Iron Man IV
War Machine I
Adventurer
Aviation Engineer
Bodyguard
Deep-Sea Salvage Engineer
Marine Lieutenant
Los Angeles, California
New York, New York
Iron Man armor enables the wearer to lift approximately 70 tons under standard operating conditions. Armors contain various generic and specialized offensive weaponry.
Generic features include:
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Computerized Digital Communications including a two-way radio, phone and external computer interface.
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Sensors; containing radar, sonar, X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) capabilities.
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Repulsors: Laser-guided particle beam emission units mounted in the palm of each hand.
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Tri-beam: Multi-band light and force beam emitter adjustable to multiple uses including search light, heat beam, tractor beam, laser, holographic image inducers, ultraviolet light projector and electromagnetic pulse emission (EMP).
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Force Shielded Armor granting the wearer a degree of invulnerability.
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Boot Jets granting the power of sustained flight.
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Human Senses Protection including sound bafflers and polarized lenses.
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Life support and nutrition systems with underwater pressure tolerances of approximately 2000 feet and limited low orbit space capabilities.
War Machine armor is designed for combat conditions and in addition to upgraded features of an Iron Man armor has both a mini-cannon, mini-gun, a missile payload and helmet-mounted laser sight capable of tracking multiple targets.
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Mini-Cannon capable of firing both lethal and non-lethal ordinance including: spent uranium armor-piercing shells, explosive and concussion grenades, high-temperature thermite, tear gas, and tracer, flare and smoke grenades without any adjustments.
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Mini-Gun fires spent-uranium armor-piercing round either singularly or at 1000 rounds per second.
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Missile payload: Anti-tank, anti-ship, spent uranium core armor-piercing, flame bomb, fire suppressant, smoke, tear gas, radio repeater and a sub-nuclear device.
Iron Man Armor
War Machine Armor
Dreadnoughts
Firebrand I
Flying Tiger
Justin Hammer
Krang
Magma II
Mandarin I
Obadiah Stane
Thunderball
Vibro
Zodiac
Avengers Vol. 1
Iron Man Vol. 1
U.S. War Machine
West Coast Avengers
Jim Rhodes
Iron Man Vol. 1 #120 (May, 1979)
Iron Man IV
Iron Man Vol. 1 #170 (May, 1983)
War Machine I
Iron Man Vol. 1 #281 (June, 1992)
Jim Rhodes
David Michelinie & Carmine Infantino
Iron Man IV
Denny O'Neil & Luke McDonnell
War Machine I
Len Kaminski & Kevin Hopgood
At first skeptical of the strange Iron Man, Rhodes was convinced he was on the side of the United States when he fought off a platoon of enemy troops.
Allowing Iron Man to drain the downed helicopters batteries for power, the pilot and Iron Man trekked through the jungle until they discovered a hidden enemy rocket base. Stealing a helicopter and destroying the base, they flew to an American base.
Tony Stark (Iron Man I) offered Rhodes a job as a pilot when his tour of duty expired. After a few years back from the war, Rhodes contacted Stark and was hired as his personal pilot, bodyguard and chief aviation engineer.
When personal problems and alcoholism rendered Tony Stark useless as Iron Man, Rhodes was forced to don the armor to defend Stark International from the criminal Magma. Stark insisted Rhodes take fulltime responsibility as Iron Man until he could recover from his alcoholism.
Rhodes would serve as Iron Man until the armor began to cause medical problems. He would later return to service with a new more lethal armor, designed specifically for him, known as the War Machine.