Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex is a comic book character that first appeared in All-Star Western #10Jonah Hex was the western icon from your parents days, many kids looked at him as a western influence. He's a Civil War veteran turned bounty hunter
Characteristics
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 189 lbs (86 kg)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Red
Origin
Jonah has battled alcoholism, and as an adult faced his mother's turn to prostitution. Though he traveled extensively throughout the American West, he also ended up in South America and China. At one point he quit bounty hunting, got married and had a son, and took up farming, though it didn't last.Hex's facial injuries can be traced back to being sold into slavery by his father to the Apache for safe passage. Jonah eventually saved the chief from being killed by a mountain lion and was made an honorary member of the tribe. He was soon betrayed by the envious son of the chief while on a raid. He returned years later to challenge him in a sacred tomahawk battle. But the chief's son sabotaged Jonah's tomahawk and Jonah used his knife in self defense when the tomahawk broke. The tribe saw this as breaking the rules of the sacred battle and sentenced Jonah to wear the mark of the demon by pressing a searing hot tomahawk to his face. They said his honorary relationship to the chief was the only thing that saved him from death.
New Ongoing Series (2006)
In his Brand-New ongoing series, Hex's origin seems to have changed, he was a soldier who fought in the southern ranks during the American Civil War and he was scarred for life by a cruel union officer, he was also raised by the indians (and was given a tomahawk) Apparently he quit the tribe and now's earning a living as a bounty-hunter in the wild west of the U.S. Fighting injustice and thugs, Jonah Hex thunders the arid plains with his two companions... One is Death Itself... The Other, the Acrid smell of gunsmoke.
2010 Film
A live action version of the Jonah Hex character is currently in production and is slated for release on August 6th 2010. Josh Brolin ("No Country for Old Men") will star as Jonah Hex. The film also features Megan Fox (supposedly as a love interest), Will Arnett and John Malkovich. The movie will focus on the origin of Jonah, but it is unknown which story will be used to tell his early life but the synopsis is: In the Wild West, a scarred bounty hunter tracks a voodoo practitioner bent on liberating the South by raising an army of the undead. It is has been said the film will not be aheavy action film but focus on Jonah aquiring and using his hunting and tracking skills and the synopsis implies that the supernatural aspect of the series will be used. Theory: A hybrid wild west version of Indiana Jones and The Mummy. There have been pictures of Megan Fox in her old west garb and the view was wonderful she might be enough reason to see the movie no matter what.
| Super Name: | Jonah Hex |
| Real Name: | Jonah Woodson Hex |
| Aliases: |
Jonah Woodson Hex Jonah Hex The Mark of the Demon Lieutenant Hex The Scar |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Human |
| 1st Appearance: | All-Star Western #10 |
| Appears in: | 251 issues |
| Birthday: | 11/01/1838 |
| Died: |
















