tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post780026607162763026..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: You Are Iron Fist -and This is Your Graphic NovelDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-77704849277379346952015-07-10T20:00:11.110-05:002015-07-10T20:00:11.110-05:00Yes a nice review. I like Iron Fist's revis...Yes a nice review. I like Iron Fist's revised costume. It looks sleeker. I also like how he is lean and wiry. Sometimes Danny is drawn too bulky in my opinion... too much like Captain America's physique. He looks good here. Is tha David Aja's art on the cover?Martinex1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-74989650656686221172015-07-10T16:29:27.882-05:002015-07-10T16:29:27.882-05:00Nice review Karen, it looks like a "modern&qu...Nice review Karen, it looks like a "modern" comic that's worth reading. But I'm in the same boat as Edo. I just picked up my Iron Fist Epic Collection on Wednesday, I'll read the new stuff after that. J.A. Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800901321134394272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-870679206348003802015-07-10T15:16:09.031-05:002015-07-10T15:16:09.031-05:00This sounds like an interesting series, your obser...This sounds like an interesting series, your observation that it sometimes evokes the old pulps has me intrigued.<br />However, I'll not be getting to this any time soon. First I have to get through the original Iron Fist - which Amazon tells me should be shipped sometime in late July/early August (I pre-ordered the Iron Fist Epic Collection, which contains all of IF's original stories, including the two issues of Marvel Team-up, in color). All this talk of K'un Lun, though, has me wanting to re-read that excellent double-sized issue of Power Man & Iron Fist (#75 I think), which takes place there. Of course, my original copy is long gone... :(Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-83819546090296283332015-07-10T15:14:25.694-05:002015-07-10T15:14:25.694-05:00Sorry about any issues with that first picture. it...Sorry about any issues with that first picture. it looked fine when I set the post up.<br /><br />I think I might have not enjoyed this as much if I had to wait for each individual issue to come out and read them one at a time, but having them collected spared me any sense of things moving too slowly, which I agree, is a problem with many comics today. <br /><br />There were a lot of small things I like din this -for example, Orson teaching Danny to use the Iron Fist for more than just fighting. We'd seen him use it to heal himself and others before, but he really starts to learn to do more with it here. I suppose it's sort of like the Force, but then, that was really derived from old samurai films anyway, right?<br /><br />I'm really curious to see how far they go with K'un Lun and the mysticism in the Netflix show. My understanding is that the Chinese gang from the Daredevil show was actually affiliated with Steel Serpent, so maybe they were from one of the 7 Heavenly Cities.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032477453891087135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-66207293717636328982015-07-10T13:33:17.090-05:002015-07-10T13:33:17.090-05:00I've been meaning to read this for a long time...I've been meaning to read this for a long time...I guess I should actually get to it.<br /><br />Mike WilsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-11334935400366494082015-07-10T08:42:12.907-05:002015-07-10T08:42:12.907-05:00I really love the headline for this review. A clev...I really love the headline for this review. A clever tip of the cap to the early Iron Fist. I'd love to pick this trade up. I read a couple of issues of Fraction's Hawkeye series and didn't care for it at all. Slight, boring and too cute for its own good. This seems like a much more satisfying read. Perhaps that's Brubaker's influence. -JJ JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18053716133555080531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-29775646881245120742015-07-10T08:25:42.472-05:002015-07-10T08:25:42.472-05:00LIke you Karen, I am a big fan of the kung-fu genr...LIke you Karen, I am a big fan of the kung-fu genre. (Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, etc.) "Enter The Dragon" is just about my favorite movie, and one of the best superhero movies ever made, btw.<br /><br />I also have big love for Iron Fist. I always liked him just a little better than Shang-Chi, because Danny combined my two favorite things (superheroes and kung-fu) better than Shang did. Danny had the nifty superhero costume, and he hung out more with other Marvel superheroes (like Spider-Man), and he also fought more traditional super-villains. (Especially once he teamed up with Luke "Don't call me Powerman" Cage).<br /><br />I also missed a lot of Iron Fist's early adventures when they originally came out, but I made up for that by purchasing both Iron Fist Marvel Masterworks volumes, that reprint the entire run of his solo adventures, including the 2-part Marvel Team-Up story.<br /><br />As for the series you are reviewing here, I actually read the first five or six issues and didn't really care for it much. But from what you've said, it sounds like it may get better as it goes along. I have never been a very big fan of Ed Brubaker, as I personally find his writing style a little too slow paced for my taste. However, based on your favorable review, I may have to pick this collected volume up sometime and give it another chance.<br /><br />On another side note for all you kung-fu fans out there, if you have never seen a martial arts movie called "Chocolate", you should definitely check it out. It is about a 15-year-old autistic girl (played by JeeJa Yanin) who basically has the same abilities as the Taskmaster. Meaning she can perfectly mimic any action she sees just once (such as kung-fu fighting styles). And she watches a lot of kung-fu movies, and plays a lot of martial arts video games. Eventually she is forced to use her amazing fighting skills to go on a rampage through the Thai mafia. (Oh yeah, she also loves to eat chocolate, thus the movies title). If you can get past the far-fetched concept, it has some of the most spectacular martial arts action ever put on film, ever!! So, if you haven't seen it, you owe it to yourself to give it a look. (I have it on BluRay and I watch it at least once a year).Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988016825582035390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-43655943552203781722015-07-10T07:54:46.990-05:002015-07-10T07:54:46.990-05:00Yeah ol' Iron Fist has always been one of my f...Yeah ol' Iron Fist has always been one of my favourite characters, even more than his kung fu compatriot Shang Chi (and I'm a Bruce Lee fan like Karen!). I don't possess the complete run of this series, probably about 75 percent of it, but it clearly was one of the better runs on an IF title in recent years. Fraction, Aja and company really hit it out of the ballpark with this series.<br /><br />I really dug the pulpy, retro vibe they brought to this series, all the while bringing in fresh elements of their own. You gotta love protagonists with names like Fat Cobra or Tiger's Beautiful Daughter, characters straight out of a 1970s kung fu flick. One thing bugs me though - when Steel Serpent became Steel Phoenix, did he just tattoo those wings onto his serpent brand? :)<br /><br />It'll be really interesting to see how they portray IF in the upcoming Netflix series. Personally, I would have loved to see him up there on the silver screen along with Iron Man, Cap, the Avengers or Spider-Man.<br /><br /><br />- Mike 'Shhhkowww!' from Trinidad & Tobago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-15363282135656052892015-07-10T06:29:33.737-05:002015-07-10T06:29:33.737-05:00Iron Fist is my all-time favourite Kung-Fu charact...Iron Fist is my all-time favourite Kung-Fu character ( well, maybe tied with The White Tiger ), though Danny never felt like a fully fleshed out character bizarrely - except in that Marvel Premiere where he played baseball, remember that?<br />I did try the early issues of this run, but didn't like 'em much, though Aja is very good. Maybe I'll give it another go..pete doreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004574271734256770noreply@blogger.com