In which I am late to the Jonah Hex Party

Face Full of Violence, Jonah Hex trade cover

I may have a soft spot for grumpy old men.

On a recent whim I bought six of the Jonah Hex books off Book Depository. I think there were tweets flying around about it going out of print soon. In any case, I now have:

  • Face Full of Violence
  • Guns of Vengeance
  • Origins
  • Only the Good Die Young
  • Luck Runs Out
  • Counting Corpses

It looks like I’m not going to be able to get hold of Lead Poisoning easily which is pretty annoying for me, but gives you an indication of how positive the review under the cut is going to be. For the record, I’m holding off till after the Christmas mayhem to get the rest of the trades.

I’ve written before about enjoying the creator combination of Conner, Palmiotti and Gray’s work, so buying these meant an opportunity for me to see for myself if the writer combination of just Gray and Palmiotti was worth the fuss I’d been hearing.

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