《铁拳》的故事灵感来自漫威同名漫画原著。漫画中的“铁拳”丹尼·兰德是一位受训于神秘城市“昆仑”的武学大师，他从不朽巨龙Shou-Lao身上获得神力，能够将气聚入双拳无坚不摧。具有亚裔血统的科琳·温则自幼居住在日本，习得武士的种种技能。一次行动中与兰德相识，从此成为他打击罪恶的得力帮手。
这部剧将由漫威、ABC与Netflix联合打造，具体开播时间未定。随着女主角人选公布，制作方也发布了一张概念图以示庆祝。图中的墙面上贴着的海报被撕去一半，残余的部分文字依稀可见，印着“防身武术教学班”“科琳温大师”的字样。

Oliver Queen returns to Starling city after being deserted on a hellish island for five years. He decides to become a mask wearing vigilante to fulfil his father's wishes and rid the city of crime. In his journey to do so, he is forced to make tough decisions even as he makes new friends and even more enemies which continue question his lethal ways of controlling crime.