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Great story. I have no knowledge of Jonah Hex, but you made me want to pick up the books.

"Hex" was the first series I ever really collected, and it naturally led me back to "Jonah Hex" and later on to "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" and so on...anyway, no matter how often I heard people slagging the "Hex" series, I always had a soft spot for it. I, too, always wondered if DC would ever get around to resolving this continuity issue, and your story is a great patch for this long-standing hole. I haven't re-read the "Hex" series for many, many years, but your attention to detail brought back so many memories it made me think I'd just re-read it yesterday! And your story caused me to download the entire "Jonah Hex" run(I'm in China and my collection is back in Canada). Any idea where I could find a "Hex" torrent? Anyway, great work - thanks very much!

I really really enjoyed this tale. You have done a wonderful job of tying up a lot of lose ends and really did a service to everyone that has worked on Jonah throughout the years.

I never really considered the JLA stories as happening to Jonah, they were just bad JLA stories, but you really made them more interesting than they originally were.

I've been working on a Hex timeline, going through every reference I can find (I have all of the Jonah Hex & Hex books and almost the entire run of WWT, just missing some early Albano books) and I've been updating the Wikipedia entry with what I find.

Excellent, really one of the better fan scripts I've read. Being a Hex and GL fan I must say you've done a fantastic job of capturing them both especially Jonah although he's so colorful it's like you said easy to fall into his speech patterns and attitudes. I got to this by the link in the Jonah Hex corral if you're interested. I'm impressed with how much time and research you must have put into this checking facts and making sure the continuity holds true. I have already turned a few friends of mine onto the story and I'm just waiting to hear back from the them. I'll definatly be reading your other work. All I can say is great job and I can see how this could easily be turned into a nice sized graphic novel. Congratulations on a job vry well done. Steve Friedman

Indeed a labor of love. You spent a lot of effort to pick up the scattered pieces and tie them together into a logically and emotionally cohesive and satisfying whole, which is a kind of care this genre sorely needs. I've found DC especially frustrating with how it treats many stories, characters, and dramatic moments as disposable. The Hex meets Green Lantern scenario also especially appeals to the part of me that believes that if a meeting between characters within a stable is dramatically interesting and feasible, it should happen and be explored, which is the ball you took and ran with this fic. Most enjoyable. The quibbles I have come at the end. First, while I realize it would have been dramatically awkward to have one of the heros sit out the final raid, I didn't think it made logical sense that four Green Lanterns couldn't deal with reclaiming the reactor by themselves. Everything established about that setting would indicate that four GL's with fully powered rings *would* be invincible there. Also, I felt that it was out of character for Hal to just let things rest after he learns that the Hex's gruesome fate still happens. I felt, and expected before I finished reading, that after all that had happened, Hal would go find the body if possible. Seemed like the only right thing to do. Still, these are minor points in an otherwise great fic.

I have to say that this is the first story that I read when I was introduced to this site and it remains one of my favorites. It also features one of my favorite superheroes, Green Lantern. You must be one devoted comic book fan, or you don't have much to do. If it's the latter, I hope you don't, so you can write more stories. If possible, could you write a story that involves John Stewart? There's hardly any with him on here. Once again, great story, great content, and great transition

great story, thanks for the entertaining read. i used to read jonah hex comics when i was a kid, and the short hex series, and greatly enjoyed your story.

Thought the epilogues were great, although I was kind of curious as to how Stiletta (who can't even be sure that Jonah made it back to his correct space/time) felt about things. Especially liked the way the book store talk about westerns tied in with the comic books, and also your ending with Hex meeting Hal at the end was satisfyingly symmetrical from a story point of view.

Also, liked the notes and appreciate all the continuity you've woven into the story. Looking forward to Weird Western Quarterly.

Good ending, especially the Stiletta and Hex bits.

A bit surprised at what Hal could do with his ring (I'm used to him creating things but I'm also used to seeing a beam coming out of his ring attaching to them - I didn't realize he could create independent items). Also surprised that after his "No ... no guns" line he then gave them all guns. Also that he could create something as complicated as a horse. Also, would the data disc survive after Hal and his ring disappeared? If that was the case, did the green horse also survive?

Sorry to ask so many questions, especially if you're about to answer them in your notes which I'm just about to read.

Have to say that the chronal signature getting them back to their right time, not to mention reality, sounded way too convenient (a bit like something out of a comic book, so I guess I can forgive it).

On the typo front "they'd found away around that problem" and "it'll be along time" both look like they're missing a space (although editor seems to drop spaces at random so it might not be your fault). Also "shared final kiss" should be "shared a final kiss" or "shared one final kiss", and "he cold even pull the trigger" should be "he could even pull the trigger".

Great story. Really enjoyed it.

44637 words,

i'm still reading.

Sad to read that we're nearing the end because I really like this story. Have to say that, having never encountered Cutter in the comics, I was totally unmoved by his death. On the other hand, I thought the later scenes between Hex and Stiletta were great.

I was briefly wondering whether the future Spectre would make an appearance to help fix things, but it looks like that's not the case now.

Have to say that I found the mention of ice cream during the Civil War distracting (although after a quick bit of checking on the internet I discovered it wasn't quite as unlikely as it sounded). Also thought "the Hex's arm" might have sounded better as just "Hex's arm".

Looking forward to the remaining chapters.

I'm glad to see somebody else remembers Jonah Hex. Just finished the first chapter and enjoyed it quite a bit. Kudos.

Yea, i thought the "Owen" thing was kinda clever too...

38650 words and counting, keep it up.

Great chapter. Didn't have any problem whatsoever with the ideas, although it raises the question of whether Jonah and GL are even from the same reality and also seems to make their chances of getting back to their relative times and realities far more astronomical. Also suspect that Jonah's going to end up as a sideshow exhibit anyway (assuming he gets home) just because that was established in the comic books prior to the Hex series.

Liked the way you had GL try and get help (curious as to who he'll ask next - the Martians, the Thanagarians, bury a time capsule for Kamandi?).

Lots of lines I liked this time, in particular "they his kids or something", "Them gloves yuh wear ain't as white as they look" and "He called the guy 'Owen', I think".

On the nitpicky front "Yuh callin' me a lair" should presumably be "Yuh callin' me a liar" (either that or Hex's speech patterns are worse than I thought), "may of not even known" should be "may've not even known" and " to pry it the doors apart" should just be "to pry the doors open".

Really looking forward to the rest of the story.