I have to say the refresh is a nice change of pace.  It may not be perfect, but making such a drastic change now gives the writers/artists more license to make more changes down the line.  War Machine's look was kind of static, he basically looked exactly the same as when I first started reading comics 20 years ago.  I think being able to change the armor will be a good thing in the long run, it will allow the character to grow more.  I'm sure it will change again and probably future versions will incorporate old elements.  Just look at how many permutations of Tony Stark's armor there have been.  Didn't he have cloaking and energy whips at one point?

While I'm all for an update on War Machine's look, this does seem to be a cash-in on the recent films' War Machine look. It doesn't look awful, mind you, but I do wish it was a bit more distinctive from the Iron Man suit.

I miss the old variable response battle suit. I understand that all the characters in marvel are evolving so i dont mind the upgrade, i just wish they kept some of the things that made war machine distinct. Where is the mini gun at? I feel as if it lost the heavy firepower look, Rhodey is bad ass and his armor went from freaking bad ass to hey, my armor looks alot like tony's armor

I miss the old variable response battle suit. I understand that all the characters in marvel are evolving so i dont mind the upgrade, i just wish they kept some of the things that made war machine distinct. Where is the mini gun at? I feel as if it lost the heavy firepower look, Rhodey is bad ass and his armor went from freaking bad ass to hey, my armor looks alot like tony's armor

I liked him under Greg Pak best so far personally, particularly how his tech worked, interfaced, transformed ect. i think it was too soon for a new armor " look " for him, as well as for Rescue for that matter, and was just promotional towards Iron Mans redesign that ran with the release of Iron Man 2. Then again it seems recent Rhodey books have problems staying afloat, so if this helps I'm behind it. I like the story's so far in Iron Man 2.0 despite it, and the arts good enough to carry it, I'll say that much.

I liked him under Greg Pak best so far personally, particularly how his tech worked, interfaced, transformed ect.
i think it was too soon for a new armor " look " for him, as well as for Rescue for that matter, and was just promotional
towards Iron Mans redesign that ran with the release of Iron Man 2. Then again it seems recent Rhodey books have
problems staying afloat, so if this helps I'm behind it. I like the story's so far in Iron Man 2.0 despite it, and the arts good
enough to carry it, I'll say that much.

I don't think its the right type of armor for a guy named War Machine. I liked his old armor that was just bristling with weapons because that what he was, a walking arsenal of weapons. But it was time he got a new armor upgrade, i just think this one is too sleeked down for War Machine.

I like it. The new upgrades kick ass. I want to see this 2.0 armor take on the Bleeding Edge armor

Its no good  as war machine armor(i expect big guns there) but this isn't  a war machine armor this is Iron Man 2.0 as long as they don't call it war machine i actually like it

Who is the guy with all the gold chains? And do these comic creator even know any black people personally?

I like his new armor way much

Who is the guy with all the gold chains? And do these comic creator even know any black people personally?

I like his new armor way much

" I like where they are taking this, I mean there is more than one way to go to war right? and it makes sense with him having this type of armor when he is on the secret avengers team however I dont like how its drawn they could do a better job of that "

I like where they are taking this, I mean there is more than one way to go to war right? and it makes sense with him having this type of armor when he is on the secret avengers team however I dont like how its drawn they could do a better job of that

really? lol.

" i think war machine's ultimate armor looks badass.

 

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i think war machine's ultimate armor looks badass.

NEEDS BIGGER GUNS.

I prefer old War Machine armors. This one looks like one of Iron Man's armors.

" Personally I don't llike this new armor too much. I know that a change of armor doesn't mean a radical change of the character within (and Jim Rhodes is easily my favouritee Marvel character), but I think that the old armors with the shoulder weapons etc. were more distinct and unique to the character. This one one looks a simple palette swap of Tony Stark. "

I liked the Avengers Initiative armor. It looked like it was related to Iron Man's armor at the time but still looked like the War Machine

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Fair enough, I'll concede the good ol' "America, FUCK YEAH!!!" flying tank, intimidation factor is missing from this armor. But it's a new era and war has evolved so too must the machines of warfare. I like the look of the armor, but what I really want to see is how it's going to be put to use in the field. When it comes to costume changes, especially things like armor I'm a function over form kind of guy. I think more than any the features, tech and potential applications of this suit have intrigued me. 

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" Well if I am taking this right, Isn't Rhodey suppose to be basically the new iron man anyway?  So if that is the case, I think the armor looks just  fine without the shoulder weapons even though it does make him look more like that one robot from the Judge Dredd movie. "

Lame!  War Machine isn't suppose to look sleek, he's suppose to look like he can take on tank battalions and blow sh1t all to hell.!  Unless he's sporting some kind of heavy ordinance, it's just not a true War Machine armor.

Soldier zero got it right, this looks like a palette swap of the Iron Man armor.

" Personally I don't llike this new armor too much. I know that a change of armor doesn't mean a radical change of the character within (and Jim Rhodes is easily my favouritee Marvel character), but I think that the old armors with the shoulder weapons etc. were more distinct and unique to the character. This one one looks a simple palette swap of Tony Stark. "

Personally I don't llike this new armor too much. I know that a change of armor doesn't mean a radical change of the character within (and Jim Rhodes is easily my favouritee Marvel character), but I think that the old armors with the shoulder weapons etc. were more distinct and unique to the character. This one one looks a simple palette swap of Tony Stark.