Jonah Hex by Mike Manley
Jonah Hex was an honourable character in the trappings of an anti-hero – he was a former Confederate soldier and he had hideous scars on one side of his face. People reacted to him with fear, but his morals didn’t waver.
He first appeared in DC Comics’ All-Star Western No. 10 Feb/Mar 1972, which made his debut quite late for a Western character from one of the major publishers. All-Star Western was renamed Weird Western Tales with No. 12 and Hex would star there through No. 38. His self-titled book then ran for 92 issues, ending in August 1985. Like his late debut, his ending was long after Westerns had been a big draw in comics.
Hex has come back a number of times since then, and he has his fans. Here’s a commission by Mike Manley I’ve turned into a cover.
Illustration shared by Mike Manley online.
Art made production ready.
Colour version.
Re-created trade dress added.
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