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So, let’s talk about Iron Fist. By now you’ve probably heard at least a little about him from his new Netflix show and the stewing Online controversy over it. I don’t want to get too bogged down in that particular conversation, largely because we’re here today to talk about comic covers.
However, I am still looking at artwork revolving around a white savior trope with a lot of it steeped in Orientalism. In that regard let me just say that Iron Fist as the great white hope has always been a bad character concept, even when it was widely considered okay back in the mid-'70s.
What’s more, I’d dare argue that Iron Fist has always been brought down by the awkwardness of trying to fit an Asian pulp aesthetic into the superhero world, so much so that I was barely able to fill out this list of covers. However, there are still good Iron Fist covers out there and some of the best ones actually manage to address this pretty well. So, let’s dive into the 40 years of Iron Fist history to see the best of the middle ground.
