My love for the Immortal Iron Fist, champion of the mystical city of K’un Lun, and best buddy to Luke Cage/Power Man is well documented here. The reintroduction of Daniel Rand into the Marvel Universe so beautifully orchestrated by Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction is nothing short of a modern classic.
By all means Iron Fist is probably a C-list character (well maybe B minus) in the grand scheme of things he is far less recognizable to non-comic folk than say Spider-Man or the Fantastic Four.
When it was announced that Disney/Marvel would be exploring the possibility of smaller budget feature films featuring the likes of Iron Fist, Dazzle, & Luke Cage I was very excited. It is well known that an Iron Fist movie was in the works almost ten years ago with Ray Park attached to star.
While the hiring of a screenwriter does not necessarily we will actually see Iron Fist in multiplexes in 2012 or 2013, it is is very encouraging to fans. Even if the screenwriter in question is responsible for xXx, The Jerky Boys, and Airheads.
This past week saw the release of Daredevil #500, a landmark issue on two fronts. The first is that the series was renumbered so that it can be brought into “classic numbering”, much like what was recently done with Captain America. The other occasion of note is that this issue saw the last issue that Brubaker and his balls awesome art team would be on.
Oh and another thing I’d like to point out … Marko Djurdjevic is fucking unreal. Marvel needs to make this a poster immediately.
With #501, Andy Diggle (I loved his Green Arrrow: Year One) & Billy Tan (New Avengers) will be taking over as the primary creative team after what could be considered a Daredevil run by Brubaker that could be considered the equal of Frank Miller. Brubaker picked up after Bendis’ outing of Matt Murdock in the “Murdock Papers”, and Bru ushered him through the “Devil Behind Bars”, the Super Hero Registration Act, and countless other trials and obstacles. Matt Murdock has always been a tragic hero, and with what Bru has left us with a character with a renewed vision (excuse the pun) and a true purpose.
One of the great things about Daredevil is that for the majority of Bru’s run; Matt Murdock has existed on the periphery of the Marvel Universe. And without any spoilers, it looks as though things might be changing. Thanks Bru, it was an awesome run.
News broke yesterday that Steve Rogers, the original Captain America would be returning to the Marvel Universe next month in a new series, Captain America: Reborn. Two years ago, Steve Rogers was killed on a court building’s steps after having surrendered in the aftermath of Civil War. In that time his former kid sidekick, turned brainwashed Russian super-agent, Bucky Barnes picked up the mantel.
With Steve returning, what happens to BuckyCap? Well I’m sure all of our questions will be answered, as Marvel PR was quick to get this in front of the press:
Captain America is making a miraculous recov
Two years after Marvel Comics knocked off its famous star-spangled superhero, he’s gonna be back and better than ever.
“The original Captain America is finally coming back,” Marvel Comics editor in chief Joe Quesada told the Daily News. “We’ve been patiently planning for this moment for 21/2 years.”
Captain America will return next month in a five-comic book series, “Captain America Reborn.”
In conjunction with this, Marvel has returned Captain America to its original numbering bringing this week’s issue to #600. I haven’t had a chance to pick this up, but the reviews I’ve seen thus far reek of a shitty retconning. I’ll wait until I get the issue in my hands on it.
Ed Brubaker has yet to let me down on this title, and I have a hard time believing that he would have put all of this work into Cap only to have it turn into another Clone Saga or One More Day.
I had a pretty good morning. There was snow on the ground, work was going to be quiet (especially after yesterday’s pisser) and most importantly Wednesdays are always great because: New Comics are shipped. Through the power of the Interweb, my local shop … Bagged & Boarded has an awesome webscription service that takes the effort out of actually get the new books in your hot little hand. Anyway, I usually head over to B&B, and chat with Josh & Co. during my lunch hour. The big issue today (for me at least) was Captain America #25.
The aftermath of Civil War saw Tony Stark becoming Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Spiderman go underground, and Steve Rogers (Captain America) surrender to S.H.I.E.L.D.. It was the logical endgame to an ‘event’ that totally frakked up the Marvel Universe as we knew it. The interweb was brewing of something huge happening in #25, and I just had to hold out until 1pm …. that didn’t happen.
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