How Tony Met Rhodey | The First Appearances and Origin of Iron Man

History of the Marvel Universe #8

In this video, we look at the origin of Iron Man and how he originally met James Rhodes, who later became War Machine. Plus a filing cabinet filled with rocks.

Sources:
Tales of Suspense #39 (March, 1963)
Iron Man #144 (March, 1981)

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[eduardoflores]

"Boom' you looking for this?"

[christianpathfinder]

Trench coats in the jungle stand out more than wearing the armor outright

[johnathan]

I remember reading these stories back in the 80s, obviously a reprint or trade. Love that old art, still holds up. Great vid as always Marvelite!

[leavonfletcher]

So....we are just going to pretend that filing cabinets filled with rocks are a thing? Comics are WEIRD!!!

[TrevorDuran]

Wow! The 1 and only video addressing my question!

[d-manthecaptain]

5:00 Note how while recharging his energy, the flying sparks reflect off his armor and makes it look gold. This is foreshadowing that in the second appearence of Iron Man, which takes place after this flashback, Tony decided to paint his suit golden, like a knight, in the hopes that it would stop citizens from being afraid of him, which ended up working out.

[davidMRherobetts]

I so love your videos! I have been subscribed to your channel for a number of years now. I love a good origin story and especially a good backstory to understand where we are and how we got here

[TheTiger]

I knew they mat some where, but I didn't know they mat that early in the beginning of Iron first issue.

[antonissa]

I would like to see how they met in the MCU.

[DIEGhostfish]

Look man, ammo is expensive, sometimes you have to improvise.

[mbp]

I hope the writers were fired after the story.