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:''Action Man is the codename of several [[human]]s from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
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[[File:Revolution2-ActionManprofile.jpg|thumb|0.75|I'm happy, hope you're happy too.]]
[[File:Revolution2-ActionManprofile.jpg|thumb|0.75|I'm happy, hope you're happy too.]]


'''Action Man''' is [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s one-bloke answer to [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], a master of all forms of fighting, communication, and disguise. Having served the crown since the days of [[Queen of England|Elizabeth I]], the Action Man honour is bestowed upon an agent trained to perfect physical and mental calibre. One such chap crossed paths with the [[Adventure Team]].
'''Action Man''' is [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s one-bloke answer to [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], a master of all forms of fighting, communication, and disguise. Having served the [[British monarchy|crown]] since the days of [[Elizabeth I]], the Action Man honour is bestowed upon an agent trained to perfect physical and mental calibre. One such chap crossed paths with the [[Adventure Team]].


The current Action Man is '''Ian Noble''', a young lad seeking revenge for the death of the previous Action Man.
The current Action Man is '''[[Ian Noble]]''', a young lad seeking revenge for the death of the previous Action Man.


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
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Upon approaching the planet [[Earth]], the artificial intelligence [[Synergy]] presented footage of the Action Man to her crew-mate, the young [[Microman|Acroyear]], so that he could learn about his potential allies and enemies on the alien world. She informed him that the elusive Action Man was one of many, each of which would somehow pass down all their knowledge and skills to their successor. The current Action Man had been "activated" prematurely, as his immediate predecessor had "gone bad" and rebranded himself as "[[Doctor X|Dr. X]]". As such, the current Action Man was a 25-year-old with 2500 years of knowledge at his disposal. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}
Upon approaching the planet [[Earth]], the artificial intelligence [[Synergy]] presented footage of the Action Man to her crew-mate, the young [[Microman|Acroyear]], so that he could learn about his potential allies and enemies on the alien world. She informed him that the elusive Action Man was one of many, each of which would somehow pass down all their knowledge and skills to their successor. The current Action Man had been "activated" prematurely, as his immediate predecessor had "gone bad" and rebranded himself as "[[Doctor X|Dr. X]]". As such, the current Action Man was a 25-year-old with 2500 years of knowledge at his disposal. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}


===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{MainIDW|Christopher Marlowe|Action Man (1980s)|Mike Brogan|Ian Noble}}
{{main|Mike Brogan|Ian Noble}}
[[File:Revolution prelude action man adventure team.jpg|upright=0.8|left|thumb|Do you remember a guy that's been in such an early song?]]
[[File:PowerAndGlory-ActionMan1960s.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Do you remember a guy that's been in such an early song?]]
The mantle of "Action Man" stretches back to the 19th century and possibly beyond that, with the title having been passed down from one Action Man to the next over the years. {{storylink|The Divine Source of Liberty|Action Man profile in Revolution #2}}


In the 1960s, that era's Action Man tracked a ring of [[Brasnya]]n spies to the United States, where he helped bust their smuggling ring involving [[Iron Trooper|alien technology]]. As he arrested the criminals, he offered some words of encouragement to a young [[Atomic Man|Mike Power]], who had tracked the spies to their base of operations. {{storylink|Power and Glory}} In the 1980s, [[Adventure Team]] veterans [[Joe Colton]] and [[Miles Mayhem|Miles Manheim]] encountered this Action Man one of their many globetrotting adventures. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}  
The mantle of "Action Man" stretches back to the 16th century; a top-secret lineage of highly trained agents beginning with [[Christopher Marlowe]], the first holder of the title. Operating under the jurisdiction of the [[Action Man Programme]], each holder of the "Action Man" title is expected to train to physical and mental perfection while mastering a wide variety of military and civilian skills. {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 1|Action Man profile}} {{storylink|Crisis Intervention|Revolutionaries #1 timeline}}


At one point, [[Joe Colton]] mistook [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] for a piloted mecha and wondered if Action Man was at the helm. {{storylink|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}}
In the 1960s, the Action Man of that era tracked a ring of [[Brasnya]]n spies to the [[United States of America|United States]], discovering that they had set up an international smuggling ring designed to export salvaged [[IRON Trooper|alien technology]] out of their home country. After arresting the criminals, he offered some words of encouragement to a young [[Atomic Man|Mike Power]], who had independently tracked the spies to their base of operations. {{storylink|Power and Glory}}  


The man who would become the latest Action man was Ian Noble, a sixth-form student in northern [[London]] with criminal tendencies. Circa [[2012]] on a midnight stroll near the [[Thames]], Ian accidentally stumbled across the [[Action Man Programme]]'s headquarters after stealing a suspicious entry card. There, he encountered [[Mike Brogan]], the serving Action Man who decided to induct the young rogue into the program; as a member of Action Man's tech program, Noble undertook many authorized and ''unauthorized'' missions in the pursuit of the mysterious "[[Doctor X]]". During a struggle to recapture an experimental spacecraft and its volatile antimatter drive, Brogan sacrificed himself to save the Earth. Although Britain's Prime Minister commended Noble for his work, and pushed for Ian to become the next Action Man. On his earliest adventures as Action Man, Noble continued to pursue Doctor X, until the discovery that Doctor X was actually a mole within the Action Man Programme—his teammate [[Doctor X|Mercy Gale]], who evaded capture. {{storylink|The Divine Source of Liberty|Action Man profile in Revolution #2}}
[[File:Revolution prelude action man adventure team.jpg|thumb|right|We know Major Tom's a junkie.]]


While meeting to discuss the [[Transformer]]s, [[Joe Colton]] and his mate [[Miles Mayhem|Miles Manheim]] recalled their encounter with the Action Man of their heyday. Manheim noted that the current Action Man could be helpful in dealing with [[Rom|a situation in California]]. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}
Some twenty years later, [[Adventure Team]] members [[Joe Colton]] and [[Miles Mayhem|Miles Manheim]] encountered the same Action Man on one of their many globetrotting adventures; {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}} in 1984, Joe Colton mistook [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] for a piloted mecha and wondered if Action Man was at the helm. {{storylink|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}}


[[File:Revolution 1 Action Man Ore-13.jpg|upright=1.1 |thumb|I'm hoping to kick, but the planet is glowing.]]
This Action Man would retire sometime around the early 1990s, and his successor was notable for his involvement with [[Team Extreme]]: a totally radical group of bandolier-wearing do-gooders that included a temporally displaced [[Sgt. Savage]]. {{storylink|When Eagles Scream}} His tenure was evidently brief, as he himself would be succeeded by [[Mike Brogan]] at some point after 1994. {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 1|Action Man profile}}


Ian Noble and fellow Action Man Programme agent [[Terrence Salmons]] responded to a distress beacon coming from [[Mount Olympus]], [[Greece]]. Ian flew down to the mountain where he discovered a crevice filled with [[Ore-13]]... and former member of G.I. Joe [[Big Ben]]. Big Ben told Ian that his team was tracking a group of covert agents to the mountain, where they were mining the Ore-13, and that his men were all killed by the agents. He then handed Ian a dog tag he took off one of the agents; a G.I. Joe dog tag! The energy of the Ore-13 began to destabilize and Ian was forced to abandon Big Ben as the mountain exploded.
The unlikely hero who would become the next Action Man was [[Ian Noble]], a sixth-form student in northern [[London]] with criminal tendencies. Circa [[2012]], on a midnight stroll near the [[Thames]], Ian accidentally stumbled across the [[Action Man Programme]]'s headquarters after stealing a suspicious entry card. Discovering the Action Man Programme, Brogan opted to induct the young rogue into the program as part of the AMP's tech division, where he undertook many authorized and ''un''authorized missions in the pursuit of the mysterious "[[Doctor X]]". Circa 2016, Noble accompanied Brogan on what would become Mike Brogan's last outing as Action Man; during a struggle to recapture an experimental [[antimatter]]-fuelled spacecraft that had been targeted by Doctor X, Brogan was forced to sacrifice himself to save the Earth. Unable to leave their flagship post unoccupied for long, Ian was quickly pushed into becoming the next Action Man on the recommendation of Britain's Prime Minister, a decision that proved controversial amongst members of the AMP and the wider UK government. {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 1|Action Man profile}}  
 
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Ian then contacted his old acquaintance [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] to inform him of the Mount Olympus incident, reporting that the dog tags belonged to [[Countdown (G.I. Joe)|David Dubosky]]. Mainframe said that was impossible, having just spoken to Countdown two minute prior. Ian warned Mainframe to keep an eye on his fellow Joes, since in their weird world, things aren't always what they seem. {{storylink|Concorde Hymn}}
 
Ian Noble was visible on a computer screen as [[Baron Karza]] monitored the Ore-13 which had been retrieved from Olympus. {{storylink|The Divine Source of Liberty}}
 
[[File:Revolutionaries-2-Action Man and Storm Shadow.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|left|]]
The upswing of extraterrestrial activity on Earth—including [[M.A.S.K.]]'s capture of [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] in [[Athens]] and a [[Dire Wraith]] attack on the [[White House]] had attracted the attention of the A.M.P., who correctly deduced that [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] had been compromised by the Dire Wraiths. On [[Pauline Bestley]]'s orders, Ian Noble was deployed to [[Governor's Island]] to investigate. Ian contacted his friend [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] and crashed his exploding jetski into the fortified walls of the island to directly breach their security. After melting his way into the facility with acid, he dealt with M.A.S.K. agents [[Sly Rax]] and [[Vanessa Warfield]] and freed the elderly [[Autobot]]. While Mainframe and his team—who had no idea that Miles Mayhem was keeping an Autobot prisoner—argued with their supposed M.A.S.K. colleagues, Action Man and Kup outran Mayhem's [[Switchblade (M.A.S.K.)|Switchblade]] vehicle before Mainframe called down a low-power orbital strike from [[Beijing]]. The super-spy and Autobot were able to elude capture by driving along the seabed, aiming to return to the mainland and rejoin the growing battle. {{storylink|The Modern World}}
 
Mainframe and Kup arrived at [[Monument Valley]] just as the extradimensional [[Baron Karza]] began laying siege to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]; the duo managed to save Mainframe and [[Ayana Jones|Mayday]] from a crashing helicopter... even though Mainframe still claimed not to know who he was. When [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] activated [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]'s flight protocols, the two evacuated to the flying city. To Ian's relief, almost everyone survived... except for the [[Micronaut]]s and half of M.A.S.K.'s strike team, who were unaccounted for. {{storylink|Valley Forge}}
 
In the aftermath of the conflict, Kup joined Action Man regularly on adventures across the world. On one early operation, the duo investigated an anomalous wave of energy in [[Schleteva]], which was transforming innocent civilians into [[Dire Wraith]]s. Ian discovered that this was due to [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]], who was searching for answers about his origins by tampering with a mysterious [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] and accidentally activating its powers. The two fought one another for control of the artifact, but were disrupted by [[Rom]], who had teamed up with Mayday's Joe unit in the process. All four factions were forced to put their differences aside when the [[Oktober Guard]] arrived, hoping to steal the Talisman for themselves. Mayday and Action Man pursued the Guard after their common enemies mutated the other Joes into Wraiths. Though Kup managed to run them off the road, Bludd activated a teleportation device and dragged Ian, who had been standing too close, along with them. {{storylink|Crisis Intervention}}
 
Action Man awoke on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] in a spacesuit, just outside the abandoned [[Section Sabine]] moonbase. Making it inside just before running out of oxygen, he discovered that [[Doctor X]], [[Storm Shadow]], and [[Baron Ironblood]], who had taken the Talisman and amassed an army of [[Red Shadow]]s. Ian managed to escape, pursued by Doctor X's ninjas, and came aacross a [[MASS device]] powered by [[Ore-13]], but before he could escape [[Storm Shadow]] managed to pin him down. He was rescued by Kup, Mayday, Blackrock, and the Micronauts, who had tracked him to the moon. The Talisman's effects detonated the local supplies of Ore-13; though the villains escaped via teleporter, Kup was able to extract Action Man in his chest before the base exploded. On their way home from the Moon, Action Man told the team that, as a member of British Intelligence, he had files on the team who had discovered the alien artifact in the first place... {{storylink|Enter The Shadow}}
 
... which turned out to be Richard Ruby, alias [[Bulletman]], who had served in the Adventure Team in his heyday. Posing as filmmakers, Ian and the others interviewed the retired superhero about his time in [[Egypt]], where they discovered that the Talisman had connections to [[Garrison Kreiger]] and Count van Rani—alias the [[Iron Klaw]]. {{storylink|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}} En route to [[Kalistan]], the team formed an alliance with [[Snake-Eyes]]; his espionage revealed that von Rani had formed an alliance with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s. In the ensuing battle, Action Man and Kup faced their new combined form, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. With Snake-Eyes' help, the duo were able to force the combiner to separate. {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}}
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==Toys==
==Toys==
===Revolution===
===''Revolution''===
[[File:SDCC 2017 Action Man Stock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Liokaiser#Generations|Once]] [[Overlord (Masterforce)#Generations|again]], [https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/138375-cybertron-championship-rewindaction-man-vs-steeljawpizzazz/ Allspark March Mayhem] accurately predicts the upcoming year's toys.]]
[[File:SDCC 2017 Action Man Stock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Liokaiser#Combiner_Wars|Once]] [[Overlord (G1)#Generations|again]], [https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/138375-cybertron-championship-rewindaction-man-vs-steeljawpizzazz/ Allspark March Mayhem] accurately predicts the upcoming year's toys.]]


*'''Revolution Set''' (SDCC Gift Set, 2017)
*'''Revolution Set''' (SDCC Gift Set, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Rifle, two submachine guns
**''Accessories'': Rifle, two submachine guns, G.I. Joe display stand
:Released as part of a San Diego Comic-Con 2017 exclusive set, Action Man is a human action figure made up of redecoed parts from various [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] action figures, with a new head based on IDW's Ian Noble iteration of the character. He was packed with several other [[Hasbro Universe]] action figures:  [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Revolution|Jetfire]], [[Matt Trakker]] of ''[[M.A.S.K.]]'', ''[[Visionaries]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> Leoric, [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'', [[Rom]] & a [[Dire Wraith]], and 9 ''[[Micronauts]]'' mini-figurines.
:Released as part of a San Diego Comic-Con 2017 exclusive set, Action Man is a human action figure made up of redecoed parts from various [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] action figures, with a new head based on IDW's Ian Noble iteration of the character. He was packed with several other [[Hasbro Universe]] action figures:  [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Revolution|Jetfire]], [[Matt Trakker]] of ''[[M.A.S.K.]]'', ''[[Visionaries]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> Leoric, [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'', [[Rom]], and a [[Dire Wraith]], and 9 ''[[Micronauts]]'' mini-figurines.


:He is sadly not compatible with ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Kup (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Kup]].
:He is sadly not compatible with ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Kup (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Kup]].
{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
==Notes==
*Action Man is based on the U.K. version of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' from the 1960s, released around the same time as the G.I. Joe Adventure Team. Colton and Manheim meeting an Action Man is likely a reference to that.
*Action Man is based on the U.K. version of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' from the 1960s, released around the same time as the G.I. Joe Adventure Team. Colton and Manheim meeting an Action Man is likely a reference to that.
*This isn't the first time Action Man and G.I. Joe have crossed over: the 90's extreme sports adventurer version of Action Man got [http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/actionman.shtml a toy] as part of a [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive ''G.I. Joe'' set back in 2004.
*This isn't the first time Action Man and G.I. Joe have crossed over: the 90's extreme sports adventurer version of Action Man got [http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/actionman.shtml a toy] as part of a [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive ''G.I. Joe'' set back in 2004.
*[[Mark Hildreth]] was the voice of Action Man in the [[2000]] ''Action Man'' animated series.


==External links==
==External links==
*{{i|Ian Noble}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki
*{{w|Action Man (1993–2006 toyline)|Action Man at Wikipedia}}


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Latest revision as of 08:29, 18 February 2026

The name or term "Action Man" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Action Man (disambiguation).
I'm happy, hope you're happy too.

Action Man is Britain's one-bloke answer to G.I. Joe, a master of all forms of fighting, communication, and disguise. Having served the crown since the days of Elizabeth I, the Action Man honour is bestowed upon an agent trained to perfect physical and mental calibre. One such chap crossed paths with the Adventure Team.

The current Action Man is Ian Noble, a young lad seeking revenge for the death of the previous Action Man.

Fiction

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Unit:E comic

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Upon approaching the planet Earth, the artificial intelligence Synergy presented footage of the Action Man to her crew-mate, the young Acroyear, so that he could learn about his potential allies and enemies on the alien world. She informed him that the elusive Action Man was one of many, each of which would somehow pass down all their knowledge and skills to their successor. The current Action Man had been "activated" prematurely, as his immediate predecessor had "gone bad" and rebranded himself as "Dr. X". As such, the current Action Man was a 25-year-old with 2500 years of knowledge at his disposal. Unit:E

2005 IDW continuity

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Main articles: Mike Brogan and Ian Noble
Do you remember a guy that's been in such an early song?

The mantle of "Action Man" stretches back to the 16th century; a top-secret lineage of highly trained agents beginning with Christopher Marlowe, the first holder of the title. Operating under the jurisdiction of the Action Man Programme, each holder of the "Action Man" title is expected to train to physical and mental perfection while mastering a wide variety of military and civilian skills. Action Man profile Revolutionaries #1 timeline

In the 1960s, the Action Man of that era tracked a ring of Brasnyan spies to the United States, discovering that they had set up an international smuggling ring designed to export salvaged alien technology out of their home country. After arresting the criminals, he offered some words of encouragement to a young Mike Power, who had independently tracked the spies to their base of operations. Power and Glory

We know Major Tom's a junkie.

Some twenty years later, Adventure Team members Joe Colton and Miles Manheim encountered the same Action Man on one of their many globetrotting adventures; Secret Raiders in 1984, Joe Colton mistook Soundwave for a piloted mecha and wondered if Action Man was at the helm. The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb

This Action Man would retire sometime around the early 1990s, and his successor was notable for his involvement with Team Extreme: a totally radical group of bandolier-wearing do-gooders that included a temporally displaced Sgt. Savage. When Eagles Scream His tenure was evidently brief, as he himself would be succeeded by Mike Brogan at some point after 1994. Action Man profile

The unlikely hero who would become the next Action Man was Ian Noble, a sixth-form student in northern London with criminal tendencies. Circa 2012, on a midnight stroll near the Thames, Ian accidentally stumbled across the Action Man Programme's headquarters after stealing a suspicious entry card. Discovering the Action Man Programme, Brogan opted to induct the young rogue into the program as part of the AMP's tech division, where he undertook many authorized and unauthorized missions in the pursuit of the mysterious "Doctor X". Circa 2016, Noble accompanied Brogan on what would become Mike Brogan's last outing as Action Man; during a struggle to recapture an experimental antimatter-fuelled spacecraft that had been targeted by Doctor X, Brogan was forced to sacrifice himself to save the Earth. Unable to leave their flagship post unoccupied for long, Ian was quickly pushed into becoming the next Action Man on the recommendation of Britain's Prime Minister, a decision that proved controversial amongst members of the AMP and the wider UK government. Action Man profile

Toys

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Revolution

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Once again, Allspark March Mayhem accurately predicts the upcoming year's toys.
  • Revolution Set (SDCC Gift Set, 2017)
    • Accessories: Rifle, two submachine guns, G.I. Joe display stand
Released as part of a San Diego Comic-Con 2017 exclusive set, Action Man is a human action figure made up of redecoed parts from various G.I. Joe action figures, with a new head based on IDW's Ian Noble iteration of the character. He was packed with several other Hasbro Universe action figures: Jetfire, Matt Trakker of M.A.S.K., Visionaries' Leoric, Roadblock of G.I. Joe, Rom, and a Dire Wraith, and 9 Micronauts mini-figurines.
He is sadly not compatible with Titans Return Kup.

Notes

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  • Action Man is based on the U.K. version of G.I. Joe from the 1960s, released around the same time as the G.I. Joe Adventure Team. Colton and Manheim meeting an Action Man is likely a reference to that.
  • This isn't the first time Action Man and G.I. Joe have crossed over: the 90's extreme sports adventurer version of Action Man got a toy as part of a Toys"R"Us-exclusive G.I. Joe set back in 2004.
  • Mark Hildreth was the voice of Action Man in the 2000 Action Man animated series.
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