Creation
Action Man was an action figure released in 1966 by the British company Palitoy, it is a version of Hasbro‘s G. I. Joe action figure. In 1982, Hasbro, in partnership with Marvel, launched the collection GI Joe: A Real American Hero, featuring a team group called G.I. Joe, Palitoy adapted this team as Action Force, with comics published by IPC Magazine and Marvel UK. In the early 1990s, with Hasbro’s acquisition of Tonka, it also obtained rights to Palitoy. In 1993, he released a collection of a new Action Man, a super agent, followed by an animated series in 1995. The character gained an archenemy, Doctor X and had comics published by Panini UK between 1996 and 2006.
IDW Comics
Action Man is a codename used by British super-agents.
- The first Action Man would be the British writer Christopher Marlowe during the 16th century.
- Between the 1960s and 1980s, an unidentified Action Man even came to work in the United States, joining forces with the Adventure Team. This Action Man is inspired by the action figure released in 1966.
- The Action Man from the 1990s was part of Team Extreme, he looks like the Action Man from the 1995 animated series, Natalie Poole, his partnership in the series is also part of the team, the team came to fight alongside Sgt. Savage.
- Mike Brogan was Action Man was the penultimate Action Man known, he battled his arch-nemesis, Doctor X, his name is a tribute to the pseudonym used by Fred Baker in the Action Man’s books in the 70’s.
- Ian Noble is current Action Man, he was Mike Brogan’s partner, he fights Doctor X: Mercy Gale.
Other Media
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Televison
- In the Action Man animated series, released in 1995, Action Man is Matthew Exler, a member of the Action Force.
- In the Acton Man 2000 animated series, Action Man is an athlete named Alex Mann.
- In the series A.T.O.M. (2005), Axel Manning is a member of the team of the same name.