Source: marvel.com

2. “The Last Iron Fist Story, Part 2”

Writers: Matt Fraction & Ed Brubaker
Artists: David Aja, Travel Foreman, & John Severin

If issue one was a tone setter, issue two is more about establishing the character of the series.

Danny Rand has vacillated to a huge degree over time, from a steadfast hero to more of a goofball bro. For the record, I like all of these. Here he's a little closer to the way Fraction and Aja portrayed Hawkeye. Rand is a little bit of a loser, but he has way more self esteem than Hawkeye for certain.

In the issue, Danny gets knocked out by HYDRA agents and is found and rescued by his old friend Luke Cage. He notices that his ex-girlfriend, Misty Knight, has become a pro-registration activist in the superhero Civil War (which was just starting at that point). The Danny-Luke relationship is on point here and I hope we see a little more of it at least. Meanwhile, Orson Randall is back in New York and the target of an assassination squad. After we get a glimpse of his time as the Iron Fist in WW1, Orson activates the Iron Fist and attacks"¦ causing Danny to collapse in pain across the city. It's one shared power.