Immortal Iron Fist #24 Review

Recently reviewed by me at CBR: Immortal Iron Fist #24, about which I write the following sentences: "When a plague hits K'un Lun, leaving only two students unaffected by the sickness -- Li Park and his younger brother, a boy who is much more pugnacious than his sibling -- the Thunderer has no choice but to call on the reluctant weapon to accept the ultimate challenge. It's time to face the dragon Shou-Lao. As we know from our Iron Fist lore, a man gains the title of the 'Iron Fist' by claiming power from the heart of the dragon, and you can probably imagine what happens to Li Park. But how it happens gives a new spin on the Iron Fist archetype, as the pacifist Li Park is unlike any challenger before or since."

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Punisher: Frank Castle #68 Review

Recently reviewed by me at CBR: Punisher: Frank Castle #68, about which I write the following sentences: "Duane Swierczynski doesn't seem particularly interested in building the tension within this scenario. In this issue, he shifts the focus away from Frank Castle to give us a glimpse of the past and present of a few of the key bad-guy players. The problem here -- and it's a problem that Swierczynski tends to have in his comic book work -- is that the pacing is too lethargic. The best thing Swierczynski's written for Marvel so far has been a single-issue 'Immortal Iron Fist' story, set in the future. That story was crisp, and fast-moving, and packed with detail. In his Punisher work, and in his 'Cable; series, Swierczynski plods along, and while some of the details may be interesting, they just drift in front of our eyes like a sad parade."

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Immortal Iron Fist #22 Review

Recently reviewed by me at CBR: Immortal Iron Fist #22, about which I write the following sentences: "Telling a story about monotony could lead to, well, a bit of monotony in the comic, but Swierczynski moves the comic back and forth through time, giving us a non-chronological structure to break up the hellishness. This isn't a comic in which a whole lot happens -- it's mostly a mood-setter for what's to come, but it does a nice job putting the characters in a seemingly impossible situation and then providing a twist at the end. A twist which is either a glimmer of hope or a dreadful revelation, depending on what happens next issue."

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