Iron Lantern and other Iron Lanter armors ,(SC Guy Garner, Classic Kyle Reyner,Neo Classic Jhon Stewart)

This may be a bit of a stupid question, but when does Rhodey officially adopt the title of “War Machine”? Because I just rewatched Iron Man II and forgot that when he steals MK II, Tony says “You wanna be the War Machine? Take your shot.” which I figured was just him giving Rhodey a nickname off the dome like he usually does with characters in the MCU, but it’s capitalized in the subtitles like a title. So then I thought “Let me just look it up.” And I found something else saying that Justin Hammer introduces him by name as “War Machine” at the expo, which is much later, and is just blatantly false, so… am I missing something here?

After taking advice from these communities, I turned my attention to Mysterium Iron Man and cosplayed with my friend as Emma Frost at New York Comic Con. Not an ideal build, only had less than a week, and was painting in my hotel room 😅 But nice to see it come to life

The official preview on Marvel Unlimited does not do this justice:

Ka-Zar visits Iron Man and the West Coast Avengers.

We live together and I’ve been amassing merchandise. I don’t stop until she tells me to….

Actually, I’ll still keep going anyway.

Source: Iron Man Execute Program & Director of Shield (by Knaufs)

It would be so cool if Joshua Williamson is able to make Iron Man a serious competent badass character again, feels like for more than a decade, he's mostly been turned into a wisecracking character.

One of my favorite creations from Iron Man #149. I decoupaged a thrift store find.

I really like ZD Toys’s mold, such a shame that their paint job looks cheap. Here’s my attempt to fix their plastic-y finish!

Everyone talks about Tony's sacrifices, but JARVIS also played a huge role in protecting him and helping others. He was more than just an AI assistant.

Do you think JARVIS deserves more recognition for his sacrifices, or does the MCU overlook how much he contributed to Tony's journey?

I haven’t gotten that far into this era of Iron Man comics yet (or at least, none that prominently feature Rhodey), so I’m a bit confused why some of his armors are missing the Unibeam. I’ve looked it up many times but can’t seem to find an answer anywhere.

His first armor had one, so why’d he give it up?

Edit: after all these years my question has been solved, thank you guys! For anyone in the future who has the same question and stumbles upon this post:

When Tony Stark wore the Iron Man Model 11 (first slide), he built it without repulsors since his opponents had countermeasures for them, and the War Machine Model III (second slide) actually does have one, it’s just hidden most of the time.

Since the Anton Vanko iteration of Whiplash is a major antagonist of the current Iron Man run, I thought it would be fun to retrospect his debut.

I personally enjoyed it. Since Marco Scarlotti has been dead for a little bit when this came out, I'm not against making a new Whiplash inspired by the upcoming Iron Man 2. I thought the mystery of the fake Iron Man attacking Volstok was interesting and the reveal at the end was interesting too. The makeshift armor Tony made in prison was pretty neat. Not very practical for combat but perfectly displays how intelligent and scrappy Tony is. I do however think that naming the new Whiplash 'Anton Vanko' was a mistake. While the Crimson Dynamo Anton Vanko had been dead for decades and people in real life do share the same name sometimes, I think it's a confusing writing decision.

I thought this was a fun nod. I'm sure Tony's glad someone didn't recognize him while he's on the run.

Cosplayers: EMH Iron Man @marc.kandel Viktoria Von Bling @annma_arts photos by @miggychagon