Deadly Hands Of K'un-Lun #4 - Marvel Comics

DEADLY HANDS OF K'UN-LUN No. 4, July 2026

For those bibliophiles whose heads weren’t spinning following this comic’s opening summary of events, the book’s subsequent twenty-pages of almost endless kung-fu fighters and immortal weapons most surely will. Indeed, whilst the New York City-based publisher may claim that this issue of the mini-series is “its most epic chapter yet”, it is also arguably it’s most disorientating instalment too as Danny Rand pops up out of no-where to momentarily save the day and approximately “fifty Iron Fists” summon their inner chi to help the now one-armed Lin Lie transform into some sort of living armament; “Go, Pei, keep Shou-Lao’s egg safe!”

Of course, some critics of Yifan Jiang’s script may well point out that few readers will actually understand much, if any, of what the numerous plot-threads throws at them - such as just how the likes of Elektra (Daredevil) and the White Tiger ever joined the multi-dimensional fight to thwart Chiyou’s return to the Earth in the first place. But for those onlookers who enjoy simply being caught up in a publication-long, pulse-pounding punch-up, “Instant Karma” undeniably delivers and is well worth holding on tight for.

In addition, it’s hard not to get completely wrapped up in the writer’s enthusiasm for having so many of the Marvel Universe’s top martial artists battling it out against one another in a single title, even if the author’s numerous attempts to explain just what is going on via a plethora of text boxes falls significantly short of its purpose. The best thing for a reader to do really is to just let any semblance of sense wash right over them, and to merely enjoy the evident big bad guy’s apparent fall from grace once “Tiger’s faithful daughter’s necklace” is smashed into so many impotent, red-coloured beads.

Similarly as smashing as this comic’s scintillating speed and adrenaline-fueled action has to be illustrators Paco Medina & Alessandro Miracolo’s prodigiously pencilled panels, which bring life to so many different faces and figures. The pair somehow seem to miraculously imbue the entire cast of warriors within this book with both palpable emotion and convincing determination to succeed, as well as help push the audience along whenever the penmanship debatably doesn’t really manage to make it terribly clear just what is happening during a deadly tussle or encounter.

The regular cover art of "DEADLY HANDS OF K'UN-LUN" #4 by Leinil Francis Yu