Going to see the Jonah Hex movie later today. It is based upon the DC Comics character. I have been really impressed with the quality of comic book movies as of late, so I am hoping this is going to be good.
Character Bio and Origin
Jonah has battled alcoholism, and as an adult faced his mother’s turn to prostitution. Though he traveled extensively throughout the American West, he also ended up in South America and China. At one point he quit bounty hunting, married and had a son, and took up farming, though it did not last.
Hex’s facial injuries can be traced back to being sold into slavery by his father to some Apache for safe passage. Jonah eventually saved the chief from being killed by a mountain lion and was made an honorary member of the tribe. He was soon betrayed by the envious son of the chief while on a raid. He returned years later to challenge him in a sacred tomahawk battle, but the chief’s son sabotaged Jonah’s tomahawk. Jonah used his knife in self-defense when the tomahawk broke. The tribe saw this as breaking the rules of the sacred battle and sentenced Jonah to wear the mark of the demon by pressing a searing hot tomahawk to his face. They said his honorary relationship to the chief was the only thing that saved him from death.
Hex was transported to 2050 for the Hex series. The exact date when this occurred has been in debate. Several sources point to 1875, however a running timeline of events in Jonah’s life places this closer to 1878.
It is unknown how long Jonah stayed in the future or what date he returned.
In 1904, Jonah was shot during a card game. His corpse was stolen, stuffed, mounted, and dressed in a ridiculous singing cowboy costume, then put on display in a traveling circus. The circus owner was eventually murdered and Jonah’s body was stolen yet again. It would pass through various hands before finally being acquired by the restaurant Planet Krypton, owned by Booster Gold.
In 2010 Jonah was found by a Black Lantern ring and was revived as a member of the Black Lantern Corps.
There really isn’t a lot to write about Sonic the Hedgehog 4. It’s everything Sega promised it would be: just Sonic without all the cruft. I got to play through the game’s Splash Hill Zone, and it’s pure, unadulterated Sonic the Hedgehog 2, with a new coat of paint and a handful of new features. And there’s no Tails, of course (not in Episode One at least).
There are a few new wrinkles. Sonic has his homing attack from Sonic Adventure, for example. As with most of the 2DSonic titles, there are also a few interesting locomotion mechanics sprinkled throughout the levels: vines to swing on, ziplines and, of course, the beloved corkscrews and loops.
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