Jonah Hex has undergone one of the least dynamic changes of the universe-wide DC Comics reboot. Whereas most of the titles have changed their writer/artist teams, Hex is back under the reins of Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti. Some new perspectives would be nice at this point—their stories tend to get formulaic and repetitive. But that may have be getting addressed with this new series, which has more of a mystery-story slant and acknowledges the Old West existence of places like Gotham City.
There is one big change, however: Hex is no longer the star of his own book. DC has revived its old All Star Western title to feature him. Weird, since Weird Western Tales was Hex’s original home—All Star Western was the company’s more conventional Western title. Now Jonah Hex—the alcoholic, morally challenged bounty hunter and aggrieved loner—is the All Star standard-bearer. What does that say for civilization?