The Immortal Weapons are fictional characters appearing in
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s published by
Marvel Comics
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. They are each a champion of one of the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven in the
Marvel Universe
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. The Immortal Weapons first appear in ''
The Immortal Iron Fist
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Publication history
The series was written jointly by Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction from issues ...
'' #8 (September 2007) and as a group, were created by
Ed Brubaker
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,
Matt Fraction
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and
David Aja
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Career
Aja obtained a degree in Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca and served as ...
.
Publication history
The characters were first introduced in ''The Immortal Iron Fist'' #8—and remained
supporting character
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s 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
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with art by Mico Suayan and
Travel Foreman
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Biography
Travel Foreman gained attention with his work on Com.x’s '' Cla$$war'', where he replaced original series artist Trevor Hairsine.Prince of Orphans -
* Tiger's Beautiful Daughter -
A list of appearances made by the group, categorised alphabetically:
* ''
Defenders
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The Amazing Spider-Man
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'' (1963) — #672
* ''
The Immortal Iron Fist
''The Immortal Iron Fist'' was a Comic book, comic book series published by Marvel Comics and starring the superhero Iron Fist (character), Iron Fist.
Publication history
The series was written jointly by Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction from issues ...
'' (2007) — #8—14, #16, #19—20, #22—23 + #25—26
* ''Immortal Weapons'' (2009) — #1—5 (Fat Cobra #1, Bride of Nine Spiders #2, Dog Brother #3, Tiger's Beautiful Daughter #4 and Prince of Orphans #5)
Other versions
Ultimate Universe
During the "
Ultimate Invasion
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Earth-6160
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and remade it into his own image. While having ruled K'un-L'un and the rest of Heaven's seven capital cities,
Hulk
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and the Children of the Eternal Light are served by the Immortal Weapons which consist of Bride of Nine World-Breakers, Crane Mother of the Bomb, Decay's Beautiful Daughter, Fat Cobra, Prince of Meltdowns, and Uranium Brother #235 who all make use of their gamma injections. The Immortal Weapons assist Hulk in fighting the
Ultimates
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when Hulk had them transported to K'un-L'un before they can enter a Damage Control facility containing a dozen super-powered prisoners. During the fight, Fat Cobra swallows a smaller Wasp only for her to grow enough to kill him. After Hulk used his Gigatron Vice Grip on
Iron Lad
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enough to apparently kill him,
Doom
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finally locates the Ultimates and extracts them from K'un-L'un before things get worse.
In other media
Television
* Bride of Nine Spiders appears in '' Iron Fist'' played by Jane Kim. This version is a Korean
arachnologist
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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.
* Fat Cobra appears in the
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animated series '' Hit-Monkey'', voiced by Noshir Dalal.