The comic, debuting in January, sees “the ancient dragons that power the Heavenly Cities” being mysteriously killed, and Iron Fist and his fellow Immortal Weapons — the champions of K’un-Lun’s sister cities — must stop the killings before it’s too late. The synopsis also promises “zombie armies, mystical portals, [and] dragon hearts, [as] some of the Marvel Universe’s deadliest fighters all converge in one action-packed extravaganza, and the fate of all worlds hangs in the balance!”
The project reunites Hama with a character he’s been with almost since his debut: his first gig for Marvel was drawing Iron Fist’s sophomore appearance in 1974’s “Marvel Premiere” #16 (written by Len Wein and Roy Thomas). He penciled the next three issues before leaving to go freelance, years before he returned to Marvel in the ’80s, and started his seminal “G.I. Joe” run (which he continues to write at IDW). The series also marks the first Iron Fist comic since 2018’s digital-first series “Iron Fist: Phantom Limb” (penned by Clay McLeod Chapman with art by Guillermo Sanna Bauza), as well as the first announced after the cancellation of the Netflix series that year.
“Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon” #1 releases January 2021: head on over to The Nerdist in the meantime for an unlettered preview.
