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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.
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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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".
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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.
* [[All Asians Know Martial Arts]]: The current series of ''Jonah Hex'' gave his wife Mei Ling kung fu skills despite her never displaying any during the original run of the comics.
* [[The American Civil War]]: Jonah fought for the Confederacy in it, and still wears a Confederate uniform.<ref>''Jonah Hex'' (second series) #36 explains why.</ref>
* [[Amnesia Danger]]: In one story, Jonah is buried by a rockslide while dressed in the clothes of a preacher. Digging himself out, he cannot remember who he is. Finding a letter addressed to the preacher in his pocket, he assumes that he is the preacher and takes on the preacher's new posting as an army chaplain.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV]]
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Quentin Turnbull.
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* [[Army Scout]]: Jonah was an Army scout for a time.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]
* [[Back
** This seems to be his thing in [[The Movie]], to the point of coughing up a raven and being able to bring others [[Back
* [[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.
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* [[Guns Akimbo]]
* [[The Gunslinger]]
* [[A Handful for
* [[The Hashshashin]]: Jonah fights a Hashshashin brought to the [[Wild West]] as part of a [[Carnival of Killers]] during the "Six Gun War" storyline.
* [[Ignorant of the Call]]
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* [[POW Camp]]: The events of Fort Charlotte will haunt Jonah throughout his life.
* [[Powder Trail]]: Pulled off in issue #78 of the original series, where Jonah ignites the powder trail with a rifle shot.
* [[Practical Currency]]: In ''Hex'', the standard currency are Soames: pills used to decontaminate radioactive water.
* [[Recycled in Space]]: In the ''Hex'' series, Jonah was transported to the 21st century and became somewhat of a post-apocalyptic warrior, reminiscent of Mad Max.
* [[The Remnant]]: The Fort Charlotte Brigade
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* [[Time Travel]]: Thanks to being a solidly set in the Wild West most crossovers he's in tend to feature it.
* [[Train Job]]: Too many to count.
* [[Two-Headed Coin]]: In one comic, a Frenchman uses this to win a coin toss against Jonah, choosing to stay behind and make the [[Heroic Sacrifice]] holding off the Indians while Jonah gets the woman they were escorting to safety.
* [[US Marshal]]: J.D. Hart
* [[Vapor Trail]]: Jonah pulls one in ''Hex'' #18, lighting the fuel with his trusty cigarillo. The [[Mooks]]' last words are "That's a fuel hose, right?"
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