All-Star Western, issues 22-26. Written by Justin Gray & Jimmy
Palmiotti, with art (mostly) by Moritat. DC Comics, cover-dated September 2013
– February 2014.
When last we left this title, Jonah Hex had been thrown into
the far future – well, he had been thrown into the present, but for him, that’s
the far future. He finds another Dr, Arkham, this time Dr. Jeremiah. He sums up
his ancestry at one point: “I know it sounds crazy, but after all that’s the
Arkham family business.” And the relationship between the two is of course
rocky, as Jonah punches the good Dcotor when he asks if Jonah was breast-fed.
Aspects of the old Gotham storyline have impact here. The
fact that Jonah had made a deal with old man Wayne in centuries past brings
Bruce Wayne into the story, and he offers the best legal representation money
can offer to Hex, who desperately needs it after two issues of non-stop
vigilantism in a modern world that doesn’t look to kindly on that.
He meets a modern-day version of Talullah Black (Gina Green),
and at a “Burning Man” style event, his ability to see spirits draws the
attention of John Constantine. Because where that much debauchery exists,
demons are not far behind. One looks into Jonah’s soul and proclaims “what a
glorious life of death you’ve lived.”
Issue 26 starts with a nice misdirect, making Jonah (and us)
think that he has made it back to his own time. But it is just the result of
the Black Mercy flower. Constantine calls on Swamp Thing to get Hex to the
House of Secrets, the best chance he has of getting back to the 19th
century. He is told the House is in Metropolis, and upon arriving there, finds
himself on the bad side of Superman. Which is a pretty good cliffhanger for the
next set of issues.
Source: My daughter and I have been purchasing these as they
come out.
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