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Immortal Iron Fist & The Immortal Weapons Omnibus
by Khari Evans, Ed Brubaker, David Aja, Jason Aaron, Travel Foreman, Russ Heath, Duane Swierczynski, Matt Fraction
Immortal Iron Fist is a solid Omnibus though not a great one for me.
The first half is Ed Brubaker and Fraction's run on Iron Fist. Basically Danny having to return home while also dealing with Hydra, while also dealing with the Immortal weapons, while trying to protect his friends and family. Juggling a whole shit load of storylines. I do think that the first arc is great, high speed action, and throws Danny RIGHT into the action. The second arc is decent, mostly Danny dealing with Hydra and their leader. And it's fun but nothing special for me. The final arc is short, and it focuses on Danny going back to living a normal life, setting up his funds to help people, and teaching kids how to fight in a Dojo.
The second half is created by Duane, and I'm not going to butcher his last name but you can see it on the cover, and it's actually more entertaining overall for me. A creature that has hunted the Iron Fist forever is here to kill Danny after Danny learns almost every Iron Fist dies by 33 and he turns 33 in that arc. Leaving for a very fun fight to the near death and then Danny teaming up with friends to stop this creature. The second arc is Danny going with the Immortal weapons into a hell like world to stop them from invading. It's pretty brutal, but the safe ending kind of takes away the steam roll it had.
The book ends with Immortal Weapons each getting a issue to explain their past. Some are excellent like Fat Cobra, Dog Brother, or Tiger's Beautiful Daughter where's Orphan and Spider story were okay.
Overall, it feels uneven for me. There's some great parts, some really weak parts, but mostly it's decent to good. And that's kind of where my score is going. A lot of the volumes I gave a 3, and two volumes a 4, but I think the one shots here with showing the past immortal iron fist range from good to outright bad, and a origin story that was unneeded.
So overall I will rate Immortal Iron Fist Omnibus a 3 out of 5.
The first half is Ed Brubaker and Fraction's run on Iron Fist. Basically Danny having to return home while also dealing with Hydra, while also dealing with the Immortal weapons, while trying to protect his friends and family. Juggling a whole shit load of storylines. I do think that the first arc is great, high speed action, and throws Danny RIGHT into the action. The second arc is decent, mostly Danny dealing with Hydra and their leader. And it's fun but nothing special for me. The final arc is short, and it focuses on Danny going back to living a normal life, setting up his funds to help people, and teaching kids how to fight in a Dojo.
The second half is created by Duane, and I'm not going to butcher his last name but you can see it on the cover, and it's actually more entertaining overall for me. A creature that has hunted the Iron Fist forever is here to kill Danny after Danny learns almost every Iron Fist dies by 33 and he turns 33 in that arc. Leaving for a very fun fight to the near death and then Danny teaming up with friends to stop this creature. The second arc is Danny going with the Immortal weapons into a hell like world to stop them from invading. It's pretty brutal, but the safe ending kind of takes away the steam roll it had.
The book ends with Immortal Weapons each getting a issue to explain their past. Some are excellent like Fat Cobra, Dog Brother, or Tiger's Beautiful Daughter where's Orphan and Spider story were okay.
Overall, it feels uneven for me. There's some great parts, some really weak parts, but mostly it's decent to good. And that's kind of where my score is going. A lot of the volumes I gave a 3, and two volumes a 4, but I think the one shots here with showing the past immortal iron fist range from good to outright bad, and a origin story that was unneeded.
So overall I will rate Immortal Iron Fist Omnibus a 3 out of 5.