Don Cheadle returns as James Rhodes aka War Machine in Armor Wars, a film about Tony Stark’s worst fear coming true: what happens when his tech falls into the wrong hands. 

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Marvel ⋅ 2014

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1st appearance of Lila Rhodes, the niece of James Rhodes

[August 2022 - rumored to appear in Armor Wars]

Marvel ⋅ 1965

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1st appearance and origin of Stilt-Man

[June 2022 - Stilt-Man has been speculated to appear in the MCU's Armor Wars]

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1st appearance of Titanium Man

Marvel ⋅ 2018

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1st cameo appearance of the Punisher War Machine armor

Legacy numbering based on #1 of the 1987 series continues with #218 thru #228

[Aug 2019 - Overheard at Boston Comic Con: Jon Bernthal's Punisher could return to the MCU in the Punisher War Machine armor]

Marvel ⋅ 2008

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1st appearance of Ezekiel Stane, the son of Obadiah

[September 2021 - Alden Ehrenreich rumored for Stane in Ironheart]

Marvel ⋅ 1979

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"Demon in a Bottle" part 1

1st appearance of Justin Hammer, a businessman and foil of Tony Stark

Marvel ⋅ 1987

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Part one of the Armor Wars story arc that runs through #231

Tony Stark examines the battlesuit technology of a criminal named The Force to discover that it is top secret, Stark circuitry that powers the armor

Rhodes and Stark investigate who stole the tech and discover a villain named Spymaster was the culprit who sold it to Justin Hammer

Stark wears the Silver Centurion armor while battling Stilt Man and the Controller

[December 2020 - Don Cheadle will return as War Machine for an Armor Wars series coming to Disney+]

Marvel ⋅ 1988

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Armor Wars part two

Stark's quest to retrieve his weaponized technology leads him to confrontations with The Raiders and Stingray

Marvel ⋅ 1988

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Armor Wars part three

Cameo appearances by multiple celebrities from the 1980s: Don Johnson, Hulk Hogan, Donald Trump, Lionel Ritchie, Michael J Fox, Tina Turner and George Wendt

Stark battles S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Mandroids, exo-armor designed by Stark worn by national defense soldiers

Iron Man #228

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Marvel ⋅ 1988

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Armor Wars part four

Tony Stark versus the Guardsmen

Marvel ⋅ 1988

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Armor Wars part five

Tony Stark suited up in Stealth Armor battles Titanium Man and Crimson Dynamo

Death of Titanium Man

Marvel ⋅ 1988

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Armor Wars part six

1st appearance of Firepower, a heavy artillery armored antagonist

Marvel ⋅ 1988

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Armor Wars part seven

Marvel ⋅ 1988

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Conclusion of the Armor Wars story arc

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1st appearance of James "Rhodey" Rhodes, later becomes War Machine

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1st appearance of James Rhodes as Iron Man

Marvel ⋅ 1992

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Debut of Tony Stark’s ‘War Machine’ armor, a heavy artillery suit

⚠️ Debatable Firsts: Tony dons the armor but continues to refer to himself as Iron Man. James Rhodes does not appear in this armor until Iron Man #284 and later assumes the codename War Machine in West Coast Avengers #94

Marvel ⋅ 1992

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1st cover appearance of the War Machine armor, worn by Tony Stark

⚠ Misconception: cited by many as the first appearance of War Machine. "War Machine" is splashed across the IRON MAN title in reference to the armor’s incredible armaments but the name is not official. The armor, (piloted by Tony Stark in this issue, not James Rhodes) actually debuts in the previous issue, Iron Man #281. In Iron Man #284, James Rhodes suits up in the War Machine armor but does so as Iron Man and does not officially assume the War Machine codename until West Coast Avengers #94, though he is referred to as War Machine in X-Force #21 but as Iron Man in X-Force #20

Marvel ⋅ 1992

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1st appearance of Rhodey Rhodes in the War Machine armor but he still refers to himself as Iron Man

It isn't until West Coast Avengers #94 until the codename ‘War Machine’ is used

[December 2020 - Don Cheadle will reprise his role as War Machine in an Armor Wars series on Disney+ / November 2022 - an inside source passed along an unconfirmed rumor that Armor Wars has been removed from Disney's production slate]

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Rhodey assumes the codename War Machine

Prior to this this issue, War Machine was the name of the armor

Rhodes first wears the armor in Iron Man #284 but refers to himself as Iron Man. Prior to #284, Stark wore the War Machine armor

[February 2021 - Don Cheadle will reprise his role as War Machine in Armor Wars]

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