Tony Stark, the creator and wearer of the
Iron Man armor, became overwhelmed with his numerous duties and needed
someone to help him. He turned to his good friend James Rhodes, whom he met
in Vietnam and who was now his personal pilot. Rhodes began filling in
for Tony as Iron Man, and when Stark became an alcoholic Rhodes wore the
armor full time. After several years, Stark finally overcame his problems
and decided to once again don the Iron Man armor. Rhodes was given his own
set of advanced armor, and adopted the identity of War Machine. Rhodes
initially felt animosity over losing the Iron Man armor to Stark, but the
two eventually patched things up and remain friends to this day.
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