Bendis totally ignored Lila (has she appeared since Secret Wars at all?) - she should've been made the new War Machine at the same time Riri became Ironheart (Rhodey was also taken off the board in Civil War II, so the mantle was available - it went to Punisher instead!).
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Happens to a lot of characters...no one else wants to use them so they go back into limbo.
Quite frankly...if you are using a character (in this case Rhodey in IM stories) you get all their supporting characters....even if it is just Rhodey getting an email from her or mentioning to someone how his niece is doing at college.
I wouldn't mind him appearing in the comics, but God, please, NOT as Iron Lad. I already hate how MCU fans have co-opted the Iron Lad identity for him. I definitely don't want the comics to give them any more ideas. We don't need a brand new Iron Lad Marvel has literally created three new Iron Man legacy characters in the last decade. Let Harley be an assistant for Tony or a friend of Riri in the comics; that should be good enough.
It is about the possibilities for me. How would he be presented..how would he stand out as his own character and not a junior knock off? If he was the new Iron Lad and they rebooted Young Avengers with some OG members and some new ones (adding him to the roster) how would he interact with them? What would OG YAs think of him using that identity...especially Cassie? Did he chose it for himself or did he show up on the news and he got tagged with it because it reminded people of the original Iron Lad?
I am a firm believer of having more toys in the toy box...and using them...even if just once in a while. Like what was said above about the baby Tony delivered while homeless....What ever happened to the kid? Did Tony make sure he was adopted by a good family? Did he make sure the kid has the best education possible? Did he set up a scholarship that would let the kid go anywhere he wanted to for college?
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