Action Force was a weekly comic produced in the United Kingdom by the British division of Marvel Comics, featuring Action Force, which at this stage was the name used by the A Real American Hero toyline in the UK. The first issue was published on March 1st 1987, with a cover date of March 7th 1987. The comic combined reprints of the US G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero with originated strips featuring Action Force and other back-up strips such as Master of Kung-Fu, together with factfiles about the various characters and a regular humour strip called Combat Colin.