Editing Power Man and Iron Fist (section)

===''Power Man and Iron Fist''===
When ''Power Man''{{'}}s sales became unsustainable, Marvel added [[Iron Fist (character)|Iron Fist]], another once popular superhero who could no longer support his own series, in order to save both characters from full cancellation.<ref name="back45">{{cite journal|last= Callahan|first= Timothy|date= December 2010|title= Power Man and Iron Fist|journal= [[Back Issue!]]|issue= 45|pages= 3–11|publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]}}</ref> Iron Fist joined the cast of ''Power Man'' in a three-part [[story arc]] in #48–50. The series title changed to ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' with #50, though the indicia did not reflect this change until #67.

''Iron Fist'' writer [[Chris Claremont]] penned the initial stories pairing the characters, but was soon forced to turn the series over to [[Jo Duffy]] due to his unmanageable workload. Duffy's run was noted for its lighthearted, humorous, character-driven tone, and had relatively few fight scenes.<ref name="back45"/> A young [[Kurt Busiek]] had his first regular assignment with the title, writing it from issue #90 to #100. He emulated the lighthearted humor of Duffy's run, not knowing that Duffy had been taken off ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' precisely because the editorial staff disapproved of her lighthearted tongue-in-cheek approach to the series.<ref name="back45"/>

Goodwin then returned to the series, but had difficulty keeping up with the work, and his brief second run was littered with issues by fill-in writers, including two by Busiek.<ref name="back45"/> [[Christopher Priest (comic book writer)|Jim Owsley]], another Marvel staffer, took over as regular writer. The series concluded with the death of Iron Fist in #125, a controversial story. Owsley later commented, "Fist’s death was senseless and shocking and completely unforeseen. It took the readers’ heads clean off. And, to this day, people are mad about it. Forgetting, it seems, that (a) you were supposed to be mad, that death is senseless and Fist’s death was supposed to be senseless, or that (b) this is a comic book."<ref name="back45"/>