DC’s Next Level line continues to grow, with several announcements coming out of the San Diego Comic-Con today. Let’s start with Jonah Hex and the Shadow of Death, a new six-issue series written and drawn by Exquisite Corpses co-creator Michael Walsh.
The miniseries pushes DC’s Next Level initiative into Western territory with a blend of folk horror, frontier grit and psychological tension.
The series is set late in the career of the gun-wielding outlaw, perhaps leaning more toward the Tim Truman Vertigo comics than the classic Jonah Hex series:
Welcome to the end of the Wild West. Welcome to the quiet life of a broken-down bounty hunter whose own story, one of bloodshed, pain, and guilt, ended long ago—or so he thought.
In a small town called Ashecott, something evil has arrived. Something more dangerous than a gunslinger, more sinister than an outlaw, and older than the town it seeks to infect. Something from a world beyond the only one its victims have ever known. Something darker.
Unfortunately for that evil, Jonah Hex has taken notice. Not just of the otherworldly entities surrounding his home, or the child with mysterious abilities they seek to capture—but also of the chance to finally redeem himself.
Here’s a look inside:
Jonah Hex and the Shadow of Death #1 arrives in comic shops Oct. 7.
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