The Top 9 Greatest War Machine and Rhodey Rhodes Stories

(NOTE: Most of the series below are marked with "v1" to indicate which run the stories come from -- basically, every book listed here has had multiple #1 issues released under the same title except for Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (yes, even U.S War Machine had two volumes))

For the back story on these tales and more, check out Superhero History: War Machine.

9. Iron Man v1 #169-171 (first Rhodey as Iron Man, along with his second adventure in the Iron Man armor)

8. War Machine v1 #1-7 and 11 (first solo War Machine run minus crossovers; Rhodey leads Worldwatch)

7. The Crew v1 #1-7 (Rhodey avenges the death of his sister and makes some new friends in the process)

6. War Machine v1 #8 and Iron Man v1 #310 (first War Machine vs. Iron Man)

5. Iron Man v1 #281-283 (first appearance of the War Machine armor, worn by Tony Stark)

4. Iron Man v1 #300 and Marvel Comics Presents v1 #151-155 (introduces a street gang called the War Machines and events send Rhodey on a crusade to clean up the streets)

3. U.S. War Machine v1 #1-12 (alternate MAX continuity with a fleet of War Machines working for S.H.I.E.L.D.)

2. Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #33-35 (a.k.a. War Machine: Weapon of S.H.I.E.L.D.; War Machine vs. Skrulls)

1. Iron Man v1 #284-291 (first Rhodey in War Machine armor; first Iron Man and War Machine team up)

Why the Top 9? Because 10 is too many and 9 is better. 3 X 3 = War Machine.

10 Responses to “The Top 9 Greatest War Machine and Rhodey Rhodes Stories”


  1. 1 ross

    Rhodey Rhodes?

  2. 2 nick marino

    yesssssssssssss?

  3. 3 nick marino

    is there a problem, ross?

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  5. 4 ross

    yes

  6. 5 neal

    i had to pull ross's comment out of the spam pile. Nick, did you trash ross's comment on purpose?

  7. 6 nick marino

    no, but ross has a site login now which he's obviously not using because if he did, was his name would be a hyperlink!!!!!!!

    HYPER LINK WALLPAPER!!!

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  9. 7 nick marino
  10. 8 neal

    speaking of ross, wallpaper, and hyper - - where is ross' hyper combo stormpaper?

  11. 9 ross

    i'm not logged in because i can't find the "log in" link anywhere on the site...... where IS it?!

    anyway, nick: i know Rhodey is Rhodes's nickname but i was confused by you putting "Rhodey Rhodes" in the title and i wasn't sure if that was a typo or if characters actually called him that or if it was some jokey pet name or something. I STILL HAVE A PROBLEM.

    neal: has nick shown you the in-progress sketches for the Storm drawing?? i haven't had time to go in and tighten it up and finish it. it's easy and fast crapping out loose scritchy drawings but another thing to actually smooth them out. :(

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  13. 10 neal

    Yeah, something happened with a plugin and I lost the admin link, but if you go to /wp-admin/ you can login and stay logged in for a while.

    As for hyper-combo-ross wallpaper month, I'm expecting nothing less than grayscale perfection.

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