Action Man
- Action Man is the codename of several humans from the Generation 1 continuity family.
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
Unit:E comic
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
IDW Generation 1 continuity
While meeting to discuss the Transformers, Joe Colton and his mate Miles Manheim recalled their encounter with Action Man during their Adventure Team days. Manheim noted that the current Action Man, Ian Noble, could be helpful in dealing with a situation in California. Secret Raiders
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.
Ian then contacted his old acquaintance Mainframe to inform him of the Mount Olympus incident, reporting that the dog tags belonged to 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. Concorde Hymn
Notes
- 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.
