Comments on: Comics You Should Own – The Immortal Iron Fist #1-16

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:31:15 +0000

The two writers blend their strengths to give us a giddy examination of a strange world full of possibilities. So we get crazy mechanical spiders,

According to the Omnibus backmatter, the mechanical spider was all down to the artist – so everyone was throwing in on this one.

By: Comics Nexus | I’m Just Sayin’…#75

Comics Nexus | I’m Just Sayin’…#75 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:51:11 +0000

[...] with some news, I saw that COMICS SHOULD BE GOOD gave a more than deserved shout-out to the first sixteen issues of THE IMMOR…, and I agree with that – even if it kind of stops short of the book’s proper acclaim. [...]

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00:27 +0000

#16 is the best issue released last year.
That is all.

By: Rusty Priske

Rusty Priske — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:14:13 +0000

Swierczynski had a nigh-imporssible task – living up to the previous arcs.

He fell short, but still made good comics.

By: TomerS

TomerS — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:56:21 +0000

Only read issue #1 when it was released and been planning on reading the whole run for a very long time. Must do it sometime soon.

By: Daryll B

Daryll B — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:19:11 +0000

Rob O., speaking of books that need to be collected…Waid’s Ka-Zar and Cap run after the skrull imposter are also must collects! Thx for the reminder.

By: c0ld

c0ld — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:48 +0000

This was an absolutely fantastic run. The names Bru, Fraction or Aja would put any book on my pull list, but having them all together was like a match made in Heaven. I was terribly sad when their run ended and wasn’t very impressed by the initial few issues of Swierczynski’s run. I gotta admit though, that while the his run didn’t quite match up to what came before (and let’s be be honest, very few books can) it was certainly better than 90% of the stuff on the stands at the time.

By: Rob Ocelot

Rob Ocelot — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:49:22 +0000

I kind of like that the book depicts a level of reality divorced from the mainstream MU but still with tenuous connections to it. Marvel rarely depicts anything dated before WWII, and that stuff is either Westerns, Conan-era, or overdone Victorian era nonsense. It’s great to see Marvel acknowledging its Pulp roots (Ka-zar/David Rand).

By: Daryll B

Daryll B — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:39:46 +0000

..and the dark comedy notes during it just classic like Jeryn’s line in #13:

“GREEEEAAAT You know what the four most terrifying words in the english language are? “Danny has a plan.”

I remember laughing out loud on the bus when first reading that line. Pure Awesomeness!

By: Chris Jones

Chris Jones — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:33:43 +0000

I really don’t get why everyone loves this series so much.

It’s probably just that I like my martial arts stories to be more grounded, but I think that there were a lot of tonal conflicts in the book and I dunno, I never felt that the stakes were that high. It’s like, “Something bad might happen to the Heavenly City!” or “Someone in the tournament may not be who they claim” and I’m just like “…Alright.”

This isn’t to say that it was bad, just that I don’t know why everyone gets so bowled over by it.

By: JasonF

JasonF — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:25:26 +0000

This entire series was the best thing I have read in years.

By: dmor173

dmor173 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:07:04 +0000

Terrific Run.

One of the hardest things to do now in fiction is to come up with decent names but Fraction has his own pulp lanuage. Prince of Orphans, Fat Cobra, Bride of 9 spiders. who the hell comes up with stuff like that? I fell in love with the kung fu moves as well. The palm of a thousand sorrows, the stabbing newlywed (as seen above) and the ‘brooklyn headbutt’.

Ill also put the mini series coming out at the moment in the same essential list (as a companion piece). The fat cobra story was hysterical and the dog brother one was amazing.

By: r

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:44:49 +0000

I love this- my highlights of the book were the entire first arc, and whatever issue it was where Danny fights Fat Cobra (I think it’s #9).
And I agree that all of the artists were great, but, to me, there was always something missing when David Aja wasn’t around.

By: Roman

Roman — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:42:19 +0000

Really good series. Really though, Swierczynski’s run is pretty much just as good (as others have mentioned). I would say that it moves from chronicling Danny’s struggle to fit into this huge, convoluted family into how Danny can forge his own family and try to actually change, instead of just playing out the same story as every other Iron Fist. Of course, the whole thing is taken from Fraction’s setup in #16, but it’s still excellent.

By: Darren Mac

Darren Mac — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:32:00 +0000

First time I’ve commented on this site, and JUST because it is this comic. I’m an Iron Fist fan from way back, but that bias aside, this series represents what Marvel should be attempting with MANY characters. To me, this run on this title represents one of the few modern series worthy of the ‘Omnibus’ treatment. If you missed this, you missed a masterpiece. Swierczynski’s run has been good (though his backup in Immortal Weapons has been dreadful) – Escape from the 8th city was working toward the standard of the Bru/Fraction run. Awesome.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:28:44 +0000

*Looks at IIF Omnibus on shelf*

Ah yes, one of the best runs of the decade in one giant, pretty hardcover. Thank you Marvel Omnibus system.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:27:46 +0000

Issues #1 through #3 are impossible to find! Own the rest though.

By: Dr-Strange

Dr-Strange — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:11:32 +0000

Orson Randall and the Death Queen of California should have got a nod even if Swierczynski’s run is being ignored.

By: Stephane Savoie

Stephane Savoie — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:11:31 +0000

Worth noting that, unlike many of the characters listed, the Green Mist wasn’t an original character, but a reinvention of a Golden Age one.
That said, yeah, terrific run. Swierczynski’s run isn’t bad, but loses the spark of the first.

By: Patrick Joseph

Patrick Joseph — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:08:55 +0000

Bought the Omnibus this Summer without ever having read an issue. They are some of the best comics I have ever read. It kind of felt MiracleMan good. Seriously. It was an amazingly well-done series.