POWER MAN & IRON FIST

STORY: David Walker ART: Sanford Greene/Flaviano Armentaro

Series Review: Power Man and Iron Fist reads like an awesome buddy cop movie! David Walker takes everything thatâ€™s been done with these two characters before and sort of tosses it out the window. Gone is the ultra tough guy persona of Luke Cage and heâ€™s warmed up a little bit. Danny Rand is no longer a super depressed always intense martial artist, now heâ€™s sort of the wacky, off the walls partner to Cageâ€™s slightly grounded character. Both have their mixture of serious and silly moments, and the artwork of both Sanford Greene and Flaviano Armentaro fits the series perfectly! It can be off putting to some, as the hip hop influence is strong here, but thatâ€™s sort of what makes the series so perfect! The initial arc mostly revolves around Cage and Rand teaming up to help out an old friend (warning there are some loose references to old school Power Man and Iron Fist comics, but David Walker does a great job catching up and filling new and old readers). The story sets up the current relationship these two have with each other as crime fighting partners and friends, as well as where they are in their own personal lives. The great part is, only a quick few panels are dedicated to the Civil War II nonsense, as Walker handles his characterâ€™s thoughts on the ordeal and keeps it moving! If you want some laughs, a different type of art than what most of the mainstream offers, and interested in two characters getting NetFlix series, then this is the book you want to start reading!

There you go! Some quick picks from Marvel that fans will enjoy, and not be beholden to any major company wide crossover event. Are any of these series on your current reading list? What do you think? Should something else be added in for fans wanting to avoid Civil War II but still enjoy Marvel Comics?! Sound off in the comments below!

-Jeremy Scully

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