Comments on: What’s the Deal with Jonah Hex?

By: Dwayne "the canoe guy"

Dwayne "the canoe guy" — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:37:29 +0000

Thanks for your medical opinion on this. I have another one for you. In Jonah Hex #1 (first vol)
one of the boy fighters is supposed to have a ruptured kidney and the doc can tell just by
feeling the kids abdomen. How can the doc be sure with his diagnosis?

By: Nick F.

Nick F. — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:48:54 +0000

Siskoid – http://politedissent.com/archives/1464 perhaps?

By: gorjus

gorjus — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:16:30 +0000

Best Polite Dissent of all time.

By: Siskoid

Siskoid — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:46:51 +0000

Definitely the medical question that has been nagging me the most. Thanks for answering it. You’ve shown once again why this is one of my favorite blogs.

(While that could read as sarcasm, it really isn’t. It’s gushing praise.)

Now how can people by allergic to sunlight? (No, it’s not a comic book-related question, but I find it far-fetched enough to ask here!)

By: Conor E

Conor E — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:53:07 +0000

Thanks! That’s been bugging for about 15 years, ever since I first saw an unmasked Baron Zemo.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:34:46 +0000

That’s a tough call. The jaw’s strength lies in closing, not in opening, and scar tissue can be fairly tough. I think it’s about even.

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:00:34 +0000

Oh, one more question (about the Britney Hex): is scar tissue really stronger than jaw muscle? Because one would think that at some point during Hex’s post-scar career, he’d have been in enough pain to involuntarily scream, opening his mouth with all of the force of those muscles. Or be tired enough to have to give out a mighty yawn. Would the scar have enough strength to hold out, or would it rip right off?

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:42:15 +0000

If it were a Nick Hex situation, the strip of flesh does provide some assistance in keeping the jaw closed. If it were snipped by a crazy Campbellian femme, then he would drool more and have more problems eating and drinking, but the jaw wouldn’t fall off or anything. The cheeks are there to help chew and keep food in the mouth. The maseter muscle holds the jaw on. Nick would find it a lot messier with the strip of flesh removed, but not impossible to eat or keep the jaw in place.

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:20:53 +0000

On the other hand, if it is Nick Hex, controlling his food-eating with a dextrous tongue and keeping his head slightly tilted to avoid the whole drooling business, the scissor-wielding spaghetti-cooking manga girl therapy would be pretty much disastrous, right?