Jonah Hex #52

This September 1981 issue of DC's long-running Western series places the scarred bounty hunter Jonah Hex in a tense standoff, a gunman leveling a pistol at his back while he stands coolly in the foreground. In the corner, a young child reaches toward a large scorpion in the dirt — a quietly alarming detail that gives the cover its real unease. Tony DeZuniga's cover work frames the rural backdrop and brewing danger with a sure, confident hand, and the bonus promise of "More Wild & Woolly Western Action with Bat Lash!" makes this a generous package of frontier storytelling.