Great horny-toads! Stop a-readin' this here Blog post, an' haul yer gol-danged, lilly-livered, rassa-frakin' carcas down ta yer local comic book shop, an' pick up a copy of JONAH HEX / YOSEMITE SAM # 1 from DC Comics, ya idjit galoot!
It's th' Shoot-'em-first-iest, Doggone-worst-iest, William-Randolph-Hearst-iest comic this side o' Th' Pecos... or any other side, too... So there!
As with other issues in this wonderful series that I’ve reviewed,
such as LOBO/ROAD RUNNER and BATMAN/ELMER FUDD, JONAH HEX/YOSEMITE SAM features
two stories – a lead set in the DC Comics Universe, and a backup set in the
Looney Tunes Universe.
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| Batman and Elmer Fudd in the "DCU"! |
This has made for
a very successful format thus far, and this issue is no exception.
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| Lobo and The Road Runner in the "LTU"! |
For the lead, back in them thar hills of Old Colorado,
Yosemite Sam strikes it rich.
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| He sure TALKS like the Sam we know! Nice touch! |
His partners, some real bad lookin' dudes, try to double (...or, would that be "triple") cross him…
But, as one might expect a “realistic” version of Sam to do,
he comes out a-shootin’!
Digression: Of the Looney Tunes characters appearing in issues of this series I've reviewed so far, Sam REALLY looks very much like his Friz-Freleng-Animated-Self...
...Doesn't he?
Even here in BATMAN/ELMER FUDD...
And he's correctly SHORT, compared to Hex and other characters!
End of Digression.
The two outcasts become
friends, as outcasts in westerns are wont to do.
He also meets famed (and feared) bounty hunter Jonah Hex…
...Who probably had a similar (but opposite-sided) origin to Batman's "Two Face"!
Sam hires Hex as a bodyguard.
Sam hires Hex as a bodyguard.
And, with that arrangement, the fun begins! There’s boxing…
…Shooting…
…And lots of other fun, Jonah Hex style.
If Jonah Hex isn't the life of the party... YOU tell him!
But, no more spoilers.
To our second story…
Just LOOK at the GREAT STUFF Dave Alvarez does here!
While the backup in BATMAN / ELMER FUDD was disappointingly tepid (especially for a series of specials that has otherwise shown remarkable creativity)...
...JONAH HEX / YOSEMITE SAM's backup is utterly amazing for multiple reasons! Let me count the ways...
Dave Alvarez, whose work I have ALWAYS enjoyed, from DC's LOONEY TUNES to IDW's DISNEY line...
...Really outdoes himself here with...
...Cute little bunnies in the snow...
...Yosemite Sam, as if he leaped off of John Kricfalusi's drawing board...
...A "DC Animated" version of Jonah Hex...
...And, the BEST classic, Bob Clampett style BUGS BUNNY, since the great cartoon "Buckaroo Bugs"!
We haven't had such amazing comic-book things done with Looney Tunes characters, perhaps since we used to have things like these!
YOU STILL HERE, CRITTER?! I told ya to GIT A GOIN', ya dad-burn idjit galoot, an' git yerself a copy of JONAH HEX/YOSEMITE SAM!
Just follow Bugs... He's off to get his copy now!
Then, git yerself to our Comments Section, an' spill yer guts...
...on this great DC Comic!
...Of course, don't "spill 'em" on YOUR COPY of the comic...
...And, especially, don't "spill 'em" on MINE!
...And, for MORE FUN WITH JONAH HEX, check out SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 28 released just one month later!
...Yes, really!
