10 Human Comic Book Anti Heroes You Don't Want To Mess With... Ever!
9. Jonah Hex
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Jonah Hex is truly one of the last great western comic book characters, and coming from the 19th century, it's perhaps understandable why his style of crimefighting isn't one to be taken likely.
An old lawman, bounty hunter, and just general gunslinger, Jonah Hex prowls the United States all the way up to the beginning of the 20th century, even briefly stopping in Gotham just as it was beginning to balloon in size and population. No matter his whereabouts though, one thing that you can be certain of is that he'll be carrying a Smith & Wesson, a buttload of other firearms and the same grizzly scar that makes him such an imposing figure to begin with.
Jonah's endured the worst the Old West has had to offer since breaking ranks with the Confederacy during the Civil War, and although he isn't a particularly sympathetic character in most depictions (as far as Clint Eastwood-esque bounty killers go, he's definitely more 'High Plains Drifter' than 'Man With No Name'), there's no denying that he gets the job done, no matter how grizzly that job may be.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
