'Mission Brief' - introduction providing additional context for the strip. Comic strip Colouring page Character profiles, features on past stories from the comic etc. Competition - often for the toy featured in the issue's strip. Other competition prizes included video games and DVDs. Puzzles Posters - a giant pull-out poster in the centre of the comic and occasional back cover poster. Letters page featured reader letters and artwork, with the prize of a free action figure being awarded to each issue's 'star letter'. This section had various character-themed names over the comic's course, including 'Action Stations', 'Gangrene's Gunk Mail', 'Antifreezes Cool Mail' and 'Dr X's Hate Mail'. Collected editions In 2001, Egmont Books published a series of books each containing two strips from random issues of the comic, priced at £1.99 each. A poster would typically also be included. Published titles included the following: Action Man: Extreme Adventures ['Demolition Derby'; 'Armed and Dangerous!'] () Action Man: X Hunter ['Smash 'n' Grab'; 'Rumble in the Jungle'] () See also Action Man Action Man (1993-2006 toyline) Action Man (1995 TV series) Action Man (2000 TV series) A.T.O.M. References External links Panini Comics at Blood for the Barron, an Action Force fan site Panini Comics at Action Man HQ 1996 comics debuts 2006 comics endings Action Man British comics Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom Comics based on Hasbro toys Defunct British comics IDW Publishing titles Marvel UK titles