Doesn't want to talk with James Rhodes-fine. He'll just have to take a meeting-with! - War Machine Early LifeJames 'Rhodey' Rhodes was born and raised in,. He later joined the becoming a pilot stationed overseas. Meeting Tony StarkOn a mission he was blasted out of the sky by enemy rockets, Rhodey managed to land in one piece and was attempting to get his craft airworthy when inventor, clad in his, happened to be passing.
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Stark had just completed his, had avenged his fellow prisoner, and was trying to make his way to the American defense perimeter. Attacked by enemies, Iron Man proved to Rhodey they were on the same side, and Rhodes allowed him to drain the helicopter's batteries to recharge his armor. The two then trekked through the jungle together, finally discovering a hidden enemy rocket base. Stealing an enemy helicopter, they destroyed the base, and flew to the nearest American encampment. Before leaving Afghanistan for the, Stark offered Rhodes a job as a pilot as soon as his military stint was over Rhodey initially declined. Stark IndustriesAfter a succession of other jobs, Rhodey finally accepted Stark's offer and became his personal pilot and chief aviation engineer. While working at, Rhodey aided Iron Man in his battles against such foes as the, and the.New Iron ManWhen devastating personal problems caused Tony Stark to abuse alcohol and become incapable of using the Iron Man armor responsibly, Rhodes put it on in order to defend Stark International from the criminal.
He offered to return it but Stark insisted that Rhodes take on the responsibility of being Iron Man for a while to enable Stark to enjoy himself. Reluctantly Rhodes agreed.Rhodey issued notice to the Avengers that Iron Man would be on a leave of absence for the foreseeable future, unaware that several of the Avengers knew Iron Man was Tony Stark. When Cap and Wasp arrived seeking answers, Rhodey was forced to explain the real reason why Stark was no longer available. Although he was unable to help Stark from being swindled out of proprietorship of Stark International by Obadiah Stane, he did prevent Stane from taking custody of all of Stark's.With Morley Erwin and his sister, Rhodes embarked upon a brief career as a mercenary in order to obtain funds with which they could begin a new business venture. By the time they succeeded in raising sufficient capital, Tony Stark had recovered from his several months-long alcohol binge, and offered to join them. The four moved out to Silicon Valley, where they founded, a small electronics design firm.Stark still was not interested in resuming his Iron Man role and gave his blessing to Rhodes to continue.
Rhodes was initiated into the established ranks of superhuman champions when he became one of those who participated in the first. Soon afterwards, he was invited to join the newly-founded by chairman, who believed him to be the original Iron Man. After proving his worth to the group, Rhodes revealed to them he was Iron Man's replacement.Rhodey as Iron Man Side-EffectsSoon after first donning the armor, Rhodes began to get severe headaches because the cybernetics in the helmet had never been properly re-calibrated for his brain patterns. Working in close proximity with Stark again, Rhodes began to fantasize that Stark secretly disapproved of him keeping the armor and wanted it back. This led to increasingly hostile and irrational behavior on Rhodes' part. As work therapy, Stark began to construct a new set of armor based on his original armor's design. When Rhodes finally began to endanger the lives of innocents by his behavior, Stark donned the unsophisticated new armor and managed to stop Rhodes rampage.
Ashamed of his behavior, Rhodes went off to look for a cure for his headaches when adjusting the helmet to his brain patterns did not end them.Rhodes suffering from a severe headacheStark went to the West Coast Avengers to tender Rhodes' resignation, and was invited by Hawkeye to use the laboratory facilities to create a new state-of-the-art set of armor. Theme park worldwide wildlands. Rhodes returned to Circuits Maximus after the Indian mystic helped him cure his headaches, and briefly joined forces with Stark battling Obadiah Stane's latest machinations against them. Rhodes was injured in an explosion Stane engineered that destroyed Circuits Maximus and killed Morley Erwin. Consequently, he could not assist Stark in his final assault on Stane, an assault that ended in Stane's death.Rhodes joined Stark in his new business venture, Stark Enterprises, but even after his bones mended, he was reluctant to put the Iron Man armor on again. Stark had resumed his responsibilities as Iron Man using the new state-of the-art armor, and Rhodes not only felt a second armored Avenger would be superfluous, he also felt contrite about his irrational period. After several months of only occasionally wearing his older model suit, Rhodey nearly died while re-entering Earth's atmosphere after a space station battle, and almost burned alive inside his suit. Jim suffered PTSD from the incident, and could not put the armor back on without re-experiencing his near-death, leading to his permanent resignation as the substitute Iron Man, although he remained with Stark Enterprises.
War MachineSeveral years later, Tony Stark 'died,' and Rhodes was named CEO of Stark Enterprises. It was at this time that Stark Enterprises created the armor and Rhodes briefly took the place of Iron Man (even replacing him in the Avengers West Coast). However, when he discovered that Stark was not dead, Rhodes became furious and resigned, severing his friendship with Stark. The two would occasionally team up to battle the evil that was trying to take over, but the friendship of old was no longer the same. Around this time Jim became romantically involved with.As War MachineWar Machine went solo for some time. Jim traveled to the small African nation of in an attempt to free peace activist. And also traveled to the war-torn country, and quickly sent a team to hope the situation would stabilize.
In the resulting revolution the country's dictator was overthrown, but Cetewayo had been murdered by a mysterious, who warned Jim that he is present in every conflict. Jim continued to adventure and worked for Cetewayo's company, which investigates human rights abuses. One of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents present, left to work with Rhodes. Jim continued to adventure, but could not find someone capable of repairing the armor. Returning to Stark, the two had a confrontation about each other's recent actions.
This was interrupted by the Mandarin. After Mandarin was defeated, the armor was fixed.While visiting family and friends in.