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| character_name = Iron Fist
| image          = Iron Fist (Danny Rand).jpg 
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| caption        = Textless cover of ''Iron Fist'' #1 (March 2017).
<br />Art by [[Alex Ross]].
| publisher      = [[Marvel Comics]]
| debut          = '''As Iron Fist:'''<br />''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' #15 (May 1974)<br />'''As Thunderer:'''<br />''Iron Fist: The Living Weapon'' #12 (May 2015)<br />'''As Ghost Fist:'''<br />''[[The Undead Iron Fist]]'' #1 (September 2025)
| creators       = [[Roy Thomas]]<br />[[Gil Kane]]
| alter_ego      = Daniel Thomas "Danny" Rand
| species        = [[Human]]
| alliances      = {{ubl|[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]|[[New Avengers]]|[[Heroes for Hire]]|[[Defenders (comics)|Defenders]]|[[Immortal Weapons]]|[[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]]}}
| partners       = {{ubl|[[Luke Cage]]|[[Colleen Wing]]|[[Misty Knight]]|[[Power Man (Victor Alvarez)|Power Man]]|[[Lin Lie]]}}
| aliases        = The Living Weapon, Young Dragon, [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]], [[Thunderer (comics)|Thunderer]], Ghost Fist, Fist of Vengeance
| powers         =
* Master martial artist
* Expert acrobat and gymnast
* Mystical energy generation, manipulation and projection
* Supernatural awareness
* Invisibility
* Intangibility
Formerly:
* Utilizing concentrated [[qi|chi]] in his fist called the "Iron Fist", a mystical weapon
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| subcat         = Marvel Comics
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| sortkey        = Iron Fist (comics)
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'''Iron Fist''' ('''Daniel Thomas''' "'''Danny'''" '''Rand''') is a [[superhero]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. Created by [[Roy Thomas]] and [[Gil Kane]] and inspired by [[kung fu film]]s, Iron Fist first appeared in ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' #15 (May 1974). The character is a practitioner of [[martial arts]] and the wielder of a mystical force known as the Iron Fist, which allows him to summon and focus his ''[[Qi|chi]]''. This ability is obtained from the city of [[K'un-L'un]], which appears on Earth every 10 years. According to his co-creator Thomas, the creators of Iron Fist used some story elements from [[Bill Everett]]'s 1939 hero Amazing-Man, which itself had borrowed heavily from [[James Hilton (novelist)|James Hilton]]'s novel ''[[Lost Horizon]]'' and its 1937 [[Lost Horizon (1937 film)|film adaptation]] by the director [[Frank Capra]].<ref name="Hero Envy"></ref>

Iron Fist starred in his own solo series in the 1970s, and shared the title ''[[Power Man and Iron Fist]]'' for several years with [[Luke Cage]], partnering with Cage to form the superhero team [[Heroes for Hire]]. Rand frequently appeared with the [[Daughters of the Dragon]] duo [[Misty Knight]] and [[Colleen Wing]] – with Rand often seen in a relationship with the former, marking the first interracial romance in Marvel Comics history. Danny Rand has starred in numerous solo titles since, including ''[[The Immortal Iron Fist]]'', which expanded on his origin story and the history of the Iron Fist. This series establishes that there is a long tradition of Iron First incarnations in the Marvel Universe, and that Danny Rand is only the most recent.

In later years, Iron Fist occasionally assumes the role of the '''Thunderer''', becoming a mentor to several young heroes and martial artists, including the new Power Man [[Power Man (Victor Alvarez)|Victor Alvarez]] and the young monk Pei.  Rand eventually relinquishes his title and powers, which are later passed on to his successor [[Lin Lie]].  Rand meets his untimely death at the hands of the Ch'i-Lin, a longtime foe of the Iron Fists, but is resurrected and bestowed with new powers as the '''Ghost Fist''' in the series ''[[The Undead Iron Fist]]''.  

Iron Fist has been adapted to appear in several animated television series and video games. [[Finn Jones]] portrayed [[Danny Rand (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|the character]] in the live-action [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU) [[Netflix]] [[Marvel's Netflix television series|television series]] ''[[Iron Fist (TV series)|Iron Fist]]'' (2017–2018), ''[[The Defenders (miniseries)|The Defenders]]'' (2017), and the [[Luke Cage season 2|second season]] of ''[[Luke Cage (TV series)|Luke Cage]]'' (2018). Other incarnations of Iron Fist have appeared in the [[Marvel Studios Animation]] series ''[[What If...? (TV series)|What If...?]]'' and ''[[Eyes of Wakanda]]''.

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==Publication history==
===Creation===
[[Image:Amazing-Man Comics 5 page 05.jpg|thumb|[[Amazing-Man (Centaur Publications)|Amazing-Man]] in ''Amazing-Man Comics'' #5 (September 1939). Art by Bill Everett]]
Iron Fist, along with the previously created [[martial artist]] [[Shang-Chi]], came from [[Marvel Comics]] during an American [[popular culture|pop culture]] trend in the early to mid-1970s of martial arts heroes. Writer/co-creator [[Roy Thomas]] wrote in a text piece in ''Marvel Premiere'' #15 that Iron Fist's origin and creation owe much to the [[Bill Everett]] character, [[Amazing-Man (Centaur Publications)|John Aman, the Amazing-Man]], created in 1939. Thomas later wrote that he and artist/co-creator [[Gil Kane]] had

{{blockquote|...started "Iron Fist" because I'd seen my first [[kung fu]] movie, even before a [[Bruce Lee]] one came out, and it had a thing called "the ceremony of the Iron Fist" in it. I thought that was a good name, and we already had ''[[Master of Kung Fu (comics)|Master of Kung Fu]]'' going, but I thought, "Maybe a superhero called Iron Fist, even though we had [[Iron Man]], would be a good idea." [Publisher] Stan [Lee] liked the name, so I got hold of Gil and he brought in his Amazing Man influences, and we designed the character together...<ref>{{Cite journal | journal=[[Alter Ego (magazine)|Alter Ego]] | issue=70 | date=July 2007| title=Roy Thomas interview | page=38}}</ref>}}

The film mentioned by Thomas is ''[[King Boxer]]'', aka ''Five Fingers of Death'' (1972), which presents the ''Iron Fist'' technique.{{cn|date=March 2025}} Thomas further discussed the character's creation stating, "When Stan Lee gave me a verbal approval to star him in a series, I contacted Gil Kane and we worked out the costume and story.  I had Gil give him a dragon brand on his chest, inspired by the one branded into Bullseye, a great western character created by [[Joe Simon]] and [[Jack Kirby]].  At Gil's urging, we took some story elements from [[Bill Everett]]'s 1939 hero Amazing-Man, which itself had borrowed heavily from [[James Hilton (novelist)|James Hilton]]'s novel [[Lost Horizon]] and the first movie made from it, which introduced "[[Shangri-La]]" to the world."<ref name="Hero Envy">{{cite web | url=https://hero-envy.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-roy-thomas-marvel-comics-characters_1.html | title="Hero Envy" the Blog Adventures: THE ROY THOMAS MARVEL COMICS CHARACTERS, CONCEPTS AND CREATIONS PART 1 | date=January 2020 }}</ref>

===1970s===
Debuting in a story written by Thomas and [[pencilled]] by Kane in the umbrella title ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' #15–25 (May 1974 – October 1975), he was then written successively by [[Len Wein]], [[Doug Moench]], [[Tony Isabella]], and [[Chris Claremont]], with art by successive pencillers [[Larry Hama]], [[Arvell Jones]], [[Pat Broderick]], and, in some of his earliest professional work, [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]]. As the ''Marvel Premiere'' issues had successfully established a considerable readership for the character,<ref>{{cite journal |last=Brennaman|first=Chris |title=Marvel Premiere|journal=[[Back Issue!]]|issue=71|page=25 |publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date=April 2014|location=Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> following this run, Iron Fist was immediately spun off into the solo series ''Iron Fist'', which ran 15 issues (November 1975 – September 1977). The solo series was written by Claremont and pencilled by Byrne. A subplot involving the [[Steel Serpent]] left unresolved by the cancellation of the series was wrapped up in issues #63–64 of ''[[Marvel Team-Up]]'', the latter of which featured Rand kiss [[Misty Knight]], marking the first interracial kiss and first long-term interracial couple in [[Marvel Comics]] history, as well as the first depiction of an age gap between a couple since Knight was significantly older than Rand.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Iron Fist's appearances outside his own title include three Iron Fist stories in Marvel's black-and-white comics magazine ''[[The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu]]'' #10 (March 1975), an additional story co-starring the [[Sons of the Tiger]] in issue #18 (November 1975), and a six-part serial, "The Living Weapon", in #19–24 (December 1975 – May 1976). He made guest appearances in such titles as ''[[Marvel Two-in-One]]'', ''[[Marvel Team-Up]]'', the Submariner series ''Namor'', ''[[Black Panther (Marvel Comics)|Black Panther]]'', and ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]''. 

To rescue the character from cancellation, Marvel paired Iron Fist with another character who was no longer popular enough to sustain his own series, [[Luke Cage]].<ref name="back45">{{cite journal |last=Callahan |first=Timothy |date=December 2010 |title=Power Man and Iron Fist |journal=[[Back Issue!]] |issue=45 |pages= 3–11 |publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]]}}</ref> The two characters were partnered in a three-part story in Cage's series ''Power Man'' #48–50. The title of the series changed to ''[[Power Man and Iron Fist]]'' with issue #50 (April 1978), although the [[Indicia (publishing)|indicia]] did not reflect this change until issue #67. Iron Fist co-starred in the series until the final issue (#125, September 1986), when the character was killed off. Writer Jim Owsley (subsequently known as [[Christopher Priest (comic book writer)|Christopher Priest]]) later commented, "Fist's death was senseless and shocking and completely unforeseen. It took the readers' heads clean off. And, to this day, people are mad about it. Forgetting, it seems, that (a) you were supposed to be mad, that death is senseless and Fist's death was supposed to be senseless, or that (b) this is a comic book."<ref name="back45"/>

===1990s===
Iron Fist was revived half a decade later in ''[[Namor]], the Sub-Mariner'' #21–25 (December 1991 – April 1992), a story which revealed that the character killed in ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' #125 was a [[doppelgänger]]. The story was both written and drawn by Byrne, who found the manner of Iron Fist's death objectionable and later commented, "In one of those amazing examples of Marvel serendipity, it turned out to be fairly easy not only to resurrect Danny, but to make it seem like that was the plan all along."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lantz|first=James Heath |title=Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner: Scion of the Deep or Royal Pain?|journal=[[Back Issue!]] |issue=91|pages=57–58 |publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date=September 2016|location=Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> Iron Fist then became a frequently starring character in the anthology series ''[[Marvel Comics Presents]]'', featuring in three multi-part [[story arc]]s and four one-shot stories in 1992 and 1993. Two solo [[miniseries]] followed: ''Iron Fist'' (vol. 2) #1–2 (September–October 1996), by writer James Felder and penciller Robert Brown; and ''Iron Fist'' (vol. 3) #1–3 (July–September 1998), by writer [[Dan Jurgens]] and penciller [[Jackson Guice]]. Also around this time, he was among the ensemble of the group series ''[[Heroes for Hire]]'' which ran 19 issues (July 1997 – January 1999).

===2000s===
Following a four-issue miniseries by writer [[Jay Faerber]] and penciller [[Jamal Igle]], ''Iron Fist: Wolverine'' (November 2000 – February 2001), co-starring the [[X-Men]] character [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] and cover-billed as ''Iron Fist/Wolverine: The Return of K'un-Lun'', came another solo miniseries, ''Iron Fist'' vol. 4 #1–6 (May–October 2004), by writer [[Jim Mullaney]] and penciller Kevin Lau. Subsequently, a new Iron Fist series premiered called ''[[The Immortal Iron Fist]]''. The series was written jointly by [[Ed Brubaker]] and [[Matt Fraction]] from issues #1–14 (January 2007 – June 2008) with artists [[David Aja]] and [[Travel Foreman]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=8624 |title=Iron Drawing Hand: Aja talks "The Immortal Iron Fist" |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=November 16, 2006 |access-date=February 21, 2007 }}</ref> Fraction wrote issues #15 and 16 alone. From issue #17 (September 2008) to the series' cancellation at issue #27 (August 2009), the series was written by [[Duane Swierczynski]] and largely drawn by a returning Travel Foreman.<ref>{{cite web |first=Dave |last=Richards |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15878 |title=New Fists Of Fury: Swierczynski Talks "Iron Fist" |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=April 7, 2008 |access-date=June 11, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Ekstrom |url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=152812 |title=Talking Iron Fist With Swierczynski, Fraction, Brubaker and Foreman |work=[[Newsarama]] |date=April 7, 2008 |access-date=June 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102130005/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=152812 |archive-date=January 2, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Jesse |last=Schedeen |url=http://comics.ign.com/articles/864/864868p1.html |title=Duane Swiercynski Helms The Immortal Iron Fist |website=[[IGN]] |date=April 7, 2008 |access-date=June 11, 2010 }}</ref>

===2010s===
Iron Fist appeared as a regular character throughout the 2010–2013 ''New Avengers'' series, from issue #1 (August 2010) through its final issue, #34 (January 2013). In 2014, Iron Fist was given new life and set to star in a new 12-issue comic book series written and drawn by [[Kaare Andrews]] titled ''Iron Fist: The Living Weapon'' as part of the ''[[Marvel NOW!#All-New Marvel NOW!|All-New Marvel NOW!]]'' event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=50154|title = Kaare Andrews Trains for "Iron Fist: The Living Weapon"|date = 9 January 2014}}</ref>

===2020s===
In January 2021, Iron Fist starred in the series ''Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon'', written by [[Larry Hama]] with art by David Wachter.<ref>{{cite web |first=Perry |last=Spencer |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/exclusive-preview-of-marvels-iron-fist-heart-of-the-dragon-serie/ |title=Exclusive Preview of Marvel's Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon Series |website=[[List of assets owned by ViacomCBS#ComicBook.com|Comicbook]] |date=December 11, 2020 |access-date=October 31, 2021 }}</ref> In October 2021, Marvel announced that Danny Rand will retire as Iron Fist and pass the mantle to a successor.<ref>{{cite web |first=Perry |last=Spencer |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/iron-fist-quits-being-a-superhero-in-new-marvel-tease/ |title=Iron Fist Quits Being a Superhero in New Marvel Tease |website=[[List of assets owned by ViacomCBS#ComicBook.com|Comicbook]] |date=October 28, 2021 |access-date=October 31, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/alyssa-wong-michael-yg-all-new-iron-fist-series-announcement |title=A New Hero Claims the Power of K'un-Lun in All-New 'Iron Fist' Series |website=[[Marvel.com]] |date=October 29, 2021 |access-date=October 31, 2021 }}</ref> The five-issue limited series, written by [[Alyssa Wong]] and art by Michael YG, was released in February 2022, which revealed [[Lin Lie]] as the new Iron Fist and Rand appearing in a supporting role.<ref>{{cite web |first=Holland |last=Dustin |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvels-iron-fist-1-comic-review/ |title=Marvel's Iron Fist #1 Comic Review |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=February 21, 2022 |access-date=April 9, 2022 }}</ref>

Iron Fist's 50th anniversary was commemorated in the [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] ''Iron Fist 50th Anniversary Special'' #1. Released in August 2024, the one-shot featured Danny Rand in several short stories set throughout his life that included Wolverine, Lin Lie, the Daughters of the Dragon and Heroes for Hire in supporting roles. The anniversary special featured the return of previous Iron Fist writers which included Claremont and Wong.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/iron-fist-50th-anniversary-special-one-shot |title=Iron Fist Celebrates 50 Years in Special Anniversary One-Shot |website=[[Marvel Entertainment|Marvel]] |date=May 15, 2024 |access-date=May 15, 2024}}</ref> The one-shot concluded with Rand being killed off in the final story, which was written by [[Jason Loo]] and illustrated by [[Whilce Portacio]].  Similar to the [[X-Men]] line of comics featured in the 2024 "[[X-Men: From the Ashes]]" relaunch, the special included a [[QR code]] leading to an extra digital [[Stinger sequence|stinger]] page, in which case teased a [[Comic book death|possible resurrection]] for Rand.<ref>{{cite web |first=Rich |last=Johnston |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/iron-fist-rest-in-peace-ruined-by-a-marvel-qr-code-spoilers/ |title=Iron Fist "Rest In Peace" Ruined By A Marvel QR Code (Spoilers) |website=[[Bleeding Cool]] |date=August 14, 2024 |access-date=June 12, 2025 }}</ref>

In September 2025, Rand was resurrected and made his debut as Ghost Fist in the four issue limited series ''[[The Undead Iron Fist]]'', with Loo returning as writer and Fran Galán on art.<ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Brooke |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2025/06/10/the-undead-iron-fist-danny-rand/ |title=‘The Undead Iron Fist’ resurrects Danny Rand in new series |website=AIPT |date=June 10, 2025 |access-date=June 11, 2025}}</ref> Artist Von Randal designed Ghost Fist's costume, which included [[Arnis|arnis sticks]], armor encasing his right arm (which had been severed in the Anniversary Special) and a full cowl mask inspired by the [[Wildstorm Productions|Wildstorm]] and [[DC Comics]] character [[Grifter (character)|Grifter]].  Initially, Randal incorporated a dragon motif on the armor's [[spaulder]], but editor Danny Khazem requested it be replaced.  Randal ultimately settled on an [[eagle]], which he felt better aligned with the themes of ''The Undead Iron Fist''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guerrero |first=Omar |date=June 28, 2025 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Von Randal Reveals the Secrets Behind Marvel's Undead Iron Fist Costume Design |url=https://iamironfist.home.blog/2025/06/28/von-randal-marvel-undead-iron-fist-costume-design/ |website=I AM IRON FIST |access-date=June 29, 2025}}</ref>

In November 2025, it was announced that ''The Undead Iron Fist'' will be followed with ''[[The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu|Deadly Hands of K'un-Lun]]'', a five issue limited series written by Yifan Jiang and illustrated by Paco Medina, which is set for a February 2026 release.<ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Brooke |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2025/11/06/deadly-hands-of-kun-lun/ |title=The Iron Fist reborn: Lin Lie leads Marvel’s greatest martial artists in ‘Deadly Hands of K’un-Lun’ #1! |website=AIPT |date=November 6, 2025 |access-date=November 7, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Rich |last=Johnston |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-launches-deadly-hands-of-kun-lun-by-yifan-jiang-paco-medina/ |title=Marvel Launches Deadly Hands Of K'Un-Lun by Yifan Jiang & Paco Medina |website=[[Bleeding Cool]] |date=November 9, 2025 |access-date=November 9, 2025}}</ref>

==Fictional character biography==
===Background===
Danny Rand was born in [[New York City]]. His father, [[Wendell Rand]], discovered the city of [[K'un-L'un]] as a boy. During his time in K'un-Lun, Wendell saved the life of the city's ruler, Lord Tuan, and was adopted as Tuan's son. However, Wendell chose as an adult to leave. Becoming a wealthy entrepreneur, he marries socialite [[Heather Rand|Heather Duncan]]. Wendell organizes an expedition to again seek out K'un-Lun, taking his wife Heather, his business partner [[Harold Meachum]] and nine-year-old Danny. During the journey up the mountain, Danny slips off the path, his tie-rope taking his mother and father with him. Meachum, who also loves Heather, forces Wendell to plunge to his death but offers to rescue Heather and Danny. When she rejects him, Meachum leaves her and Danny for dead. The pair come across a rope bridge that appears out of nowhere and are attacked by savage wolves. Heather sacrifices herself to save Danny even as archers from K'un-Lun attempt to save her. The archers take the grieving Danny to see their master, [[Yu-Ti]].

When Danny expresses his desire for vengeance, Yü-Ti apprentices him to [[Lei Kung (character)|Lei Kung]] the Thunderer, who teaches him [[martial arts]]. Danny proves to be the most gifted of Lei Kung's students. At 19, the young man is given the chance to attain the power of the Iron Fist by fighting and defeating the [[Chinese dragon|dragon]] [[Shou-Lao]], who guards its disembodied molten heart. Guessing that the heart provides life energy to Shou-Lao through the dragon-shaped scar on its chest, Danny covers the scar with his own body and hangs on until Shou-Lao collapses and dies, in the process burning a dragon brand into his own chest. Having killed Shou-Lao, he enters its cave and plunges his fists into a brazier containing its heart, emerging with the power of the Iron Fist. It is later revealed that Danny is part of a long lineage of Iron Fists. 

When K'un-Lun reappears on Earth after ten years, Danny turns down Yu-Ti's offer of [[immortality]] and a place among the city's monks to complete his mission of vengeance. Returning to New York, Danny Rand, dressed in the ceremonial garb of the Iron Fist, seeks out Harold Meachum, now head of Meachum Industries. After overcoming a number of attempts on his life, he confronts Meachum in his office, only to discover that Meachum is now an embittered amputee, having lost his legs to [[frostbite]]. Meachum threatens Danny with a gun and demands that he kill him, but a disgusted Danny leaves instead. At that moment Meachum is murdered by a mysterious ninja, and his daughter Joy blames Iron Fist for the death.<ref>''Marvel Premiere'' #15–18. Marvel Comics.</ref>

Eventually, Danny clears his name and fully embraces the duty of the Iron Fist to fight for justice, aided by his friends [[Colleen Wing]] and [[Misty Knight]].<ref>''Marvel Premiere'' #21. Marvel Comics.</ref> Notable adversaries in his early career include [[Sabretooth (character)|Sabretooth]], the mysterious [[Master Khan]] (whom the ninja that killed Meachum once served), and the [[Steel Serpent]]; the exiled son of Lei Kung who covets the Iron Fist power.

===Heroes for Hire===
While working undercover, Misty Knight infiltrates the organization of crime lord [[Bushmaster (Marvel Comics)#John McIver|John Bushmaster]]. When Bushmaster discovers Knight's treachery, he kidnaps [[Claire Temple]] and Noah Burstein, close associates of [[Luke Cage]], better known as Power Man, and holds them hostage to force Cage to eliminate Knight. Iron Fist is on hand to stop him, however, and after a battle, the truth comes out. Rand helps Cage and the [[Daughters of the Dragon]] (Knight and Wing) battle Bushmaster, rescue Temple and Burstein, and obtain evidence that proves Cage's innocence of prior drug charges. Afterwards, Iron Fist and Power Man become partners, forming [[Heroes for Hire]], Inc.<ref>''Power Man'' #48–50. Marvel Comics.</ref> Iron Fist, in his [[secret identity]] of Danny Rand, resumes control of his parents' fortune as half of Rand-Meachum, Inc., making him quite wealthy.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=March 2014}} This causes tension between Rand and Cage, who was raised poor. Power Man and Iron Fist's partnership ends when Rand is diagnosed with cancer and gets kidnapped as part of a plot masterminded by Master Khan. Just prior to a battle with the Black Dragon Chiantang (the brother of the mythical Dragon King), Danny is replaced by a [[doppelgänger]] created by the extra-dimensional [[H'ylthri]].<ref>behind the scenes in ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' #120. Marvel Comics.</ref> The double (who wears a red variant of the Iron Fist costume) is killed by Captain Hero a short time later. Cage, now the prime suspect in Rand's apparent death, becomes a fugitive.<ref>''Power Man and Iron Fist'' #125. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Resurrection===
While in stasis in K'un-Lun with the H'ylthri, Iron Fist manages to focus his ''chi'', curing the cancer. He is later freed from stasis by [[Namor]].<ref>''Namor the Sub-Mariner'' #22–24. Marvel Comics.</ref> Rand and Cage reform Heroes for Hire, Inc. with an expanded team, this time working for Namor's Oracle Corporation. Namor ultimately dissolves Oracle as well as Heroes for Hire, Inc. Iron Fist later loses his powers to Junzo Muto,<ref>''The New Warriors'' vol. 2 #8–10. Marvel Comics.</ref> the young leader of the [[The Hand (comics)|Hand]], and subsequently becomes the guardian of a pack of displaced dragons in Tokyo.<ref>''Iron Fist/Wolverine'' #1–4. Marvel Comics.</ref> His powers are eventually restored by Chiantang, who brainwashes Iron Fist and forces him to battle [[Black Panther (character)|Black Panther]]. Black Panther is able to free Iron Fist from the creature's control, and the two work together to defeat the Black Dragon in [[Wakanda]].<ref>''Black Panther'' vol. 2 #38–40. Marvel Comics.</ref> In the ''Iron Fist'' miniseries, [[Miranda Rand]]-K'ai also returns from the dead. The H'ylthri revive her and promise to restore her to full life if she retrieves the extra-dimensional artifact known as the Zodiac Key. To this end, she takes the identity of Death Sting, bringing her into conflict with Iron Fist as well as with [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] When the H'ylthri try to kill Iron Fist, Miranda turns the power of the Zodiac Key against them, seemingly killing herself in the process. However, exposure to chemicals from the H'ylthri pods prevented her death.

===Posing as Daredevil===
Rand disguises himself as [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Daredevil]] to convince the media and the public that Matt Murdock is not the masked vigilante.<ref>''Daredevil'' vol. 2 #87. Marvel Comics.</ref> During the "[[Civil War (comics)|Civil War]]" storyline, he opposes the Superhuman Registration Act, joining [[Captain America]] while still pretending to be Daredevil.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=April 2009}} Rand is apprehended by Pro-Registration forces.<ref>''Civil War'' #5. Marvel Comics.</ref> He is later freed from the Negative Zone Prison, joining Captain America's team to battle [[Iron Man]]'s forces.<ref>''Civil War'' #6. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===New Avengers===
After the arrest of Captain America, Rand joins the [[New Avengers]], an underground group provided with secure accommodation by [[Doctor Strange]] and which includes his former teammate Luke Cage.<ref>''New Avengers'' #27. Marvel Comics.</ref> In the public eye, Rand is able to avoid arrest with legal loopholes.<ref>''New Avengers'' #29. Marvel Comics.</ref> Rand leaves the New Avengers, due to a variety of problems, but lets them know, if they ever need him, to give him a call.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}  He later aids the New Avengers in locating and rescuing Cage from [[Norman Osborn]] after Cage suffered a heart attack and was summarily taken into custody as a fugitive.<ref>''New Avengers'' #59. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===''The Immortal Iron Fist''===
{{Main|The Immortal Iron Fist}}
Orson Randall, Danny Rand's immediate predecessor, seeks out Danny Rand in New York and gives him The Book of the Iron Fist, a sacred ledger supposedly containing all the kung fu secrets of previous Iron Fists, which Randall claims will be necessary if Rand is to compete successfully in the coming tournament of the Seven Champions.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=July 2014}} The [[Steel Serpent]], whose powers have been greatly augmented by the [[Crane Mother]], dispatches Randall. On the brink of death, Randall surrenders his ''chi'' to Rand, giving him sufficient power to battle the Serpent to a standstill.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=July 2014}} After the battle, Rand is summoned by his master, Lei Kung (who is also the father of Steel Serpent) to compete in a tournament that will decide the cycle according to which each of the Seven Cities of Heaven appears on Earth.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=July 2014}} However, the leaders of the Seven Cities had secretly erected gateways between Earth and each city without the knowledge of the populace. The corruption of the leaders of the Seven Cities of Heaven spurs Iron Fist, Lei Kung, Orson Randall's daughter, and [[Amazing-Man (Centaur Publications)|John Aman]] to plan a revolution.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=July 2014}} Iron Fist discovers that Crane Mother and Xao, a high-ranking HYDRA operative, are planning to destroy K'un-Lun by using a portal. Upon learning of the plot, Steel Serpent helps Rand and the other Immortal Weapons defeat Xao.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=July 2014}}

Rand destroys the train intended to destroy K'un-Lun by extending his ''chi'' to find the train's electromagnetic field. Meanwhile, the revolution orchestrated by Lei Kung and Orson's daughter proves successful, with Nu-an, the Yu-Ti of K'un-Lun fleeing in terror. When Rand confronts Xao, Xao reveals that there is an eighth city of Heaven before killing himself. Rand suggests Lei Kung as the new Yu-Ti, with Orson's unnamed daughter as the new Thunderer.<ref>''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #13. Marvel Comics.</ref>

After learning that the Randall fortune that started Rand International was formed from the oppression of the Cities of Heaven, Rand decides to transform the company into a non-profit organization, dedicated to helping the poor. He also sets up the Thunder Dojo in Harlem to help inner-city children, buys back the old Heroes for Hire building as the new Rand International Headquarters and his new home, while offering Luke Cage a position at the company. He also tries to reconnect with Misty Knight. Rand, on his 33rd birthday, learns every single one of the previous Iron Fists died at the age of 33, except Orson Randall, who vanished at that time.<ref>''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #16. Marvel Comics.</ref> Soon afterward, Rand is attacked and defeated by Zhou Cheng, a servant of Ch'i-Lin, who claims to have killed the Iron Fists in order to enter K'un-Lun and devour the egg that births the next incarnation of Shou-Lao every generation, thus wiping out K'un-Lun's Iron Fist legacy. Luke, Misty, and Colleen arrive and save Rand. Rand has his shoulder dislocated during a second battle with Cheng, but manages to defeat Cheng even in his weakened state. Following the duel, the Immortal Weapons, Luke, Colleen, and Misty arrive, and reveal to Rand that they have discovered a map in Cheng's apartment that leads to the Eighth City of Heaven. Rand and the others realize that this is where Ch'i-Lin originated, and depart for the Eighth City.<ref>''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #20. Marvel Comics.</ref>

In the Eighth City, he meets Quan Yaozu, the first Iron Fist, who became disillusioned with K'un-Lun and rose up to rule the Eighth City as Changming. Rand and Fat Cobra manage to defeat Quan.<ref>''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #25. Marvel Comics.</ref> Rand's actions during their battles impress Quan, who decides that Rand may be living proof that K'un-Lun is not the corrupt city it once was. Rand and Davos agree to guide Quan to K'un-Lun and arrange a meeting between him and Lei-Kung to give Quan a forum for his grievances.<ref>''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #26. Marvel Comics.</ref> However, when Rand returns to New York, he finds a HYDRA cell waiting for him at Rand International, seeking retribution for the death of Xao, and holding Misty hostage. In the ensuing battle, Rand International is destroyed, but Rand and Misty escape unharmed. Now left with only a fraction of his former net worth, Rand and Misty purchase a new condo in Harlem, and Rand decides to focus all of his attention and remaining resources at the Thunder Dojo. While moving into their new home, Rand asks Misty to marry him. Initially skeptical of the offer, Misty accepts and reveals that she is pregnant with Rand's child.<ref>''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #27. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Avengers reform===
In the aftermath of ''[[Siege (comics)|Siege]]'', Rand joins the newly reformed New Avengers.<ref>''Heroic Age: New Avengers'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> After finding out that Misty's pregnancy was false, Misty and Danny decide to move out of their apartment and live separately, but continue their relationship.<ref>''I Am An Avenger'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> During the "[[Shadowland (comics)|Shadowland]]" storyline, Danny later has an encounter with someone who is going by the name of Power Man. He and Luke Cage discover that the Power Man is [[Power Man (Victor Alvarez)|Victor Alvarez]], a survivor of a building that [[Bullseye (character)|Bullseye]] blew up. Iron Fist becomes the new Power Man's mentor and the two become a team.<ref>''Shadowland: Power Man'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> During the "[[Fear Itself (comics)|Fear Itself]]" storyline, Iron Fist and the Immortal Weapons are summoned to [[Beijing]] to close the gates of the Eighth City that are on the verge of opening. However, Danny is placed under mind control which creates a mystical interference with the ability of the Immortal Weapons to close the gate. He is then forced to battle his allies. Thanks to War Machine knocking him out, the mission is completed successfully. However, Doctor Strange realizes that Iron Fist is now an Immortal Weapon of Agamotto.<ref>''Iron Man 2.0'' #6–7. Marvel Comics.</ref> During the "[[Avengers vs. X-Men]]" storyline, Iron Fist and Lei Kung bring [[Hope Summers (character)|Hope Summers]] to K'un-Lun to train as an Iron Fist, in order to defeat the [[Phoenix Force]]-possessed [[X-Men]].<ref>''Avengers vs. X-Men'' #11. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===''Marvel NOW!''===
In ''Iron Fist: The Living Weapon'', Iron Fist is approached by a young monk named Pei, who tells him to return to K'un-Lun. Upon returning, Iron Fist discovers the city in ruins and Lei Kung dead at the hands of the One, a chi-powered robot who believed itself to be Danny's father Wendell Rand. Iron Fist is defeated by the One, but is rescued by his childhood friend [[Yu-Ti#Sparrow|Sparrow]] and the One's creator Fooh, who nurse him back to health and warn him that the One and Davos were working together to turn New York into New K'un-Lun. During Iron Fist's and the One's second confrontation, the One opens an artificial portal between Earth and the Heavens in an attempt to retrieve Wendell's deceased wife [[Heather Rand]] from the afterlife, the but [[Xian (Taoism)|Xian]] fire god [[Zhurong|Zhu Rong]] emerges in Manhattan to punish the mortals for upsetting the universal order. By focusing his chi energy into his fist and launching himself into Zhu Rong, Iron Fist defeats the fire god. Meanwhile, Davos attempts to take the power of the Iron Fist from a reborn Shou-Lao, but is stopped by Pei, who gains the power of the Iron Fist to defeat Davos and revive Shou-Lao, naming his adolescent reborn form "Gork". As the youngest person to ever bear the mark of the Iron Fist, Pei is subsequently taken in by Danny as his ward.<ref name="ironfist10">{{Cite comic|Writer=[[Kaare Andrews]]|Story=|Title=Iron Fist: The Living Weapon|Issue=10|Date=March 2015|Publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref> In the ''[[Marvel NOW!]]'' era, Iron Fist rejoins [[Luke Cage]] as the Heroes For Hire, having been employed by [[Boomerang (comics)|Boomerang]] to arrest his former colleagues in the [[Sinister Six]].<ref>''The Superior Foes of Spider-Man'' #3. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===''All-New, All-Different Marvel''===
In the ''[[All-New, All-Different Marvel]]'' era, Danny and Luke are forced to return to crime fighting after former Heroes for Hire secretary [[White Jennie|Jennifer "White Jennie" Royce]] becomes embroiled in a gang war with [[Black Mariah (comics)|Black Mariah]] against [[Tombstone (character)|Tombstone]]. After that is dealt with, Power Man and Iron Fist once again take to the streets as the Heroes for Hire.<ref>''Power Man and Iron Fist'' Vol. 3 #1-4. Marvel Comics.</ref> During the "[[Secret Empire (2017 comic)|Secret Empire]]" storyline, Iron Fist became a member of the Defenders alongside Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Jessica Jones. They, alongside Cloak and Dagger, Doctor Strange, and Spider-Woman, fought the Army of Evil during Hydra's takeover of the United States where they were defeated by Nitro. Iron Fist and those with him were trapped in the [[Darkforce]] dome by [[Blackout (Marcus Daniels)|Blackout]] when his powers were enhanced by Baron [[Helmut Zemo]] using the [[Darkhold]].<ref>''Secret Empire'' #0. Marvel Comics.</ref> During the "[[Hunt for Wolverine]]" storyline, Iron Fist babysat Danielle Cage while Luke and Jessica were away helping Iron Man and Spider-Man look for Wolverine's body after it went missing from its private resting place. After the mission was over, Luke and Jessica thanked Iron Fist for babysitting Danielle.<ref>''Hunt for Wolverine: The Adamantium Agenda'' #4. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===''Heart of the Dragon''===
The dragons of the Heavenly Cities are being targeted by armies of undead ninjas and several villains, including [[Taskmaster (character)|Taskmaster]], [[Lady Bullseye]] and [[Midnight Sun (character)|Midnight Sun]] for their hearts, resulting in the deaths of many dragons and Tiger's Beautiful Daughter, prompting Iron Fist to team up with Luke, Pei, Gork, Fooh and the remaining Immortal Weapons to save the other dragons.  At the urging of the Xian goddess of Mercy [[Guanyin|Quan Yin]], Iron Fist and the others use Fooh's portal technology to manifest the Heavenly Cities on Earth so that other heroes, including [[Okoye (character)|Okoye]] and [[Sunspot (Marvel Comics)|Sunspot]], can join in the defense against the hordes of zombies and villains. When the zombies prove too much for them, Iron Fist and the group retreat to the Heart of Heaven, where they come across Okoye slaying the dragon of the Heart of Heaven, who takes advantage of their shock to slay the newly rescued dragon of the Kingdom of Spiders as well; Okoye explains that she was told to kill them by Quan Yin and the Heart of Heaven's dragon in order to secure the cosmic balance, thus gaining the power of both dragons. Yama Dragonsbane, Danny's former lover Brenda Swanson, subsequently appears in the Heart of Heaven and reveals herself to be behind the dragon slayings in order to use their hearts to empower her master, the Hierophant, who is also summoned to the Heart of Heaven. While Fooh distracts the Hierophant, Iron Fist and the others travel to the Eighth City to destroy the Hierophant's undead army but are attacked by the city's Ghost Dragon. When the Ghost Dragon proves impossible to harm, Pei and Gork reluctantly allow Okoye to kill Gork for his heart, knowing that he and the other dragons can be revived if she can defeat the Hierophant. With Pei's and Gork's powers, Okoye is able to slay the Ghost Dragon and claim his power. When the Hierophant arrives, Danny transfers the Iron Fist to Okoye, granting her the full power of the Heavenly Cities. Okoye uses her combined dragon chi to defeat the Hierophant and Dragonsbane while Iron Fist and the others finish off the remaining undead. The Hierophant's death releases the hearts of the dragons slain by him and Okoye back to their respective Cities, although the Iron Fist powers of Danny, Pei and Gork remain with Okoye. Okoye attempts to return the Iron Fist back to Danny, who refuses, declaring that Okoye is the new Iron Fist. Due to her obligations to [[Wakanda]], Okoye refuses and instead transfers the Iron Fist to Gork's newly reborn egg, leaving the title and power vacant.  Despite being powerless, an undeterred Danny declares to Luke that he will "live [life] to the fullest".<ref>''Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon'' #1-6. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Devil's Reign===
During the "[[Devil's Reign]]" storyline, [[Kingpin (character)|Mayor Wilson Fisk]] outlaws superhero vigilantism in New York City.  Despite his retirement as Iron Fist, Danny is apprehended at his office by NYPD officers led by [[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]] member [[Crossbones (character)|Crossbones]].  Danny attempts to fight them off but is overpowered and incarcerated in the Myrmidon along with others targeted by the new law.<ref>''Devil's Reign'' #2. Marvel Comics.</ref>  Danny, [[Moon Knight]], and [[Tony Stark]] are able to escape with the help of [[Invisible Woman|Sue Storm]] and [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]].<ref>''Devil's Reign'' #4. Marvel Comics.</ref>  After Fisk is defeated and Luke is elected mayor of New York City, Danny accompanies Luke on several of his first outings as mayor.<ref>''Devil's Reign: Omega'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Meeting the New Iron Fist===
While a powerless Danny fights several demons attacking a Chinese antique shop in [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]] for a mysterious green shard, he is helped by [[Lin Lie]] - formerly the superhero Sword Master - who succeeded Danny as the new Iron Fist.  After they defeat the demons and recover the shard, Danny attempts to question Lie about his background and offers his help, but Lie rebuffs him and flees with the shard through a portal in a nearby subway back to K'un-Lun.<ref>''Iron Fist'' Vol 6 #1. Marvel Comics.</ref>  Danny enlists Fat Cobra and the [[Bride of Nine Spiders]] with tracking down the new Iron Fist, eventually finding him in [[Gansu]].<ref name="ReferenceB">''Iron Fist'' Vol 6 #4. Marvel Comics.</ref>  When an army the same demons from Flushing appear, Danny, Luke and the Immortal Weapons join forces with Lie and his friends to fight them.  When Sparrow and her best warriors are summoned by Danny for backup, the demons' leader and Lie's brother, Lin Feng, uses the opportunity to steal Sparrow's portal to K'un-Lun to find the final tomb of his master [[Chiyou]], leaving the K'un-Lun citizenry trapped on Earth.  Danny offers housing to the displaced citizens and formally introduces himself to Lie. Danny compliments Lie's acquired skills and offers to complete his training; Lie readily accepts.<ref>''Iron Fist'' Vol 6 #5. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Gang War===
In the "[[Gang War (comics)|Gang War]]" storyline, Danny is recruited along with [[Cloak and Dagger (characters)|Cloak and Dagger]] and Jessica by Luke as part of his new vigilante team when New York's criminal underworld escalates into a city-wide war.  Danny and Luke's team are able to thwart [[Alistair Smythe]] and his [[Spider-Slayer]]s from attacking New York during the Gang War.<ref>''Luke Cage: Gang War'' #2-4. Marvel Comics.</ref>  When Luke suspects Shang-Chi's motives due to the [[Five Weapons Society]]'s involvement in the war, Danny joins him and several other heroes to confront Shang-Chi at the House of the Deadly Hand in Chinatown.  Shang-Chi is ultimately able to prove his loyalty to the heroes and Danny helps him fight off an invasion from the Society's enemies in the war. During the final gang battle in [[Central Park]], Danny and Shang-Chi are sidetracked by fending off [[tank]]s while the other heroes intervene between the warring forces of [[Madame Masque]] and [[Janice Lincoln|Beetle]].<ref>''Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 6 #44.  Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Death===
After a night out celebrating his 34th birthday with Luke and [[Jeryn Hogarth]], Danny is ambushed at his penthouse by the same Ch'i-Lin that previously attempted to kill him on his 33rd birthday and has now possessed the body of [[Razor Fist]].  Due to the Ch'i-Lin confusing Danny with an illusion-making mist and having hired the [[Shocker (character)|Shocker]] to keep Lie and Pei preoccupied, a powerless Danny is overwhelmed and killed by the Ch'i-Lin.<ref>''Iron Fist 50th Anniversary'' #1.  Marvel Comics.</ref>

Danny is given a [[Buddhist funeral]] at [[Calvary Cemetery (Queens)|Calvary Cemetery]], which is attended by Luke, Lie and many of his close friends and former teammates.<ref>''Power Man: Timeless'' #1.  Marvel Comics.</ref>

Weeks after his death, a glowing, purple, skeletal hand emerges from Danny's grave.<ref>''Iron Fist 50th Anniversary'' #1.  Marvel Comics.</ref>

===''The Undead Iron Fist''===
{{Main|The Undead Iron Fist}}
After his death, Danny's spirit is sent to the afterlife where he was reunited with Orson, who reveals that everything the Book of the Iron Fist taught them was a lie.<ref>''The Undead Iron Fist'' #1.  Marvel Comics.</ref>  Orson explains that Danny has a chance to be resurrected into the mortal world but must take down the one who wrote the Book.<ref>''The Undead Iron Fist'' #2.  Marvel Comics.</ref>

Months later, Danny is resurrected and bestowed with new powers as the Ghost Fist by an unseen entity, who tasks Danny with enacting revenge on an unknown target, warning that failing to do so within a time limit would undo his resurrection.  As Ghost Fist makes his way to his target the Rand Building, the villain sends his minions, the Wraithlins, to stall Danny.  With his new powers, Ghost Fist is able to sense and [[Exorcism|exorcise]] the Wraithlins from their human hosts.  Unfortunately, due to being unrecognizable in his new costume and unable to see the Wraithlins, passerby mistake Ghost Fist for a costumed criminal attacking civilians, leading to a brief confrontation with [[Miles Morales|Spider-Man]].<ref>''The Undead Iron Fist'' #1.  Marvel Comics.</ref>

Danny continues on to the Rand Building while fighting off the Wraithlins and encounters Daredevil, who deduces his identity.  Despite Daredevil's offer to help against the growing army of Wraithlins, Danny ignores him and continues onto his target, who is revealed to be none other than Quan.<ref>''The Undead Iron Fist'' #2.  Marvel Comics.</ref>

==Powers and abilities==
Plunging his fists into the molten heart of the dragon Shou-Lao infused the dragon's superhuman energy into Rand. This, along with being trained by Lei Kung the Thunderer, gave Rand the power of the Iron Fist, allowing him to summon and focus his ''[[Qi|chi]]'' energy (also called natural energy or life-force energy) to enhance his natural abilities to extraordinary levels. His strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, reflexes, and senses can all be greatly intensified, almost comparable to superhuman levels.

He is able to concentrate his own ''chi'' and the superhuman energy from Shou-Lao's heart into his hand, with it manifesting as a supernatural glow around his hand and fist. So concentrated, this "iron fist" can strike with superhuman hardness and impact, while his hand becomes impervious to pain and injury. Some of Rand's feats with the "iron fist" is knocking out Luke Cage,{{Volume needed|c=y|date=May 2020}} knocking out a drunken Hercules,{{Volume needed|c=y|date=May 2020}} almost defeating Black Panther before ultimately losing,{{Volume needed|c=y|date=May 2020}} and taking down the S.H.I.E L.D Helicarrier with a single punch.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=May 2020}} However, summoning the power required by this feat leaves Rand physically and mentally drained, unable to repeat the act for a time, as long as an entire day in certain instances, though after years of using the ability, it has become less draining.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} He can focus his ''chi'' inward to heal himself or outward to heal others of injury, as well as to give himself [[psychic]] senses and to [[telepathically]] fuse his consciousness with another person when looking directly into the pupil of his eye.<ref>''Spider-Man'' #37. Marvel Comics.</ref>

Rand is also a skilled acrobat, gymnast, and a master of all of K'un-Lun's martial arts, as well as various fighting styles from Earth, including [[Shaolin Kung Fu]], [[Aikido]],<ref>''Iron Fist'' #15 (September 1977). Marvel Comics.</ref> [[Fujian White Crane]],<ref name=IronFistMartialArts1>''Iron Fist'' vol. 2 #2 (October 1996). Marvel Comics.</ref> [[Judo]],<ref name=IronFistMartialArts2>''Marvel Team-Up'' #63 (November 1977)</ref> [[Karate]],<ref name=IronFistMartialArts2/> [[Muay Thai]],<ref name=IronFistMartialArts1/> [[Ninjutsu]],<ref>''Iron Fist'' #12 (April 1977). Marvel Comics.</ref> [[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]], and [[Wing Chun]].<ref>''Iron Fist'' vol. 2 #1 (September 1996). Marvel Comics.</ref>

After relinquishing his Iron Fist powers and being killed by the Ch'i-Lin, Danny was resurrected as the Ghost Fist and bestowed with new powers, which allow him to channel a mystical purple aura that acts similarly to the ''chi'' of Shou-Lao.  In addition to using this energy to empower his hands like the Iron Fist, Danny can also project it as destructive energy blasts.  However, during his initial resurrection, Danny was warned that overusing this ability would take away his remaining time on Earth.  In addition to his new Ghost Fist powers, Danny could sense and see supernatural or demonic forces that are normally undetectable to humans.<ref>''The Undead Iron Fist'' #1  Marvel Comics.</ref>  He can also make his body invisible and intangible.<ref>''The Undead Iron Fist'' #2  Marvel Comics.</ref>

==Other characters named Iron Fist==
This section lists the other people who have been called Iron Fist:

===Fan Fei===
In 1,000,000 BC, a K'un-Lun native named '''Fan Fei''' was born to the Green Lotus House and had taken a fascination with the [[Caveman|cavemen]] that lived outside K'un-Lun;<ref>{{Marvunapp|http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix8/ironfistfanfei.htm|Iron Fist (Fan Fei)}}</ref> going so far as to train a few of them in secret. After she was exposed, Fan Fei was chained up and forced to watch as her students were fed to Shou-Lao by Lei Kung. When she broke out, in the hopes that she will die fighting Shou-Lao, Fan Fei punched the dragon in his chest tattoo and gained his powers. Lei Kung had Fan Fei exiled from K'un-Lun, believing Shou-Lao was dead, and she traveled the world; fighting Deviants and the Gorgilla Clan of Man-Apes along the way. Fan Fei was approached by [[Mephisto (Marvel Comics)|Mephisto]], who wanted her to use her powers to conquer Earth, but she declined. In response, Mephisto granted his gifts to the Gorgilla Clan. After a fight with Fan Fei, Mephisto led the Gorgilla Clan's Ape King to the [[Power Gem]], which he used to fight Fan Fei again. After recuperating, Fan Fei found herself at the entrance of K'un-Lun. Lei Kung states that her sentencing was wrong, as they learned Shou-Lao was immortal, and wanted to bring her home. However, she declined, stating that Earth was her home and her fights here are just the beginning.<ref>''Avengers'' vol. 8 #13</ref> Fan Fei later banded together with [[Agamotto]], [[Phoenix Force#Lady Phoenix|Lady Phoenix]], [[Odin (Marvel Comics)|Odin]], and Stone Age versions of [[Black Panther (character)#Mosi|Black Panther]], [[Ghost Rider#Ghost / The Rider|Ghost Rider]], and [[Star Brand#Vnn|Star Brand]] to fight off a Celestial named the Fallen. They would go on to defeat it and seal it underground in what would later become South Africa.<ref>''Marvel Legacy'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Quan Yaozu===
One of the first Iron Fists, '''Quan Yaozu''' was sent to the Eighth City to imprison the demonic creatures sent from there that had been plaguing K'un-Lun and the other Heavenly Cities, voluntarily staying behind to prevent them from escaping. When the Yu-Ti of K'un-Lun began using the Eight City to imprison citizens who threatened his rule, including innocents, Quan became disillusioned with K'un-Lun and eventually took control of the Eighth City, ruling it as "Changming".<ref>''Immortal Iron Fist'' #25. Marvel Comics.</ref> Centuries later, when Danny and the Immortal weapons arrive in the Eighth City at the behest of Lei Kung to free the wrongfully convicted prisoners, Quan has them captured and forces them to fight to the death in numerous matches. When Danny finds out about Quan's history, he is able to prove his altruistic intentions, which convinces Quan that K'un-Lun is no longer the corrupt city as it once was and agrees to meet Lei Kung.<ref>''Immortal Iron Fist'' #26. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Li Park===
In 730 A.D., a pacifist named '''Li Park''' became the new Iron Fist, who sought to resolve conflict by avoiding direct conflict. As a local village battled with a Chinese general intent on conquering K'un-Lun, which had been struck by a plague, Li utilized his newly discovered hypnotic fist technique to dissuade the soldiers. When his technique failed to save the villagers, Li put aside his pacifism and used more aggressive actions. Ultimately, Li was able to rescue the remaining villagers and led them to K'un-Lun, where they helped repopulate the city.<ref>''Immortal Iron Fist'' #24. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Gale===
During the 11th Century, the outlaw [[Homo mermanus|Atlantean]] princess '''Gale''' wielded the powers of the Iron Fist. She was part of Thor's incarnation of the [[Avengers (comics)#Avengers (1,000 A.D. version)|Avengers]].<ref>''The Mighty Thor'' vol. 2 #7. Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>''King Thor'' #4. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Bei-Ming Tian===
'''Bei Ming-Tian''' was the Iron Fist circa 1227 AD. He protected his village from the invading [[Mongol Empire|Mongol Army]] and even slew [[Genghis Khan]] himself in battle.<ref>''Immortal Iron Fist'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref><ref name="Invincible Iron Man Annual #1">''Invincible Iron Man Annual'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Zhang Di===
Around the 15th century, '''Zhang Di''' was the Iron Fist for only two weeks until he died against the H'ylthri.<ref>''Iron Fist'' (vol. 5) #75. Marvel Comics.</ref> 

===Wu Ao-Shi===
In 1545 A.D., a young protégé of Lei Kung named '''Wu Ao-Shi''' defeated Shou-Lao and claimed the power of the Iron Fist for herself. During her training, she fell in love and became betrothed to a fisherman, who became distraught at the violence destined for the Iron Fist and left her and K'un-Lun once the city merged with Earth; Wu followed shortly after to search for her love. During her travels Wu made a living as a mercenary and took on a job to liberate [[Pinghai]] Bay from the Wokou pirates, but was defeated and imprisoned. Wu was rescued by her beloved, and killed the pirates by infusing her chi into an arrow, turning it into an explosive projective. Wu and the fisherman spent their remaining years together in the liberated territory, with Wu later becoming known as the Pirate Queen of Pinghai Bay.<ref>''Immortal Iron Fist'' #7. Marvel Comics.</ref> Centuries later, Wu Ai-Shi's exploits were adapted into a film called ''Pinghai Bay''.<ref name="Invincible Iron Man Annual #1"/>

===Fongji Wu===
Centuries ago, the Yu-Ti Nu-An had a recurring dream associating a red-haired girl with the Phoenix and a dragon. He later finds a matching red-haired girl named '''Fongji Wu''' in the streets of K'un-Lun and has her trained as the Iron Fist.<ref>{{cite comic |writer=Bendis, Brian Michael |artist=Deodato Jr., Mike; Conrad, Will |colorist=Beredo, Rain |story= |title=New Avengers |volume=2 |issue= #25 |date=April 2012 |publisher=Marvel Comics |id=}}</ref> Nu-An asks for [[Cultural references to Leonardo da Vinci#Comics and graphic novels|Leonardo da Vinci]] to come to K'un-Lun in order to help protect the world against the Phoenix's arrival; meanwhile, Fongji is submitted to a hard training, eventually manifesting the Phoenix powers. Nu-An orders her to battle the dragon Shao-Lao as established by the ritual of the Iron Fist. Fongji is successful in her test and becomes the Iron Fist, shortly before Da Vinci sees the Phoenix coming towards Earth.<ref>{{cite comic |writer=Bendis, Brian Michael |artist=Deodato Jr., Mike |colorist=Beredo, Rain |story= |title=New Avengers |volume=2 |issue= #26 |date=May 2012 |publisher=Marvel Comics |id=}}</ref> Fongji is able to bond with the Phoenix and remain in control of herself, but she feels that Earth is still not ready for its evolution and departs.<ref>{{cite comic |writer=Bendis, Brian Michael |artist=Deodato Jr., Mike |colorist=Beredo, Rain |story= |title=New Avengers |volume=2 |issue= #27 |date=June 2012 |publisher=Marvel Comics |id=}}</ref>

===Bei Bang-Wen===
Sometime in the mid-19th century, an Iron Fist known as '''Bei Bang-Wen''' developed an Iron Fist technique known as the Perfect Strategy Mind, which let him use the chi of Shou-Lao in more intellectual ways but also left him overconfident. In 1860, Bei assisted the Chinese against the British and French forces during the [[Second Opium War]]. Despite forming a scenario taking down tens of thousands of enemy soldiers at the [[Taku Forts]], Bei and his Chinese allies were defeated at the Taku Forts and Bei was taken prisoner. After befriending fellow captive and mythical warrior Vivatma Visvajit, the two escaped from prison and journeyed to Vivatma's homeland of [[Burma]], where they were ambushed by the energy-draining assassin Tiger Jani. Bei and Vivatma defeated Jani with their reawakened their Iron Fist and Brahman powers, respectively. A physically and mentally worn Bei returned home to K'un-Lun, relinquishing his powers so that the cycle of the Iron Fist could begin again and took a wife who bore him thirteen sons.<ref>''Immortal Iron Fist'' #15. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Kwai Jun-Fan===
Bei Bang-Wen's successor to the Iron Fist, '''Kwai Jun-Fan''' ventured the [[American frontier|Wild West]] of [[Texas]] circa 1878 AD where he was killed by Zhou Cheng under the influence of Ch'i-Lin.<ref>''Immortal Iron Fist'' #17-18. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Resourceful Snake===
At an unknown point, the man simply known as '''Resourceful Snake''' was able to defeat and claim the heart of Shao-Lao.  However, after losing his final trial to the One, he was punished for his hubris by having his arms severed and being stripped of his title.<ref>''Iron Fist'' vol. 5 #3. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Orson Randall===
Born and raised in K'un-Lun after his parents' airship crashed in the city in the late 19th century, '''Orson Randall''' became the Iron Fist after besting Shou-Lao when he was seventeen years old, becoming the first Westerner to do so.<ref>''Immortal Iron Fist'' #4. Marvel Comics.</ref> During [[World War I]], Randall joined the [[Freedom's Five]] along with [[Union Jack (Marvel Comics)|Union Jack]], [[Phantom Eagle]], Crimson Cavalier and Sir Steel.<ref>''All-New Invaders'' #12. Marvel Comics.</ref> The bloodshed Randall witnessed in the war deeply traumatized him, causing him to turn to drugs to escape.<ref>''Immortal Iron Fist'' #2-3. Marvel Comics.</ref> In 1933, Randall was summoned back to K'un-Lun to participate in the Tournament of Heaven, but refused to participate, having been changed by his experiences in the war. When confronted by the Immortal Weapons, Randall killed the Crane Champion of K'un-Zi in self defense and fled, taking the Book of the Iron Fist with him.<ref>''Immortal Iron Fist'' #5. Marvel Comics.</ref>

While in hiding, Randall met young orphan Wendell Rand and adopted him as his ward, training him in martial arts while filling his head with stories of K'un-Lun and the Iron Fist, causing Wendell to seek the city out himself once he came of age.<ref>''Immortal Iron Fist'' #6. Marvel Comics.</ref> Sometime after the 1960s Randall was believed to have died, leaving behind a vast fortune to Wendell, making him incredibly wealthy.<ref>''Immortal Iron Fist Annual'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> In truth, Randall was living in drug-soaked seclusion in Thailand for decades. While the next Tournament of Heaven neared, the Steel Serpent and his allies arrived to kill him, causing Randall to flee to New York to seek out his successor and Wendell's son Danny, giving him the Book of the Iron Fist and informing him of the upcoming Tournament and their histories. During another encounter with the Steel Serpent, Randall is mortally wounded and transfers his chi to Danny before dying.<ref>''Immortal Iron Fist'' #1-6. Marvel Comics.</ref>

During the events of ''[[Damnation (comics)|Damnation]]'', Orson accepts a deal by [[Mephisto (Marvel Comics)|Mephisto]] to reclaim his soul and live again if he wins 24 fights in 24 hours at a tournament held in the Hotel Inferno in [[Las Vegas]].  Danny and Fat Cobra attempt to talk Orson out of fighting but he refuses.  When Danny refuses the fight promoter D'Kay's offer to fight for him, D'Kay has Orson fight Danny's deceased half sister Miranda as his final opponent.  Danny reluctantly accepts and D'Kay forces him, Orson, Fat Cobra and Miranda to fight the Legion of Vengeance.  Realizing they are outmatched, Orson sacrifices himself to free the others at the cost of his soul.<ref>''Iron Fist'' vol. 5 #78-80. Marvel Comics.</ref>

Instead of ceasing to exist, Orson's spirit survives into the afterlife.<ref>''The Undead Iron Fist'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Pei===
A young monk of K'un-Lun, '''Pei''' fled from the city when Davos and the One staged a coup, taking the unhatched egg of the latest incarnation of Shou-Lao with her. Pei was able to find Danny in New York and told him to go back to save Kun-L'un. While under her care, the egg prematurely hatches into an adolescent dragon, whom Pei names "Gork". When Davos catches up to them and kills Gork, Pei inadvertently ends up with the power of the Iron Fist, becoming one of the youngest to do so, and uses its power to defeat Davos and revive Gork and all previous incarnations of Shou-Lao. Danny subsequently takes her under his wing as his ward and the two begin training together to master their Iron Fist powers.<ref>''Iron Fist: The Living Weapon'' #1-12. Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>''Immortal Iron Fists'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> During the Hierophant's attacks on the dragons of the Heavenly Cities, Pei reluctantly allows [[Okoye (character)|Okoye]] to sacrifice Gork and transfers her Iron Fist power to augment Okoye's acquired dragon chi to defeat the Hierophant and save the dragons.<ref name="ReferenceA">''Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon'' #6. Marvel Comics.</ref>

While Danny is away on a business trip, he sends Pei a mystical K'un-Lun medallion that gives her powers similar to her lost Iron Fist powers.<ref>''Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic'' #51-56. Marvel Comics.</ref>  Pei meets and teams up with Danny's successor [[Lin Lie]] against the [[Shocker (character)|Shocker]], who unbeknownst to both had been hired by the Ch'i-Lin to keep them preoccupied while it kills Danny.<ref>''Iron Fist 50th Anniversary'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Wah Sing-Rand===
In an alternate timeline set in the 31st century, '''Wah Sing-Rand''', a K'un-Lun native and Danny's possible descendant, defeats Shou-Lao, becoming one of the youngest Iron Fists in history. While traveling to the planet Yaochi to free it from the tyrannical President Xing, his shuttle is frozen in a temporal pocket, leaving him trapped for 24 years. In circa 3099 AD., he was able to defeat Xing and liberate Yaochi but at the cost of his own life.<ref>''Immortal Iron Fist'' #21. Marvel Comics.</ref>

==Supporting characters==
{{main|List of Luke Cage and Iron Fist supporting characters}}

==Reception==
Iron Fist is ranked as the 195th-greatest comic book character of all time by ''[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://herochat.com/forum/index.php?topic=170859.0 |title=Wizard's top 200 characters. External link consists of a forum site summing up the top 200 characters of Wizard Magazine since the real site that contains the list is broken. |magazine=[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]]. |access-date=May 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608020121/http://herochat.com/forum/index.php?topic=170859.0 |archive-date=June 8, 2011 }}</ref> [[IGN]] also ranked Iron Fist as the 68th-greatest comic book hero of all time stating that in the Marvel Universe, mastery of martial arts is enough to qualify as a superpower, and none are more "super" at the art of fighting than Iron Fist,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/top/comic-book-heroes/68 | title=Iron Fist is number 68 | website=[[IGN]] | access-date=May 14, 2011 | archive-date=May 7, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507014507/http://www.ign.com/top/comic-book-heroes/68 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and as #46 on their list of the "Top 50 Avengers".<ref>{{cite web |date=April 30, 2012 |title=The Top 50 Avengers |url=https://www.ign.com/top/avengers/46 |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=July 28, 2015}}</ref>

===Controversy===
The story of Iron Fist has been criticized for [[cultural appropriation]], [[orientalism]], and reinforcing a [[white savior]] narrative, with Rob Bricken of ''[[io9]]'' summarizing Danny Rand as a clichéd "white guy [who] discovers a foreign culture, learns its ways, and becomes better at it than the people born into it".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/03/it-actually-really-really-sucks-that-tvs-iron-fist-is-white/|title=It Actually Really, Really Sucks That TV's Iron Fist Is White|last=Bricken|first=Rob|website=[[io9]]|date=March 7, 2016|access-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702175646/https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/03/it-actually-really-really-sucks-that-tvs-iron-fist-is-white/|archive-date=July 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/47414-iron-fist-being-white-was-always-racist-netflix|title='Iron Fist' Was Always Racist — and the Netflix Show Isn't Helping|last=Lee|first=Jonathan|website=[[Inverse (website)|Inverse]]|date=July 25, 2018|access-date=December 5, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181205035656/https://www.inverse.com/article/47414-iron-fist-being-white-was-always-racist-netflix|archive-date=December 5, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-iron-fist-white-savior-controversy-creator-and-stars-discuss-the-mounting-backlash|title=The 'Iron Fist' White Savior Controversy: Creator and Stars Discuss the Mounting Backlash|last=Leon|first=Melissa|website=[[Daily Beast]]|date=March 15, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211031200048/https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-iron-fist-white-savior-controversy-creator-and-stars-discuss-the-mounting-backlash|archive-date=October 31, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Upon the announcement of [[Iron Fist (TV series)|the television series]], an online movement was started to change Iron Fist into an [[Asian-American]] character to subvert offensive tropes while providing some depth to the character.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2014/03/11/marvel-please-cast-an-asian-american-iron-fist/|title=Marvel, Please Cast an Asian American Iron Fist|last=Chow|first=Keith|website=The Nerds of Color|date=March 11, 2014|access-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702150839/https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2014/03/11/marvel-please-cast-an-asian-american-iron-fist/|archive-date=July 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Supporters of the movement included comic writer [[Gail Simone]], who acknowledged she was a fan of Iron Fist but agreed that the character should be changed to Asian-American.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2015/12/10/fear-of-an-asian-martial-artist-the-thing-about-stereotypes-aaironfist/|title=Fear of an Asian Martial Artist: The Thing about Stereotypes & #AAIronFist|last=Chow|first=Keith|website=The Nerds of Color|date=December 10, 2015|access-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702150846/https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2015/12/10/fear-of-an-asian-martial-artist-the-thing-about-stereotypes-aaironfist/|archive-date=July 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The role ultimately went to English actor [[Finn Jones]], whose performance was panned by critics, along with the series's depiction of Asian culture during its [[Iron Fist season 1|first season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/3/15/14919546/iron-first-marvel-reviews-finn-jones|title=Iron Fist isn't bad because critics don't get it. It's bad because Marvel doesn't get its hero.|last=Abad-Santos|first=Alex|website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|date=March 15, 2017|access-date=April 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702175700/https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/3/15/14919546/iron-first-marvel-reviews-finn-jones|archive-date=July 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Roy Thomas]], co-creator of Iron Fist, defended the character in response to criticism, arguing that Iron Fist was created for a less "[[Political correctness|PC]]" time.  While Thomas added that he would not be bothered if Iron Fist had been changed to Asian-American, he was not "ashamed" for making Rand white.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/29155-iron-fist-marvel-comics-whitewashing-roy-thomas|title='Iron Fist' Creator: Whitewashing Controversy "Righteous Indignation"|last=Busch|first=Caitlin|work=[[Inverse (website)|Inverse]]|date=March 17, 2017|access-date=March 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327075714/https://www.inverse.com/article/29155-iron-fist-marvel-comics-whitewashing-roy-thomas|archive-date=March 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Comic book creator]] [[Rob Liefeld]] also defended the character, denying that Rand's story was racist and argued that changing his race to Asian was "[[Whitewashing in film|reverse whitewashing]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/rob-liefeld-white-iron-fist-casting/|title=Rob Liefeld says casting an Asian American Iron Fist would be 'reverse white-washing'|last=Baker-Whitelaw|first=Gavia|work=[[The Daily Dot]]|date=October 12, 2016|access-date=April 10, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161017070404/http://www.dailydot.com/parsec/rob-liefeld-white-iron-fist-casting/|archive-date=October 17, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>  Other commentators have echoed similar sentiments; while acknowledging that Rand's origins were problematic, some felt that changing him to Asian would reinforce the stereotype of Asians being proficient in martial arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/blog/2013/11/09/iron-fist-tv-series-five-things-we-want-to-see/|title=Iron Fist TV Series: Five Things We Want to See|last=Burlingame|first=Russ|website=[[ComicBook.com]]|date=November 9, 2013|access-date=April 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702204330/http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/11/09/iron-fist-tv-series-five-things-we-want-to-see/|archive-date=July 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/opinion-i-dont-want-an-asian-american-iron-fist/|title=OPINION: I Don't Want an Asian-American Iron Fist|last=Ching|first=Albert|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=December 9, 2015|access-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410191159/https://www.cbr.com/opinion-i-dont-want-an-asian-american-iron-fist/|archive-date=April 10, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

In an apparent response to the controversy, Marvel announced in 2021 that a new, younger Iron Fist of Asian descent would be introduced in a new comic series helmed by an Asian creative team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/new-iron-fist-marvel/ |title=This is the new Marvel Iron Fist - but is he new or someone we already know? |website=[[GamesRadar+]] |date=October 29, 2021 |access-date=November 5, 2021 }}</ref> Writer [[Alyssa Wong]] explained that it was "impossible to be unaware of the controversy", and took this into consideration when writing the series.  While noting that there had been Iron Fists of Asian descent before, Wong pointed out that all of them were supporting characters in Rand's story or long dead, arguing that the new Iron Fist was an important step forward for the title and the ongoing push for diversity. Wong also acknowledged Rand's sizeable fanbase despite criticisms, reassuring that he would play an important role for the new Iron Fist and that the new series would not "erase" Rand's history and legacy but instead build upon it.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ign.com/articles/iron-fist-asian-hero-interview-relaunch-marvel |title=Why Marvel Is Introducing an Asian Iron Fist After 50 Years |last=Schedeen|first=Jesse |website=[[IGN]] |date=November 11, 2021 |access-date=April 10, 2022 }}</ref>  The new series, which revealed the Chinese superhero [[Lin Lie|Sword Master]] as the new Iron Fist, has since received critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comicsbookcase.com/reviews-archive/iron-fist-1 |title=REVIEW: IRON FIST #1 delivers a strong opener for the character's new era |last=Gault|first=Rebecca |website=Comics Bookcase |date=February 16, 2022 |access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.cbr.com/marvels-iron-fist-1-comic-review/ |title=Marvel's Iron Fist #1 Comic Review |website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=February 21, 2022|access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://gizmodo.com/marvel-iron-fist-comic-miniseries-lin-lie-1848738992 | title=Marvel's New Iron Fist is One of Their Best Updates in Years |website=[[io9]]|date=April 3, 2022|access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref>

==Collected editions==
'''Bronze Age Collections'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Material collected !! Publication date !! ISBN
|-
| '''Essential Iron Fist Vol. 1'''
| ''Marvel Premiere'' #15–25; ''Iron Fist'' (vol. 1) #1–15; ''Marvel Team-Up'' (vol. 1) #63–64; ''Power Man'' #48–49; ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' #50
| October 2004
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785115465}}
|-
| '''Essential Power Man and Iron Fist Vol. 1'''
| ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' #51–72, #74–75
| January 2008
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785127260}}
|-
| '''Essential Power Man and Iron Fist Vol. 2'''
| ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' #76–100; ''Daredevil'' #178
| March 2009
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785130727}}
|-
| '''Marvel Masterworks: Iron Fist Vol. 1'''
| ''Marvel Premiere'' #15–25, ''Iron Fist'' #1–2
| June 2011
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-0785150329}}
|-
| '''Marvel Masterworks: Iron Fist Vol. 2'''
| ''Iron Fist'' #3–15, ''Marvel Team-Up'' #63–64
| September 2012
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-0785159551}}
|-
| '''Epic Collection Iron Fist Vol. 1: The Fury of Iron Fist'''
| ''Marvel Premiere'' #15–25; ''Iron Fist'' (vol. 1) #1–15; ''Marvel Team-Up'' (vol. 1) #63–64
| August 2015
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785191643}}
|-
| '''Epic Collection Power Man & Iron Fist Vol. 1: Heroes for Hire'''
| ''Power Man'' #48-49, ''Power Man & Iron Fist'' #50-70
| August 2015
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785192961}}
|-
| '''Epic Collection Power Man & Iron Fist Vol. 2: Revenge!'''
| ''Power Man & Iron Fist'' #71-72, 74–89; ''Daredevil'' (1964) #178
| October 2016
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1302900137}}
|-
| '''Epic Collection Power Man & Iron Fist Vol. 3: Doombringer'''
| ''Power Man & Iron Fist'' #90-107
| December 2019
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1302920715}}
|-
| '''Epic Collection Power Man & Iron Fist Vol. 4: Hardball'''
| ''Power Man & Iron Fist'' #108-125
| November 2022
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1302945923}}
|-
| '''Iron Fist: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu - The Complete Collection'''
| ''The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu'' (vol. 1) #10, 18–24, 29, 31–33; ''Bizarre Adventures'' #25
| March 2019
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1302916275}}
|}

'''The Immortal Iron Fist'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Material collected !! Publication date !! ISBN
|-
| '''The Immortal Iron Fist Vol. 1: The Last Iron Fist Story'''
| ''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #1–6; ''Civil War: Choosing Sides''
| August 2007<br />November 2007
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-0785128540}}<br />SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785124894}}
|-
| '''The Immortal Iron Fist Vol. 2: The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven'''
| ''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #8–14, ''Annual'' #1
| style=white-space:nowrap | June 2008<br />September 2008
| style=white-space:nowrap | HC: {{ISBNT|978-0785129929}}<br />SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785125358}}
|-
| '''The Immortal Iron Fist Vol. 3: The Book of the Iron Fist'''
| ''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #7, #15–16; ''Orson Randall and the Green Mist of Death''; ''The Origin of Danny Rand''; covers of ''Marvel Premiere'' #15–16
| October 2008<br />February 2009
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-0785129936}}<br />SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785125365}}
|-
| '''The Immortal Iron Fist Vol. 4: The Mortal Iron Fist'''
| ''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #17–20; ''Orson Randall and the Death Queen of California''
| April 2009<br />July 2009
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-0785129943}}<br />SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785132967}}
|-
| '''The Immortal Iron Fist Vol. 5: Escape from the Eighth City'''
| ''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #22–27
| September 2009<br />November 2009
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-0785133926}}<br />SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785131793}}
|-
| '''The Immortal Iron Fist Omnibus'''
| ''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #1–16, ''Annual'' #1; ''Orson Randall and the Green Mist of Death''; ''The Origin of Danny Rand''; ''Civil War: Choosing Sides''
| June 2009
| HC: {{ISBNT|978-0785138198}}
|-
| '''The Immortal Iron Fist: The Complete Collection Volume 1'''
| ''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #1–16, ''Annual'' #1; ''Orson Randall and the Green Mist of Death''; ''The Origin of Danny Rand''; ''Civil War: Choosing Sides''
| December 2013
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785185420}}
|-
| '''The Immortal Iron Fist: The Complete Collection Volume 2'''
| ''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #17–27; ''Orson Randall and the Death Queen of California''; ''Immortal Weapons'' #1–5; ''Immortal Weapons Sketchbook''
| June 2014
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785188902}}
|}

'''Power Man and Iron Fist'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Material collected !! Publication date !! ISBN
|-
| '''Power Man and Iron Fist: The Boys Are Back In Town'''
| ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' #1–6
| September 2016
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1302901141}}
|-
| '''Power Man and Iron Fist: Civil War II'''
| ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' #6–9, Sweet Christmas Annual
| March 2017
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1302901158}}
|-
| '''Power Man and Iron Fist: Street Magic'''
| ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' #10–15
| September 2017
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1302905392}}
|}

'''Iron Fist'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Material collected !! Publication date !! ISBN
|-
| '''Iron Fist: The Book of Changes'''
| ''Marvel Comics Presents'' (vol. 1) #111, 113–118, 125–137, 140–141; ''Namor The Sub-Mariner'' Annual #3; Spider-Man (vol. 1) #41-43
| 2017
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1302904500}}
|-
| '''Iron Fist: The Return of K'un-Lun'''
| ''Iron Fist'' (1996) #1–2, ''Iron Fist'' (1998) #1–3, ''Iron Fist'' (2004) #1–6, ''Iron Fist/Wolverine'' #1–4, ''Uncanny Origins'' #14, material from ''Marvel Knights Double-Shot'' #4
| April 2015
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785192183}}
|-
| '''Iron Fist Vol. 1: The Trial of Seven Masters'''
| ''Iron Fist'' (2017–2018) #1–5
| September 2017
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1302907761}}
|-
| '''Iron Fist Vol 2. Sabertooth – Round 2'''
| ''Iron Fist'' (2017–2018) #6–7, #72–76
| April 2018
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1302907778}}
|-
| '''Doctor Strange: Damnation – The Complete Collection'''
| ''Doctor Strange: Damnation'', ''Damnation: Johnny Blaze – Ghost Rider'', ''Doctor Strange'' #386–389, ''Iron Fist'' #78–80, ''Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider'' #15–17
| July 2018
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1302912604}}
|}

'''Iron Fist: The Living Weapon'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Material collected !! Publication date !! ISBN
|-
| '''Iron Fist: The Living Weapon – Vol. 1: Rage'''
| ''Iron Fist: The Living Weapon'' #1–6
| December 2014
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785154358}}
|-
| '''Iron Fist: The Living Weapon – Vol. 2: Redemption'''
| ''Iron Fist: The Living Weapon'' #7–12
| September 2015
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785154365}}
|-
| '''Iron Fist: The Living Weapon – The Complete Collection'''
| ''Iron Fist: The Living Weapon'' #1–12
| April 2017
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-1302904494}}
|}

'''Miniseries'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Material collected !! Publication date !! ISBN
|-
| | '''Immortal Weapons'''
| ''Immortal Weapons'' #1–5
| March 2010
| SC: {{ISBNT|978-0785138488}}
|}

==In other media==
===Television===
====Animation====
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears in ''[[The Super Hero Squad Show]]'' episode "A Brat Walks Among Us!", voiced by [[Mikey Kelley]]. This version is a member of the [[Heroes for Hire]].
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'', voiced by [[Loren Lester]].<ref name="btva" /> This version is a member of the Heroes for Hire and founding member of the [[New Avengers]].
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears in ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://marvel.com/news/tv/18195/spider-man_his_ultimate_friends_iron_fist|title=Spider-Man & His Ultimate Friends: Iron Fist|access-date=2022-02-13|website=Marvel.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107025029/http://marvel.com/news/tv/18195/spider-man_his_ultimate_friends_iron_fist|archive-date=2016-01-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> voiced by [[Greg Cipes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=770|title=Press Release For Marvel Universe Block, Animated "Spider-Man" and "The Avengers"|date=2012-03-05|access-date=2022-02-13|website=Marvel Animation Age|last=Harvey|first=James|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210181329/http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=770|archive-date=2013-12-10|url-status=dead}} [http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=770 Press Release For Marvel Universe Block, Animated "Spider-Man" and "The Avengers"] </ref><ref name="btva" /> This version is a teenager, best friend of Luke Cage, and a member of a [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] team led by [[Spider-Man]]. Having completed most of his training in K'un-Lun, he joined S.H.I.E.L.D. to gain a more worldly experience. Later in the series, he becomes a founding member of the [[New Warriors]].
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears in ''[[Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload]]'', voiced again by Greg Cipes.<ref name="btva" />
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears in the ''[[Avengers Assemble (TV series)|Avengers Assemble]]'' episode "The Immortal Weapon", voiced again by Greg Cipes.<ref name="btva" />
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears in ''[[Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers]]'', voiced by Go Shinomiya in the Japanese version and [[Liam O'Brien]] in the English version.<ref name="btva" />
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears in ''[[Marvel Future Avengers]]'', voiced again by Go Shinomiya in the Japanese version and by [[Johnny Yong Bosch]] in the English version.<ref name="btva" />

====Marvel Cinematic Universe====
{{See also|Danny Rand (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Kwai Jun-Fan (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Jorani}}
[[File:Finn Jones as Danny Rand.jpg|thumb|[[Finn Jones]] as Danny Rand in the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Iron Fist (TV series)|Iron Fist]]'']]
Multiple iterations of Iron Fist appear in media set in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].
* Danny Rand / Iron Fist appears in [[Marvel's Netflix television series]], portrayed by [[Finn Jones]] as an adult and Toby Nichols as an adolescent.
** First appearing in ''[[Iron Fist (TV series)|Iron Fist]]'' (2017–2018),<ref name="NetflixPlanned">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/11/disney-netflix-marvel-series-629696/|title=Disney To Provide Netflix With Four Series Based On Marvel Characters|last=Lieberman|first=David|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=November 7, 2013|access-date=November 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name="NetflixCast">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/25/finn-jones-iron-fist |title=Game of Thrones actor Finn Jones to play Iron Fist |last=Hibberd |first=James |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=February 25, 2016 |access-date=February 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225202951/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/25/finn-jones-iron-fist |archive-date=February 25, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> this version befriended [[Ward Meachum|Ward]] and [[Joy Meachum]] and the three bonded over their fathers both running Rand Enterprises back when they were children, before Danny was presumed dead in a plane crash orchestrated by his friends' father [[Harold Meachum]]. Having survived the crash, Danny was rescued by [[Bhikkhu|monks]] from K'un-Lun and taken there to train under them. In the present, Rand returns as an adult to regain control of Rand Enterprises, during which he allies himself with [[Colleen Wing (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Colleen Wing]] and battles the [[The Hand (comics)|Hand]].
** Rand appears in ''[[The Defenders (miniseries)|The Defenders]]'' (2017), in which he helps found the [[Defenders (comics)|eponymous group]] to defeat the Hand.<ref name="Defenders">{{cite web |url=http://marvel.com/news/tv/26037/netflix_original_series_marvels_the_defenders_finds_its_showrunners |title=Netflix Original Series 'Marvel's The Defenders' Finds Its Showrunners |last=Strom |first=Marc |publisher=[[Marvel.com]] |date=April 15, 2015 |access-date=April 15, 2015 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20160416084151/http://marvel.com/news/tv/26037/netflix_original_series_marvels_the_defenders_finds_its_showrunners |archive-date=April 16, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** Rand appears in the ''[[Luke Cage (TV series)|Luke Cage]]'' [[Luke Cage season 2|second season]] episode "The Main Ingredient" (2018).<ref>{{cite episode|title=The Main Ingredient|series=Marvel's Luke Cage|credits=Goddard, Andy (director); Akela Cooper (writer)|network=[[Netflix]]|airdate=June 22, 2018|season=2|number=10}}</ref>
* An child version of Kwai Jun-Fan appears in the ''[[What If...? (TV series)|What If...?]]'' episode "[[What If... 1872?]]" (2024), voiced by Allen Deng.<ref name="DengWhatIfS3">{{Cite web |last=Amin |first=Alex |date=December 27, 2024 |title='What If...?' Finally Introduced An Iron Fist Straight Out Of Marvel Comics Into The MCU |url=https://comicbookclublive.com/2024/12/27/what-if-iron-fist-kwai-jun-fan-marvel-comics-mcu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227210131/https://comicbookclublive.com/2024/12/27/what-if-iron-fist-kwai-jun-fan-marvel-comics-mcu/ |archive-date=December 27, 2024 |access-date=December 27, 2024 |website=Comic Book Club}}</ref>
* Jorani, a wielder of the Iron Fist at the end of [[14th century]] K'un-Lun, appears in the animated series ''[[Eyes of Wakanda]]'' (2025), voiced by [[Jona Xiao]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staniforth |first=Nick |date=2025-08-01 |title=Eyes Of Wakanda Episode 3 Improves On Marvel's Iron Fist In A Major Way |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1926279/eyes-of-wakanda-episode-3-marvel-iron-fist-improvement/ |access-date=2025-08-03 |website=SlashFilm |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Film===
In May 2000, [[Marvel Studios]] brought [[Artisan Entertainment]] to co-finance an Iron Fist film,<ref>{{cite web | first=Michael | last=Fleming | url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/artisan-deal-a-real-marvel-1117781709/ | title=Artisan deal a real Marvel | work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=May 16, 2000 | access-date=March 30, 2008}}</ref> hiring [[Ray Park]] to star and John Turman to write the script in January 2001.<ref>{{cite web | first=Dana | last=Harris | url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/park-turman-marvel-at-fist-2-1117791215/ | title=Park, Turman Marvel at ''Fist'' | work=Variety | date=January 3, 2001 | access-date=March 30, 2008}}</ref> In preparation, Park extensively read the comics that Iron Fist had appeared in.<ref>{{cite web | first=Rob | last=Worley | author-link=Rob Worley | url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=2697 | title=Comics2Film Wrap For August 13, 2003 | work=[[Comic Book Resources]] | date=August 13, 2003 | access-date=March 31, 2008 | archive-date=October 24, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024231412/http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=2697 | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Kirk Wong]] signed to direct in July 2001, with filming set for late 2001/early 2002.<ref>{{cite web | first=Dana | last=Harris | url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/wong-to-forge-marvel-s-iron-1117850356/ | title=Wong to forge Marvel's ''Iron'' | work=Variety | date=July 26, 2001 | access-date=March 30, 2008}}</ref> ''Iron Fist'' nearly went into pre-production in March 2002,<ref>{{cite web | first=Rob | last=Worley | url=http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=441 | title=Marvel Chief talks Movies | work=Comics2Film | date=March 18, 2002 | access-date=March 31, 2008}}</ref> but Wong left the project in April 2002.<ref>{{cite web | first=Rob | last=Worley | url=http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=622 | title=Arad Confirms Wong off ''Iron Fist'' | work=Comics2Film | date=April 15, 2002 | access-date=March 31, 2008}}</ref> By August 2002, pre-production had started.<ref>{{cite web | first=Kevin | last=Leung | url=http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=1531 | title=''Iron Fist'' Heating Up | work=Comics2Film | date=August 15, 2002 | access-date=March 31, 2008}}</ref> Filming was pushed back to late 2002,<ref>{{cite web | first=David | last=Bloom | url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/comic-capers-captivate-studios-1117868826/ | title=Comic capers captivate studios | work=Variety | date=June 23, 2002 | access-date=March 30, 2008}}</ref> and then to late 2003.<ref>{{cite web | first=Dana | last=Harris | url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/artisan-reups-with-summit-for-int-l-distribution-1117884620/ | title=Artisan reups with Summit for int'l distribution | work=Variety | date=April 14, 2003 | access-date=March 30, 2008}}</ref> In March 2003, Marvel announced a 2004 release date.<ref>{{cite web | first=Rob | last=Worley | url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=1964 | title=Marvel Movies: The Next Wave | work=[[Comic Book Resources]] | date=March 4, 2003 | access-date=March 31, 2008 | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141230/http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=1964 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In April 2003, [[Steve Carr]] entered negotiations to direct.<ref>{{cite web | first=Rob | last=Worley | url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=2179 | title=Comics2Film Wrap For April 28th, 2003 | work=[[Comic Book Resources]] | date=April 28, 2003 | access-date=March 31, 2008 | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055817/http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=2179 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In November 2003, the release date was moved to 2006.<ref>{{cite web|first=Eric J. |last=Moreels |url=http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23722 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040104084323/http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23722 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 4, 2004 |title=Arad's Mega Marvel Movie, TV Update |work=Comixfan |date=November 5, 2003 |access-date=March 31, 2008 }}</ref> In March 2007, Carr placed ''Iron Fist'' on hold due to scheduling conflicts.<ref>{{cite web | author=Ftopel | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1648519/steve_carr_waits_in_marvel_queue_for_quotiron_fistquot_production/ | title=Steve Carr Waits In Marvel Queue for ''Iron Fist'' Production | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | date=March 29, 2007 | access-date=March 30, 2008}}</ref> In 2009, Marvel announced they had begun hiring a group of writers to help come up with creative ways to launch its lesser-known properties, such as Iron Fist.<ref>{{cite web | first=Marc | last=Graser | url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/marvel-s-hiring-writers-1118001734/ | title=Marvel's hiring writers | work=Variety | date=March 26, 2009 | access-date=March 27, 2009}}</ref> In August 2010, Marvel Studios hired [[Rich Wilkes]] to write the screenplay.{{Vague|date=August 2010}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/106236-marvel-moves-on-iron-fist | title=Marvel Moves on Iron Fist | first=Silas | last=Lesnick | work=SuperHeroHype | date=August 25, 2010}}</ref> Marvel has a future ''Iron Fist'' film project planned.<ref>[https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvel-cliffhanger-robert-downey-jrs-518837 Marvel Cliffhanger: Robert Downey Jr.'s $50 Million Sequel Showdown]</ref> In November 2013, [[Disney]] CEO [[Bob Iger]] stated that they "probably were never going to make feature films about" characters featured in Marvel's Netflix TV series, but that if the Netflix series became popular, "[it was] quite possible that they could become feature films".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2013/digital/news/why-disney-chose-to-put-marvels-new-tv-shows-on-netflix-1200805867/ |title=Why Disney Chose to Put Marvel's New TV Shows on Netflix |last=Graser |first=Marc |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 7, 2013 |access-date=February 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140215071118/http://variety.com/2013/digital/news/why-disney-chose-to-put-marvels-new-tv-shows-on-netflix-1200805867/ |archive-date=February 15, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Video games===
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears as an assist character in ''[[Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/588683-spider-man-and-venom-maximum-carnage/faqs/2798 | title=Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage (SNES) FAQ}}</ref>
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist makes a cameo appearance in ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man: Lethal Foes]]''.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears as a [[playable character]] in ''[[Spider-Man: Friend or Foe]]'', voiced by John Rubinow.<ref name="btva" /> This version is a [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] agent.<ref>''[[Spider-Man: Friend or Foe]]''</ref>
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears as a playable character in the [[Vicarious Visions]] version of ''[[Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2]]'', voiced by Peter Dobson. This version is a member of the [[New Avengers]] who supports [[Captain America]] in opposing the [[Superhuman Registration Act]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marvelultimatealliance.marvel.com/#/Characters/Iron_Fist |title=Iron Fist profile in ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2'' |work=[[Marvel Comics]] |access-date=July 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318200922/http://marvelultimatealliance.marvel.com/ |archive-date=March 18, 2009 }}</ref>
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist makes a cameo appearance in [[Ryu (Street Fighter)|Ryu]]'s ending in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds]]''.{{r|MTV MVC Cameos}}
** Iron Fist appears as a playable character in ''[[Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'',<ref>[http://comic-con.gamespot.com/story/6324583/ultimate-marvel-vs-capcom-3-roster-leaked GameSpot - Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 roster leaked] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722101943/http://comic-con.gamespot.com/story/6324583/ultimate-marvel-vs-capcom-3-roster-leaked |date=2011-07-22 }}</ref> voiced by [[Loren Lester]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twitch.tv/capcomunity/b/297556644|title=Live streaming New York Comic-Con|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017083148/http://www.twitch.tv/capcomunity/b/297556644|archive-date=2011-10-17}} TwitchTV (confirmation heard during 0:24:48 - 0:25:03)</ref>
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel Avengers Alliance]]''.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears in ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]'' via the "Marvel Costume Kit 5" DLC.<ref name="LittleBigPlanetMCK5">{{cite web |url=http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/add-ons/littlebigplanet-2-marvel-heroes-costume-pack-5.html |title=Marvel Costume Kit 5 |publisher=[[Sony]] |access-date=December 30, 2012 |archive-date=December 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222053229/http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/add-ons/littlebigplanet-2-marvel-heroes-costume-pack-5.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears as an assist, later playable, character in ''[[Marvel Heroes (video game)|Marvel Heroes]]'', voiced initially by [[JP Karliak]]<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Iron Fist Voices (Marvel Universe) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Marvel-Universe/Iron-Fist/ |access-date=June 22, 2017 |website=Behind The Voice Actors |postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.}}</ref> and again by [[Johnny Yong Bosch]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/johnnyyongbosch/status/661783772652703744|title=It's been announced, I'm voicing #ironfist for #marvelheroes. Excited for this one!|publisher=[[Twitter]]|date=November 3, 2015|access-date=November 4, 2015}}</ref> This version is a member of the [[Heroes for Hire]].
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears as a playable character in ''[[Lego Marvel Super Heroes]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo1nY5kH-SE|title = LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Preview with Game Director - Venom Big Fig Transformation, Wii Version|website = [[YouTube]]| date=2 October 2013 }}</ref> voiced by [[Andrew Kishino]].<ref name="news.marvel.com">{{cite web |url=https://news.marvel.com/games/61757/marvels-iron-fist-netflix-hero-comes-marvel-games/ |title=News {{!}} ''Marvel.com'' |website=news.marvel.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322112454/https://news.marvel.com/games/61757/marvels-iron-fist-netflix-hero-comes-marvel-games/ |archive-date=2017-03-22}}</ref>
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears as a playable character in ''[[Disney Infinity 2.0]]'',{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} voiced again by [[Greg Cipes]].{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel Contest of Champions]]''.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears as a playable character in ''[[Disney Infinity 3.0]]'',{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} voiced again by Greg Cipes.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears as a playable character in ''[[Lego Marvel's Avengers]]'',{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} voiced again by Greg Cipes.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel: Future Fight]]''.<ref name="news.marvel.com"/>
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel Puzzle Quest]]''.<ref name="news.marvel.com"/>
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears as a playable character in ''[[Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2]]'', voiced by Martin T. Sherman.<ref name="btva"/>
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order]]'', voiced again by Johnny Yong Bosch.<ref name="btva" /> This version is a member of the [[Defenders (comics)|Defenders]].
* The Lin Lie incarnation of Iron Fist appears as a playable character in ''[[Marvel Rivals]]'',<ref>{{Citation |title=Marvel Rivals |date=2025-01-22 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Rivals |access-date=2025-01-22 |language=en}}</ref> voiced by Stephen Fu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iron Fist / Lin Lie |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Marvel-Rivals/Iron-Fist-Lin-Lie/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=Behind The Voice Actors |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Miscellaneous===
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears in the ''Wolverine: Weapon X'' [[motion comic]], voiced by [[Brian Drummond]].<ref name="btva" />
* The Danny Rand incarnation of Iron Fist appears in the ''War of the Realms: Marvel Ultimate Comics'' motion comic, voiced by Aidan Drummond.<ref name="btva"/>

==References==
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<ref name="MTV MVC Cameos">{{cite web | url = https://www.mtv.com/news/2462656/marvel-vs-capcom-3-cameos/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211211014838/https://www.mtv.com/news/2462656/marvel-vs-capcom-3-cameos/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 11, 2021 | title = Every 'Marvel VS. Capcom 3' Cameos - Worlds Truly Colliding | author = Cipriano, Jason | publisher = [[MTV]] | date = 16 February 2011 | work = [[MTV News]] | accessdate = 6 November 2021}}</ref>

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