Part 2 of 3, of the Jonah Hex origin. In this issue we see how abusive Jonah's father was. So much so that he offered him in trade to the Apache, just to cross their land. That's how he ended up being raised by them. But, in saving the chiefs life, that put him at opposites with the chiefs son. Soon, on one of their raiding parties, the chiefs son betrayed him and left him at the mercy of another tribe, much in the same way that his father had. That was when he learned to draw the strength he had from the inside, and stand up like a man. It also helped him to define his survival instinct. Which, to Jonah, was basically to do anything to survive. This was all brought on by a flashback when Jonah saw another young boy being abused by his drunken father. I love that I'm following, and digging, a western book in this day and age. Between this and Loveless, I think DC has the corner on the genre right now.
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