User blog comment:SunGodKizaru/Civil War II details/@comment-24533149-20160123182333

I'm calling Rhodey - not only does he look like he's going to die in the Civil War film, he carries enough recognition and popularity to affect readers without being one of the big names immediate thoughts of 'okay, so this won't last'.

The clincher, though, is that his death is EXACTLY what would motivate Tony - Rhodey's best friend - and Carol - Rhodey's girlfriend, who has bad experiences with losing guys she loves (one of her boyfriends was murdered by Mystique, who, to add insult to injury, used Carol's form to do so and Mar-Vell died of cancer) - to go head to head.