History ComicBook / ImmortalIronFist

* ZergRush: Part of Bride of Nine Spiders' combat style. Hydra under Xao's leadership operates in a similair matter, simply throwing endless bodies at the heroes which proves rather effective if wasteful.

* ImplacableMan: Every Iron Fist is hunted down by one of these once they reach a certain age; very few have escaped with their lives.

* AbsoluteXenophone: The ruling authority of K'un-Lun is this and hate the fact outsiders like Danny tend to come into their city. Even more when they learn their martial arts and become the Iron Fist.

* MightyWhitey: Largely played down in the more recent series (with the advent of the other Immortal Weapons and previous Iron Fists, all of whom are Asian), though introducing one of the previous Iron Fists, only to declare him ''another'' white guy who out-mastered the masters of K'un-Lun did raise a few eyebrows.
* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: Shown many times. [[spoiler:Danny vs. Davos, Fat Cobra vs. Danny, Bride of Nine Spiders vs. Dog Brother #1, Davos vs. Tiger's Beautiful Daughter, Prince of Orphans vs. Davos (in response to his brutality on the aforementioned fight)]]. Largely the entire point of the Tournament of Heaven.

* PerkyGoth: One of the possible interpretations of the Bride of Nine Spiders. She seems to have a morbid sense of humor, "giggling" ("Che Che Che Che") with delight at the prospect of violence and death (even her own).

* StrawMisogynist: During the Fraction/Brubacker run, an easy way to tell when a character is bad is how misogynist they were. Notable examples being Davos and Nu-An, who are both very vocal in their disregard for women, and act extremely abusive towards women they hold power over. This also seems to be somewhat common with previous Yu-Ti, as it's said there's only been one previous female Iron Fist, and women are specifically banned from training, until the Army of Thunder's revolution.

* WarriorPrince: A fact that does come up much but Danny is a member of the K'un-L'un Royal Family (due to his father being adopted into the family even being made the heir to the throne at one point), Danny was even offered the position of Yu-Ti at one point due to this (tho he refused).

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In ''Immortal Iron Fist'' issue 5, Danny uses several advanced martial arts techniques with millennia of history that require intense skill to perform, culminating in the comparatively mundane "Brooklyn Headbutt."

%%* {{Adorkable}}: Danny has his moments, especially in ''Immortal Iron Fist''.

* EnhancedPunch: Iron Fist's sole superpower (at first) is to charge his fist [[KiAttacks with chi]] to make it "like unto a thing of iron." While he eventually gets more powers to go along with his CharlesAtlasSuperpower, he's [[FightsLikeANormal generally just a skilled martial artist with an occasional super powered punch]].

* TheGreatestStyle: He trained in the mystical K'unlunquan martial arts, which enables KiAttacks and other superhuman abilities. He is also a master of many other martial art styles.

* KiAttacks: The titular "Iron Fist" and countless more.

Originally a [[MarvelUniverse Marvel]] [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] character, he was first created to cash in on the popularity of Kung Fu films. Iron Fist first appeared in ''"Marvel Premiere''" #15 (May, 1974), created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane. He appeared as the lead in this magazine until issue #25 (October, 1975). Then was granted his first eponymous series ''"Iron Fist''", which lasted for 15 issues (November, 1975-September, 1977). Roy Thomas had two inspirations, the [[HongKongDub Hong Kong classic]] [[MartialArtsMovie movie]] ''King Boxer'' aka ''Five Fingers of Death'' (1972), which featured an "Iron Fist ceremony" and the [[KiManipulation chi enrergy]] and a Golden Age comic book character called Amazing-Man, created by Bill Everett, creator of ComicBook/SubMariner.

Originally a [[MarvelUniverse Marvel]] [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] character, he was first created to cash in on the popularity of Kung Fu films. Iron Fist first appeared in ''"Marvel Premiere''" #15 (May, 1974), created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane. He appeared as the lead in this magazine until issue #25 (October, 1975). Then was granted his first eponymous series ''"Iron Fist''", which lasted for 15 issues (November, 1975-September, 1977). Roy Thomas had two inspirations, the [[HongKongDub Hong Kong classic]] [[MartialArtsMovie movie]] ''King Boxer'' aka ''Five Fingers of Death'' (1972), which featured an "Iron Fist ceremony" and KiManipulation and a Golden Age comic book character called Amazing-Man, created by Bill Everett, creator of ComicBook/SubMariner.

Originally a [[MarvelUniverse Marvel]] [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] character, he was first created to cash in on the popularity of Kung Fu films. Iron Fist first appeared in ''"Marvel Premiere''" #15 (May, 1974), created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane. He appeared as the lead in this magazine until issue #25 (October, 1975). Then was granted his first eponymous series ''"Iron Fist''", which lasted for 15 issues (November, 1975-September, 1977). Sales started to flag in the late 70s, until someone had the great idea to team him up with another low-selling series, [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage: Power Man]], as part of Luke's ComicBook/HeroesForHire agency. The amalgamated series' popularity far outstripped both its predecessors. It was written by Creator/ChrisClaremont, Mary Jo Duffy, Creator/KurtBusiek and [[Creator/ChristopherPriestComics Christopher Priest]], who notoriously finished his run by [[ComicBookDeath killing Danny.]] Needless to say, he didn't stay dead -- in fact it was Priest who brought him back. Since then he's had an important role during the Marvel ComicBook/CivilWar, and even joined the ComicBook/NewAvengers. Despite this, he's never really risen beyond B-list status.

* CanonImmigrant / ChannelHop: The Prince of Orphans is a 1940s Centaur Comics character, John Aman, the Amazing Man, who had fallen into the public domain. Part of why he was introduced was that Iron Fist's 1970s origin was partially inspired by John Aman's origin.

Daniel Rand is the rich multi-millionaire head of the Rand corporation. He is also the Immortal Iron Fist, a master of Kung Fu, and defender of the ancient city of [[TheShangriLa K'un L'un]].

The character got a new lease on life with the launch of ''The Immortal Iron Fist'', co-written by Creator/MattFraction and Creator/EdBrubaker (and after their departure, Duane Swierczynski). The series reveals that there have been many Iron Fists before Daniel, and introduces a 'new' [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Iron Fist, Orson Randall. In addition there are more Immortal Weapons who represent the other mystical cities of the far east and also wield strange and unusual powers. Daniel discovers new secrets about his past, and must use these to confront former and new enemies.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatDown: Davos on Tiger's Beautiful Daughter. And in the next round, Prince of Orphans on Davos to demonstrate that such gratuitous brutality is not acceptable in what's meant to be an honourable tournament.

* SeriesContinuityError: A minor but jarring one. In a flashback eight-year old Danny is seen with Franchise/SpiderMan action figure... which he could get only via time travel since he and Spidey are about the same age in-universe.

* StrawMisogynist: During the Fraction/Brubacker run, an easy way to tell when a character is bad is how misogynist they were. Notable examples being Davos and Nu-An, who are both very vocal in their disregard for women, and act extremely abusive towards women they hold power over. This also seems to be somewhat common with previous Yu-Ti, as its said there's only been one previous female Iron Fist, and women are specifically banned from training, until the Army of Thunder's revolution.

* WeHaveReserves: How Xao treats his Hydra underlings whp also consider themselves expendable, calling themselves a Legion.

* TheNameless: The ninja-servant girl (who is [[spoiler:Orson Randall's daughter]]) was never named, due to rather restricted freedoms caused by her society's caste system. According to her, she'll have made a name for herself by the time Danny sees her again.

* AndNowIMustGo: Fongji, the Iron Phoenix, just disappeared after she merged with the Phoenix Force.

* ChestInsignia: Both Danny and Davos have tattoos burned into their chests from facing the dragon Shou-Lao the Undying, as do most other Iron Fists (though some have the symbol printed elsewhere instead). The Prince of Orphans also has a chest symbol [[spoiler:pledging his allegiance to Lei Kung the Thunderer]].

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: In a different comic, IronMan and the Mighty Avengers confront Danny about his activities with the New Avengers as Iron Fist, which are illegal due to the SuperRegistrationAct. Danny's lawyer, Jeryn Hogarth, points out to Iron Man that Danny is already a registered hero, having registered his fists as lethal weapons. He also points out that, even though everyone seems to know Danny is Iron Fist, no one can technically prove it, except through very unconstitutional means that Tony doesn't want anyone to know about. Jeryn is a pretty pudgy, normal guy, basically telling off some of the most powerful heroes on Earth, and manages to piss off Ms. Marvel.

* RetroactiveLegacy: Orson Randall and the other 60-some-odd Iron Fists before Danny Rand.

* SeriesContinuityError: A minor but jarring one. In a flashback eight-year old Danny is seen with {{Spider-Man}} action figure... which he could get only via time travel since he and Spidey are about the same age in-universe.

* RaceLift: Averted to much debate in the Netflix series after the casting of Finn Jones (best known as Ser Loras Tyrell in GameOfThrones).

Due to the success of the Immortal Iron Fist series, Iron Fist and his supporting characters have had a surge of popularity, earning cameos and roles in other Marvel comics, video games, and cartoons. Iron Fist has appeared in ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance 2'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'', ''VideoGame/UltimateMarvelVsCapcom3'', ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'', ''VideoGame/MarvelPuzzleQuest'', ''VideoGame/MarvelContestOfChampions'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'', the ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' series, and the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'' animated series, where he is a main character. He's due to get his own series on Netflix, ''Series/IronFist2017'', tying in with the larger Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. He will be played by Creator/FinnJones of ''Series/GameOfThrones'' fame.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: While most of the Hydra troops fight to the death, a small group who were guarding Jeryn Hogarth's mom who had been taken hostage by Hydra give up and run for their lives after Misty Knight threatens to blind one, kill two and castrate the rest.

* ZergRush: Part of Bride of Nine Spiders' combat style.

* KungFuKid: Pei, Danny's potential successor from the ''Immortal Weapon'' series, and Wah Sing-Rand, the Iron Fist of 3099 from Duane Swierczynski's run.

* TheGreatestStyle: He trained in the mystical K'unlunquan martial arts, which enables KiAttacks and other superhuman abilities. He is also a master of many other st

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In an early issue, Danny uses several advanced martial arts techniques with millennia of history that require intense skill to perform, culminating in the comparatively mundane "Brooklyn Headbutt."