James Rhodes first met Tony Stark at a young age, and the two of them had become best friends, in a close bond and rivalry that would last their entire lives. Rhodes then swung through the air and landed onto President Ellis. Following Rhodes' instructions, Hammer had then upgraded the Mark II armor, before transforming it into their While Iron Man attempted to confront Hammer over all his work with Vanko, War Machine realized that all his systems were being hacked into. Despite all of the Hammer Drones being destroyed, War Machine and Iron Man were then warned by Seeking to end the fight before it could even begin, War Machine had stepped forward and attempted to use the Whiplash then attacked both War Machine and Iron Man, separating them as War Machine unloading every weapon he had to attempt to break through Whiplash's armor. They stood together, as Barton stood on the Quantum Tunnel while Banner prepared to send him through the Quantum Realm, into the past. Although Iron Man still insisted that he was not okay with that, War Machine explained that it was not a question and simply flew into the air with the armor, leaving Iron Man and Potts alone on the roof.Stern had shown great reluctance to be presenting the pair with the awards for bravery, as he congratulated Rhodes for his exceptionally distinguished performance in defeating Whiplash, telling him that he deserved the medal while struggling to look him in the eyes. Rhodes had then helped Stark get to his desk where he proceeded to remove the Arc Reactor from his chest and replace the Once Stark had then reactivated his next Arc Reactor and began to breathe normally again, Rhodes claimed that Stark's attempts to live his life as a lone gunslinger were unnecessary as he could go to him for some help with his missions as Iron Man. With War Machine unable to control the War Machine and the Hammer Drone immediately began firing at Iron Man, showering the audience with broken glass, before all their flight systems were enabled by Vanko and they were launched into the air, despite the protests of War Machine inside the armor.
However, Iron Man made it clear that he had a plan to defeat Whiplash with the help of War Machine. Rhodes also takes great personal pride in his work; when attending the party following the retrieval of the Despite his sense of professionalism, however, he enjoys wearing the War Machine suit and is largely disappointed when it underperforms, such as when the Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page.Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page.Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community.Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. When he grew older, Rhodes was promoted to the Lieutenant Colonel and, due to his continued friendship with Stark, also became the liaison between Stark Industries and the United States Armed Forces. As they took cover, Rhodes proved himself as the superior marksman by shooting out the light bulb, before they argued about who should get more ammunition. Helping his friend get back to recovery, Rhodes then moved Stark to a bed where After agreeing upon the mission and suiting up to go face the Mad Titan, the Avengers joined forces with Rocket, Nebula, and Captain Marvel, and boarded on the Captain Marvel made the first move, bursting into Thanos' They then demanded Thanos to tell them the location of the stones, but he revealed that he had destroyed them, seeing them with no other purpose but temptation. As they did, Rhodes brought up the idea of going back in time and killing However, Lang and Barton supported Rhodes' idea, and when Banner asked where they were told this could work, he and Lang listed an array of films that featured time travel, which Rhodes concluded made it known. Looking around the docks, Stark noted that several However, the Heartbreak armor was soon taken down by an Extremis Soldier as Rhodes was thrown off and landed on a walkway.
When the water was reaching their necks, Rhodes farewelled Rocket, accepting their fate of drowning. Taking a deep breath, Stark had asked Rhodes what he should do, to which Rhodes then told him to head back upstairs and convince the world's media that Iron Man was back and ready to be a team player, which Stark agreed to as they went back upstairs.
Machine Man by uncannyknack Scientists working for a top-secret U.S military project worked on creating an army of robotic soldiers capable of acting like humans.