Once arriving back to Killian, he locked Ellis inside the suit, strung it up from a crane and intended to burn him alive on live television. Killian then used a remote control to pilot it back to him, with Ellis captive inside. When the time came, Savin used the Patriot Armor to kill all bodyguards and place Ellis inside the suit. Įric Savin controls the Iron Patriot armor Once removed, an Extremis soldier Eric Savin, took control of the suit and flew it to Air Force One where he pretended to be Rhodes and accompanied Ellis on board. base where they tried to remove him to no avail, forcing their leader Aldrich Killian to use his Extremis powers to burn it open. Locking himself into the suit, Rhodes was taken to a secret A.I.M. When the Mandarin supposedly killed Thomas Richards on live television, President Matthew Ellis sent Rhodes to find and capture him however, he was lead into a trap with his suit being immobilized by an Extremis soldier. Iron Patriot locates some Ten Rings members Instead of acting under the violent guise of War Machine, Rhodes was given the name 'Iron Patriot' to boost morale with the American people. However, after several supposed Mandarin attacks on America, the Mark II was repainted in the motif of the American flag in a design similar to Captain America's costume. Roughly about a year later, James Rhodes was still using the suit to serve the government. Just in case we didn't get the point they changed his name to 'Iron Patriot.'' ― Bill Maher Because if there's one thing that scares violent, international terrorists, it's a rebrand. And how is President Ellis responding? By taking the guy they call ' War Machine' and giving him a paint job.

'Now once again America seems to have created a terrorist monster and once again, it came back and bit us in the ass. Tony Stark had tried to make Rhodes another armor and then decided to keep it for himself. Although when he was able to get to New York, he found the Chitauri defeated and the Avengers all gathered inside a shawarma restaurant where Stark invited him to join them. Since Rhodes was on the other side of the world, he couldn't help the Avengers in their battle in time. When he fought in Hong Kong, Rhodes was called by Stark to assist him in fighting against the Chitauri who invaded New York City. įor some time, Rhodes used the new armor to destroy various cells of the terrorist group Ten Rings around the world as War Machine. But knowing that the world expects Iron Man to always be available, he gave the armor to Rhodes to fight in his place. Since Stark was busy with the construction of Stark Tower and as a consultant to S.H.I.E.L.D., he had no time to fight against the terrorists as Iron Man.

Stark made a newer suit which he later gave to him. He discovered that the original War Machine had served as a buffer that calmed the senators that would exploit his technology. However, Stark did decide to make Rhodes his own armor, as a way to keep the US government from his doorstep. After successfully defeating Whiplash in two-vs-one combat at the Stark Expo with James Rhodes, Tony Stark took back and stripped the War Machine Armor: Mark I of everything that Justin Hammer's technicians installed.

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