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Iron Fist

Real Name: Danny Rand

First Appearance: Marvel Premiere #15 (May 1974)

The wayward heir of the Rand fortune, Danny Rand and his parents went down in a plane crash in the Himalayas over a decade prior. Thought to have perished alongside his parents, Danny had actually somehow survived, but records of his time in the interim are scant at best. When Danny came back to the states after his reappearance he found that, though his parents' company was long since gone, he was the sole heir of their vast fortune. But with no direction in life he felt lost--not only did he have access to enormous amounts of money but nothing to really do with it, during his time off the grid he had gained fantastic abilities.

He knew few would believe him, but in those ten years he lived in an ancient hidden city in the Himalayas known as K'un-Lun, where he was trained as a master of the martial arts and unlocked an ancient power within him, known to the residents of K'un-Lun as the power of Shou-Lao the Undying, allowing him to harness its power inside himself, channeling itself into superhuman blows--and his most powerful feat was the "Immortal Iron Fist." But in the outside world he didn't see a proper outlet for them. It wasn't until he heard of the bullet proof man calling himself "Luke Cage" offering his services as a hero for hire did he see an opportunity. Coming in contact with Cage, they struck a deal to become partners in their Heroes For Hire business, Danny finally having a proper outlet for both his fortune and abilities he could feel proud of.

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This of course being the outfit that he starts wearing as part of this new business venture. And of course he's charging an iron fist there.

So I decided to make Cage and Iron Fist's outfits share some common design elements, as I really wanted to sell them as partners in (fighting) crime. So he's wearing kinda spendy looking sportswear like Cage was, though of course he's got his chest exposed because you gotta see that dragon tattoo, man. I also gave him a bit of a popped collar to call back to his original design as well. I couldn't decide at first if I wanted to give him a mask or not but ended up going with it, as he's pretty boring looking without it, honestly. Also, I decided that my Danny would not be a blonde haired blue eyed white guy because, honestly, I've never liked the "mighty whitey" angle of Iron Fist's backstory, but didn't want to just make him Asian either as that felt too stereotypical. So I imagine my Rand family has some Central American heritage, just to be a bit different.

Uh, I got nothin' else to say here I guess.

*UPDATED JULY 9, 2021*

As promised, I've given Iron Fist a makeover as well, following my redone version of Luke Cage. I managed to work a lot more of his classic look here--and I mean his *original* design from the seventies, exposed calves and everything. He now wears a kind of jumpsuit of sorts? My idea here was that it's something he has made for himself that resembles outfits they wore in K'un-Lun. I specifically imagine the mask as a K'un-Lun training mask that he adopts. It's overall a pretty major glow up in comparison.

I also have uploaded a new version of my lineup of the first one-hundred characters with the updated versions of Luke Cage and Iron Fist on it. Go check it out!

Compare to the original Iron Fist here: i.imgur.com/Zbkkj5a.png

Description

Iron Fist

Real Name: Danny Rand

First Appearance: Marvel Premiere #15 (May 1974)

The wayward heir of the Rand fortune, Danny Rand and his parents went down in a plane crash in the Himalayas over a decade prior. Thought to have perished alongside his parents, Danny had actually somehow survived, but records of his time in the interim are scant at best. When Danny came back to the states after his reappearance he found that, though his parents' company was long since gone, he was the sole heir of their vast fortune. But with no direction in life he felt lost--not only did he have access to enormous amounts of money but nothing to really do with it, during his time off the grid he had gained fantastic abilities.

He knew few would believe him, but in those ten years he lived in an ancient hidden city in the Himalayas known as K'un-Lun, where he was trained as a master of the martial arts and unlocked an ancient power within him, known to the residents of K'un-Lun as the power of Shou-Lao the Undying, allowing him to harness its power inside himself, channeling itself into superhuman blows--and his most powerful feat was the "Immortal Iron Fist." But in the outside world he didn't see a proper outlet for them. It wasn't until he heard of the bullet proof man calling himself "Luke Cage" offering his services as a hero for hire did he see an opportunity. Coming in contact with Cage, they struck a deal to become partners in their Heroes For Hire business, Danny finally having a proper outlet for both his fortune and abilities he could feel proud of.

----

This of course being the outfit that he starts wearing as part of this new business venture. And of course he's charging an iron fist there.

So I decided to make Cage and Iron Fist's outfits share some common design elements, as I really wanted to sell them as partners in (fighting) crime. So he's wearing kinda spendy looking sportswear like Cage was, though of course he's got his chest exposed because you gotta see that dragon tattoo, man. I also gave him a bit of a popped collar to call back to his original design as well. I couldn't decide at first if I wanted to give him a mask or not but ended up going with it, as he's pretty boring looking without it, honestly. Also, I decided that my Danny would not be a blonde haired blue eyed white guy because, honestly, I've never liked the "mighty whitey" angle of Iron Fist's backstory, but didn't want to just make him Asian either as that felt too stereotypical. So I imagine my Rand family has some Central American heritage, just to be a bit different.

Uh, I got nothin' else to say here I guess.

*UPDATED JULY 9, 2021*

As promised, I've given Iron Fist a makeover as well, following my redone version of Luke Cage. I managed to work a lot more of his classic look here--and I mean his *original* design from the seventies, exposed calves and everything. He now wears a kind of jumpsuit of sorts? My idea here was that it's something he has made for himself that resembles outfits they wore in K'un-Lun. I specifically imagine the mask as a K'un-Lun training mask that he adopts. It's overall a pretty major glow up in comparison.

I also have uploaded a new version of my lineup of the first one-hundred characters with the updated versions of Luke Cage and Iron Fist on it. Go check it out!

Compare to the original Iron Fist here: i.imgur.com/Zbkkj5a.png