War Machine

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This article is about the superhero. For other uses, see War Machine (disambiguation).
"Rhodey" redirects here. Not to be confused with Rhodie or Rhody (disambiguation).

War Machine

War Machine on the textless cover of Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #33

(November 2008).

Art by Adi Granov.

Publication information

Publisher Marvel Comics

James "Rhodey" Rhodes:
First appearance
Iron Man #118 (January 1979)

As Iron Man:

Iron Man #170 (May 1983)

As War Machine:

Avengers West Coast #94 (May 1993)

 As Iron Patriot:

Gambit #13 (May

2013)

Created by David Michelinie

John Byrne

Bob Layton

In-story information

Alter ego James Rupert "Rhodey" Rhodes

Team affiliations Avengers

The Crew

Force Works

Initiative

Iron Legion

Office of National Emergency

Secret Avengers

Secret Defenders

Stark Enterprises

United States Department of Defense

United States Marine Corps

West Coast Avengers

Worldwatch Incorporated

Partnerships Iron Man

Notable aliases Iron Man, Iron Patriot, Commander Rhodes, Hulk

Machine, Iron Man 2.0, Rhodey, Shellshock, The Pilot

Abilities  Experienced Marine trained

in armed and unarmed combat

 Aviator and aviation engineering

 Powered armor suit:

o Superhuman strength, speed, durability

o Supersonic flight

o Energy repulsor and variety

of offensive and defensive weapons

o Regenerative life support
War Machine (James Rupert "Rhodey" Rhodes) is a fictional superhero appearing
in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. James Rhodes first appeared
in Iron Man #118 (January 1979) by David Michelinie and John Byrne. The War
Machine armor (Iron Man Armor Model 11) which first appeared in Iron Man #281 (June
1992) became his signature exosuit, created by Len Kaminski and Kevin Hopgood.[1]
In 2012, War Machine was ranked 31st in IGN's list of "The Top 50 Avengers".[2] The
character has been featured in animated television series and films. In the Marvel
Cinematic Universe (MCU), James Rhodes was first played by Terrence Howard in Iron
Man (2008),[3] which takes place before he took on the War Machine mantle, and then
by Don Cheadle in Iron Man 2 (2010),[4] Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of
Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity
War (2018), Captain Marvel (2019), Avengers: Endgame (2019), the television
series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and Secret Invasion (2023), and Armor
Wars, and the animated series What If...? (2021).