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The Immortal Iron Fist (Collected Editions)
The Immortal Iron Fist, Vol. 2: The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven
Once a generation, the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven align on a plane far beyond the ken of mortal men. It is here that these cities send their Immortal Warriors to compete against one another in a combat tournament to end all tournaments...and it is here that Daniel Rand was spirited to in his darkest hour. Generations of mystical war traditions await their chance to prove they have the greatest kung fu...to The Immortal Iron Fist! Collects Immortal Iron Fist #8-14, Annual #1.
200 pages, Hardcover
First published June 11, 2008
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About the author
Ed Brubaker
1,795 books3,015 followersEd Brubaker (born November 17, 1966) is an Eisner Award-winning American cartoonist and writer. He was born at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
Brubaker is best known for his work as a comic book writer on such titles as Batman, Daredevil, Captain America, Iron Fist, Catwoman, Gotham Central and Uncanny X-Men. In more recent years, he has focused solely on creator-owned titles for Image Comics, such as Fatale, Criminal, Velvet and Kill or Be Killed.
In 2016, Brubaker ventured into television, joining the writing staff of the HBO series Westworld.
Brubaker is best known for his work as a comic book writer on such titles as Batman, Daredevil, Captain America, Iron Fist, Catwoman, Gotham Central and Uncanny X-Men. In more recent years, he has focused solely on creator-owned titles for Image Comics, such as Fatale, Criminal, Velvet and Kill or Be Killed.
In 2016, Brubaker ventured into television, joining the writing staff of the HBO series Westworld.
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March 11, 2017
I've never known about Iron Fist before now, so getting all this backstory for Danny's father and Davos and the Cities of heaven blocked from the regular world except by a special device OR 1en years is all pretty fascinating. I love the tournament, too, but I really loved the whole women's revolution in Heaven. :)
It was also a hoot to see Luke Cage and Misty Knight get cold as hell. :)
And so much Hydra! :)
Having a good time.
It might not be the best comic ever but it's certainly some of the better!
It was also a hoot to see Luke Cage and Misty Knight get cold as hell. :)
And so much Hydra! :)
Having a good time.
It might not be the best comic ever but it's certainly some of the better!
July 23, 2021
This was so good!!
It starts with Danny meeting the immortal weapons and entering into the tournament meanwhile Xao and the other Hydra people have targeted his lawyer and his mother and forcing him to build some train to open the portal to K'un L'un and while the tournament is going on he has to deal with his Steel Serpent and his attacks and find the secrets of Orson Randall and meet the daughter of his former one too. Plus we also get to see the origin of Wendell and what he did and his enmity with Davos and the story coming full circle with Danny and now its the big fight as the weapons gather for a final fight and secrets revealed, massive status quo changes and a new path forward!
I loved this story for it changes so many things for Iron fist and adds to the myth in a big way and like redefines Danny for the better and finally the art just kicks a** and is so good throughout minus the ones done by Chaykin but ignoring it, its really good. Plus hints of a big story to come down the line. Its one of those runs that redefines the character and their myth for good.
It starts with Danny meeting the immortal weapons and entering into the tournament meanwhile Xao and the other Hydra people have targeted his lawyer and his mother and forcing him to build some train to open the portal to K'un L'un and while the tournament is going on he has to deal with his Steel Serpent and his attacks and find the secrets of Orson Randall and meet the daughter of his former one too. Plus we also get to see the origin of Wendell and what he did and his enmity with Davos and the story coming full circle with Danny and now its the big fight as the weapons gather for a final fight and secrets revealed, massive status quo changes and a new path forward!
I loved this story for it changes so many things for Iron fist and adds to the myth in a big way and like redefines Danny for the better and finally the art just kicks a** and is so good throughout minus the ones done by Chaykin but ignoring it, its really good. Plus hints of a big story to come down the line. Its one of those runs that redefines the character and their myth for good.
January 12, 2016
Wow, really good! So what started as me just reading Vol 1, to learn about Iron Fist, before the tv series, has turned into me geeking out, and wanting to collect this whole series! So anyway, following after Vol 1, Iron Fist must now compete in a tournament, in the mythical realm of Kun Lun, where he received his training. Kun Lun is separate from the real world, kinda like Asgard, except, more Kun Fu, and less, dragons and maidens. The story in this one is pretty deep, loads of back story, lots of drama, its why i had to put this down every 60 pages. The only real negative was this one issue, where we go into some back story and the artwork changed, there were like 4 artists working on one book, and none were great. But despite that one issue, the main artwork was good, and the story was excellent! This a great series!
February 28, 2017
Kung Fu tournaments and mythical realms! I'm loving this. I still don't know a ton about Danny Rand backstory but I find the history of the Iron Fist fascinating.
May 15, 2023
A solid but uneven volume.
It starts excellent with getting the past of another Iron Fist and her jounary through life. Was both fun, cute, and brutal all rolled up in one. Loved that one. Then we get back to Danny, who is focusing on learning new moves and doing this tournament but the tournament seems like just a sideshow for him to discover what's really happening behind the scene and with Davos, but it's not as interesting as I hoped but still I'm in it to see the end.
But the annual is awful, and the art is so wildly different and not nearly as good as the rest of the book.
A 3 out of 5.
It starts excellent with getting the past of another Iron Fist and her jounary through life. Was both fun, cute, and brutal all rolled up in one. Loved that one. Then we get back to Danny, who is focusing on learning new moves and doing this tournament but the tournament seems like just a sideshow for him to discover what's really happening behind the scene and with Davos, but it's not as interesting as I hoped but still I'm in it to see the end.
But the annual is awful, and the art is so wildly different and not nearly as good as the rest of the book.
A 3 out of 5.
June 19, 2016
If you can a write a good Kung fu story, you need characters, and Ed/Matt seem up to it, alongside very solid artwork.
K'un-Lun is somewhere I find interesting enough to want to read and explore more of.
We didn't need more than just Danny, his legacy, heritage and the story would have been fine. I think lesser writers would have made this intolerable, but I was enjoying it more than enough. Especially since it's totally out of the MU, and just its own place, even though we see Luke Cage and some...(unnecessary really. This is a Danny story)
K'un-Lun is somewhere I find interesting enough to want to read and explore more of.
We didn't need more than just Danny, his legacy, heritage and the story would have been fine. I think lesser writers would have made this intolerable, but I was enjoying it more than enough. Especially since it's totally out of the MU, and just its own place, even though we see Luke Cage and some...(unnecessary really. This is a Danny story)
May 29, 2018
I sure picked up a lot on the history of the Iron Fist. I highly recommend you read The Immortal Iron Fist Volumes 1 and 2. They make perfect companions. Not the complete story, but this will fill you in all the secrets of the Iron Fist history. Very moody and full of mystic kung fu action.
June 29, 2022
This was good. It's probably not an easy thing to write a mystical kung fu story with a huge cast of a characters without having things go off the rails, but this held its course.
We see a conspiracy within the Cities of Heaven, a rebellion, a plot to destroy Kun L'un, the history of Orson and Wendell Randall, and more. (You'd have to be somewhat familiar with Iron Fist to know what all that means, but trust me, it's good.)
Great characters, great art and a good story as well.
We see a conspiracy within the Cities of Heaven, a rebellion, a plot to destroy Kun L'un, the history of Orson and Wendell Randall, and more. (You'd have to be somewhat familiar with Iron Fist to know what all that means, but trust me, it's good.)
Great characters, great art and a good story as well.
June 25, 2008
Yeah, this was pretty great... a supernatural Hong Kong "lotsa people getting kicked in impressively creative ways" movie cross-pollinated with some of the cooler Marvel super hero comic tropes (bajillions of HYDRA goons, Luke Cage's favorite exclamation, awesome pseudo-science, etc.). If you like things that are awesome, you'll enjoy this. If you don't, I don't really have time for your shenanigans.
December 9, 2012
SO GOOD UGH.
I love Matt Fraction's storytelling. The pacing is perfect, and he always manages to write characters that you care about. Even a character who appears in only one scene is a rich part of the larger tapestry. This combined with David Aja's art (Aja is artistic patronus, sorrynotsorry)and the wonderfulness that is Danny Rand's character makes this one of my all time favorite graphic novels.
I love Matt Fraction's storytelling. The pacing is perfect, and he always manages to write characters that you care about. Even a character who appears in only one scene is a rich part of the larger tapestry. This combined with David Aja's art (Aja is artistic patronus, sorrynotsorry)and the wonderfulness that is Danny Rand's character makes this one of my all time favorite graphic novels.
March 8, 2025
4 stars
Oh this was fun! I loved having the main storyline with Danny competing in the tournament and protecting K'un-Lun from outside forces (Hydra and Xao) and the inner corruption by the current Yu-Ti. But I also really enjoyed the flashbacks to Wendell Rand, Daniel's father, leaving Orson and making his own way to K'un-Lun, fighting for the chance of being the Iron Fist, while befriending and ultimately making an enemy of Davos, the Steel Serpent. It's a shame that such interesting characters like Wendell and Orson are dead, but their flashbacks gave so much meaning to what becoming and being the Iron Fist really entails. It's the weight of protecting a city stuck in its way, with empty rites and traditions, living short lives full of pain and sacrifice.
It's sad seeing Orson lost to drugs, and Wendell being embittered by his choice at the end, blaming the man who raised him and suffering the loss of his closest friend. I like how in comparison Danny's life seems warmer. He has Luke, Misty and Colleen fighting off the cold and Hydra to help their friend without Danny even having to ask. He has the respect of Lei Kung, the Thunderer, in K'un-Lun and now the other Immortal Weapons to keep him company in New York.
It was a really fun volume. This collection also includes the Annual with Danny reading about Orson's adventures and how against all the loneliness he did manage to find a little family, he wasn't always alone.
Now for the negatives, the art is all over the place in this one. It feels like Aja's work is barely there between many, many artists. And the quality is not always good. Particularly, I don't know what happened with Misty's design here but the whitewashing was awful. Gone is the afro and the dark skin and she truly looked like Colleen's twin in some pages.
I liked the reveal of an eight city. People looking for revenge, however given that Davos was working for them and never truly suspecting the true motivations, denying their attack on K'un-Lun here and then redeeming himself so quickly, I found it very rushed, very flimsy.
So, so far in the story I've found the villain/enemy characters to be the weakest part of this superhero story.
Excited to continue though. It's been fun.
Oh this was fun! I loved having the main storyline with Danny competing in the tournament and protecting K'un-Lun from outside forces (Hydra and Xao) and the inner corruption by the current Yu-Ti. But I also really enjoyed the flashbacks to Wendell Rand, Daniel's father, leaving Orson and making his own way to K'un-Lun, fighting for the chance of being the Iron Fist, while befriending and ultimately making an enemy of Davos, the Steel Serpent. It's a shame that such interesting characters like Wendell and Orson are dead, but their flashbacks gave so much meaning to what becoming and being the Iron Fist really entails. It's the weight of protecting a city stuck in its way, with empty rites and traditions, living short lives full of pain and sacrifice.
It's sad seeing Orson lost to drugs, and Wendell being embittered by his choice at the end, blaming the man who raised him and suffering the loss of his closest friend. I like how in comparison Danny's life seems warmer. He has Luke, Misty and Colleen fighting off the cold and Hydra to help their friend without Danny even having to ask. He has the respect of Lei Kung, the Thunderer, in K'un-Lun and now the other Immortal Weapons to keep him company in New York.
It was a really fun volume. This collection also includes the Annual with Danny reading about Orson's adventures and how against all the loneliness he did manage to find a little family, he wasn't always alone.
Now for the negatives, the art is all over the place in this one. It feels like Aja's work is barely there between many, many artists. And the quality is not always good. Particularly, I don't know what happened with Misty's design here but the whitewashing was awful. Gone is the afro and the dark skin and she truly looked like Colleen's twin in some pages.
I liked the reveal of an eight city. People looking for revenge, however given that Davos was working for them and never truly suspecting the true motivations, denying their attack on K'un-Lun here and then redeeming himself so quickly, I found it very rushed, very flimsy.
So, so far in the story I've found the villain/enemy characters to be the weakest part of this superhero story.
Excited to continue though. It's been fun.
May 28, 2017
At the end of vol.1 Danny was recalled to Kun Lun to enter the tournament of the 7 capital cities of Heaven.
Guess what? It's not gonna be your classic "Ready? Fight!" tournament with a match per issue. More of a "plots and coups behind the scene" tournament. Intrigue, revenge and redemption on the menu. With a surprising revelation on the capital cities at the end.
We know why Xao wanted to build a train at the far end of Nepal. And why Wendell Rand didn't become the immortal Iron Fist.
And there's Luke Cage freezing his @#$£% ass too!
So yes it's cool. It's perfectly paced, alternating scenes in Kun Lun, Nepal and flashbacks. There's intrigue and action, new interesting characters and enough mystery to pursue through next volume.
A few pencillers on the payroll this time (Aja, Kano, Brereton and Chaykin for the annual...)
Aja gets the lion's share. Not as good as he'll reveal himself later-particularly on Hawkeye with Fraction again-he already looks promising, with a lot of similarities with young Michael Lark. Since I've liked Lark since Terminal City, that's good enough for me.
Guess what? It's not gonna be your classic "Ready? Fight!" tournament with a match per issue. More of a "plots and coups behind the scene" tournament. Intrigue, revenge and redemption on the menu. With a surprising revelation on the capital cities at the end.
We know why Xao wanted to build a train at the far end of Nepal. And why Wendell Rand didn't become the immortal Iron Fist.
And there's Luke Cage freezing his @#$£% ass too!
So yes it's cool. It's perfectly paced, alternating scenes in Kun Lun, Nepal and flashbacks. There's intrigue and action, new interesting characters and enough mystery to pursue through next volume.
A few pencillers on the payroll this time (Aja, Kano, Brereton and Chaykin for the annual...)
Aja gets the lion's share. Not as good as he'll reveal himself later-particularly on Hawkeye with Fraction again-he already looks promising, with a lot of similarities with young Michael Lark. Since I've liked Lark since Terminal City, that's good enough for me.
March 15, 2024
This has everything you could want from an Iron Fist story, I’d wager. The wrap up of the last arc, nicely tailing into another. Three antagonists, one of which in a Kung fu tournament, the lore of Danny’s father story alternating with the current events, and a mysterious subplot that dovetails into the heroes for hire people.
It knows what tropes to hit on and which to subvert, making new characters compelling and the reveal of Davos’ backstory a contrast with the plot. It’s really tight and super fun. A good example of an author knowing the genre and the character and using it to full effect, with the partnership of some fantastic art. The annual is really spotty though, I must say. So many different artists, only a couple of which that are really good. But the annual is just a bonus thing, and apart from the arc, so I won’t knock it from the collections rating. And it’s not bad, I just dislike inconsistent art, personally.
It knows what tropes to hit on and which to subvert, making new characters compelling and the reveal of Davos’ backstory a contrast with the plot. It’s really tight and super fun. A good example of an author knowing the genre and the character and using it to full effect, with the partnership of some fantastic art. The annual is really spotty though, I must say. So many different artists, only a couple of which that are really good. But the annual is just a bonus thing, and apart from the arc, so I won’t knock it from the collections rating. And it’s not bad, I just dislike inconsistent art, personally.
February 20, 2018
Just immensely delightful. The tournament of the immortal weapons is my favorite version of that trope ever done.
May 28, 2024
La roba del torneo tipo Dragonball mi ha gasato.
June 16, 2015
Well shite.
It is safe to assume that this arc made me feel like I was reliving my childhood. It reminded me a lot about those Japanese anime show that I grew up with. Nevertheless, it comes up with it's own identity by not going with the same trope as those former anime shows usually head to. The whole mythology about the Iron Fist is getting more and more compelling the longer you read about it. There's just so much history in it. The tournament of the Seven Heavenly Cities - where all the seven champions of each Heavenly City was epic. It was nice being introduced to each champion and they were all compelling in their own way - to each his own as they say. That last bit though, that was well executed.
It is safe to assume that this arc made me feel like I was reliving my childhood. It reminded me a lot about those Japanese anime show that I grew up with. Nevertheless, it comes up with it's own identity by not going with the same trope as those former anime shows usually head to. The whole mythology about the Iron Fist is getting more and more compelling the longer you read about it. There's just so much history in it. The tournament of the Seven Heavenly Cities - where all the seven champions of each Heavenly City was epic. It was nice being introduced to each champion and they were all compelling in their own way - to each his own as they say. That last bit though, that was well executed.
August 4, 2010
Still not a huge fan of the while Iron Fist mythology, but the story has a nice arc and some pretty broad sweeps of history (in the Iron Fist universe). Hit or miss art tho I gotta say - maybe I've been spoiled recently, but some of this stuff was downright *slapdash*. Oh and one more thing: Luke Cage doesn't swear, so why is he being bleeped out here?
January 20, 2016
7 Capital Stars out of 5!
This is a very fun book full of colorful characters, a great twisty story, dialogue with great sense of voice, and all sorts of rad Kung Fu fights!
What more could you want.
Oh, right:
Dragons.
Zeppelins.
Doomsday trains.
A Sumo master named "Fat Cobra."
It's a magical, action-packed, delight. I'm looking forward to reading volume 3!
This is a very fun book full of colorful characters, a great twisty story, dialogue with great sense of voice, and all sorts of rad Kung Fu fights!
What more could you want.
Oh, right:
Dragons.
Zeppelins.
Doomsday trains.
A Sumo master named "Fat Cobra."
It's a magical, action-packed, delight. I'm looking forward to reading volume 3!
May 28, 2017
Great story, and I want to know what and where these character tackle next....
October 23, 2023
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W pierwszym tomie serii Danny Rand odkrywał tajemnice swojego pochodzenia i dziedzictwa. Teraz w albumie Nieśmiertelny Iron Fist tom 2 przyszła pora na przetestowanie jego zdolności. Obowiązkiem Żelaznej Pięści jest bowiem reprezentacja K’un Lun na odbywającym się co 88 lat turnieju zrzeszającym najlepszych wojowników z siedmiu miast.
Przewracając początkowe strony albumu i zagłębiając się w historii, można odnieść wrażenie, że mamy tu do czynienia z kultowym Mortal Kombat w świecie Marvela. Widowiskowa walka stanowi oczywiście bardzo ważny aspekt komiksu. Twórcy potrafią jednak zaoferować czytelnikowi coś ponadto. Odkrywamy tu również historię ojca Danny’ego, który zginął próbując dotrzeć do K’un Lu. Trzeci wątek dotyczy zaś znienawidzonego wroga Davosa, który znalazł groźnych sprzymierzeńców.
Jeśli taka dawka treści dla czytelników to jeszcze mało, to album kolejny również raz zgłębia bogatą historię dziedzictwa Żelaznej Pięści, ujawniając porcję nowych sekretów. Ta dodatkowa warstwa historii i mitologii czyni komiks bardziej intrygującym i pozwala lepiej zrozumieć głównego bohatera. Wszystko to oznacza, że prawie każda strona Nieśmiertelny Iron Fist tom 2 wypełniona jest wartką akcją, od której trudno jest się oderwać. Cały czas należy jednak pamiętać, że mamy tu do czynienia z komiksem stricte rozrywkowym. Dziełem sprawnie łączącym elementy klasycznych filmów kung-fu, mistycyzmu i opowieści o superbohaterach. Nie można więc oczekiwać od scenariusza znacznej głębi i przysłowiowych cudów (chociaż w kilku fragmentach album potrafi być zadziwiająco mocno złożony i niejednoznaczny).
Jedną z rzeczy, która sprawia, że „Siedem stolic nieba” jest tak przyjemne, jest obsada postaci. Danny Rand to niezwykle złożony bohater, niczego nie brakuje również obsadzie drugoplanowej komiksu. Każda pojawiająca się tu postać ma swoje własne, unikalne motywacje i cele, dzięki czemu historię czyta się jeszcze przyjemniej....
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W pierwszym tomie serii Danny Rand odkrywał tajemnice swojego pochodzenia i dziedzictwa. Teraz w albumie Nieśmiertelny Iron Fist tom 2 przyszła pora na przetestowanie jego zdolności. Obowiązkiem Żelaznej Pięści jest bowiem reprezentacja K’un Lun na odbywającym się co 88 lat turnieju zrzeszającym najlepszych wojowników z siedmiu miast.
Przewracając początkowe strony albumu i zagłębiając się w historii, można odnieść wrażenie, że mamy tu do czynienia z kultowym Mortal Kombat w świecie Marvela. Widowiskowa walka stanowi oczywiście bardzo ważny aspekt komiksu. Twórcy potrafią jednak zaoferować czytelnikowi coś ponadto. Odkrywamy tu również historię ojca Danny’ego, który zginął próbując dotrzeć do K’un Lu. Trzeci wątek dotyczy zaś znienawidzonego wroga Davosa, który znalazł groźnych sprzymierzeńców.
Jeśli taka dawka treści dla czytelników to jeszcze mało, to album kolejny również raz zgłębia bogatą historię dziedzictwa Żelaznej Pięści, ujawniając porcję nowych sekretów. Ta dodatkowa warstwa historii i mitologii czyni komiks bardziej intrygującym i pozwala lepiej zrozumieć głównego bohatera. Wszystko to oznacza, że prawie każda strona Nieśmiertelny Iron Fist tom 2 wypełniona jest wartką akcją, od której trudno jest się oderwać. Cały czas należy jednak pamiętać, że mamy tu do czynienia z komiksem stricte rozrywkowym. Dziełem sprawnie łączącym elementy klasycznych filmów kung-fu, mistycyzmu i opowieści o superbohaterach. Nie można więc oczekiwać od scenariusza znacznej głębi i przysłowiowych cudów (chociaż w kilku fragmentach album potrafi być zadziwiająco mocno złożony i niejednoznaczny).
Jedną z rzeczy, która sprawia, że „Siedem stolic nieba” jest tak przyjemne, jest obsada postaci. Danny Rand to niezwykle złożony bohater, niczego nie brakuje również obsadzie drugoplanowej komiksu. Każda pojawiająca się tu postać ma swoje własne, unikalne motywacje i cele, dzięki czemu historię czyta się jeszcze przyjemniej....
November 27, 2025
Puntaje: 4 Estrellas.
Continúo mi lectura de esta serie de Puño de Hierro con su segundo volumen, en el que por fin presenciaremos el torneo de los campeones de cada ciudad celestial.
En este tomo encontraremos varias tramas: La primera es el torneo en el que los guerreros de cada ciudad participarán para determinar quién es el más fuerte. Esta es una de mis partes favoritas de este segundo volumen, pues me gustó ver como Brubaker expande la mitología de Iron Fist, presentándonos nuevas ciudades y personajes con habilidades impresionantes. Además, me gustó conocer sobre la rivalidad entre ciudades, la cual es heredada por sus propios campeones.
A lo largo de la segunda trama conoceremos la historia de Davos y su relación con el rol de Iron Fist. Este personaje, quien fue el antagonista principal del volumen anterior, sigue teniendo gran relevancia en esta segunda entrega. De hecho, seremos testigos del crecimiento y cambio por el que este personaje debe pasar en este volumen.
Por otro lado tenemos a Xao, un hombre que está decidido a destruir Kun Lun y cuyos actos harán que los guerreros inmortales, quienes históricamente han sido rivales, unan fuerzas para proteger a su mundo. Justo en esta tercera trama contaremos con la aparición especial de los Heroes for Hire, quienes no tendrán mucho protagonismo en la historia pero representan la conexión que tiene Danny Rand con el mundo de los mortales.
Al final se plantea la idea de que existe una octava ciudad. Aun no sabemos mucho sobre esto, pero sí queda claro que el resto de la serie estará ligado a este dato, por lo que podemos esperar en los siguientes tomos una exploración más a fondo sobre las místicas ciudades celestiales.
Continúo mi lectura de esta serie de Puño de Hierro con su segundo volumen, en el que por fin presenciaremos el torneo de los campeones de cada ciudad celestial.
En este tomo encontraremos varias tramas: La primera es el torneo en el que los guerreros de cada ciudad participarán para determinar quién es el más fuerte. Esta es una de mis partes favoritas de este segundo volumen, pues me gustó ver como Brubaker expande la mitología de Iron Fist, presentándonos nuevas ciudades y personajes con habilidades impresionantes. Además, me gustó conocer sobre la rivalidad entre ciudades, la cual es heredada por sus propios campeones.
A lo largo de la segunda trama conoceremos la historia de Davos y su relación con el rol de Iron Fist. Este personaje, quien fue el antagonista principal del volumen anterior, sigue teniendo gran relevancia en esta segunda entrega. De hecho, seremos testigos del crecimiento y cambio por el que este personaje debe pasar en este volumen.
Por otro lado tenemos a Xao, un hombre que está decidido a destruir Kun Lun y cuyos actos harán que los guerreros inmortales, quienes históricamente han sido rivales, unan fuerzas para proteger a su mundo. Justo en esta tercera trama contaremos con la aparición especial de los Heroes for Hire, quienes no tendrán mucho protagonismo en la historia pero representan la conexión que tiene Danny Rand con el mundo de los mortales.
Al final se plantea la idea de que existe una octava ciudad. Aun no sabemos mucho sobre esto, pero sí queda claro que el resto de la serie estará ligado a este dato, por lo que podemos esperar en los siguientes tomos una exploración más a fondo sobre las místicas ciudades celestiales.
December 3, 2017
I liked this second volume much more than the first. It takes what the first volume built and expands on it in a number of ways, creating a fairly epic story with multiple time-lines, multiple story-lines, and some intense action. It turns out K'un-Lun is one of seven mystic cities, and every 88 years, the seven join and their warriors perform a tournament (yes it sounds a bit like Mortal Kombat). But Danny is distracted - there's Xao in the real world trying to destroy K'un-Lun, there's internal strife within K'un-Lun, and he is supposed to be battling in the tournament as well. The volume also recounts the history of Danny's father with K'un-Lun and Davos, another nemesis. There's a lot going on, and some of the time switches aren't as clear as I would have liked, but everything pulls together at the end in several epic confrontations that pull in the Heroes for Hire on top of everything else. The resolution is suitably grand in scale, frenetic without ever being unreadable, and everything merges into a powerful conclusion, and introduces a variety of intriguing new characters in the other Immortal Weapons. The art is well done, and especially effective in the tournaments. If Netflix wanted to do this story for the next season of Iron Fist, I think they could turn around a lot of people's impressions of the character...
June 6, 2020
Esse volume consegue, na minha opinião, melhorar todos os aspectos da primeira, tirando a arte que no primeiro volume já tava chupeta, mas no aspecto de aprofundamento na mitologia e nos personagens principais ela consegue ter algo bem mais sólido, acompanhando as perspectivas do Daniel Rand e do pai dele em K'un-Lun te dá uma visão mais limpa de como funciona a cidade e as suas tradições. Os personagens do Davos, o Thunderer, até mesmo o Orson, que não aparece tanto aqui, são mais desenvolvidos e com motivações mais claras. (O Davos continua um bebê chorão, mas você entende porque ele assim aqui). Também o nosso personagem principal, Danny Rand, realmente muda entre o primeiro e segundo volume, ele evolui bastante como personagem, deixa de ser o cara tão esquentadinho e marrento. Sem falar que a arte desse quadrinho, nossa, é linda, acho que com a narrativa bem do que se espera após ler o primeiro volume, mas que continua muito bem feita e com os flashbacks sendo muito bem colocados. A única parte que eu não gostei foi quando o Rand foi buscar os segredos do Orson, que o desenho é péssimo e a narrativa fica bem arrastada, mas você é agraciado com lembranças do Orson que são lindissimamente desenhadas.
August 7, 2018
*WRONG COVER (for my ISBN) which isn't unusual *TIGHTEN-UP GOODREADS*
REVIEW FOR VOLUMES 1 & 2
Iron Fist, like the vast majority of the MARVEL COMICS' CRIMINALLY CUTRATE, CONSTANTLY CIRCUMLOCUTIOUS, CONTINUOUSLY CLOYING, CLOD-HOPPING, CORPULENT CAVALCADE of CARELESSLY CONCEIVED, CACOPHONOUS, CRAPPY COSTUMED, CLUMSY, CAMPY, CHEESE-CUTTING, CHICKENPOOPY COPROPHILICCOPROPHILE CLOWNSHOES, would be more palatable without the insanely stupid enemies. Those never-ending Hydra, who NOBODY would ever join, are probably the worst of them although I'm probably wrong- I keep a wide berth from Marvel unless it's a writer or artist I'm (probably overly) loyal to. I only read these because of Ed Brubaker and TONCI ZONJIC.
The team did a good job making up a "Last" Iron Fist (before the current one-gotta make the title sound dire) who was introduced in the first volume. The next volume has funny and/or interesting contenders in the subject of the book= A Tournament That The Fist's Been Thrust Into. BOTH VOLUMES GOT ROUNDED UP TO ***.
REVIEW FOR VOLUMES 1 & 2
Iron Fist, like the vast majority of the MARVEL COMICS' CRIMINALLY CUTRATE, CONSTANTLY CIRCUMLOCUTIOUS, CONTINUOUSLY CLOYING, CLOD-HOPPING, CORPULENT CAVALCADE of CARELESSLY CONCEIVED, CACOPHONOUS, CRAPPY COSTUMED, CLUMSY, CAMPY, CHEESE-CUTTING, CHICKENPOOPY COPROPHILICCOPROPHILE CLOWNSHOES, would be more palatable without the insanely stupid enemies. Those never-ending Hydra, who NOBODY would ever join, are probably the worst of them although I'm probably wrong- I keep a wide berth from Marvel unless it's a writer or artist I'm (probably overly) loyal to. I only read these because of Ed Brubaker and TONCI ZONJIC.
The team did a good job making up a "Last" Iron Fist (before the current one-gotta make the title sound dire) who was introduced in the first volume. The next volume has funny and/or interesting contenders in the subject of the book= A Tournament That The Fist's Been Thrust Into. BOTH VOLUMES GOT ROUNDED UP TO ***.
April 21, 2021
I'm not super familiar with Danny Rand, or with Iron Fist in general. I had a much harder time with Vol. 2 versus The Immortal Iron Fist, Volume 1: The Last Iron Fist Story. I think partially because this one didn't have as much Orson Randall, and the story was a little more grounded.
I'm a fan of Matt Fraction, but this simply isn't as good as Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon.
I'm a fan of Matt Fraction, but this simply isn't as good as Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon.
November 5, 2017
When Iron Fist came out on Netflix, I wanted to get a background story about who he was and what this character was all about. I did my research online and was recommended this graphic novel along with Volume 1. Based on what I read this is a perfect story for any beginner who like to read a good story about Danny Rand. It took me about 60 percent into volume 2 in order to figure out who was who, lol. lots of confusion about the names.... Danny Rand, Wendell Rand, Orson Randell...lol. Overall very fun read!
September 9, 2017
I kept wondering why I was enjoying catching up on this particular run of Iron Fist and then realized, stupidly, that Ed Brubaker wrote it. I believe he is currently, and for some time, been one of the best writers in comics today. I didn't find the plot new or revolutionary, but the way in which Brubaker crafts an action adventure story in the comic format is a thing of beauty. I recommend this run (vol. 1 and vol. 2 so far) to anyone who enjoys superhero comics. Good stuff, Maynard!
August 3, 2020
3.5 stars & rounding up, Iron Fist must fight in a tournament among the champions of the seven mystical cities, which converge with each other, and Earth, once every 88 years. Meanwhile and evil mastermind is constructing an electromagnetic train to penetrate the barrier into the mystical city of Kin-Lun, with a goal of destroying the city. Alternating throughout are also chapters about Danny Rand's father and why he never became the Iron Fist.
June 16, 2022
As an old-school (70's-on) reader of comics, I always felt like Iron Fist was an incomplete character in the Marvel Universe. Everyone seemed to like him enough to keep him around, but not enough to give him a really interesting story and develop him. This has finally been rectified. The first collection (Vol.1) isn't quite as interesting but is necessary to read for backstory. This collection delivers the action and the drama as a great payoff for the earlier volume.
June 11, 2023
Brubaker and Fraction deliver on the premise of a fighting tournament introduced in the previous volume. The entire time I read this book, I found myself wishing that this and the previous volume were the primary foundation for the failed Netflix show. I suspect Iron Fist would have far more non-comic fans had that been the case as this tightly focused character driven story of living up to one's legacy has both high stakes and action.
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