I really enjoyed this issue. Rafa Garres is the artist. I'm not familiar with him, but I really liked what he did with this book. This particular issue is almost more of a horror story, than a western. And his art really helped to drive home that theme. Some fantastic stuff. Of course, Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti were on scripts, as usual. Basically, there is this rock formation outside of this little town, Plimpton, called Devil's Claw. Because, basically, that's what it looks like. Well, this courier was robbed and all the money was stolen. It was the Pete Montana Gang, and Hex was hot on their trail. Until they ran in to the Devil's Claw. There, they were all killed by the Indians that lived in the rocks. Well, Hex didn't want to suffer the same fate, so he would forgo trying to recover the money, and try to settle simply for some of the bounty on the gang's heads. But the Pinkerton's wouldn't have it. They wanted to be led up there because their goal was to recover the monies. Well . . you can guess how that all ended. Hex was the only one left alive. And that was after being tortured. It wasn't until he was bitten by, and survived, the Red Scorpion, that they began to trust or respect him at all. They offered to let him live in peace with them, but he just wanted to get dressed and get out. He knew the town would be looking for retribution. Which they did. A full scale assault which left both sides of the conflict ravaged. The only survivors were Hex, and one of the Indian boys. Hex tried to tell him he should find another home, but he said that the Claw was his home. It was a great story and a fantastic addition to the folklore that is Jonah Hex. It's hard to believe that we're up to 30 issues already.
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