Jonah Hex #9

DC's scarred bounty hunter finds himself in dire straits on this February 1978 cover, where a figure lies face-down in the dirt while a group of armed outlaws and a woman in a purple cape loom menacingly overhead — a parrot's ominous cry of "Slow Death!" hanging in the air. Bernie Wrightson's cover art brings a gritty, atmospheric tension to the scene, with the orange desert backdrop perfectly framing the threat closing in on Hex. Michael Fleisher scripts "The Carlota Conspiracy!" with art by Ernie Chan and inks by Danny Bulanadi, promising the kind of hard-edged Western drama that makes this series a standout of its era.