I'd hoped this War Machine series would be as intense as the previous ones I'd read, but unfortunately these comics really pale in comparison.

It's nice that things are a bit calmer for Rhodey and his morality battle about if it's justified to end the lives of evil people wasn't repeated for at least the third time, but the story here winds up being somewhat boring even with the mystery and terrorism themes.

So far my favorite part of the series was when Rhodey being shown his new War Machine suit, since it had positive interactions, set him up for cooler action scenes and probably helped ease some of his resentment towards how he's typically and unfairly seen as lesser than Tony. I also liked that at the end of the first issue there's eight pages briefly describing Rhodey's history from childhood to the present day.

The biggest problem with this volume probably isn't the fault of its original writers, but because of the start of the Fear Itself event the Palmer Addley plot is dropped for a few issues so Rhodey can help deal with magical problems that feel out of place.

I'm still going to finish this series, but I had fairly high hopes for it and have been disappointed so far.