what is Jonah Hex's Origin?

[Morgoth]

I've always wondered about him. Can soomeone give me a quick rundown on who he is? Why is his face like that?

 

[The Question]

His father, a grade A *****ebag, sold him as a slave to an Indian tribe when he was about ten years old in exchange for safe passage across the Indian territory. For the next several years, Jonah was forced to do hard labor for the tribe. However, over time, as his prowess as a hunter and a fighter improved, he earned the respect of much of the tribe. After he saved the cheif from a cougar, he became a full fledged member of the tribe. He fell in love with a young woman named White Faun. onah's rival and the cheif's son, Noh-Tante, eventually takes Jonah on a raid of a rival tribe, and leaves Jonah behind enemy lines to die. Jonah barely survives, but does not return to the tribe as by now they all believe him to be dead. In any event, he eventually loses track of them. Later, he joins up with the Confederate army during the Civil War. He's in fact the man responsible for Stonewall Jackson's death. After the war, he meets up with his old tribe, and Noh-Tante's treachery becomes known. The two decide to settle their rivalry in a duel, choosing tomohawks as their weapons. Noh-Tante sabatoges Jonah's tomahwak before the fight, causing it to break. In an act of desperation, he pulls a knife on Noh-Tante and kills him. Because he broke the rules of the fight, the cheif has Jonah tied up and presses a heated tomohawk against his face, giving him "The Mark of the Demon," his trademark scar. He is then banished from the tribe.

Shortly there after, Jonah becomes a bounty hunter.

 

[Mee]

And they all lived happily ever after.

 

[The Question]

Actually, he was shot in the chest with a shotgun at the age of 66, his body afterwards being stuffed and mounted in a traveling circus. Wouldn't exactly call that happily ever after.

 

[Mee]

Being in the circus is fun though.

 

[The Question]

True.

 

[The Leaguer]

This thread was firmly planted on Earth, and then hit orbit around post 7.

 

[WompuM]

I read they are going to change that ending as if Jonah set that up as a way to fake his own death.

 

[Kitsune]

I read they are going to change that ending as if Jonah set that up as a way to fake his own death.

And he's really Supernova?

 

[Andy C.]

I remember reading somewhere that Hex is also an ancestor of Bruce Wayne, but I don't know if that's true or not.

 

[yenaled]

It's certainly not true.

 

[WompuM]

But Hex DID fight Ra's Al Ghul.... in Batman TAS anyway.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

The suffed body of Jonah Hex then went from person to person,until it was last seen in a fair on the outskirts of a town it was 1977,then it dissapeared.It was then seen again in Kingdom Come.

 

[WompuM]

Really? Where in KC???

 

[Morgoth]

His father, a grade A *****ebag, sold him as a slave to an Indian tribe when he was about ten years old in exchange for safe passage across the Indian territory. For the next several years, Jonah was forced to do hard labor for the tribe. However, over time, as his prowess as a hunter and a fighter improved, he earned the respect of much of the tribe. After he saved the cheif from a cougar, he became a full fledged member of the tribe. He fell in love with a young woman named White Faun. onah's rival and the cheif's son, Noh-Tante, eventually takes Jonah on a raid of a rival tribe, and leaves Jonah behind enemy lines to die. Jonah barely survives, but does not return to the tribe as by now they all believe him to be dead. In any event, he eventually loses track of them. Later, he joins up with the Confederate army during the Civil War. He's in fact the man responsible for Stonewall Jackson's death. After the war, he meets up with his old tribe, and Noh-Tante's treachery becomes known. The two decide to settle their rivalry in a duel, choosing tomohawks as their weapons. Noh-Tante sabatoges Jonah's tomahwak before the fight, causing it to break. In an act of desperation, he pulls a knife on Noh-Tante and kills him. Because he broke the rules of the fight, the cheif has Jonah tied up and presses a heated tomohawk against his face, giving him "The Mark of the Demon," his trademark scar. He is then banished from the tribe.

Shortly there after, Jonah becomes a bounty hunter.

That's bull, Jonah's tomahawk was sabotaged! He had to defend himself, he didn't break the rules the other guy did!

Thanks for the info.

 

[Morgoth]

Actually, he was shot in the chest with a shotgun at the age of 66, his body afterwards being stuffed and mounted in a traveling circus. Wouldn't exactly call that happily ever after.

Damn that sucks! Poor guy. That's horrible he ended up that way. So sad.

 

[WompuM]

I'm telling you, pretty soon, that won't be the end of Jonah Hex.