I for one feel it was about high time he got a new, sleeker, more powerful suit. In issue 3 of Iron Man 2.0 it's finally happened. So, what do y'all think of the new digs?
War Machine
Character » War Machine appears in 1572 issues.
War Machine is a superhero originating from Marvel Comics. James "Rhodey" Rhodes is Tony Stark's personal pilot and one of the playboy's oldest friends. Rhodes also known as Rhodey has often donned the Iron Man mantle when the burden has been too much for his friend, but has also established his own identity as the War Machine and Iron Patriot.
Rhodey's new armor
Personally I don't llike this new armor too much. I know that a change of armor doesn't mean a radical change of the character within (and Jim Rhodes is easily my favouritee Marvel character), but I think that the old armors with the shoulder weapons etc. were more distinct and unique to the character. This one one looks a simple palette swap of Tony Stark.
" Personally I don't llike this new armor too much. I know that a change of armor doesn't mean a radical change of the character within (and Jim Rhodes is easily my favouritee Marvel character), but I think that the old armors with the shoulder weapons etc. were more distinct and unique to the character. This one one looks a simple palette swap of Tony Stark. "Well said; I agree completely.
Now he looks just like what the ignorant would call his character; a Black Iron Man.
Lame! War Machine isn't suppose to look sleek, he's suppose to look like he can take on tank battalions and blow sh1t all to hell.! Unless he's sporting some kind of heavy ordinance, it's just not a true War Machine armor.
Soldier zero got it right, this looks like a palette swap of the Iron Man armor.
Well if I am taking this right, Isn't Rhodey suppose to be basically the new iron man anyway? So if that is the case, I think the armor looks just fine without the shoulder weapons even though it does make him look more like that one robot from the Judge Dredd movie.
" @Green Skin:Usually when I explained the difference between Iron Man and War Machine to a non-comic fan I used to compare the armors to combat planes, to me IM looked something close to a F-22, very sleek, fast and manuvrable; while WM was closer to an A-10, sturdier, slower and armored to the teeth.Fair enough, I'll concede the good ol' "America, FUCK YEAH!!!" flying tank, intimidation factor is missing from this armor. But it's a new era and war has evolved so too must the machines of warfare. I like the look of the armor, but what I really want to see is how it's going to be put to use in the field. When it comes to costume changes, especially things like armor I'm a function over form kind of guy. I think more than any the features, tech and potential applications of this suit have intrigued me."
This new armor seem to blur the line a little too much for my tastes, but I've enough experience regarding comics to know that at least the benefit of the doubt must be allowed. As a general rule I prefer function over form any day of the week and this is what scares me, this suit looks a bit too sleek and stylish.
@FortressoftheMoon said:
" Well if I am taking this right, Isn't Rhodey suppose to be basically the new iron man anyway? So if that is the case, I think the armor looks just fine without the shoulder weapons even though it does make him look more like that one robot from the Judge Dredd movie. "In my eyes, no he isn't the "new Iron Man" I prefer to consider him as a individual character.
I'm kind of an Iron Man armor geek and I assure that Tony's bleeding edge armor and Rhodey's new armor two entirely different beasts. For starters, the bleeding edge chameleon tech and ghost tech are in a beta stage and unique to Rhodey. Tony's also made Rhodey's suit undetectable by any method other than sight, hence him including the chameleon tech. Rhodey's suit has two settings, infiltration and combat. In combat mode it will make use of traditional munitions so I'm sure it has guns tucked away all over, as Tony hinted in 2.0 #3. Rhodey's new armor must alternate between these two modes and has a finite limit to how much he can use his infiltration features. Each requires a large amount of repulsor energy, and can only be used individually. Tony has no such limit due to his suit and RT hub embedded in his chest serving as a self sustaining perpetual energy source. Tony's armor is a alive and lives in his bones, he is the iron man armor, even more so than when he was using the Extremis armor. Tony's armor is about as thin as the first layer of skin, but ridiculously durable, it also has shape shifting capabilities and various other features we can only dream about. Seeing as Fraction's a dialog over action guy, we've yet to fully see what this armor's fully capable of. I'll say this. The unique relationship between Tony and this armor makes it one of the most powerful human developed weapons in the Marvel U (it's so advanced that this tech is still used by Iron Lad's people far into the future) and completely unique and incapable of being replicated in this era.
" Personally I don't llike this new armor too much. I know that a change of armor doesn't mean a radical change of the character within (and Jim Rhodes is easily my favouritee Marvel character), but I think that the old armors with the shoulder weapons etc. were more distinct and unique to the character. This one one looks a simple palette swap of Tony Stark. "I like it. He went from the brute armor to a stealth, use your brain, armor. To me the developed armor reflects a focus on further developing his character, and the writers are treating it that way. "Evolve or Die" right?
" i think war machine's ultimate armor looks badass.Armor? That my friend is a frakin' Gundam unit lol"
I like where they are taking this, I mean there is more than one way to go to war right? and it makes sense with him having this type of armor when he is on the secret avengers team however I dont like how its drawn they could do a better job of that
" I like where they are taking this, I mean there is more than one way to go to war right? and it makes sense with him having this type of armor when he is on the secret avengers team however I dont like how its drawn they could do a better job of that "Agree, I like the overall design but agree it could be a bit more visually distinct from Tony's. Spec wise they're night and day, but hey, you can see specs in a pic lol
Who is the guy with all the gold chains? And do these comic creator even know any black people personally?
Who is the guy with all the gold chains? And do these comic creator even know any black people personally?That's New Hulk or some bujou like that, folk. And I'm sure they all have that "Black Friend" lol
@TDK_1997 said:
I like his new armor way muchI hope the upcoming Fear Itself tie in issue shows us just what this armor can do. Cuz Rhodey didn't get any action in Secret Avengers 11.5
I like it. The new upgrades kick ass. I want to see this 2.0 armor take on the Bleeding Edge armorI actually stopped reading 2.0 because Fear Itself basically ruined the book for me. So I haven't gotten to see it in action.
I don't think its the right type of armor for a guy named War Machine. I liked his old armor that was just bristling with weapons because that what he was, a walking arsenal of weapons. But it was time he got a new armor upgrade, i just think this one is too sleeked down for War Machine.
I liked him under Greg Pak best so far personally, particularly how his tech worked, interfaced, transformed ect.
i think it was too soon for a new armor " look " for him, as well as for Rescue for that matter, and was just promotional
towards Iron Mans redesign that ran with the release of Iron Man 2. Then again it seems recent Rhodey books have
problems staying afloat, so if this helps I'm behind it. I like the story's so far in Iron Man 2.0 despite it, and the arts good
enough to carry it, I'll say that much.
I liked him under Greg Pak best so far personally, particularly how his tech worked, interfaced, transformed ect. i think it was too soon for a new armor " look " for him, as well as for Rescue for that matter, and was just promotional towards Iron Mans redesign that ran with the release of Iron Man 2. Then again it seems recent Rhodey books have problems staying afloat, so if this helps I'm behind it. I like the story's so far in Iron Man 2.0 despite it, and the arts good enough to carry it, I'll say that much.I may pick it up after all this Fear Itself BS ends, but as of now I'm done with this book. Which I hate to say because I absolutely LOVE Nick Spencer, but this title's lost it's focus. The last issue dealing with Palmer Addley was pointless and one of the worst things I've read all year, and the Fear Itself issues felt totally needless to me.
I miss the old variable response battle suit. I understand that all the characters in marvel are evolving so i dont mind the upgrade, i just wish they kept some of the things that made war machine distinct. Where is the mini gun at? I feel as if it lost the heavy firepower look, Rhodey is bad ass and his armor went from freaking bad ass to hey, my armor looks alot like tony's armor
I miss the old variable response battle suit. I understand that all the characters in marvel are evolving so i dont mind the upgrade, i just wish they kept some of the things that made war machine distinct. Where is the mini gun at? I feel as if it lost the heavy firepower look, Rhodey is bad ass and his armor went from freaking bad ass to hey, my armor looks alot like tony's armorI totally see where you're coming from. But tanks aren't fighting wars anymore, hi tech CPUs are. So I get what Spencer was aiming for. It's certainly a change though.
Really? Oh man do I LOVE the bleeding edge armor. I'm a armor/tech geek and that thing is a gear head's wet dream. Sooo many capabilities yet untapped with that armor. I hope it stays around for years too come.
While I'm all for an update on War Machine's look, this does seem to be a cash-in on the recent films' War Machine look. It doesn't look awful, mind you, but I do wish it was a bit more distinctive from the Iron Man suit.
I have to say the refresh is a nice change of pace. It may not be perfect, but making such a drastic change now gives the writers/artists more license to make more changes down the line. War Machine's look was kind of static, he basically looked exactly the same as when I first started reading comics 20 years ago. I think being able to change the armor will be a good thing in the long run, it will allow the character to grow more. I'm sure it will change again and probably future versions will incorporate old elements. Just look at how many permutations of Tony Stark's armor there have been. Didn't he have cloaking and energy whips at one point?
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