Intro
Since I jumped on board on All-Star Western, I have quickly
become a Jonah Hex fan. All-Star Western really gives off a different feeling
than any other comic. It’s not just from a western perspective, but a character
that isn’t just a typical ruthless killer; he really has a heart and feels
sympathy for innocent people. He just doesn’t like to show it too much. He’s
also a bounty hunter that’s not all about the money; he really does it for
vengeance these people paid for hurting innocents. He also has a quirky humor
and a charm for the ladies. Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray have done a
wonderful job on this character in making him very interesting. They even
managed to pull it off twice since they did the pre-52 series as well which, I
haven’t read yet. But I hope I will someday. Right now at their 100th
issue, Jonah Hex has been in the present time (thanks to Booster Gold) meeting
a few modern heroes and growing accustomed to the time period. He wants to
return to his old timeline, but first he has to come to terms with his new
face.
Story
Jonah Hex is in the hospital from a fatal car accident which
has caused him into a coma. The doctors give him plastic surgery on his face
and his reactions go off the roof!
The Good
Finally seeing Jonah Hex’s reaction to his new face has
become an intriguing story. It really
puts Jonah into an emotion state that he’s never before. I really liked how he
feels he’s in a totally different world and things aren’t the same as they used
to be. He really tries his best to stay comfortable, but he can’t help it to
feel strange about it. It’s something very new to him and it’s the complexity
of his feelings is what makes it interesting.
The Bad
Even though this was an interesting story I did feel him
jumping back in time was too sudden. Mainly because the return of a long gone
character has no explanation to where he’s been and he suddenly disappears
after his job is done. And I felt pretty strange that this character didn’t
tell Gina how much she can affect time by being in the past. I also wanted to
see Jonah Hex’s emotion state to be explored more. I felt it went off to the
action a bit too quickly.
The new art for this series is getting pretty hard to get
used to. Sometimes it looks really well especially when the special guest
appears and other times it looks less detailed and muddled like in the action
scenes.
Verdict
I give this issue a 4/9 out of 5/10 stars. Just seeing his
reactions to his new face is really interesting and I wish we could have seen
more. I felt the time between him dealing with this and jumping back in time
happened too quickly. The art is also pretty rough to get through because it’s
less quality than the previous art. But this story is still pretty good to
read. So, I recommend you pick this issue up. It’s really good for new readers
as well because we get to know who Jonah is and it establishes a new story arc.
I think this is a series people should really enjoy.
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