DAVID AJA RETURNS TO IRON FIST FOR THE CHARACTER'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL!This August, Marvel celebrate 50 years of the Immortal Protector of Kun-Lun in IRON FIST 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1.Check out an all-new variant cover by celebrated Iron Fist artist David Aja.New York, NY May 17, 2024 Earlier this week, Marvel Comics announced it would be celebrating Iron Fists milestone 50th anniversary year with a special oversized one-shot! Hitting stands in August, IRON FIST 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 will spotlight different eras of the mystical martial arts heros storied adventures with a wide variety of epic tales. To commemorate the occasion, Iron Fist visionary David Aja has drawn an eye-catching variant cover! Alongside writers Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction, Aja redefined the Iron Fist mythos in the Eisner-winning Immortal Iron Fist series. Now, see his iconic take on the character once more in this bold new cover!"I knew I wouldn't be doing this anniversary book justice if I couldn't get David to come back for a cover! Editor Danny Khazem shared. His run with Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker was a pivotal point in Iron Fist's history, and inspirational for me as a reader!"The legacy of Iron Fist is a long-lived legend spanning centuriesall the way back to the year 10,000,000 B.C.E.! After an expedition to find K'un-Lun left Danny Rand's parents dead, he found the path to the mystical city and gained the shattering power of the Iron Fist! After avenging his parents' deaths, Rand became an iconic super hero, working alongside teams like Heroes for Hire, the Defenders, and the Avengers. IRON FIST 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL will have a range of stories that spotlight Danny Rands past, present, and future!Heres what fans can look forward to in IRON FIST 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1: Visionary Iron Fist scribe Chris Claremont teams up with artist Lan Medina for a classic tale set during Iron Fists early years and co-starring Wolverine! Alyssa Wong, the writer behind todays Iron Fist, brings you the next chapter of Lin Lies saga alongside artist Von Randal. Writer Justina Ireland and artist Elena Casagrande send Iron Fist on a mission where he join forces with his longtime alliesTHE DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON! Writer Frank Tieri and artist Ty Templetons story sees Iron Fist send out the call to his old teammatesHEROES FOR HIRE! And writer Jason Loo and artist Whilce Portacio spotlight what the future may hold for Danny Rand!Check out Ajas new cover and pick up IRON FIST 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 at your local comic shop this August! For more information, visit Marvel.com.
LOL. Isn't pretty much everything a ONE-OFF now days? Some of them just last a few more issues than others.
Man, that Chaykin cover is tough to look at. What direction is he even coming from? It looks like he's jumping in one direction and throwing an uppercut from another direction. And why is his back turned to his front? What kind of crazy martial arts style is this?