MCU Phase 5’s Brutal Armor Wars Tease Perfectly Sets Up A Missing Avenger’s Return

One major missing Avenger could return in Marvel Studios’ upcoming Armor Wars after the events of Secret Invasion. Don Cheadle has portrayed James “Rhodey” Rhodes since 2010’s Iron Man 2, taking over the role from Terrence Howard in Iron Man. Since then, Rhodey has been pivotal to Tony Stark’s MCU adventures, but in the wake of Iron Man’s demise in Avengers: Endgame, Rhodey must now pave his own path in the MCU’s future. Cheadle briefly appeared in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier before making a more prominent return in Secret Invasion, though the Phase 5 series included a major reveal that changed several of Rhodey’s prior appearances.