Marvel Premiere
#15
(May 1974)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 7 times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1974-02-19
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #103, January - February 1974.
[no title indexed]
Iron Fist / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gil Kane; John Romita (sourced) (see notes)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano; John Romita (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You karate killers wanted a showdown...
- Genre
- martial arts; superhero
- Characters
- Iron Fist [Danny Rand]
- Reprints
-
in Action (Verein Action, 1975 series) #1 -
in Shang-Chi Maestro del Kung Fu (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #24 -
in The Avengers (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #61 (November 16, 1974) -
in Marvel Visionaries: Gil Kane (Marvel, 2002 series) (August 2002) - in Essential Iron Fist (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 (2004)
- in Immortal Iron Fist: The Origin of Danny Rand (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008) [partial cover] which is reprinted
- in Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 - The Book of the Iron Fist ([January] 2009)
- in The Immortal Iron Fist: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 ([December] 2013)
- in Immortal Iron Fist: The Origin of Danny Rand (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- in Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 - The Book of the Iron Fist ([January] 2009)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Iron Fist (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([June] 2011), #1 ([June] 2011)
- in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2012)
- in Iron Fist Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #1 - The Fury of Iron Fist (2015)
- in The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (Hachette Partworks, 2014 series) #18 - Marvel Origins: The 70s (March 2016)
-
in Iron Fist : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2017 series) #1974-1975 (juillet 2017) [partially] -
in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #116 - Классика Marvel: 70-е Годы - in True Believers: Marvel Knights 20th Anniversary - Iron Fist by Thomas & Kane (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (November 2018), #1 (November 2018)
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Indexer Notes
Iron Fist's opponents face (on his right side) was redrawn by Romita. Info per Nick Caputo.
The Fury of Iron Fist!
Iron Fist / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (credited as D. Giordano)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited as G. Wein)
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (credited as L. P. Gregory)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A shining new star in the flame-flecked Marvel heavens--
- Genre
- martial arts; superhero
- Characters
- Fera (flashback) (first appearance, unnamed); Iron Fist [Danny Rand] (origin) (introduction, also flashback); Harold Meachum (flashback) (villain) (introduction); Heather Rand (flashback, death) (introduction); Wendell Rand (flashback, death) (introduction); Shu-Hu (antagonist) (introduction); Yu-Ti [Nu-An] (introduction); Dragon Kings (introduction); The Four (first appearance, antagonists)
- Synopsis
- Iron Fist passes the final tests in his K'un-Lun training and is granted the privilege of immortality if he so chooses. During his final battle with the robot Shu-Hu, Danny remembers how his father was killed by Meachum and his mother gave her life to save his as the Rand family searched for the fabled city of K'un-Lun.
- Reprints
- in Action (Verein Action, 1975 series) #1
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #67 (5 juillet 1975)
- in Marvel Super Adventure Winter Special (Marvel UK, 1980 series) (1980)
-
in Grandes Heróis Marvel (Editora Abril, 1983 series) #3 [Do original, faltam da história, as páginas: 3, 7 e 11.] - in Strange Spécial Origines (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #241 hors série (janvier 1990)
-
in Mästaren på karate (Oscar Caesar, 1993 series) #5/1993 ([december] 1993) [första svenska översättningen, andra publiceringen / first Swedish translation, second publication] - in Marvel Visionaries: Gil Kane (Marvel, 2002 series) (August 2002)
- in Essential Iron Fist (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 (2004)
- in Immortal Iron Fist: The Origin of Danny Rand (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008) which is reprinted
- in Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 - The Book of the Iron Fist ([January] 2009)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Iron Fist (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 ([June] 2011)
- in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2012)
- in Iron Fist Epic Collection (Marvel, 2015 series) #1 - The Fury of Iron Fist (2015)
- in The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (Hachette Partworks, 2014 series) #18 - Marvel Origins: The 70s (March 2016)
- in Iron Fist : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2017 series) #1974-1975 (juillet 2017)
- in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #116 - Классика Marvel: 70-е Годы
- in True Believers: Marvel Knights 20th Anniversary - Iron Fist by Thomas & Kane (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (November 2018)
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Indexer Notes
Story dedicated to Bill Everett, creator of Amazing-Man. Iron Fist's origin is influenced by Everett's Aman the Amazing-Man from Amazing Man (Centaur, 1939 series) #5. John Aman is integrated to the Marvel universe in Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel, 2007 series) #12.
[no title indexed]
Iron Fistfuls / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas; ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A Special Announcement from Stan, Roy, and Marvel Comics
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Text article explaining price hike to 25 cents for Marvel's 36-page comics, followed by short editorial by Roy Thomas detailing genesis of Iron Fist. Marvel Value Stamp #94 Electro (Series A) is also shown.
A Few Surprises -- A Smattering of Surmises -- And a Hint About Prizes!
Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Roy’s Rostrum / in-house column / 1 page
Editing
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Table of Contents
-
0.
["You karate killers wanted a showdown..."]
Iron Fist -
1.
The Fury of Iron Fist!
Iron Fist -
2.
["A Special Announcement from Stan, Roy, and Marvel Comics"]
Iron Fistfuls -
3.
A Few Surprises -- A Smattering of Surmises -- And a Hint About Prizes!
Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Roy’s Rostrum
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Mark Q
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Douglas Sederberg
- Jim Stangas
- Richard Thomson
- Steven Tice
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