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A review by jayspa65
The Immortal Iron Fist, Volume 1: The Last Iron Fist Story by Matt Hollingsworth, Patrick Zircher, Guisseppe Cammuncoli, Ed Brubaker, David Aja, Travel Foreman, Russ Heath, Kano, Tonci Zonjic, Duane Swierczynski, Matt Fraction, Tom Palmer, Sal Buscema, John Severin
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The art matches the story and David Aja has a great Jae Lee feel to him what works for the look of Iron Fist. It is just shadowed enough, just distorted enough, just unrealistic enough to make the perfect artwork for Ed Brubaker's story.
And then, it is Brubaker that wrote it and I've always felt he could tell a good story. And in this case it looks like he very much used the Marvel Method of writing on this one, which I can't complain about either.
It's a great quasi-origin story that eventually leads to some revealing facts about the Iron Fist. It's a great Kung-Fu story that passes itself off as a superhero story and it all works very well.
This is what the Netflix series SHOULD have been. They missed the boat here.
Not only that, but it seems increasingly rare to find art that so well matches the story line. It is really a match made in heaven.
And then, it is Brubaker that wrote it and I've always felt he could tell a good story. And in this case it looks like he very much used the Marvel Method of writing on this one, which I can't complain about either.
It's a great quasi-origin story that eventually leads to some revealing facts about the Iron Fist. It's a great Kung-Fu story that passes itself off as a superhero story and it all works very well.
This is what the Netflix series SHOULD have been. They missed the boat here.
Not only that, but it seems increasingly rare to find art that so well matches the story line. It is really a match made in heaven.