Immortal Iron Fist #13 Review

IMMORTAL IRON FIST #13
Written by Matt Fraction & Ed Brubaker
Art by David Aja

Ed Brubaker went two for two this week with the Cap / Iron Fist combo. Matt Fraction has a lot to do with this title as well, so I guess it should be 1.5 for 2. Either way, this was probably my favourite book this week and, while it didn't deliver any real fighting, so much happened this issue and with that awesome ending, I can hardly fault them for it.

The only problem with this review is where to start. I suppose the best parts would suffice and that would lead to the true star of this book since he was introduced, Fat Cobra. He and the other Immortal Weapons were great this issue and I'm glad to see they won't become throw away characters, or at least not in this arc. Hopefully they show up in future stories.

But I'm getting off track. All the Immortal Weapons were gathered around a dinner table listening to Dog Brother #1 tell a story from his past, of which we only hear the last few bits of, and it was just fun seeing such an ecclectic group of characters sitting around eating, drinking and have "normal" conversations. When Prince of Orphans shows up and asks if he can sit down, Fat Cobra practically throws Tiger's Beautiful Daughter out of her seat to make room for him in the most comical scene of the issue.

The entire sequence was set up to have the Prince invite the other Weapons to help defend the Immortal Cities from the impending Hydra attack. Yes, even Davos, who seems unaware of Hydra's intention of destroying all the cities and not just coming to help kill Danny and exact Davos' revenge. Davos declines and seeks out his father, the Thunderer, to discuss this revolt, which ends in a short battle between the two.

Then we have Danny confronting K'un Lun's leader, Yu-Ti, and demanding he step down as leader and tell the people of his crimes and the use of the Rand Gate to travel back and forth between Earth and K'un Lun in an intense scene that should come to a head in the next issue.

Finally, we see Hydra's final preparations and their opening of the gate to K'un Lun from their side. This leads to the epic ending where the Heroes 4 Hire team, captives of Hydra, point out the proverbial shit has hit the fan to the Hydra boss as they all look to the portal to see all the Immortal Weapons ready to come through the portal as Danny explains so elloquently puts that the portal isn't letting Hydra in, but letting them out.

Verdict - Must Read. I'm sure I left something out, especially with how many words I devoted to some small scenes, pagewise, but this was just a great issue and definitely gave the story the kick in the pants it needed as the supposed tournament was turning into a yawn fest with a bunch of talking heads. Great stuff all around.

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