![]() In response to the Chitauri Invasion, Rhodes took on the identity of the Iron Patriot and worked directly for President Matthew Ellis. However, just when War Machine was being presented to the world, Ivan Vanko returned and attacked the Stark Expo with an army of Hammer Drones, as War Machine teamed up with Iron Man to bring him down, resulting in Rhodes keeping the armor for himself, despite Stark's continued objections. However, as Stark's reckless behavior got even worse, Rhodes had no choice but to take the Mark II before handing it over to the military, with Justin Hammer upgrading it with his new weapons to rebrand Rhodes as War Machine. With Iron Man's identity known, Rhodes found himself under pressure from the United States Congress and the military to take possession of the armor for himself, something that he was against. Despite all of his fears for his friend's safety, Rhodes still joined Iron Man in bringing down Obadiah Stane's schemes, while trying to keep Stark's secrets, only for Stark to reveal them to the media himself. However, upon their return, Rhodes saw Stark moving away from developing his weapons for the military and soon discovered that he was instead focusing on becoming a hero known as Iron Man. When Stark had been kidnapped by the Ten Rings, Rhodes personally led a mission to rescue his best friend. ![]() Because the fight needed to be fought." ―James Rhodes to Tony Stark Ĭolonel James Rupert "Rhodey" Rhodes is a former officer in the United States Air Force and liaison between the Department of Acquisitions and Stark Industries, where he became close friends with Tony Stark. Every one of them could've been my last, but I flew 'em. ![]() After the end of that plot, the Avenger remained in that body, which was a slightly updated version of his classic look."138 combat missions. In 1993's Avengers #360, by Bob Harras, Steve Epting and Tom Palmer, the Vision's mind was placed in the body of his evil alternate dimension counterpart, Anti-Vision. Vision would regain a sense of personality and humanity by programming himself with the brain patterns of deceased scientist Alex Lipton in 1990's Avengers Spotlight #40 by Len Kaminski, Carrie Barre and Gavin Curtis. While Wanda remained on the West Coast Avengers, the Vision left that group and rejoined the main Avengers team. Coupled with the revelation that Vision and Wanda's children were living fragments of Mephisto's soul and their subsequent their reabsorption in Mephisto, this drove Vision and Wanda to separate. Together, Simon's refusal and the catastrophic damage to Vision's synthetic skin made him a colorless, emotionless figure. While Hank Pym was able to rebuild the synthetic Avenger, Simon refuses to let his mental patterns be used to program Vision again, still shaken by the first nonconsensual use of his mind by Ultron. As part of his plot, Immortus took control over rogue federal operatives and had them completely dismantle Vision. The time-traveling supervillain Immortus - who had officiated Vision and Wanda's wedding in 1974's Giant-Sized Avengers #4 by Steve Englehart and Don Heck - was revealed to be manipulating the Avengers and Scarlet Witch to have Wanda make him the master of time. ![]() However, this domestic bliss would come to an abrupt end in 1989's "Vision Quest" storyline by John Byrne, running through the pages of West Coast Avengers #42-44. As Vision embraced his burgeoning sense of humanity, he formed a romantic relationship with Scarlet Witch, eventually marrying her and having two sons conceived through Wanda's hex magic. After being created by Ultron and programmed with the mental patterns of the Avengers' Wonder Man - without Simon Williams' consent - Vision had steadily developed a conscience of his own after his 1968 debut in Roy Thomas and John Buscema's Avengers #57. ![]()
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