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Danny Rand walks away from his identity as the Living Weapon in a teaser image for Marvel’s upcoming Iron Fist developments set to unfold next year.
Danny Rand will seemingly abandon his Iron Fist identity and leave his famous yellow mask and green costume in the trash.
“Iron Fist No More,” a promotional art piece illustrated by Gunji (Sword Master), was released on Marvel’s social media channels to tease upcoming developments in Danny’s life. The art, a homage to the famous panel of Spider-Man ditching his costume in a garbage can, shows Danny Rand following suit, with eerie shadows following him as he walks away from his discarded duds. More details are excepted on Oct. 29, with the full storyline unveiling in February 2022.
Danny’s departure comes after he lost the powers of the Iron Fist in the six-issue series Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon by Larry Hama, David Wachter, Neeraj Menon and Travis Lanham. The series saw Danny and a host of supporting characters — including his protégé Pei, her pet dragon Gork, Luke Cage and the Immortal Weapons — racing to stop an army of undead intent on destroying all of the world’s heavenly dragons.
The finale of Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon saw Danny Rand and Pei passing their Iron Fist powers to Wakanda’s Okoye. After vanquishing the crisis threatening the world, Okoye gave these powers to Gork, who is currently undergoing a process of reincarnation as an egg. Gork will eventually be reborn as Gork the Undying, the new holy dragon of all heavenly cities in the Marvel Universe, and take the place of Shou-Lao the Undying, the dragon who granted Danny Rand his Iron Fist abilities.
In the final panel of Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon, Danny tells Luke Cage that despite no longer possessing powers, he plans to “live [life] to the fullest” — though possibly in a new direction without his superhero identity, if Marvel’s recent teaser is any indication.
The inspiration for the “Iron Fist No More” artwork comes from the story “Spider-Man No More,” which was published in 1967’s The Amazing Spider-Man #50. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by John Romita Sr. and Mike Esposito, the story sees Peter Parker becoming disillusioned with his crimefighting life, his inability to focus on college and J. Jonah Jameson’s constant anti-Spider-Man rants. Peter throws his costume away in frustration and pledges to end his career as Spider-Man, but in the story’s ending, he saves a night watchman. The watchman’s close brush with death reminds him of Uncle Ben, and Peter once again becomes inspired to protect the innocent as the red and blue webslinger.
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