STOVE BELLY JACK

Real Name: Jack (last name unrevealed)

Class: Human

Occupation: Bounty hunter

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Kansas, Old West era

First Appearance: Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such #1 (May, 1995)

Powers: Stove Belly Jack was a bounty hunter armed with a pistol, and he wore plates from a pot belly stove as armor.

History: (Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such #1) - <Texas Panhandle, 1870s> Stove Belly Jack was a bounty hunter from Kansas who came down to Texas to collect a bounty on Jonah Hex, who’d shot some bullies and burned down a town. Hex laid low with Tex Smith, who he’d served with in the Civil War, and his wife Alice. Stove Belly Jack and his crew learned Hex was staying on their farm, and tortured Alice to make her reveal his location. Tex couldn’t stand to see his wife being hurt, and told them Hex was in their barn, but the bounty hunters still killed Alice and fatally injured Tex. Jack and some of his men burst into the barn, with Jack bragging that he was going to keep Hex’s head as a souvenir to impress the ladies. Hex was hiding in a pile of manure and got the jump on them, shooting them dead. Hex tied one of their corpses to two horses, and let them out of the stable, drawing the fire of the rest of Jack’s crew. While they were shooting at the decoy Hex killed them all. Hex staid with Tex in his final moments and gave him a proper burial.

Comments: Created by Joe R. Lansdale & Tim Truman.