2) JONAH HEX LOSES FACE
Jonah Hex arrived on the stands in 1971, long after the comic book western’s heyday, but the antiheroic cowboy was an immediate hit with readers. Raised by Apache warriors after his father abandoned him, Jonah was betrayed by his friend Noh-Tante, who left him for dead. Years later, Hex returned to his adoptive tribe, and was forced to fight Noh-Tante in a duel of honor, only to have his rival sabotage his weapon. Killing Noh-Tante, Jonah was punished under the laws of the Apache, forever branded with the mark of the demon. It’s one of the rare situations where the most terrible thing to happen to the character actually occurred before his first appearance.
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I was just looking up Old Man Logan, now that was ridiculous – eating Wolverine should be on here… but also the indigestion afterwards. Very wrong.