Faceful of Violence....

 I've been a fan of the DC Comics character JONAH HEX since childhood...he's probably the first character I took an interest in primarily because of his aesthetics.  With that scarred visage, he's not only visually arresting, but he just looks like the dictionary definition of "Bad-ass".

The first issue of Hex's most recent series, which ran from 2005 to 2011

And, yes....I am old enough and have been involved enough with the hobby that I was purchasing the last couple years worth of Jonah's Bronze Age ongoing series off the newsstand monthly as it was being published.

The first and final issue of the Bronze Age series

About 10 years ago, I spent about two years trolling eBay, comic book shops, conventions...and randomly wandering around local flea markets and used book stores...and was able to piece together a complete run of all 92 issues of the Bronze Age book (for the uninformed, the Bronze Age of Comics is a period of time referred to by fans and collectors that roughly spans from about 1970 until around 1979 and any books that were published during this era are referred to as such).  In 2017, I scored fairly decent condition copies of Hex's first two appearances, ALL-STAR WESTERN #10 and #11 (on sale in March and May of 1972, respectively) without paying an arm and a leg for them.  This led to my latest endeavor- obtaining a complete run of WEIRD WESTERN TALES, which is what the title was rebranded to with issue #12.

Hex's first appearance

So, due to some recent eBay trolling, I was able to obtain five issues that I needed, issues #18, 19, 20, 22, and 25.

I was even a fan of writer Joe R. Lansdale and artist Tim Truman's mature audiences VERTIGO take on the character that was popular in the 1990s....I thought the blend of horror and Western themes suited the character very well,

I used to joke that JONAH HEX was the easiest property in comics to adapt to film:  basically all you'd have to do is make a really good revenge thriller Western and stick the character of Hex in it....

Boy, was a wrong...

So, here's my suggestion for Warner Bros./ James Gunn's New DCU-

Hex creator, writer Michael Fleischer has stated in the past that he drew major inspiration for the character from the Clint Eastwood film THE OUTLAW JOSIE WALES.  Hell, Hex has always been depicted as a disfigured version of Eastwood in the comics.  Cast Clint's son, Scott Eastwood, as Hex and slap some prosthetics on his face.  Then make a really good cheap Western with a revenge plot. Look to the Italian Spaghetti Western genre for inspiration.

Ladies and gentlemen, Scott Eastwood