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The last of the great American [[Comic Book]] [[Western]] characters.

Created in the [[Bronze Age|1970s "Weird" phase]] in comics, Jonah Hex was created as a deliberate subversion of every Western hero cliche you can think. He then ended up being the last headline character of the genre in the comic book medium. He first appeared in ''"All-Star Western''" vol. 2 #10 (February-March, 1972), created by John Albano and Tony DeZuniga . The title was soon renamed to ''"All-Star Western''", with Jonah remaining its star to 1977. He was then moved to his own series, which lasted from 1977 to 1985.

Created in the [[Bronze Age|1970s "Weird" phase]] in comics, ''[[Jonah Hex]]'' was created as a deliberate subversion of every Western hero cliche you can think. He then ended up being the last headline character of the genre in the comic book medium. He first appeared in ''All-Star Western'' vol. 2 #10 (February-March, 1972), created by John Albano and Tony DeZuniga . The title was soon renamed to ''"All-Star Western''", with Jonah remaining its star to 1977. He was then moved to his own series, which lasted from 1977 to 1985.

Jonah has a rather grim background. Raised with unrelenting abuse from his drunken father, the boy was sold to a Native American tribe, until he came of age and joined the Confederate forces in the [[American Civil War]]. Deciding to resign his commission after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, he inadvertently left clues to his old unit which led to it being found by Union forces. Wrongly accused as a traitor, Hex left on his own, unwanted by either side even while he still wore his gray Confederate officer's uniform.

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Since then, Jonah makes his living as a bounty hunter, carrying out his hunts with ruthless efficiency, although tempered with a personal code of honor that leads him to defend and avenge the weak and the oppressed in his own brutal way. He's part of the wider [[The DCU|DC Universe]], though long-dead in the present era (his body was apparently stuffed and mounted and ended up in a traveling circus).

When his original series ended, Jonah was thrown into a post-Apocalyptic future ala [[Mad Max]] in a title called simply ''Hex''. He had a few miniseries in [[Vertigo Comics]] with a supernatural bent, went on to a new DCU series that, with the [[Comics Code]] having lost any meaningful power, was even [[Darker and Edgier]] and [[Bloodier and Gorier|Gorier]] than before, and eventually came full circle, returning to the pages of ''All-Star Western'' in the [[New 52]] as the main character.

When his original series ended, Jonah was thrown into a post-Apocalyptic future ala ''[[Mad Max]]'' in a title called simply ''Hex''. He had a few miniseries in [[Vertigo Comics]] with a supernatural bent, went on to a new DCU series that, with the [[Comics Code]] having lost any meaningful power, was even [[Darker and Edgier]] and [[Bloodier and Gorier|Gorier]] than before, and eventually came full circle, returning to the pages of ''All-Star Western'' in the ''[[New 52]]'' as the main character.

The character has appeared in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]],'' ''[[Justice League]],'' and ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' episodes and is set to appear in ''[[Legends of Tomorrow]]'' where he was played by [[Johnathon Schaech]]. Also, a feature film was released on June 18 2010 starring Josh Brolin and [[Megan Fox]]. The results were... less than auspicious, with reviews ranging from mixed to horrible, and a box office that suffered heavily (thanks mostly to competition from ''[[Toy Story (franchise)||Toy Story 3]]''). There is also an animated "DC Showcase" short that serves as a bonus feature for ''[[Batman: Under the Red Hood]]''; interestingly, it's written by Joe Lansdale, who wrote the Hex-starring Batman TAS episode "Showdown".

The character has appeared in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]],'' ''[[Justice League]],'' and ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' episodes and is set to appear in ''[[Legends of Tomorrow]]'' where he was played by [[Johnathon Schaech]]. Also, a [[Jonah Hex (film)|feature film]] was released on June 18 2010 starring Josh Brolin and [[Megan Fox]]. The results were... less than auspicious, with reviews ranging from mixed to horrible, and a box office that suffered heavily (thanks mostly to competition from ''[[Toy Story (franchise)||Toy Story 3]]''). There is also an animated "DC Showcase" short that serves as a bonus feature for ''[[Batman: Under the Red Hood]]''; interestingly, it's written by Joe Lansdale, who wrote the Hex-starring Batman TAS episode "Showdown".

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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Woodson Hex is almost in a class of his own when it comes to this.

* [[Alcoholic Parent]]: Woodson Hex again.

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** This seems to be his thing in [[The Movie]], to the point of coughing up a raven and being able to bring others [[Back from the Dead]] as well.

* [[Badass]]

** How [[Badass]]? When Batman and Superman were traveling between universes [[Timey-Wimey Ball|(sort of)]] and they ended up in a universe where DC's western heroes existed in the modern day he gunned down [[Beyond the Impossible|~~BOTH~~]] of them.

** How [[Badass]]? When Batman and Superman were traveling between universes [[Timey-Wimey Ball|(sort of)]] and they ended up in a universe where DC's western heroes existed in the modern day he gunned down [[Beyond the Impossible|''both'']] of them.

** Hex's final fight with El Papagayo in the graphic novel ''No Way Back''. Papagayo stabs a knife right through Hex's arm. The fight ends with Hex {{spoiler|killing Papagayo with the same knife... whilst it's [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|still sticking through his arm.]]}}

* [[Bandito]]: El Papagayo.

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* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Tallulah Black

* [[Fastest Gun in the West]]: Jonah has this reputation.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: In [[Justice League Unlimited]], he immediately deduces that Batman, [[Green Lantern]] and [[Wonder Woman]] are time ~~travellers~~. How?

* [[Genre Savvy]]: In ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', he immediately deduces that Batman, [[Green Lantern]] and [[Wonder Woman]] are time travelers. How?

* [[God Is Evil|God is Cruel]]: Jonah expresses this view on several occasions, believing that the kind, just God of Christianity is just a comforting delusion for those who don't know God as well as he does.

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* [[The Gunslinger]]

* [[A Handful for an Eye]]: Jonah does it while fighting mountain scum in ''Hex'' #4. (Given Jonah's penchant for fighting dirty, it would be surprising if this was the only time this trick was used in the various series.)

* [[The Hashshashin]]: Jonah fights a ~~Hashshashin~~ brought to the [[Wild West]] as part of a [[Carnival of Killers]] during the "Six Gun War" storyline.

* [[The Hashshashin]]: Jonah fights a Hashashin brought to the [[Wild West]] as part of a [[Carnival of Killers]] during the "Six Gun War" storyline.

* [[Ignorant of the Call]]

* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Some of the inhabitants of Casket Canyon seem to have grown very fond of human flesh. See [[No Party Like a Donner Party]] below.