Jonah Hex Vol. 2 #1-47 (Current, Ongoing)

is an eponymous Western comic book antihero created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga and published by DC Comics. The right side of his face horribly scarred, he was an officer for the Confederacy during the American Civil War, fought at Gettysburg and is normally shown wearing a tattered Confederate States Army jacket. Hex is surly and cynical, but bound by a personal code of honor to protect and avenge the innocent and is in many ways similar to Clint Eastwood's (2 similar ongoing titles from Dynamite Entertainment are also posted here in Avaxhome by yours truly, complete). Jonah Hex had his first self-titled series that began in 1977 and lasted for 92 issues and which came to be known as Jonah Hex Volume 1. Aside from this, he also had a sci-fi-based eighteen-issue limited series that had scant recognition in the US but gained critical success and acclaim in the UK and elsewhere, plus three other miniseries under DC's Vertigo imprint. The current ongoing series, Volume 2, started in November 2005.

The titles in Volume 2 have been divided into story arcs that serve as bases for collections published as trade paperbacks (TPB): * Showcase Presents: Jonah Hex, vol. 1 - Collects stories from All-Star Western #2-8, 10-11 & Weird Western Tales #12-14, 16-33 (in B&W). "Jonah Hex had no friends, but he did have two companions: death, and the acrid smell of gunsmoke." - WorldCat - ISBN 140120760X * Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo - Collects Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo #1-5. "The Wild West has never been wilder! Glimpse into the dark and dangerous world of the late 19th century as only Jonah Hex can, and see the enigmatic wanderer take on a circus of the undead." - WorldCat - ISBN 156389162X * Jonah Hex: A Face Full of Violence - Collects #1-6. "The mysterious bounty hunter and thinking man's killer was a hero to some; a villain to others; and wherever he rode, people spoke his name in whispers." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401210953 * Jonah Hex, vol. 2: Guns of Vengeance - Collects #7-12. "Hex dodges bullets, rights wrongs and courts death in these lushly illustrated tales!" - WorldCat - ISBN 1401212492 * Jonah Hex, vol. 3: Origins - Collects #13-18. "The never-before-told origin of Jonah Hex plus other tales of his travels in the old West, dodging bullets, righting wrongs and courting death." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401214908 * Jonah Hex, vol. 4: Only the Good Die Young - Collects #19-24. - WorldCat - ISBN 1401216897 * Jonah Hex, vol. 5: Luck Runs Out - Collects #25-30. "Features a lost chapter from the end of Hex’s trail, in which he meets his son in an awkward and violent encounter." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401219608 * Jonah Hex, vol. 6: Bullets Don't Lie - Collects #31-36. "Hex joins a posse and hunts a gang of killers. Plus: Learn the reason why Hex wears a Confederate uniform." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401221572 * Jonah Hex, vol. 7: Lead Poisoning - Collects #37-42. "Hex runs afoul of a trio of beautiful female bounty hunters and almost becomes the victim of a doctor’s grisly practice." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401224857 - (forthcoming, October 2009) --

Issue #43 was a standalone entitled, "The Hyde House Massacre" and issue #44 started a six-part story arc entitled, "The Six Gun War." We could safely surmise issues #43-49 would comprise the contents of the Jonah Hex Vol. 8 TPB. Current issue is of course #47, released September 2, 2009.

"Six Gun War" part 4 of 6! Hex, Bat Lash and Tallulah Black are off to find and kill Quentin Turnbull, but on the way, they run afoul of a dangerous band of banditos. And if that wasn't bad enough, Hex meets up with an old friend – but can he be trusted? Or is betrayal on his mind? Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray; Art and cover by Cristiano Cucina --

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