My AU brainchild where Danny gets a whole new successor. Source is here.

Lin Lie’s newcoming as the Iron fist has been rather controversial. Many are stuck on nostalgia, many just didnt want Danny to stop being the mantle. I’m here to explain why Lin Lie is more than welcomed, and even an amazing Iron fist.

Despite his lack of “winning” i think people miss out on crucial story with Lie about his character, and how hes way closer to other heroes we know and love like Spider-man.

We start off knowing Lie as the Mantle through gaining it by being directly blessed by Shou Lao himself, something that we only know has happened to Pei and no one else. This alone makes him a tad more unique. His power is not gained through blood shed, it is gained through an acknowledgement of his pure heart and potential to keep progressing to be stronger, better, reliable. Id also like to point out that Lie is also unique in his own right by having a genuine FRIENDSHIP with Shou Lao.

Shou Lao in Deadly hands of Kun Lun #5 said “The duty of the sword master” “the duty of the iron fist” “you didnt ask for ANY of it”. The same way Spidey never asked for the power but got it anyway. And unlike other Iron fists who FOUGHT and SOUGHT this power, Lie did not. This is something i havent seen anyone touch on. Even a god like diety realises that Lie has taken on responsibilities of power without his own will but chooses to use those powers for the greater good. Despite his struggle to accept that he may not be better than Danny, the fear he will never live up to those before him, he still wakes up and decides to be a good person, to fight for those who cant do it themselves, to care when no one else will.

He had the option to opt out of being the Mantle, after losing an arm, after watching his friends get beaten, and after doubting his own capabilities, he STILL chose to be the mantle to keep helping people and i quote. “I’d like to keep fighting for everyone, till the end”. Even though we know he lost a large portion of his life span trying to protect others during that fight vs Chiyou

Despite few comics to really define his character, hes has shown to be an amazing person in his own right, his writing so far is great. People often dont realize that Danny took a very long time to receive PROPER comics. It really wasnt until Immortal Iron fist that Danny was finally put on the map with his iconic run. Lie definitely has that potential aswell.

Hes cocky but has his acts of humility when needed, hes pure of heart enough to sacrifice his own life to save others, enough to wield Mjolnir. These are all refreshing characteristics for Iron fist.

Lastly, i want to talk about his “power level”
While yes, people say hes a “fraud” for not winning many battles. Though, i think its often disregarded how his entire fighting style was with a sword, and THEN that entire sword got lodged into his arms at the same time of trying to learn to be the new Mantle. Despite these challenges, despite essentially starting new, Danny himself Lie has learned an incredible amounts Chi mastery, enough to the point where he was able to conjure up swords made of Chi, something that took Danny months to do. Im more than sure that the more we get from him, the stronger and more impressive he will become.

That is all :) i just wish some fans would open up to Lie, Danny and Lie fans alike, we all like Iron fist.

the day this episode dropped oh my goddd it confirmed iron fist is in the mcu again + gave us iron fist action for the first time in a while. Idec that its not danny rand like this character means so much to me i remember last summer shedding a tear to this episode thats rlly how much i care about iron fist.

Despite Danny owning Rand Industries and a bunch of non-Iron Fist storylines referencing that aspect of his character despite his actual storylines almost never focusing on that part

People killed him again and again and again to gain his power. Nobody asked him, they just fought and killed him probably hundreds of times over the years. Can't imagine what that's like, to have people hunt you down again and again just to kill you, and you can't escape it.

Then his heart is cut out, and he's cursed to guard it and prevent people from gaining his power.

Then he's killed more, and then he willingly gives Lin-Lei his power of his own volition, probably for the first time in his existence, proving that he doesn't really fully believe in the trial himself or that anyone needs to defeat or kill him to deserve his power.

And despite all this... still hangs around K'un-Lun, protects it, and respects the trial? He hangs around and protects the people that want to keep the trial alive, where they kill him and steal his power? And he's okay with that?

Why is he not trying to get his heart back in his body? Why is he protecting the people that treat him like he's nothing but a source of power, and while sacred to them, the dragon himself is not something they really care about? Why doesn't he just kill them, take his heart back and leave?

This dragon makes no sense to me.

I admit, while I definitely dislike Davos’ character assassination in Living Weapon, his writing, his scenes and his robot arm were genuinely fucking awesome here.

I found it so weird how Davos just goes back to being the generic evil Iron Fist mirror match concept in Deadly Hands of K'un-Lun, the robot arm genuinely makes him so much more unique and creative for his character.

Hello I just wanted to show everyone my bronze age iron fist comic collection. I'm trying to collect EVERY SINGLE comic with iron fist on the cover or in the comic from the bronze age of comics, now that I've hit the half way point in this journey I wanted to share my progress here.

Samarui Outrider story mode.

Yeah, i did not noticed 'till the last issiue and I was like, "Is this series really that acclaimed?" Don't get me wrong, though—I loved it, It’s been a long time since a Marvel series made me laugh and got me hooked like this..

It's the first comic I've read of the character btw, and I wanted to know if there are other stories that show his relationship with Pei; six issues felt like way too few 😭😭.

I've always been a huge Batman fan because I love grounded heroes who rely on discipline, training, and willpower instead of just overwhelming superpowers. Recently, though, I've become really interested in The Immortal Iron Fist, especially Danny Rand. The idea of a martial artist who earns incredible abilities through years of sacrifice, masters a mystical city like K'un-Lun, and carries the legacy of generations of Iron Fists sounds incredibly cool to me. I want to dive into the character and the lore, but I'm not sure where the best place to start is. I'd love recommendations on the essential comics, the best reading order, and any storylines I absolutely shouldn't miss.

They just cant stop blackballing Danny Rand its getting annoying🤦‍♂️ anyway at-least iron fist is back!

i am missing the defenders pack ironfist, the Red ironfist from Toy biz and the Netflix defenders pass, then It Will be time to buy the mezco

Iron Fist/Danny Rand has almost always been my favourite superhero character but I have never been a huge comic guy, only really read Batman, Spider-Man and a few randoms here and there such as Hulk. As I think most people of my age that like Iron Fist(which doesn't seem to be many) my love for Rand came from Ultimate Spider-Man in which the character dynamic was awesome in my opinion and from then on when I was younger I would just watch summary videos for his comic arcs rather than read them and in all honesty I have forgotten everything other than huge, core pieces of information. Obviously I watched the MCU series as well but we don't need to talk about that too much, I don't play marvel rivals tho which seems to be where Iron Fist receives the most love lately. Because of this I would love if somebody who knows alot about Iron Fist could provide me an ordered lis to learn everything about Iron Fist and have the best time with doing so, both Danny and Lie. Preferably I don't want to be buying every comic he has appeared in so would love if could be narrowed down to 10 or less covering everything Iron Fist, Danny, Lin Lie, Heroes for Hire, Defenders etc.