2) He Got His Powers By Defeating A Dragon
As we said earlier, Iron Fist is much more steeped in the mystical side of the Marvel world than the other lead characters of the Netflix shows. If you don’t believe us, the comics’ Danny Rand got his powers by punching a dragon. You can’t get much more mystical than that.
At the age of nineteen, Danny was deemed ready for the Iron Fist role and his final test was to fight an immortal dragon called Shou-Lao. If he beat her, he would be granted the power of the Iron Fist. Needless to say, he did. The battle also gave him the trademark dragon tattoo on his chest.
It is a nice twist that Danny actively fought to become a superhero, rather than having it foisted upon him, as with most. For that we hope Marvel will retain this origin tale, although we really can’t see them keeping the superhero vs. dragon fight. For shame.