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War Machine is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Created by David Michelinie, John Byrne, and Bob Layton as a supporting character for Iron Man, he first appeared in Iron Man #118 (1979) and became a superhero with the Iron Man armor in issue #169 (1983).
In 2017, following the 2016 Civil War II storyline, where Jim "Rhodey" Rhodes met his death at the hands of Thanos, Nick Fury, Jr. obtained the War Machine armor from a black market syndicate and persuaded Punisher to don the armor and carry on in Rhodes' name, succeeding him as the second War Machine for a short while, customizing the armor ...
In Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye were the original members of Avengers; which later expanded with the inclusion of Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Vision, War Machine, Sam Wilson, Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Nebula, Rocket, Ant-Man and Joaquin Torres.
[33] [better source needed] According to director Shane Black, the patriotic color scheme and name was chosen by the U.S. government in response to the events of The Avengers. [34] Rhodes states that the U.S. government deemed "War Machine" to be too militaristic and that "Iron Patriot" tested well with focus groups.
War Machine appears as a playable character in Marvel Heroes, [22] again voiced by James C. Mathis III. [3] War Machine appears as a playable character in Marvel: Contest of Champions. [23] War Machine appears as a playable character in Marvel: Future Fight. A teenage version of War Machine appears in Marvel Avengers Academy, voiced by Adande ...
David Michelinie (/ m ɪ k ə ˈ l aɪ n i /; [1] born May 6, 1948) [2] is an American comic book writer best known for scripting Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and Iron Man and the DC Comics feature Superman in Action Comics. Among the characters he created or co-created are Venom, Carnage, Scott Lang / Ant-Man and War Machine. [3] [4]
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The Iron Patriot armor appears in films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). [29] The first version appears in Iron Man 3, in which it is primarily used by James Rhodes, though Eric Savin uses it to capture President Matthew Ellis. [30] Additionally, a heavy combat Iron Patriot armor appears in Avengers: Endgame. [31]