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For my favourite math teacher, from Jonah Hex #21 by Michael Fleisher and Vincente Alcazar.

Out of order, out of context artwork by the incomparable E.R. Cruz from Jonah Hex #29.

Watching the spaghetti western Have a Good Funeral, My Friend … Sartana will Pay the other night prompted me to crack out the first volume of the latest Jonah Hex relaunch.

I’ve been a Jonah Hex fan for as long as I can remember, picking up random issues at garage sales all through my childhood. My fascination with the character even extended into his post-apocalyptic spin-off title, Hex. I can’t say for certain, but that comic may have been my first exposure to the sub-genre, which would explain why I thought it was a completely original concept as opposed to a rip-off of Mad Max, Escape From New York, etc.

I even tracked down a copy of DC Super Special #16, the comic that revealed the final fate of Jonah Hex and solidified my adoration for the character. I only had that issue for a short time, as I lent it out to a fellow Hex fan who moved away before I could reclaim it. I hope it has a good home.

My Californian counterpart Mike Sterling once again demonstrated that he is a man of discerning taste with a three-part series of posts devoted to Jonah Hex’s outcome. The links above definitely contain SPOILERS, though I like to think that knowing Hex’s ultimate destination only adds to the enjoyment of reading about his past.

Foreshadowing by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and Luke Ross from Jonah Hex #3.

Jonah Hex is coming to Canada, presumably for the free health care, courtesy of Darwyn Cooke. My Californian counterpart, Mike Sterling, has the scoop from straight out of Wizard L.A. As pleased as I am to see Cooke once again pay tribute to The Great White North, I think it’s fair to say that the idea of drunken Mounties is preposterous.

No, King! Anything but that!