An Agent of SHIELD Hero Just Became The War Machine | Screen Rant

This article contains spoilers forForce Works 2020#3.

An Agents of SHIELD hero just got to become War Machine for the day. There was a time when Tony Stark was the only armored Avenger. He's still undoubtedly the best, if only because he's a genius inventor and continually upgrades his armor with his latest innovations. But he's no longer unique because there are plenty of other superheroes who don Stark tech for their heroism.

The most famous of these is, of course, War Machine. James Rhodes is one of Tony Stark's best friends, and in fact briefly replaced him as Iron Man, before taking on a superhero identity of his own. But an Iron Man-esque suit of armor is beginning to feel like something of a rite of passage for a superhero, indicating when they've made it into the big league. Squirrel Girl has her own dedicated suit (modified for her tail), Captain America donned one when the super-soldier serum wore off, Black Widow recently became the War Widow, and Deadpool once stole an Iron Man armor. Even Mary Jane Watson has had a brief stint as Iron (Wo)man.

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In this week's Force Works 2020, one of Agents of SHIELD's greatest heroes has finally gotten to don Stark tech. The Force Works team has been assigned to the island of Lingares, and they're dealing with a terrible threat; MODOK has gained control of the Ultimo android, a giant robot created to destroy entire planets. With James Rhodes tasked to figure out how to stop Ultimo, it falls to Quake to delay him. She does so by putting on the recharging War Machine armor, and taking to the skies to confront MODOK. Hilariously, not only does MODOK fall for this delaying tactic, he doesn't even figure out Rhodes isn't inside the suit. Had he realized Rhodes was elsewhere, he'd likely have deduced Force Works had a plan of some kind.

Quake could use some practice with Stark tech. She can't work out how to control the War Machine suit's HUD, and her marksmanship leaves a lot to be desired. Still, Quake manages to get MODOK 22 miles away from any inhabited area, which is pretty much what she aimed to do. That's when she's swatted from the sky, and the War Machine armor shuts down due to the immense damage it has sustained. MODOK peels the armor from Quake, and is shocked to realize who he's really facing - which is when Quake cuts loose in an unexpected attack using her own powers that save the day.

No doubt operating War Machine's armor is one thing Quake can cross off her bucket list. Of course, the Agents of SHIELD version may well find Stark tech a little easier to operate, given Fitz and Simmons regularly come up with ideas that would dazzle Tony Stark. In Agents of SHIELD season 7, they've even successfully cracked time travel, five years ahead of Iron Man.

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