Rhodey Rhodes The War Machine

Publication information

• Title : Rhodey Rhodes / James Rupert / War Machine
• Publisher : Marvel Comics
• First appearance : (as James Rhodes) Iron Man #118 (Jan. 1979), (as Iron Man) Iron Man #170, (May 1983), (as War Machine) Iron Man #282 (Sept. 1992), (as Iron Patriot) Gambit (Vol. 5) #13 (May 2013)
• Created by : David Michelinie, Bob Layton
• Alter ego : James Rupert "Rhodey" Rhodes
• Team affiliations : United States Marine Corps, Stark Enterprises, Avengers, West Coast Avengers, Iron Legion, Worldwatch Incorporated, Secret Defenders, Force Works, The Crew, Office of National Emergency, Sentinel Squad O*N*E, The Initiative, Team War Machine, Secret Avengers, United States Department of Defense
• Notable aliases : Iron Man, Iron Patriot
• Host : Lt Col. James Rhodey Rhodes
• Pottayed : Don Cheadle

Powers and abilities

Rhodes was trained as an aircraft pilot and studied aviation engineering while in service with the United States Marine Corps. He is knowledgeable in aircraft operation/maintenance and has piloted various aircraft at Stark Enterprises. Rhodes is an experienced soldier trained in unarmed combat and military weaponry such as small arms. In addition to being a pilot, engineer, soldier, and businessman, Rhodes derives multiple abilities from various hi-tech armors, either designed by Stark Industries or extraterrestrial in nature. With his years of experience with both the Iron Man and War Machine powered armors, Rhodes is skilled in armored combat and uses a more physical fighting style compared to Stark. Abilities :

• Experienced soldier trained in armed and unarmed combat
• Pilot and aviation engineer
• Armor grants : Superhuman strength
• Supersonic flight at Mach 3
• Energy repulsors
• Variety of offensive and defensive weapons including missiles and laser blasters

Armors

Iron Man Armor V

• First Appearance : Iron Man #85 (April 1976)

Rhodes' first armor as Iron Man was a solar charged carbon-composite based steel mesh armor which provided him with superhuman-level strength and durability. It was armed with repulsors in each palm of the armor's gauntlets and a multifunctional unibeam projector in the chest.

War Machine Armor

• First Appearance : Iron Man #282 (September 1992)

The original Variable Threat Response Battle Suit Mark I was a version of the Iron Man armor utilizing laser guided munitions. Stark gave Rhodes a modified version of the armor, Mark II Model JRXL-1000, created just for him with the inclusion of repulsors and a unibeam projector.

Eidolon Warwear

• First Appearance : War Machine #18 (September 1995)

The armor is a symbiotic bio-armor system of alien origin and provided Rhodes with superhuman strength, durability, and speed. The armor responded to Rhodes' commands and created weapons based on his thoughts and needs.

Sentinel Squad Armor

• First Appearance: Sentinel Squad O.N.E. #1 (March 2006)

During the Sentinel Squad O*N*E series, he used an armor that was similar to the design of previous Iron Man powered armors and was based on the primary Sentinel piloted armors that the squad used in combat.

Stanetech Based War Machine Armor

• First Appearance: Avengers : The Initiative #1 (March 2007)

Used during Avengers: The Initiative to volume two of War Machine, this version of the War Machine armor shows all the abilities of the previous iterations with bleeding edge military ballistics and weaponry.

War Machine Armor V

• First Appearance: Secret Avengers #1 (May 2010)

Used during issues of Secret Avengers and appearances in other comic series, this upgraded incarnation of the Variable Threat Response Battle Suit has a similar design to the movie version of the War Machine armor with armaments similar to previous incarnations such as a retractable shoulder minigun, repulsor technology, and shoulder missile launcher.

"Iron Man 2.0" War Machine Armor

• First Appearance : Iron Man 2.0 #3 (April 2011)

Created in the series Iron Man 2.0 by Tony Stark, this War Machine armor is a complete redesign after the destruction of the previous model. Designed by Iron Man 2.0 artist Barry Kitson, the armor emphasizes stealth, recon, infiltration, and combat readiness.

Iron Patriot Armor

• First Appearance : Gambit (Vol. 3) #13 (May 2013)

Patterned after Norman Osborn's Iron Patriot armor, the new suit is stated to be a prototype model by Rhodes. In addition to shoulder-mounted machine guns, the armor possesses whip-like electroshock weapons that can incapacitate targets.

Also See:

• Rhodey Rhodes The War Machine - Character

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• Arsenal, Weapon & Abilities

Source : wikipedia