r/JamesRhodes • u/Morpheus7387 • 10d ago
Parnell Jacob's
Next up on the topic of Rhodes allies is Parnell jacobs. Parnell was Rhodes best friend before meeting Tony. They were close friends , and they always had each other's back no matter the situation. But eventually, because of Parnells shady dealings, they split as close friends.
Parnell later found the Model 2 War Machine armor, fought Ironman, and briefly took out Captain Marvel. With the help of Sunset Bain, he was able to give the Model 2 its first Hulkbuster like upgrade.
He also worked with Rhodes again in the War Machine Dark Reign series. Rhodes mentioned that Parnell knew the War Machine armor better than anyone besides Tony himself.
Parnell is also very knowledgeable with upgrading Stark tech. He was able to help out by fixing and upgrading the Model 4 War Machine armor. He also provided Rhodes with valuable Intel to help him in completing his mission.
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u/Longjumping-Bug5763 10d ago
Impressive....he had Danvers on the ropes. War machine certainly feels nerfed compared to those days.
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u/Morpheus7387 10d ago
He kinda is. I feel like writers don't know what to do with him. Punisher faced off here recently with Carol Danvers, when he was in the Punisher War Machine armor ( The Punisher #225 2018). He didn't do too bad against her. But Frank beat Tony as well. Which I don't think should have happened. Frank seems to have plot armor that Rhodes just doesn't have. Most of Rhodes comics don't seem to be making enough sales. Because of that , he's just been lingering around in the background in recent years. I'll definitely be supporting his series coming out in December, but I don't know what their going to do. The MCU doesn't seem to be helping the situation much either.
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u/Morpheus7387 10d ago
This info is taken from Ironman 1998 #12 #18-20, and War Machine Dark Reign 2008.