DC comic book character, Jonah Hex—Jonah Woodson Hex—finally has a movie. Hex is a comic book Western antihero created by writer John Albano. The character made its first appearance in 1971 in a teaser in the All Western #10 comic book. The movie has been highly anticipated in spite of delays, and it’s still a question whether comic book readers will ride on the movie version’s back. One movie might not be enough to capture the mythology behind a long-established character and may end up feeling and looking half-baked. But that’s really for the fans to decide.

Tortured and punished in ways that would make you do more than wince, Hex has a sad tale to recount, but his firm mouth isn’t telling the people around him. It’s his personal life and it means nothing to him except for the fact that the pain keeps him going. He’s no hero, yet he manages to help people or set some evil things going on in a different direction even if it means putting his life on the line. He’s just the guy who doesn’t really look for trouble, yet the trouble keeps finding him like maggots to a corpse.

In the comics, Jonah Hex is depicted with a deeply scarred face. He’s a bounty hunter with a grim past and who survives even as misfortune plagues him. Sold to slavery to a local tribe, he gets the ire of the chief’s son who plans for his downfall. In a rite of passage where they fight, he is forced to break the rules, consequently earning him the punishment of having a burning tomahawk pressed to his cheek. His early history isn’t exactly clear as inconsistencies in the comic books exist, but what’s clear is that Hex eventually becomes a kind of dark avenger. People are scared of him when they look at his face, but he still gives the justice even when the people he managed to help keep their distance.

In the movie, Hex is played by Josh Brolin. The actor really looks the part, but he’s made Hex more handsome than the character in the comic book. For one, his right eye isn’t bulging and only the deformed right cheek and mouth are true to the original design of Hex. The producers also changed the origin story and made it simpler. Hex gets tortured and scarred by evil men; he’s “brought back,” and is magically endowed with supernatural powers. As fate would have it, Hex gets a chance for redemption and freedom after stepping on the road of revenge. He gets hired by the government to stop terrorists out to unleash Hell into the world—haven't we heard that before in Hellboy?.

Josh Brolin (left) is a convincing Jonah Hex, but compared to the comic book character, his version (or the producers’) is mild and less intimidating. He’s also neater, cleaner, and even appears to have an amused look on his face even when he scowls—maybe it’s just his eyes, which are cool and calm compared to the comic Hex’s crazy gaze. Still, Brolin’s damaged appearance is in stark contrast to costar Megan Fox’s foxy Leila, who gets caught up in Hex’s problems. Together on the screen, they make an interesting combination—like in Beauty and the Beast.

Fans of the Jonah Hex comic books have been anticipating this movie for a long time and have expected a lot. They want to experience the feel of the comics in the movie; they want to see their favorite character come alive like it’s literally come out of the page; they want to experience the stories they’ve come to know since their childhood. But the fact is that not all that’s in the Hex comic books are reflected in the movie—there’s the non-drooping eye and a different origin story—but if you just want to see Jonah Hex in flesh and blood, then it’s bound to be good.

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