Iron Man's armor is the technological means that rich schoolboy Tony Stark uses to fight crime as the superhero Iron Man. Tony Stark built a suit of armor to impress his father, Howard Stark and showed it to his friend James Rhodes. When the plane they were riding in exploded because of the Mandarin Tony quickly got into his suit and survived the crash. He flew home and required an implant in his heart to keep him alive. When Mandarin blew up most of his armors Rhodey donned the War Machine armor so he could give the surviving armor to Tony.