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May 10, 2012 7:18 pm With all due respect, think of all of the hundreds - no thousands - no TENS of thousands (or more) - comic arcs that have taken place in the last decade. According to IGN, one of the TEN BEST of the decade was the Ed Brubaker/Matt Fraction/David Aja run on Immortal Iron Fist. This run was critically lauded (nominated for Eisner) and fan-praised. If Iron Fist was 'relevant' in the 70's, he would, by extension, be 'essential' in the 2000's. That run on Iron Fist was better than any "Secret Hulk War vs. Civil Seige", or whatever TRULY lame commercially-inspired, artistically-vacuous 'event' Marvel has released since. I've picked up these issues and tie-ins BECAUSE they promised an Iron Fist connection. Trust me - its the Iron Fist mythos that suffers with Avengers/X-Men sensibilities at the helm, not the other way around.

April 25, 2012 4:31 pm I don't know if Bendis knows about these characters - In Fraction/Brubaker's run - easily the best of Iron Fist, and considered in the top 10 runs of comics in the past decade (on a recent article there) by IGN, Yu-Ti leaves Kun-Lun, disgraced, as an enemy of the people. Danny suggests Lei-Kung be the new Yu-Ti, and Orson Randall's daughter become the new Thunderer. These facts seem to have been ignored in this issue. Am I missing something? I'm a big Iron Fist fan (when written properly, instead of as a prop on a team), but its possible that all of those events from the Bru/Fract run were erased, and Iron Fist was restored to 1990, along with is supporting cast. In all seriousness, has anyone who read Immortal Iron Fist ALSO read an Iron Fist story in the past 3-4 years to explain the return of Yu-Ti, or is this just sloppy writing?

April 5, 2012 9:43 pm Oops - sorry Jasonhart - I didn't mean that directed at you - I hit 'reply' and it mistakenly replied to you (I meant in general :) ) But it does rock! :) (sorry you don't have it yet)

April 4, 2012 7:26 pm This book is worth twice that to me - it is MILES better than most of the other 'collapsing under their own bloat' titles from the big two. Most titles have too many rules (the main one being, 'nothing ever changes....really') - Casanova is a dense, creative explosion that pushes the boundary - its only rule is to be fantastic. I like superheroes, and will be gladly shelling out the bucks to see Avengers and Dark Knight 3 (or whatever), but do you really think any Avengers title is doing anything close to what this title is in terms of clever, rich, complex, interwoven storytelling with expressive, clean art? Me neither.

June 21, 2011 10:21 pm I am ALL OVER THIS!!!! Immortal Weapons and/or Iron Fist = guaranteed buy!!!

After Immortal Iron Fist, I don't get my IF Kung Fu fix!

May 16, 2011 6:36 pm I am on this book for the forseeable future - Paladin is like a street-level Star-Lord. Last issue was awesome. DnA have long term plans for every project and this book will get even better. In a heavy week, this goes to the top of my read pile!

March 10, 2011 5:21 pm Good god - This issue was awful! When you think back on Avengers history, from the classic to the corny to the epic - will this series even register? Stink-o-rama. A single page of Secret Avengers is better than this whole issue/arc/title. P.U.
This issue is an homage to comics. It kind of looks like a comic, but ultimately is just a caricature of one.

July 21, 2010 12:20 pm

Amazing team, amazing comic. The art in these is FANTASTIC, and the comic has an 'ambience' like no other title. This is like a 50's 'pre-movie' adventure serial, in awesome comic form. What a shame that Wolverine and Deadpool and Spidey will be in 8 titles each this month, but no more Atlas.

 

Venus, I think, is in the upcoming 'Chaos War' centered around Herc.

July 7, 2010 9:37 am This is not a comic you casually read - you really need to pay attention (it is 'dizzyingly' good!)

June 16, 2010 8:39 pm LOVED this - as always, Parker, and Atlas, are golden!