enn ed ▁the ▁initial ▁stories ▁pair ing ▁the ▁characters , ▁but ▁was ▁soon ▁forced ▁to ▁turn ▁the ▁series ▁over ▁to ▁Jo ▁D uff y ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁un man age able ▁work load . ▁D uff y ' s ▁run ▁was ▁noted ▁for ▁its ▁light heart ed , ▁hum orous , ▁character - dri ven ▁tone , ▁and ▁had ▁relatively ▁few ▁fight ▁scenes . ▁A ▁young ▁Kurt ▁Bus iek ▁had ▁his ▁first ▁regular ▁assignment ▁with ▁the ▁title , ▁writing ▁it ▁from ▁issue ▁# 9 0 ▁to ▁# 1 0 0 . ▁He ▁em ulated ▁the ▁light heart ed ▁humor ▁of ▁D uff y ' s ▁run , ▁not ▁knowing ▁that ▁D uff y ▁had ▁been ▁taken ▁off ▁Power ▁Man ▁and ▁Iron ▁F ist ▁precisely ▁because ▁the ▁editor ial ▁staff ▁disapp ro ved ▁of ▁her ▁light heart ed ▁tongue - in - che ek ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁series . ▁ ▁Good win ▁then ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁series , ▁but ▁had ▁difficulty ▁keeping ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁work , ▁and ▁his ▁brief ▁second ▁run ▁was ▁l itter ed ▁with ▁issues ▁by ▁fill - in ▁writers , ▁including ▁two ▁by ▁Bus iek . ▁Jim ▁O ws ley , ▁another ▁Marvel ▁st af fer , ▁took ▁over ▁as ▁regular ▁writer . ▁The ▁series ▁concluded ▁with ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Iron ▁F ist ▁in ▁# 1 2 5 , ▁a ▁controvers ial ▁story . ▁O ws ley ▁later ▁commented , ▁" F ist ’ s ▁death ▁was ▁sens eless ▁and ▁shock ing ▁and ▁completely ▁un for ese en . ▁It