Jonah Hex "Night of the White Lotus"

Mei Ling returns to the series

Jonah Hex: "Night of the White Lotus"

After taking their infant son and leaving back in issue No. 53, Jonah Hex's wife Mei Ling was been absent from the series for several issues. But as evidenced by this issue, neither has been far from the others' mind.

When Jonah encounters a strange Chinese visitor from Nanking named Wu Song Phat, however, the stage seems to be set for some adventure that will reunite them.

"Night of the White Lotus" isn't particularly notable as the series goes, but as the setup of an arc that deals with the long running Jonah / Mei Ling relationship, it's pretty important to Jonah's character arc.

The backup El Diablo story, "The Hypnotist and the Devil" reads like something out of the Silver Age Weird Western stories in that supernatural powers are all-powerful and every bad guy gets his comeuppance. Think of an early Spectre story set in the Old West and you have a pretty good idea of what it's like.
**1/2 out of *****