War Machine

A skilled military pilot, Jim Rhodes is one of the few people Tony Stark trusts to use the technology of the Iron Man Armor, flying high in his own suit as War Machine. An aviator engineer for Stark Industries, Rhodes was also the personal pilot and eventually confidant of Tony Stark. When Tony was overwhelmed by his relapsing alcoholism, Rhodey donned the Iron Man suit himself. Although he stepped up to the mark, the lack of proper calibrations in the armor affected Rhodey's psyche and he had to step down, paving the way for Tony to return as Iron Man. Later on, after Stark was seemingly assassinated, Rhodey reluctantly heeded Tony's will and became Iron Man again, wearing a new armor made specifically for him. Once he learned that Stark had survived in secret, Rhodey temporarily cut ties with him, and went solo, adopting the alias of War Machine.
Both as War Machine and during a temporary retirement, Rhodey has been invaluable both as an ally to Tony Stark and as a member of the government, at one point becoming the command officer of Sentinel Squad O*N*E. Rhodey was once turned into a cyborg by Stark after losing all of his limbs to a terrorist explosion during active duty, but ultimately regained his humanity when his mind was transferred to a healthy clone body. A cherished member of the superhuman community, Rhodey's death at the hands of the Mad Titan Thanos once sparked a civil war between Iron Man and Rhodey's girlfriend, Captain Marvel. Rhodey would then manage to cheat death when Stark discovered a way to use the biomechanical enhancements inherent to piloting an Iron Man-like armor to reboot Rhodes' biological systems. Rhodey temporarily resorted to piloting an advanced combat vehicle named the Manticore to combat a phobia for suiting up, ultimately overcoming that fear and resurfacing as War Machine once more.
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