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Iron Fist Epic Collection: The Fury Of Iron Fist by Chris Claremont

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book collects the pre-Powerman and Iron Fist adventures of Danny Rand, including the character's first appearance in Marvel Premier, his 15 issue solo series run. and then the conclusion of that story in the pages of Marvel Team-Up.

The first few issues are really fun as you get a super-serialized look at Iron First's origin, his decision to seek vengeance for the murder of his parents and everything to come out of that. That loses a bit of steam and then when Iron Fist gets his own book, it becomes mostly standard superhero fare with mostly unmemorable villains.

What saves the rest of the book are two things. First of all, the book introduces Misty Knight, a black female private eye who is quite different from a lot of the Marvel supporting female characters of the 1970s. In addition, the art of John Byrne is superb. Comics are still images and the concept of Iron Fist's power is all about movement and it's fun just to see all the great ways that Byrne manages to portray movement in this book. It's some of my favorite artwork.


Overall, if you love 1970s comics with some great martial arts art, this is worth checking out.



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Iron Fist Epic Collection: The Fury Of Iron Fist by Chris Claremont

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book collects the pre-Powerman and Iron Fist adventures of Danny Rand, including the character's first appearance in Marvel Premier, his 15 issue solo series run. and then the conclusion of that story in the pages of Marvel Team-Up.

The first few issues are really fun as you get a super-serialized look at Iron First's origin, his decision to seek vengeance for the murder of his parents and everything to come out of that. That loses a bit of steam and then when Iron Fist gets his own book, it becomes mostly standard superhero fare with mostly unmemorable villains.

What saves the rest of the book are two things. First of all, the book introduces Misty Knight, a black female private eye who is quite different from a lot of the Marvel supporting female characters of the 1970s. In addition, the art of John Byrne is superb. Comics are still images and the concept of Iron Fist's power is all about movement and it's fun just to see all the great ways that Byrne manages to portray movement in this book. It's some of my favorite artwork.


Overall, if you love 1970s comics with some great martial arts art, this is worth checking out.



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