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War

FIRST APPEARANCE X-Factor *11 (Docember 1986)

War Machinę

REAL NAME Abraham Lincoln Kieros OCCUPATION Fomoer Horseman of Apocalypse BASE Unknown HEIGHT 6 ft 6 in WEIGHT 270 IbS EYES Blue HAIR Brown SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES As Ihe Horseman of the Apocatypse War. Abraham coołd shatler objects |usł by concentrating on thom and ciapping his hands.

Victnam war veteran Abraham Kieros was forccd co live out his days in an iron lung.When Apocai.ypsk offered to hcal Abraham ifhe became one of his Four Horsemen, Abraham seized the opportunity. As the Horseman War. Abraham hclped the group to win their first victory over X-FACTOR.but after that they sufTcred repeated defcats. Evencually. Apocalypsc disbanded the group and Abraham returned to his paralyzed state. He would have remained in this condition ifAkt HANC.Ei. another tbrmer Horseman. had not healed him. Abraham is now determined to make the most of this new life.The role ofWar has sińce been łillcd by the HirLK. l)FATiimiu\ and Gazer. AD

While scrving with the US Marines in Southcasr Asia. helicopter pilot James Rhodes encountcred Tony Stark. who had just escaped front a warlord by using a suit of powered armor. Khodes became Tony Stark s pilot, and took the role of Iron Man durittg one of Stark’s bouts with alcoholism.

During a period when Stark was believed fer fihihr | dead, Rhodes became CEO of Stark oqupped armor Industries. He later worc a variant version of the Iron Man armor as the heroic War Machinę, and briefly changcd his armor to

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Eidolon Warwear. After the cvents known as the Crossing. Khodes temporarily gave up his eareer to start a saleage company.

I Ic returned to tigln mcrccnary Parnell Jacobs. who became a new. villainous Wir Machinę. DW

FACTFłLE

REAL NAME

James Rupert Rhodes

OCCUPATION

Adventurer

BASE

Mobile

HEIGHT 6 ft 1 in WEIGHT 210 Ibs EYES Brown HAIR Brown

FIRST APPEARANCE

Iron Man Vol. 1 *118 (January 1979)

destructivo cncrgy.

Befiłting iłs name. tho War Machno armor is packed with offenswe wooponry.

Warbird

Carol Damers scrved with USAir Force intclligence and NASA. before e\posure to Krce technology gave her superhuman powers. As the hero Ms. Marvel. she joined tlie AvENC.ERs.The villain Immoiuus kidnapped her, took her to the l imbo dimension, brainwashed, and impregnated her. She escaped to Earth. but lost her powers and memories to the absorbing mutant Rocut. Ms. Marvel worked with the X-Mfn umil she receieed cosmic power in genctic e.\periments conducted by the alien Brood.

As Binary. she joined the gala.\y-hopping Starjammers. After her return home and a slight dip in power levels, she took the identity ofWarbird.

I )anvcrs resigned from the Avengers when problems with alcoholism came to light. and sought treatment for her addiction. She became the superhuman liaison for US Homeland Security and. after the evcnts of Housc of M. she took the codename Ms. Marvel once morę. DW

HEKSHT 5 ft 11 in WEIGHT 124 Ibs EYES Blue HAlFt Blonde *

FIRST APPEARANCE

Marvd Super-Heroes Vol. 1 *13 (March 1968)

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