Crane Mother

Crane Mother is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Crane Mother
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Immortal Iron Fist #4 (May, 2007)
Created by	Ed Brubaker Matt Fraction
In-story information
Alter ego	Unknown
Partnerships	Steel Serpent
Abilities	resurrection

Fictional character biography

Crane Mother was the ruler of K'un-Zi, one of the Legendary Cities of Heaven. In 1933, a meeting took place with all seven lords where she accused the current bearer of the Iron Fist (Orson Randall), of sullying tradition because he refused to participate in the Tournament of the Heavenly Cities. In each city, an immortal weapon, such as the Iron Fist, fights for his city in the tournament. The battles in the tournament decide the order of the cities within the heavenly timeline. All council members except Lord Tuan, the leader of K'un-Lun, agreed that Randall should face punishment. The Immortal Weapons would confront Randall and he ended up killing Davos, the Immortal Weapon of Ku'n-Zi. Crane Mother develops a vendetta against him for the death of her champion and eventually grants augmented strength to the Steel Serpent, which he uses to beat Randall to death decades later.^[1][2][3][4]

In other media

The Crane Mother is alluded to in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Iron Fist as the namesake of a subversive organization in K'un-L'un called the Order of the Crane Mother.^[5]