Power Man & Iron Fist are back together again, sharing adventures and a comic book title. Earlier this week Marvel announced David Walker and Sanford Greene as the team for the new book coming in 2016.
Both characters starred in solo books but when the Heroes-For-Hire came together in one book they became a hit and fan-favorite duo. Each hero took different paths but both ended up in New Avengers.
Luke Cage and Danny Rand will share a book again. Writer David Walker reveals what brings the two heroes back together:
“That’s really what the first story arc is about: how these two guys get back together as a team. They’ve remained friends over the years, but as you pointed out, they haven’t operated as Power Man and Iron Fist since the early 1980’s. This first story is about them doing a favor for an old friend—someone that longtime fans will recognize—and in the process of doing this favor, they really come back together as the team that defined them on their book back in the day. We start the story with them as friends hanging out, but they are pretty clear that they aren’t a team, and we see them embark on this very personal journey, and eventually arrive at this place where they realize that there is something special about them when they operate as a duo.”
Luke married Jessica Jones and is a father. Danny is still a billionaire playboy on mystical Kung Fu adventures.
“Luke becoming a family man is arguably the most interesting thing that’s happened to him in his 40+ year career. I love what Bendis did with the character in Alias and New Avengers. Having a wife and child has helped Luke mature in a way that is different from Danny, and it certainly has had an impact on their bromantic relationship. Danny is the one who’s always ready to jump into the action, and Luke is now a bit more thoughtful—he needs to make sure someone is watching the kid before he gets into a fight with Bushmaster or Cornell Cottonmouth.
Will Luke go by the name Power Man? That’s going to be something of a running joke throughout the book. Luke doesn’t really want to be called Power Man anymore, but that’s what everyone calls him. That’s going to be part of his journey—getting to a place where he’s cool with being called Power Man again.”
Walker confirmed he wants to bring Daughters of the Dragon (including Misty Knight and Colleen Wing) into the new series eventually.
Power Man & Iron Fist #1 arrives in 2016.
By Editor