Immortal Iron Fist Vol 1 8

Immortal Iron Fist #8
Previous Issue	Immortal Iron Fist #7
Next Issue	Immortal Iron Fist #9
Art by: David Aja
Cover Date	October, 2007
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Country	USA

1. "The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven, Part 1"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Ed Brubaker Matt Fraction
Penciler(s)	David Aja
Inker(s)	David Aja
Letterer(s)	Artmonkeys Studios
Editor(s)	Warren Simons

 But your responsibilities as Iron Fist now supercede the troubles of Daniel Rand. You must fight for K'un-Lun now. 

—Lei Kung

Appearing in "The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven, Part 1"

Featured Characters:

• Daniel Rand

Supporting Characters:

• Lei Kung (Appears in flashback and main story)
• Wendell Rand (Only in flashback)
• Lord Tuan (Yu-Ti) (Only in flashback)
• Dragon Lord (Yu-Ti)
• Jeryn Hogarth
• Immortal Weapons (First appearance)
  • Cobra Champion of Peng Lai (First appearance)
  • Tiger's Beautiful Daughter (First appearance)
  • Dog Brother #1(First appearance)
  • Prince of Orphans (First appearance)
  • Bride of Nine Spiders (First appearance)

Villains:

• Immortal Weapons
  • Crane Champion of K'un-Zi (Davos) (Appears in flashback and main story)

Other Characters:

• Crane Mother
• Mr. Xao (First appearance)
• 100 Shaolin Terror Priests
• Servant Girl (First appearance) (Orson Randall's unnamed daughter)

Locations:

• K'un-Lun

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven, Part 1"

Daniel Rand is meditating in K'un-Lun on the secrets of The Book of the Iron Fists which contains knowledge understandable only to its authors and the Iron Fists. Lei Kung interrupts Danny's meditations and tells him that Yu-Ti has summoned him. Yu-Ti tells Danny that K'un Lun is one of the seven cities of heaven and once every eighty-eight years, the seven cities meet in the timeline and hold a tournament to celebrate that meeting. The actual location of the tournament is a section of each of the seven cities that overlaps during this time and is called the "Heart of Heaven." In each city, an immortal weapon, such as the Iron Fist, fights for his city in the tournament. The battles in the tournament decide the order of the cities of the heavenly timeline. After meeting Yu-Ti, Danny mediates by the Scrying Vessel of Bo-Ling (which appears as a pond filled with lotus plants). Danny asks the Vessel where Jeryn Hogarth is and is told that he is in K'un Lun.

Danny is taken to meet his opponents, which include Davos. A preliminary fight is drawn which opens the tournament. Fat Cobra entertains the gathered by defeating the 100 Shaolin Terror Priests in the exhibition match. Because he wins, he is allowed to select his opponent for the first match of the tournament and he chooses to fight The Immortal Iron Fist.

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.

See Also

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