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[[Image:Secret Origins v.2 21.jpg|right|frame|Secret Origins #21]]
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[[Image:Jonah Hex v.1 04.jpg|right|frame|Jonah Hex #4]]
   
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''' The Day of the Chameleon '''
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'''Secret Origins starring Jonah Hex and Black Condor'''
 
   
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:"''Yuh trade easy, woman! This time I'm not buyin'!''"
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:"''Jonah Hex was the greatest bounty hunter in the world, you fool!''"
 
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::--'''Mister Lewellyn'''
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::--'''[[Jonah Hex]]'''
   
   
 
==Summary==
 
==Summary==
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'''Volume:''' 2 <br>
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'''Volume:''' 1 <br>
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'''Issue:''' 21 <br>
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'''Issue:''' 4 <br>
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'''Month:''' December <br>
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'''Month:''' September <br>
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'''Year:''' [[:Category:1987|1987]] <br>
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'''Year:''' [[:Category:1977|1977]]<br>
   
 
==Credits==
 
==Credits==
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'''Editor in Chief:''' [[Julius Schwartz]] <br>
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'''Head Writer:''' [[Michael Fleisher]] <br>
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'''Cover Artists:''' [[Jose Luis Garcia Lopez]] <br>
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'''Cover Artists:''' [[Luis Dominguez]] <br>
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'''Editors:''' [[Robert Greenberger]] and [[Greg Weisman]] <br>
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'''Pencilers:''' [[Jose Luis Garcia Lopez]]<br>
 
'''Inkers:''' [[Jose Luis Garcia Lopez]]<br>
 
'''Editors:''' [[Joe Orlando]] <br>
   
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==Jonah Hex==
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==Synopsis==
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'''Requiem for a Gunfighter'''
 
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===Credits===
 
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'''Head Writer:''' [[Michael Fleisher]] <br>
 
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'''Pencilers:''' [[Gray Morrow]] <br>
 
'''Inkers:''' [[Gray Morrow]]<br>
 
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'''Colourists:''' [[Bob Le Rose]]<br>
 
'''Editors:''' [[Robert Greenberger]] <br>
 
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===Synopsis===
 
 
'''Cast of Characters:'''
 
'''Cast of Characters:'''
 
*[[Jonah Hex]]
 
*[[Jonah Hex]]
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*Buck
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*Mad Dog Lucas McGill ''(in flashback)''
 
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*Chameleon
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*Mister Kastner
 
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*Frank
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*Mister Lewellyn
 
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*Joanna Mosby
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*Mister Moskowitz
 
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*[[Quentin Turnbull]]
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*Muggs
 
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*Solomon
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*Nadine
 
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*Noh-Tante ''(in flashback)''
 
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*Professor Lawrence
 
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*Tall Bird
 
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*Virginia "Ginny" Hex ''(in flashback)''
 
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*Woodson Hex ''(in flashback)''
 
   
 
'''Locations:'''
 
'''Locations:'''
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*[[Wikipedia:Wyoming|Wyoming]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Texas|Texas]]
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:*Gray Eagle Indian Reservation
 
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'''First Appearances:''' Buck (a deputy); Chameleon (a criminal); Frank (a deputy); Joanna Mosby (Jonah's friend); Solomon (Quentin Turnbull's servant) <br>
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:*Laramie
 
 
'''Final Appearances:''' Buck; Frank; Joanna Mosby<br>
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:*Frontier City Amusement Park
 
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*[[Wikipedia:Illinois|Illinois]]
 
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:*Lombard
 
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*[[Wikipedia:New Jersey|New Jersey]]
 
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:*[[Wikipedia:Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]]
 
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::*[[Wikipedia:Princeton University|Princeton University]]
 
   
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'''Synopsis:''' A criminal calling himself the Chameleon disguises himself as Jonah Hex and robs the Fernwood-Wentworth stagecoach. After robbing the coach, he retreats into the woods where he begins to change his costume. He notices the real Jonah riding along a trail in the lower valley and takes a shot at him. The bullet pierces Jonah's side, unseating him from his horse.
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'''First Appearances:''' Mad Dog Lucas McGill (an outlaw); Mister Kastner (a movie executive); Mister Lewellyn (a private collector); Mister Moskowitz (a movie director); Muggs (Lewellyn's henchman); Nadine (an actress); Professor Lawrence (a scholar); Ronald (Lewellyn's henchman)<br>
 
   
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A woman named Joanna Mosby finds Hex and brings him back to her farmhouse. She nurses him back to health and begins to express amorous feelings towards him. Jonah reciprocates, but warns her that there is a warrant out for his arrest. A man named Ned Landon had framed Jonah for three murders, and he needs to get back on the road if he is to ever clear his name.
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'''Final Appearances:''' Mad Dog Lucas McGill; Mister Kastner; Mister Lewellyn (dies in this issue); Mister Moskowitz; Muggs; Nadine; Professor Lawrence; Ronald; Tall Bird <br>
 
   
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Meanwhile, the Chameleon disguises himself as a one-legged veteran and arrives at Joanna's doorstep. He asks her for food and water and uses the opportunity to surreptitiously plant the stagecoach loot inside of the house. After thanking Joanna for the food, he travels to the local Sheriff's office and tells him that he saw Jonah Hex with the stolen money at the Mosby farm.
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'''Synopsis:''' A movie crew is filming at the Frontier City Amusement Park in Laramie Wyoming. An actress named Nadine is rehearsing her scenes when she accidentally knocks over a prop figurine. The figure turns out to be the stuffed remains of the famous frontier bounty hunter, Jonah Hex. One of the executives, Mister Kastner telephones Professor Lawrence at Princeton University, informing him of their miraculous find.
 
   
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The Sheriff and his deputies ride out to Joanna's place and raid the farmhouse. Jonah manages to escape out the back and climbs up onto the roof. He leaps down on top of one of the deputies and steals his horse.
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News of the discovery hits the wire and before long, several people become aware of the existence of Jonah's missing corpse. A rich, private collector named Mister Lewellyn prides himself on being an expert on 19th century western Americana. He has the most extensive collection of Jonah Hex memorabilia in the world. He wants Hex's body, but learns that Jonah's common law wife, Tall Bird, is still alive and is making a claim on the body.
 
   
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Jonah rides to the rancher home of his nemesis Quentin Turnbull. Turnbull reveals that he hired Ned Landon to frame Jonah out of revenge for destroying the life of his son. He further reveals that he also hired the Chameleon to stage false crimes in order to implicate Jonah even further. Turnbull knows that Joanna Mosby is a witness and plans on having her killed. Before Jonah can react, Turnbull's servant, Solomon, smashes him across the back of the skull with a shovel, knocking him out.
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Tall Bird lives at the Gray Eagle Indian Reservation in Wyoming, and wants to give Jonah a proper Native American funeral. Professor Lawrence flies out to Wyoming to interview Tall Bird. As Jonah's stuffed corpse stands stoically behind her, Tall Bird reveals the secret origin of Jonah Hex.
 
   
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When Jonah comes to, he races back to the Mosby farm to save Joanna. As he enters the house, he finds that the Chameleon is present and that Joanna is working alongside him. The Chameleon ties Jonah to a chair and then binds Joanna, claiming that he cannot leave any witnesses behind. Joanna apologizes for betraying Jonah, but the bounty hunter has little concern for her feelings right now.
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:Jonah Hex was born in 1834 to an abusive father named Woodson Hex. When Jonah was ten, his father presented him with a rifle for his birthday. That night, Jonah witnessed his drunken father beating up his mother, Ginny. This was the pattern of Jonah’s life for many years.
 
   
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Jonah manages to wrest free of his bonds and fights with the Chameleon. Their struggle starts a fire inside the house and Joanna and Hex escape, leaving the Chameleon trapped in the flames. The Chameleon eventually manages to get out of the house, but his face is now horribly scarred.
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:Woodson eventually sold Jonah to a tribe of Apache American Indians. Although he befriended Apache Chief, he made enemies with his son, Noh-Tante. During a fight between the two, Noh-Tante attacked Jonah with his tomahawk ruining the right side of his face.
 
   
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Jonah takes his leave of Joanna and heads back out onto the trail. <br>
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:Years later, Jonah left the tribe to join the Confederate army. After the war, he realized that his gun slinging skills could be better served earning him money and so he became the world's most fearsome bounty hunter.
 
   
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'''Hex body count:''' 0<br>
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:In 1904, a man named George Barrow found the aging Jonah Hex and shot him in the back with a shotgun, killing him. Jonah’s remains were stuffed and eventually sold to a Wild West frontier exhibit. The body was missing for years, but eventually fell into the possession of the Frontier City Amusement Park.
 
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After telling her story, Tall Bird is shocked to find Mister Lewellyn and his men on the reservation. Lewellyn holds Tall Bird and Professor Lawrence at gunpoint and tells them that he will kill them both and forge her signature in order to legally claim Jonah's corpse. Suddenly a shot miraculously fires from the .45 stuck in Jonah Hex's lifeless hand and Mister Lewellyn falls over dead. Professor Lawrence picks up Lewellyn's gun and keeps the other henchmen at bay. Tall Bird is now able to give her husband the burial she feels he deserves. No explanation is given as to how Jonah's gun mysteriously fired.<br>
 
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==Black Condor==
 
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'''The Secret Origin of Black Condor'''
 
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===Credits===
 
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'''Head Writer:''' [[Roy Thomas]] <br>
 
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'''Pencilers:''' [[Murphy Anderson]] <br>
 
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'''Inkers:''' [[Gray Morrow]]<br>
 
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'''Colourists:''' [[Carl Gafford]]<br>
 
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'''Editors:''' [[Greg Weisman]] and [[Roy Thomas]]<br>
 
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===Synopsis===
 
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'''Cast of Characters:'''
 
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*[[Black Condor (Richard Grey Jr.)]]
 
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'''First Appearances:''' No first appearances <br>
 
'''Final Appearances:''' No final appearances <br>
 
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'''Synopsis:''' Coming soon <br>
 
   
 
==Notes==
 
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* Jonah Hex becomes a monthly title beginning with this issue.
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* The character of [[Jonah Hex]] was created by [[John Albano]].
 
   
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* The character of the Chameleon is not to be confused with [[Chameleon Boy]] of the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]], or the Marvel Comics super-villain, also known as the [[MDP:Chameleon|Chameleon]].
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* This issue makes reference to details that were first revealed in [[Jonah Hex Spectacular 1 (1978)|Jonah Hex Specatacular #1]].
 
   
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* Behind the scenes appearance of Ned Landon, revealed to have been killed by Quentin Turnbull in this issue. Ned Landon framed Jonah Hex for three murders in [[Jonah Hex 2 (Volume 1, 1977)|Jonah Hex (Volume 1) #2]].
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* The character of [[Black Condor (Richard Grey Jr.)|Black Condor]] was created by [[Will Eisner]].
 
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* Elements of the [[Black Condor]] origin are adapted from original material published in [[Crack Comics 1 (1940)#Black Condor|Crack Comics #1]] and [[Crack Comics 11 (1941)#Black Condor|Crack Comics #11]].
 
   
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* Jonah makes reference to a gunfight with a man named Matt Henson. Jonah was injured fighting Henson in [[Jonah Hex 3 (Volume 1, 1977)|Jonah Hex (Volume 1) #3]].
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
* None
 
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==Recommended Readings==
 
==Recommended Readings==
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*[[Comics Black Condor|Black Condor]]
 
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*[[Comics Crack Comics|Crack Comics]]
 
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*[[Comics Freedom Fighters|Freedom Fighters]]
 
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*[[Comics Jonah Hex (Volume 1)|Jonah Hex (Volume 1)]]
 
 
*[[Comics Jonah Hex (Volume 2)|Jonah Hex (Volume 2)]]
 
*[[Comics Jonah Hex (Volume 2)|Jonah Hex (Volume 2)]]
 
*[[Comics Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales|Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales]]
 
*[[Comics Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales|Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales]]
 
*[[Comics Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such|Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such]]
 
*[[Comics Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such|Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such]]
 
*[[Comics Jonah Hex: Shadows West|Jonah Hex: Shadows West]]
 
*[[Comics Jonah Hex: Shadows West|Jonah Hex: Shadows West]]
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*[[Comics Secret Origins (Volume 1)|Secret Origins (Volume 1)]]
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*[[Comics Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo|Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo]]
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*[[Comics Hex|Hex]]
   
 
==Related Articles==
 
==Related Articles==
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* None
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* [[Black Condor]]
 
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* [[Scalphunter]]
 
   
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
* ''[http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=3166 Secret Origins (Volume 2) series index at the Grand Comics Database]''
 
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* ''[[Wikipedia:Black Condor|Black Condor article at Wikipedia]]''
 
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* ''[http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=blackcondor Black Condor biography page at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe]''
 
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* ''[http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=4385 Black Condor series index at the Grand Comics Database]''
 
 
* ''[[Wikipedia:Jonah Hex|Jonah Hex article at Wikipedia]]''
 
* ''[[Wikipedia:Jonah Hex|Jonah Hex article at Wikipedia]]''
 
* ''[http://www.toonopedia.com/jonahhex.htm Jonah Hex page at Toonpedia]''
 
* ''[http://www.toonopedia.com/jonahhex.htm Jonah Hex page at Toonpedia]''
 
* ''[http://www.lonely.geek.nz/jonahhex.html Jonah Hex fan page]''
 
* ''[http://www.lonely.geek.nz/jonahhex.html Jonah Hex fan page]''
 
* ''[http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=jonahhex Jonah Hex biography page at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe]''
 
* ''[http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=jonahhex Jonah Hex biography page at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe]''
 
* ''[http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=2378 Jonah Hex (Volume 1) series index at the Grand Comics Database]''
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
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* [[Cover Art Gallery Jonah Hex|Jonah Hex cover art gallery]]
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* [[Black Condor (Richard Grey Jr.)/Appearances|Black Condor appearances list]]
 
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* [[Character Gallery Jonah Hex|Jonah Hex picture gallery]]
*[[Who's Who - The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe 2|Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #2]] ''(Black Condor biography page)''
 
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* [[Secret Origins 21 (Volume 2, 1987)|Secret Origins (Volume 2) #21]] ''(Origin of Jonah Hex)''
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*[[Who's Who - The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe 11|Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #11]] ''(Jonah Hex biography page)''
 
 
* [[Who's Who - The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe 11|Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #11]] ''(Jonah Hex biography page)''
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Jonah Hex v

Jonah Hex #4

The Day of the Chameleon

"Yuh trade easy, woman! This time I'm not buyin'!"
--Jonah Hex


Summary

Volume: 1
Issue: 4
Month: September
Year: 1977

Credits

Head Writer: Michael Fleisher
Cover Artists: Luis Dominguez
Pencilers: Jose Luis Garcia Lopez
Inkers: Jose Luis Garcia Lopez
Editors: Joe Orlando

Synopsis

Cast of Characters:

Locations:

First Appearances: Buck (a deputy); Chameleon (a criminal); Frank (a deputy); Joanna Mosby (Jonah's friend); Solomon (Quentin Turnbull's servant)
Final Appearances: Buck; Frank; Joanna Mosby

Synopsis: A criminal calling himself the Chameleon disguises himself as Jonah Hex and robs the Fernwood-Wentworth stagecoach. After robbing the coach, he retreats into the woods where he begins to change his costume. He notices the real Jonah riding along a trail in the lower valley and takes a shot at him. The bullet pierces Jonah's side, unseating him from his horse.

A woman named Joanna Mosby finds Hex and brings him back to her farmhouse. She nurses him back to health and begins to express amorous feelings towards him. Jonah reciprocates, but warns her that there is a warrant out for his arrest. A man named Ned Landon had framed Jonah for three murders, and he needs to get back on the road if he is to ever clear his name.

Meanwhile, the Chameleon disguises himself as a one-legged veteran and arrives at Joanna's doorstep. He asks her for food and water and uses the opportunity to surreptitiously plant the stagecoach loot inside of the house. After thanking Joanna for the food, he travels to the local Sheriff's office and tells him that he saw Jonah Hex with the stolen money at the Mosby farm.

The Sheriff and his deputies ride out to Joanna's place and raid the farmhouse. Jonah manages to escape out the back and climbs up onto the roof. He leaps down on top of one of the deputies and steals his horse.

Jonah rides to the rancher home of his nemesis Quentin Turnbull. Turnbull reveals that he hired Ned Landon to frame Jonah out of revenge for destroying the life of his son. He further reveals that he also hired the Chameleon to stage false crimes in order to implicate Jonah even further. Turnbull knows that Joanna Mosby is a witness and plans on having her killed. Before Jonah can react, Turnbull's servant, Solomon, smashes him across the back of the skull with a shovel, knocking him out.

When Jonah comes to, he races back to the Mosby farm to save Joanna. As he enters the house, he finds that the Chameleon is present and that Joanna is working alongside him. The Chameleon ties Jonah to a chair and then binds Joanna, claiming that he cannot leave any witnesses behind. Joanna apologizes for betraying Jonah, but the bounty hunter has little concern for her feelings right now.

Jonah manages to wrest free of his bonds and fights with the Chameleon. Their struggle starts a fire inside the house and Joanna and Hex escape, leaving the Chameleon trapped in the flames. The Chameleon eventually manages to get out of the house, but his face is now horribly scarred.

Jonah takes his leave of Joanna and heads back out onto the trail.

Hex body count: 0

Notes

  • Jonah Hex becomes a monthly title beginning with this issue.
  • Behind the scenes appearance of Ned Landon, revealed to have been killed by Quentin Turnbull in this issue. Ned Landon framed Jonah Hex for three murders in Jonah Hex (Volume 1) #2.
  • Jonah makes reference to a gunfight with a man named Matt Henson. Jonah was injured fighting Henson in Jonah Hex (Volume 1) #3.

Trivia

  • None

Recommended Readings

  • Jonah Hex (Volume 2)
  • Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales
  • Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such
  • Jonah Hex: Shadows West
  • Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo
  • Hex

Related Articles

  • None

External Links

References

  • Jonah Hex cover art gallery
  • Jonah Hex picture gallery
  • Secret Origins (Volume 2) #21 (Origin of Jonah Hex)
  • Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #11 (Jonah Hex biography page)


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