Comments on: A Shame to See Iron Fist Go…

By: Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Iron Fist and Runaways won’t be joining Captain Britain quite yet

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:25:35 +0000

[...] Iron Fist’s cancellation began in March when a version of Marvel’s June solicitations circulated referring to Issue 27 as the “landmark final issue.” The text was quickly [...]

By: rwe1138

rwe1138 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:25:06 +0000

Official solicit doesn’t mention the series is ending.

By: Si__

Si__ — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:27:54 +0000

LIG yesterday said there are big Iron Fist news coming…

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:08:43 +0000

Nooooo! That’s one of my favorite ongoing books.

By: Dalarsco

Dalarsco — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:15:21 +0000

@Kieth: I knew you weren’t serious, but I still don’t see how this is an “excuse for a new Wolverine title”. It was clearly sarcastic. I was explaining why the complaint of “why does Wolverine get three ongoings plus one-shots and minis and my beloved character is getting canceled” isn’t valid.

By: karl

karl — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:22:39 +0000

im guessing that the people writing the blurbs get told its the final issue of a storyline and just jump the gun a bit, since the people who write those blurbs dont have anything to do with the editorial or creative side of it, i believe, they just write blurbs

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:20:54 +0000

If it’s not canceled I’m glad for the people still reading it. If it is canceled I feel for them because it felt like it already was canceled for me when I had to drop it because of budget reasons… too many other good books out there. One of the hardest books for me to drop.

By: Chris Hill

Chris Hill — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:34:30 +0000

From Ed Brubaker on Twitter:

IRON FIST is NOT canceled. Just so everyone knows. It was a typo.

This is the second time this has happened recently (Captain Britain a while back). I wonder what’s going on.

By: Thomas Pierce

Thomas Pierce — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:31:53 +0000

this is horse shit

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:30:30 +0000

Not so immortal, then. (Ohhhhhhh!)

By: Wesley

Wesley — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:22:47 +0000

I said this over at ‘Rama, and I’ll say it here:

What are the chances Danny Rand is starring in his own title again by the end of the year?

Marvel’s not doing this with the frequency that they had been the past few years, but they’ll still end a series in order to re-start it with a new #1 and the accompanying sales boost.

I don’t know the sales numbers, but I know that there are other titles that aren’t selling as well but are nowhere near cancellation, so I see no reason they won’t just re-start the title in a couple of months.

I’m also sure Johnston will share his opinion on this in another hour or so.

By: Global Honored

Global Honored — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:43:27 +0000

Iron Fist is on my list. I look forward to it every month. Aja/Bru/Faction run was so well done. The new team has held their own as well and still put out good stories. Danny Rand and company (no pun intended) are rounded characters that involve the reader. The mythos itself that the first team developed deserves to keep this title going, there is so much to build o and work with. I know I want more Orson Randall Pulp tales.

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:41:33 +0000

@Dalarsco: I’m aware of that, I was making a joke. Wolverine is all over the place and this is an excuse to launch a new title with him in it.

By: Ryan Day

Ryan Day — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:39:22 +0000

Assuming the book is cancelled, I kind of wonder why they didn’t just end it when Brubaker/Fraction left. It was never a great seller, and I can’t imagine anyone thought the sales would go up with a different writer, unless it was Bendis or Millar or someone.

By: Dalarsco

Dalarsco — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:30:54 +0000

@Kieth: That’s a false dichotomy. Marvel doesn’t sell a certain number of books and has to cancel one to make room for another. They sell as many books as will be profitable. Wolverine always will be, Iron Fist sadly wasn’t, if this wasn’t a false alarm.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:09:53 +0000

The solicit information changed on the Newsarama site…just went back there and they edited the copy for the issue.

So you’re saying there’s a chance?

By: ejulp (John)

ejulp (John) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:06:07 +0000

The solicit information changed on the Newsarama site…just went back there and they edited the copy for the issue.

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:59:29 +0000

I’m glad they are getting rid of this title. It means more Wolverine titles!!!!!! HELL YEAH!!!!!

Seriously, I love Iron Fist, and thought this title was great. It’s a real shame to see it go. If the title suffered that much with Swierczynski, they should have given another creator a shot at bringing it back to the status Brubaker/Fraction set.

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:34:44 +0000

oh, boo-hoo. irredemable ant-man only got 12 issues, you should feel lucky.

What about Nextwave??

By: Randy

Randy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:31:58 +0000

@ Kung fu millionare.

oh, boo-hoo. irredemable ant-man only got 12 issues, you should feel lucky.