8 Underrated DC Superheroes Who Desperately Deserve The Netflix Treatment
4. Jonah Hex
DC Comics
Pfft, and people said westerns were dead.
It's clear that the genre is experiencing something of a resurgence on all manner of mediums, and, while the film of the same name was pretty dire, the Hex of the comics possesses all the potential necessary to make a live action adaptation work. Given the success of HBO's Deadwood, along with other shows like Hatfield & McCoys, it's clear that there's an audience out there ready to get invested in the genre - especially one that crosses over into more a more comics-based audience too.
For the uninitiated, Hex is one of DC's many western characters. A former soldier who defected from the Confederacy when Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, Hex went on to become one of the west's most prolific bounty hunters, and even eventually headed east to solve crimes in Gotham City. The character has a massive history, and indeed, an even cooler aesthetic to draw from to create a convincing series - one that would satisfy both western and comic book fans alike.
The prospect of having Thomas Jane reprise his role as Hex from 2011's DC Showcase is also a welcome one, especially if Linda Hamilton (who played the short's femme fatale) was involved too.
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.
