Jonah Hex #81

Jonah Hex rides into wild territory in this 1984 DC Western, and the cover by Ross Andru makes an immediate impression — the scarred bounty hunter sits astride a massive, dark-feathered giant bird, both pistols drawn and ready as the creature's enormous talons and wings fill the frame. It's a striking, offbeat image that captures the unpredictable spirit of the series perfectly. With Michael Fleisher writing and Dick Ayers on interior art, issue #81 — "The Alliance!" — delivers the kind of gritty frontier storytelling that kept Jonah Hex one of DC's most distinctive titles of its era.