History ComicBook / IronFist1975

* BigBad: Master Khan, who starts as the GreaterScopeVillain in ''Premiere''. After him, Dany has no overarching BigBad.

* CharacterDevelopment: In ''Marvel Premiere'', before Claremont takes over, Dany is cold and stern, and does not use contractions. Afterwards, this changes, and Dany starts easing up.

* FriendOnTheForce: Rafael Scarfe, Misty's former partner from when she was a cop, and Dany's contact with the NYPD.

** With Captain America. Having agreed to attack the Avengers for the Wrecking Crew (though obviously not really), Danny accidentally spooks Jarvis, who flees and falls down a flight of stairs. Dany saves him, but Steve saw him on the monitors, and believing all the newspaper stories about Iron Fist being a killer, attacks.
** The final issue is Danny having to fight most of the X-Men, [[WorfHadTheFlu drained of his power]]. He enters Misty's apartment while she's out, while Wolverine is there to steal a photo of Jean. Assuming Danny is after "his" woman, Logan attacks with intent to kill. Dany punts him out the window, the other X-Men respond, and the situation spirals out of control until Phoenix intervenes.
* MightyWhitey: While initially played straight, with the American-born Dany stumbling on to K'un-Lun and becoming TheChosenOne, it's later deconstructed somewhat. Danny was ''not'' popular with many other K'un-Lunians for being an outsider managing to attain their highest honor.

* StayInTheKitchen: In K'un-Lun, men fight and women do not. At all. Anyone breaking this, or who hits a woman for any reason (like, for example, in a friendly spar) will either be exiled into the lands outside K'un-Lun, where death is certain, or subject to DeathOfPersonality. Dany has some difficulty getting over this mindset once he's in the outside world.

The series was cancelled due to low sales at issue #15 due to low sales, with one of the major plotlines being concluded in ''ComicBook/MarvelTeamUp''. And then the idea was struck upon of merging ''Iron Fist'' with another low-selling series, ''Power Man'', with the team-up resolving another plotline from this series.

* BigBad: Master Khan, who starts as the GreaterScopeVillain in ''Premier''. After him, Dany has no overarching BigBad.

* CharacterDevelopment: In ''Marvel Premier'', before Claremont takes over, Dany is cold and stern, and does not use contractions. Afterwards, this changes, and Dany starts easing up.

** Radion started off over in an issue of ''Marvel Two-in-One'' written by Chris Claremont.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Colleen, who starts out as a [[NiceGuy Nice Gal]] in ''Premier'', becomes a ''lot'' more bad-tempered after being kidnapped by Khan, though given everything she goes through, not without justification.

Daniel Rand is the Iron Fist, the living weapon who can with focus make his hands into a thing like unto iron. Having left the hidden city of K'un-Lun to confront his father's killer, Danny seeks to make a new life for himself with his friend Colleen Wing. But the Iron Fist finds this strange new world has many enemies.

!!Tropes:

* WorfHadTheFlu: Thanks to Davos attacking Danny and sapping his power in issue 14, he spends it and issue 15 off his game.

* HiddenElfVillage: K'un-Lun, a hidden city of immortals which only intersects with our world one day every ten years. As it goes on, there's some darker elements explored, like some of the other inhabitants of the dimension, who don't exactly like the K'un-Lun.

* MonumentalDestruction: Radion is based out of the BT Tower in London. It gets trashed by his and Danny fighting.

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Radion started off over in an issue of ''Marvel Two-in-One'' written by Chris Claremont.

Daniel Rand is the Iron Fist, the living weapon who can with focus make his hands into a thing like unto iron. Having left the hidden city of K'un-L'un to confront his father's killer, Danny seeks to make a new life for himself with his friend Colleen Wing. But the Iron Fist finds this strange new world has many enemies.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: A Claremont staple, and it happens to Colleen Wing courtesy of Master Khan. Dany has to use the power of the Iron Fist to free her.
* BruceWayneHeldHostage: A meeting with the Meachums goes wrong when the ArcVillain and his goons break into the office and threaten to kill everyone. Dany is unable to interact without giving away his identity to Joyce. This matter is sort-of resolved when Dany is thrown out the window.
* TheCameo: One issue has one from Daredevil and his then-girlfriend, followed by ones from Cyclops and Jean Grey of the X-Men (Jean was Misty's roommmate at the time).

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Harold and his brother Ward Meachum. From murdering his corporate partner to involvement with street gangs, it creates a lot of headaches for Dany, and then Joyce.

* DeadGuyOnDisplay: The fate of Gamal Hassan, an underling of Master Khan's who failed him, and is used as bait to lure Dany to where Master Khan wants him.

* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: The series begins with Dany and Misty trying to rescue Colleen from Master Khan, but gets distracted first by Radion, then by helping Alan Cavenaugh, on the way.

* HiddenElfVillage: K'un-L'un, a hidden city of immortals which only intersects with our world one day every ten years. As it goes on, there's some darker elements explored, like some of the other inhabitants of the dimension, who don't exactly like the K'un-L'un.
* HowWeGotHere: Another Claremont favoured story device. Several stories have Dany in mid-action, before cutting back to show the whys and hows.
* LargeHam: Joyce Meachum is typically calm and composed... unless Danny's in the room. Then she starts raving like a typical comic book villain.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: That old Marvel classic, and it happens to Dany a ''lot''.
** It's how he and Misty first meet. Dany finds the Wing household ransacked, and Misty attacks him, assuming he's with the cult who did it. Dany is unable to explain, and has to knock her out.
** Issue #2, Iron Fist versus Iron Man. Dany and Misty having snuck into a Stark Industries facility and found Misty's contact, the head of security, dead. Tony catches this on the security cameras and goes to attack. But this was what Master Khan wanted, having men inside Stark. Either Iron Fist kills Iron Man, or Iron Man kills Iron Fist, Khan gets what he wants.
** With Captain America. Having agreed to attack the Avengers for the Wrecking Crew (though obviously not really), Dany accidentally spooks Jarvis, who flees and falls down a flight of stairs. Dany saves him, but Steve saw him on the monitors, and believing all the newspaper stories about Iron Fist being a killer, attacks.
** The final issue is Dany having to fight most of the X-Men, [[WorfHadTheFlu drained of his power]]. He enters Misty's apartment while she's out, while Wolverine is there to steal a photo of Jean. Assuming Dany is after "his" woman, Logan attacks with intent to kill. Dany punts him out the window, the other X-Men respond, and the situation spirals out of control until Phoenix intervenes.
* MightyWhitey: While initially played straight, with the American-born Dany stumbling on to K'un-L'un and becoming TheChosenOne, it's later deconstructed somewhat. Dany was ''not'' popular with many other K'un-L'unians for being an outsider managing to attain their highest honor.

* MuggedForDisguise: In issue #14, Dany and Colleen jump two of Sabretooth's goons, partly for the protection from the elements, but also to sneak back into his base. It works until Dany gets near Sabretooth, whose enhanced senses instantly see through the disguise.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: A fight between Dany and Boomerang ends with an almighty explosion that supposedly kills Boomerang and his I.R.A. backers. The police search but can't find any bodies, much to Alan's upset. Of course, Boomerang later turned out to have actually survived that.

* StayInTheKitchen: In K'un-L'un, men fight and women do not. At all. Anyone breaking this, or who hits a woman for any reason (like, for example, in a friendly spar) will either be exiled into the lands outside K'un-L'un, where death is certain, or subject to DeathOfPersonality. Dany has some difficulty getting over this mindset once he's in the outside world.

* TragicVillain: Radion, the Atomic Man, was turned into a supervillain when some of Howard Meachum's goons tried to kill him, exposing him to a massive amount of radiation, which is gradually driving him mad. His actions are just an attempt to cure himself, which Dany only learns too late.

** As Colleen's running from Khan's goons, she's stopped by a large man. In the tussle she rips open his shirt, but it's not until the next page we see what spooked her; a brand on his chest much like Dany's.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Thanks to Davos attacking Dany and sapping his power in issue 14, he spends it and issue 15 off his game.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Harold and his brother Ward Meachum.

** While talking with Scarfe, Misty, up till now evidently a BadassNormal, gets tense. And then her right hand crushes some concrete. The next issue reveals why when Misty gets hurt in a fight, and it turns out her right arm is cybernetic.