the late writer john albano, and the late artist tony dezuniga and published by dc comics. Jonah hex return to devils paw maggio cover by rafa garres comic book characters. Directed by jimmy hayward in his liveaction debut, and written by neveldinetaylor, the film stars josh brolin in the title role, john malkovich, megan fox, michael fassbender, will arnett, michael shannon and wes bentley. He was a confederate soldier captured and then tortured by the union army during the civil war. Nov 16, 2018 the best jonah hex comics stories were written by michael fleisherknown for his seminal work in the 1970s writing, not just hex, but also the spectre and the phantom stranger for dc and ghost. Despite his poor reputation and personality, hex is bound by a personal code of honor to protect and avenge the innocent. Jonah hex is a 2010 postcivil war antihero western film loosely based on the dc comics character of the same name.
Jonah hex 2006 comic read jonah hex 2006 comic online. Sold as a child by his alcoholic father woodson hex to an apache tribe, hex eventually won the tribes respect and made a fullfledged member. Aug 19, 2017 a redditor calling himself marc specter or utemporal712 set out to find out. Despite having no powers, jonah hex has beaten superman in the absolute power storyline, where he guns down superman and executes him with green kryptonite bullets. Jonah hex is on historical record as having killed a minimum of 336 people. Jun 14, 2011 i have been an enthusiastic fan of the dc comic book character jonah hex for several years. Jonah hex comic book hero action figures for sale ebay. Jonah hex customs services and international tracking provided eaglemoss dc universe. Tallulah black is a tragic figure and bounty hunter whose face and body were horribly scarred. Comic book characterscomic books artcomic artjonah hex. Grant to try to stop a vengeful exconfederate generalturned terrorist who also is responsible for the death of hexs family from destroying the u. Why josh brolin still hates jonah hex, and how he would. May 04, 2015 the old west was capable of being a mean and rough place especially when jonah hex was around. It was a testament to the character s popularity, considering how conventional western themed comics had all but galloped off into the sunset.
Tallulah black is a fictional character, a western comic book antihero that appears in comic books published by dc comics as a supporting character of jonah hex. It was a testament to the characters popularity, considering how conventional western themed comics had all but galloped off into the sunset. Despite his poor reputation and personality, hex is bound by a. The newest version of jonah hex returned the anti hero to his hard core western roots, providing a series of tough, violent and atmospheric tales set at various tomes during hexs life. Jonah hex is a gritty violent bounty hunter with a terrible facial scar who was active during the 19th century on the american western frontier. Jonah hex is one of dcs legends of yesterday and lived in the 1800s. Jonah hex is a wild west character that first appeared in dc comics allstar western comics in 1972, who proved popular enough to have the title renamed weird western tales. Jonah hex was named the 73rd greatest comic book hero of all time by ign.
The opening issue set the tone for what was to follow, as hex was hired to find a missing boy only to uncover a circus using captured children to fight dogs. See more ideas about jonah hex, western comics and jonah hex comic. Links and references jonah hex at, jonah hex at lonely geek, jonah hex blog with a body count. But the actions of jealous adopted brother nohtante resulted with hex joining the united states army. He appeared in one episode each of the second and third seasons of the series, but. Find jonah hex and jonah hex lot from a vast selection of comics. Unlike other financial inquiries, though, its significantly harder to find documents to audit when they are over 100 years old, not to mention the fact that jonah hex is a fictional character. He then ended up being the last headline character of the genre in the comic book medium.
With josh brolin, megan fox, john malkovich, michael fassbender. Emmylou hartley was a bank robber who was wanted by the u. I have been an enthusiastic fan of the dc comic book character jonah hex for several years. Jan 19, 2016 the jonah hex character was introduced in 1972 in the allstar western comic book series. Jun 18, 2010 jonah hex, the latest comictocinema transfer is more inept than even the most pessimistic moviegoer could possibly imagine. Jonah hex comics whos who in comic book movies wikia. Jonah hex was a legendary bounty hunter on the american western. Then again, nothing was ever conventional about jonah hex.
Back in 2010, the actor starred in jonah hex, a film adaptation of dcs western comic that follows the antiherogunslingerbounty hunter who managed to cheat death in a big way. The character was later given his own comic series in 1977 and lasted for 92 issues as the last of the great american wild west comic book series. This action packed novel was published in 2010 tells a little about the bounty hunters back ground. The film also features megan fox as a love interest, will.
A live action version of the jonah hex character was released on june 18th, 2010. Created in the 1970s weird phase in comics, jonah hex was created as a deliberate. The last of the great american comic book western characters. In a bizarre turn of events, hex found that he had been transported to the future and became somewhat of a postapocalyptic warrior. Wild with action, hex is written by michael fleisher, with art by mark texeira and dennis janke.
Created in the 1970s weird phase in comics, jonah hex was created as a deliberate subversion of every western hero cliche you can think. Otherwise, the comic is identical to ordinary copies. Jonah hex is a 2010 american western superhero film based on the dc comics character of the same name. The character was created by writers jimmy palmiotti, justin gray and artist phil noto. Josh brolin shares behindthescenes throwback to jonah hex. A redditor calling himself marc specter or utemporal712 set out to find out. Character bio hex is a surly and cynical bounty hunter whose face is horribly scarred on the right side. Like the comic book incarnation, josh brolins jonah hex was a disfigured former. This house ad contains the first published images of jonah hex, as well as 2 dialoguefilled comic strip panels not used in his. Jonah hex 1977 comic read jonah hex 1977 comic online. Marchapril 1977 august 1985 number of issues published. A civil war veteran turned bounty hunter, jonah hexs disfigured face and boorish personality dont win him many friends, but his code of honor and expert marksmanship skills means hes always willing to fight for and protect the innocent and dispense lethal justice. Jonah hex internet movie firearms database guns in.
Combined with a better script, at the very least, brolins version of jonah hex might have broken even. A civil war veteran turned bounty hunter, jonah hex s disfigured face and boorish personality dont win him many friends, but his code of honor and expert marksmanship skills means hes always. Character spotlight jonah hex jonah hex, jonah hex comic. Jonah hex has been called an antihero because he is clearly a man of justice. The character was later given his own comic series in 1977 and lasted for 92 issues as. The character was created by writer john albano and artist tony dezuniga. This house ad contains the first published images of jonah hex, as well as 2.
In true normal fashion, disfigured gunman jonah hex rode his horse out of weird western tales and into his own comic. The character of jonah hex, as played by schaech, was introduced in the first season of dcs legends of tomorrow. Jonah hex 2010 is a blatantly despicable dumpster fire set around an unfocused and incomprehensible vengeancedriven plot. A civil war veteran turned bounty hunter, jonah hexs disfigured face and boorish personality dont win him many friends, but his code of honor and. In this title, the main storyline, by the creative team of justin gray, jimmy palmiotti and justin norman moritat, features jonah hex as the main.
Aug 23, 2010 why were hex s in discount bins, cause no one wanted them. A civil war veteran turned bounty hunter, jonah hexs disfigured face and boorish personality dont win him many friends, but his code of honor and expert marksmanship skills means hes always. Dcs legends of tomorrow casts its jonah hex deadline. Jonah woodson hex is a western comic book antihero appearing in comic books published in the usa by dc comics. The best jonah hex comics stories were written by michael fleisherknown for his seminal work in the 1970s writing, not just hex, but also the. Jonah hex is a 2010 supernatural western starring josh brolin as a scarred bounty hunter who possesses the power to bring people back from the dead. And hex, the mysterious badman, exconfederate, victim of some strange accident which left him disfigured, is a great character for these kinds of stories.