Editing War Machine (section)

{{Short description|Marvel Comics fictional character}}
{{About|the superhero}}
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| character_name = James "Rhodey" Rhodes<br />{{small|War Machine}}
| image          = War Machine (James Rhodes).jpg
| alt            = A full body suit of armor sims several guns attached to it
| converted      = y
| caption        = War Machine on the textless cover of ''Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' #33 (November 2008).<br />Art by [[Adi Granov]].
| publisher      = [[Marvel Comics]]
| debut          = {{ubl|'''James''' "'''Rhodey'''" '''Rhodes''':|''[[Iron Man (comic book)|Iron Man]]'' #118 (January 1979)|'''As Iron Man''':|''Iron Man'' #169 (April 1983)|'''As War Machine''':|''[[West Coast Avengers|Avengers West Coast]]'' #94 (May 1993)|'''As Iron Patriot''':|''[[Gambit (Marvel Comics)|Gambit]]'' #13 (May 2013)}}
| creators       = {{ubl|[[David Michelinie]]|[[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]]|[[Bob Layton]]}}
| alter_ego      = Col. James Rupert "Rhodey" Rhodes
| alliances      = {{ubl|[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]|[[The Crew (comics)|The Crew]]|[[Force Works]]|[[Avengers: The Initiative|Initiative]]|[[Iron Legion]]|[[Office of National Emergency]]|[[Secret Avengers]]|[[Secret Defenders]]|[[Stark Industries|Stark Enterprises]]|[[United States Department of Defense]]|[[United States Marine Corps]]|[[West Coast Avengers]]}}
| aliases        = [[Iron Man]]<br>[[Iron Patriot]]<br>Commander Rhodes<br>Hulk Machine<br>Iron Man 2.0<br>Rhodey<br>Shellshock<br>The Pilot
| partners       = [[Iron Man]]
| powers         = 
*Experienced Marine trained in [[Combat|armed]] and [[unarmed combat]]
*[[Aviator]] and [[aviation engineering]]
*Utilizes [[Iron Man's armor|powered armor suit]]
| cat            = super
| subcat         = Marvel Comics
| hero           = y
| sortkey        = War Machine
}}

'''War Machine''' (Col. '''James Rupert''' "'''Rhodey'''" '''Rhodes''') is a [[superhero]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. Created by [[David Michelinie]], [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]], and [[Bob Layton]] as a supporting character for [[Iron Man]], he [[First appearance|first appeared]] in [[Iron Man (comic book)|''Iron Man'']] #118 (1979) and became a superhero with the [[Iron Man armor]] in issue #169 (1983). War Machine has since been established as an independent superhero and appeared in multiple standalone series in addition to his appearances in ''Iron Man'' comics.

Rhodes is a military veteran and pilot who began working for Tony Stark, eventually discovering that he was Iron Man and then taking Stark's place when he was incapacitated. Stark subsequently gave Rhodes the War Machine armor. The character is among the earliest [[African American]] superheroes in mainstream comics. His race, his military experience, and his sense of morality are often used to contrast him with Tony Stark and to analyze the themes of Iron Man stories through a different perspective. War Machine is the primary romantic interest of [[Carol Danvers]], while many of his other supporting characters and villains overlap with those of Iron Man.

War Machine has been the main character of two ''War Machine'' volumes (1994–1996 and 2009–2010), as well as other stories including ''[[The Crew (comics)|The Crew]]'' (2003), ''Iron Man 2.0'' (2011), and ''[[Iron Patriot]]'' (2014). An [[James Rhodes (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|adaptation of War Machine]] appears in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], portrayed by [[Terrence Howard]] in ''[[Iron Man (2008 film)|Iron Man]]'' (2008) and by [[Don Cheadle]] in subsequent appearances.{{TOC limit|3}}