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Immortal Weapons

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Immortal Weapons
Cover art for The Immortal Iron Fist #22.
Art by Patrick Zircher. Clockwise from center: Iron Fist, Dog Brother #1, Bride of Nine Spiders, Tiger's Beautiful Daughter, Fat Cobra, Prince of Orphans.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThe Immortal Iron Fist #8 (September 2007)
Created byEd Brubaker
Matt Fraction
David Aja
In-story information
Member(s)Bride of Nine Spiders
Dog Brother #1
Fat Cobra
Iron Fist
Prince of Orphans
Tiger's Beautiful Daughter

The Immortal Weapons are fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are each a champion of one of the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven in the Marvel Universe. The Immortal Weapons first appear in The Immortal Iron Fist #8 (September 2007) and as a group, were created by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction and David Aja.

Publication history

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The characters were first introduced in The Immortal Iron Fist #8—and remained supporting characters in the series until its cancellation (#27). The group then starred in their own series, which began in July 2009—with the first issue focusing on Fat Cobra; written by Jason Aaron and Duane Swierczynski with art by Mico Suayan and Travel Foreman.[1]

Members

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  • Bride of Nine Spiders - A woman who controls spiders and can store them in her body.
  • Dog Brother #1 -
  • Fat Cobra -
  • Prince of Orphans -
  • Tiger's Beautiful Daughter -

Former Members

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Appearances

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A list of appearances made by the group, categorised alphabetically:[2]

In other media

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Television

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  • Bride of Nine Spiders appears in Iron Fist played by Jane Kim. This version is a Korean arachnologist whose real name is Alessa. As a nod to her name in the comics, her lab number is 'B-09 S'. She appears in the episode "Immortal Emerges from Cave" where she is invited by Madame Gao to take part in a Da Jue Zhan (Grand Duel) against Danny Rand. Alessa is the second opponent that he faces and is shown to be a master of seduction and poison. Alessa manages to strike Danny with several poison needles before he manages the strength to kick her down defeating her.[3]
  • Fat Cobra appears in the Hulu animated series Hit-Monkey.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Solicitations for July".
  2. ^ "Immortal Weapons". Comic Book DB. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  3. ^ RZA (director); Dwain Worrell (writer) (March 17, 2017). "Immortal Emerges from Cave". Marvel's Iron Fist. Season 1. Episode 6. Netflix.
  4. ^ Marvel (September 20, 2021). "'Hit-Monkey' Premieres November 17 On Hulu". Marvel.com. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
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