![]() ![]() How its shot, and more importantly, how its edited is not. Anything, that can make Shou Lao appear tangible is welcome. Tell the story of the battle between Danny and Shou Lao, but perhaps do it like a Wolf Smoke Studio animation. ![]() (Danny would wear this costume years later during 2010’s Shadowland, when Daredevil took over as leader of the Hand and ruled over Hell’s Kitchen.If you can’t showcase a dragon with special effects, then do it through old style Chinese animation. The definitive modern Iron Fist series, The Immortal Iron Fist by Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction, saw Danny keep his original green and white costume, slippers and all.īut without much fuss, Danny also adopted a sleek, modern costume that covered his entire body, with his dragon symbol imprinted on top of the suit than as a chest tattoo he bared like it was spring break. In several notable appearances, mainly in 1990, 19 when Iron Fist starred in some very brief runs, his looked hardly changed, if at all. It’s a silly costume that perfectly illustrates Orientalist stereotypes westerners probably, definitely had in their heads when you said the words “kung fu.” It was the height of the 1970s martial arts boom, and nobody was terribly sophisticated.īut it’s also a costume that survived for decades, through his legendary team-ups with Luke Cage and into the ‘90s when comic fans thought anything before The Dark Knight Returns seemed too quaint. Issue of 'Marvel Premiere' #15, the first appearance of Iron Fist. (Your mileage on the dude’s sky-high popped collar may vary.) Upon his debut in Marvel Premiere #15, illustrated by the legendary Gil Kane, Danny Rand made a bold first impression.Īll the important visual elements to Iron Fist were laid down from the get-go: The yellow mask with the pointed black and white almond eyes, the yellow sash, the sweet dragon chest tat, and the obsessive use of green. With Iron Fist Season 2 primed for Netflix, here’s a brief historical rundown on the costumes worn by the living weapon. Even when the ‘90s came along and bulging muscles, bandoliers, and ammo patches were all the rage, Danny Rand stayed true to his origins. Most tellingly, while most superhero costumes tend to change in big ways over time (see: Spider-Man), Iron Fist’s look has pretty much stayed the same. And goofy as he appears, even on the comic book page, you can’t deny it’s a hell of a look. Since 1974, Danny Rand - a boy billionaire from New York who masters the art of kung fu in the mystical land of K’un-Lun - has worn a funky kung fu jumpsuit, usually in green and yellow, into battles against the Hand, the X-Men, HYDRA, and countless more. He may not have an iconic look like Batman or Superman, but Marvel’s Iron Fist has a very special costume indeed. ![]()
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