Written by JASON AARON & DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Penciled by MICO SUAYAN & TRAVEL FOREMAN
Cover and Variant Cover by DAVID AJA
Out of the pages of IMMORTAL IRON FIST! Jason Aaron (WOLVERINE) and Mico Suayan (MOON KNIGHT) plus an all-star roster of guest artists kick off IMMORTAL WEAPONS in this double-sized issue!
Fat Cobra! No man has fought more heartily, consumed more mightily, or lived life more fully! Fat Cobra! Master of the sumo thunder stomp and the devil's skullcrusher! Fat Cobra! Immortal Weapon from the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven! But to this day, no man has known the story of Fat Cobra's life...including the Cobra himself! Discover the shocking origins of this boisterous brawler and witness his decades of adventure!
Meanwhile, Danny Rand embarks on his own mission of search and adventure, in a special bonus story by IMMORTAL IRON FIST writer Duane Swierczynski running through all five IMMORTAL WEAPONS issues! Date Available: 07/22/2009 BONUS REVIEW by GARY OWENS
Fans of Iron Fist should recognize this comic’s star: Fat Cobra, a denizen of one of the seven capitals of Heaven. The story is simple; Fat Cobra has been around, has spent too many years with the wine and the women, and wants to recall his past. So a paid writer/detective tells it to him, in spades. I love one-shot character studies, when the character’s past is an empty shell; it let’s the writer demonstrate his chops. And writer Jason Aaron bangs it out, HUGE, showing the humor, tragedy, and power behind the character. Having visited China, I found the subtle poses and expressions of Cobra, by the various artists, hit it dead-on. Fantastic work, all around. Yet an item I didn’t like were the Chinese written characters: the one on the cover, under his name (and tattooed on his shoulder) means “turtle”, or “coward”, I’m told from a native Chinese mainlander. Does it fit, as a tattoo? Read the comic and decide…I’m still rereading it.
