Comic Title: Jonah Hex #5
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1977
On Sale Date: July 5, 1977 Copyright Date July 5, 1977
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1977

Newsstand Date July 5, 1977
Source: Comic Reader, #145

Newsstand Date July 4, 1977
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 77 #26
Listed as on sale the week of July 4th

Shipping Date June 14, 1977
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #8

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.35
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Orlando

Title: (Framing Sequence)
Pages: 2

Feature(s):
Jonah Hex (of Earth-1)

Writer: Michael L. Fleisher
Penciller: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inker: Romeo Tanghal

Feature Character(s)

• Jonah Hex (last appearance in Jonah Hex #4; next appearance in Jonah Hex #6)

Other Character(s)

• Mrs. Thornton (name revealed; last appearance in All-Star Western #10; no further appearances)
• A sheriff and his men (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story serves as a framing sequence for the reprint in this issue. One page appears before and after the reprinted story. It takes place five years after Jonah's adventure in Paradise Corners as seen in All-Star Western #10.

Synopsis:
Jonah Hex receives help from Mrs. Thornton, a woman he met years earlier in Paradise Corners. She keeps Jonah hidden from the sheriff and keeps the lawman distracted by telling him the tale of Jonah's first visit to her town. When the sheriff leaves, Mrs. Thornton and Hex part ways.