JONAH HEX #33
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I've never really been a big fan of western comic books, I'll admit
that right up front. Truth is, I like heroes, powers, capes and fantasy
to be foremost when it comes to comic books. I've just never been drawn
to the "hero" who uses guns and his fists to do his talking. So it was
with a bit of reluctance that I picked up Jonah Hex #33. But with
Darwyn Cooke at the artistic helm and rumors of recent solid Jonah Hex
issues (and a weak week of books in general), this one made it into my
stack. And for the most part, I'm glad it did. Story begins by
introducing us to a father and son trudging through the snow; the
father is weak and apparently near death. The story is told to us in
the writing of the son, who is seemingly mute. When the father gets his
foot caught in a bear trap, he's forced to cut off his foot at the
ankle. Unfortunately, the blood brings out the wolves, who surround the
father and son...and prepare for the kill. Enter Jonah Hex, as he
shoots up them wolves and saves the boy. The father isn't so lucky.
Savior Hex and the boy continue on, only to then be approached by a
group of mounties, who recognize Hex as a wanted man and throw him
through a frozen lake to kill him. Hex manages to survive. A short time
later, he brings the boy along on what amounts to a revenge-spree at
the mountees' fort. Blood flows freely. Hex rejects the boy's hand in
friendship. Life goes on in the cold, cold world of the snowy wild
west. What's perhaps the weakest aspect of this story is the fact that
it asks us to swallow a lot (and feel a lot of emotion) in a mere 22
pages. This is a one-shot deal that seems as though it could have
covered two, maybe even three issues to give it more depth of
character, but thankfully, the cool Cooke art makes up for the story's
lack of complexity. Not sure I'd buy JH again if without Cooke as a
hook, but as for western comics, my mind is now a bit more open to the
idea.
Story: 3 - Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good
JONAH HEX has been – with one or two exceptions – all one-shots.
I understand that JH is generally a one-shot comic, little vignettes in the life of its title character, but why not serialize things a bit for the sake of deepening the characters and giving us a bit more emotional impact. As it stands, this sort of thing feels like a mere glimpse into something that could be truly compelling if given the time to develop.
I dunno, I get a lot of emotional impact from almost every issue. Hex is the only recurring character and you learn a lot about him over the course of the book.
I feel like the impact you get in thse stories is a one-dimensional type, a sort of trick where anti-hero Hex does something surprising or at least anti-heroic. When I say I want more emotional impact, I’m speaking of depth of character and a more prologned sense of the character and what makes him tick. The only way to really make that happen (it seems to me) is to give the supporting characters a chance to develop and interact. This didn’t happen in this particular issue.