Comic Title: Showcase Presents Jonah Hex Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2006
On Sale Date: November 2, 2005 Direct Market Date November 2, 2005
Source: Previews, Vol. 15 #9 (#201)

Direct Market Date November 2, 2005
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, November 2, 2005

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 528
Editor: Robert Greenberger

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Gunfight at Wolverine"
Pages: 18

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

Writer: Michael L. Fleisher
Artist: George Moliterni

Reprinted From:
Weird Western Tales #31 (1975)

Feature Character(s)

• Jonah Hex (last appearance in Weird Western Tales #30; next appearance in Weird Western Tales #32)

Villain(s)

• The Butch McCandless Gang (Hank, Luke, and Blackie named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dave Prentice (a former Confederate soldier; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Sandy and Tommy (Dave's wife and son; no further appearances)
• Jake (a town drunk; no further appearances)
• Several townspeople (Fred named; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story takes place in Wolverine, Wyoming in June 1875. Given events later in the Jonah Hex timeline, including his trip to the future in 1875, this story most likely takes place several years earlier.

Synopsis:
Jonah Hex receives a telegram from Dave Prentice, who fought beside Jonah during the Civil War. Prentice is now the sheriff of a small town in Wolverine, Wyoming. After helping Prentice fight the Butch McCandless Gang, Jonah learns that his friend is dying from tuberculosis. Dave has arranged a gunfight between himself and Hex. He has sold tickets to the duel to provide for his family. Hex refuses to fight. When Dave tries to shoot Jonah in the back, his own wife kills him. Jonah makes sure the woman and her son are taken care of before riding out of town.