Jonah Hex #44 - DC

It appears that this issue is the beginning of a multi-part epic for Jonah. It's call the Six-gun War. A lot of the old favorites from this series are back for a visit also. It starts out with a trap that's been set for Jonah. It appears that Quentin Turnbull, whom Jonah killed his brother, has teamed up with El Papagayo in their attempt to extinguish Jonah's life. And to get a little retribution. They beat the crap out of him and then bury him in an unmarked grave in El Paso. Meanwhile, in Chihuahua Mexico, Tallulah Black and Bat Lash have come together under difficult circumstances. It starts around a fight in the bar over a poker game . . doesn't it always, but they find themselves equally in trouble as they're leaving town just as El Papagayo and his gang are returning. El Papagayo had told Bat Lash to stay out of Mexico, and he remembers a gun running operation that was broken up by Jonah and Tallulah. As their part of the story end, they're being dragged through the streets of the city by horses. As the recent weeks have passed though, Jonah was dug up, almost immediately, by grave-robbers. Afterwards he stumbles towards to closest town. In it he finds that El Papagayo and his gang have murdered practically everyone. The only person he finds alive is Lazarus in the local jail cell. But before he can tell him what's happened, or how he got there, he passes out from exhaustion. I really like the way Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti have handled this series. I've enjoyed the entire thing. It seems that this story-line is going to connect a lot of the seemingly unconnected stories that we've read so far. That should be interesting. Cristiano Cucina does the art and cover for this issue. It's ok. It fits in well with the theme and the time of the book. So far I think there's only been one multi-part story through these first 44 issues. It turned out well, so . . I expect good things from this one.