Jonah Hex #1

Frank Quitely's cover for this 2006 DC launch pulls no punches — Jonah Hex fills the frame, his scarred and weathered face staring dead ahead with a revolver raised right to cheek level, the double barrels pointed straight at the reader. It's an unflinching introduction to one of the West's most hardbitten bounty hunters, rendered with Quitely's characteristically raw, tactile linework. Writers Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, with interior art by Luke Ross and colors by Jason Keith, kick off their run with "Giving the Devil His Due" — a title that suits Hex's uncompromising reputation just fine.