[OpTard]

bad news:

It’s official—Marvel Comics has announced that Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, and David Aja are leaving The Immortal Iron Fist after issue #16, to be replaced by the team of Cable writer Duane Swierczynski, who will be joined by artist Travel Foreman. Swierczynski and Foreman will kick off their run starting with issue #17 in July.

interview with brubaker and fraction here: forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=152812

[The Canadian Content]

I knew this was coming. Still disappointing to see it finalized, though.

[Stu]

I thought what they were gonna do was have Brubaker sorta "mentor" Fraction on the book, then leave him to do it himself, like Keith Giffen did with Rogers on Blue Beetle?
Anyway, are those new guys any good?

[The Canadian Content]

I think Fraction got hotter than they thought he would quicker than they thought he would. Last I heard, he was taking over both Iron Man and Ghost Rider.

I've seen him say in an interview (can't recall where, so no link) that Ghost Rider is the next Iron Fist.

[OpTard]

ghost rider is far from the next iron fist.

i've said it before and i'll say it again... if garth ennis couldn't make ghost rider good, no one can.

[Stu]

Some preview art of the future storylines:
uk.comics.ign.com/articles/864/864886p1.html

[Stu]

So, what's everybody think of the new guys so far? I'm liking it, and I'm glad they seem to be trying to keep the tone of it all much the same as Bru and Fraction did. The art...is a bit weird, but also works for me, somehow. I like that the HFH are there as supporting characters, but hopefully there'll be more of the other Immortal Weapons. I think there's a bit too much Orson Randall though. I liked the guy and everything, but there's all the other Iron Fists we have and have not seen I'd like to have more stories about, like the Pirate Queen one.

[The Canadian Content]

I'm liking the new team. The first issue seemed a bit awkward, but by the second, I'd forgotten there was a change.

Also, I think there's a lot of Orson Randall because Orson Randall is older than 33. Seems like it could be pretty significant to the current storyline.

[bdbdbd]

I haven't read Iron Fist in a while (I kinda just forgot about it believe it or not) which is a shame since it's a great book, but I do remember Orson being dead. Very dead, with his death being important since he sacrificed himself to save Danny. Is he alive again?

I think the last thing I remember going on (and I guess it's been longer than I thought) was Danny doing the "give back to the community" thing, running a school for neighborhood kids, and trying to get Cage to start back up the Heroes for Hire. This was after the backstory story when Rand re-hooked up with the other Weapons and did research?

Shit. I apparently have a lot of reading to do, which would be easier if Marvel were better at putting their obviously written for trades stories out in trades. Now I have a ton of Iron Fist and Wonder Woman (I Gail Simone) to read

[Stu]

Sept 2, 2008 0:07:57 GMT -5 bdbdbd said:

I haven't read Iron Fist in a while (I kinda just forgot about it believe it or not) which is a shame since it's a great book, but I do remember Orson being dead. Very dead, with his death being important since he sacrificed himself to save Danny. Is he alive again?

No, but there's a lot of flashbacks about him and he's had 2 specials made about him.

I think the last thing I remember going on (and I guess it's been longer than I thought) was Danny doing the "give back to the community" thing, running a school for neighborhood kids, and trying to get Cage to start back up the Heroes for Hire. This was after the backstory story when Rand re-hooked up with the other Weapons and did research?

Shit. I apparently have a lot of reading to do, which would be easier if Marvel were better at putting their obviously written for trades stories out in trades. Now I have a ton of Iron Fist and Wonder Woman (I Gail Simone) to read

No, actually, there's just been 2 issues proper since that "give back to the community" one, carrying on where that issue left off, and dealing with what caused all the Iron Fists (besides Orson) to die at age 33. It looks like the heroin Orson got hooked on somehow stopped him from being found(does something to his blood?).