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After [[w:TI Media|IPC Magazines]] ceased its publication of ''Action Force'' stories in ''[[w:Battle Picture Weekly|Battle]]'' in November 1986, Hasbro gave the rights to Marvel UK, for them to release a weekly ''Action Force'' mag in the same vein as ''The Transformers''. This publication married UK-produced main stories with back-up material reprinting strips from Marvel U.S.'s {{Joe|G.I._Joe:_A_Real_American_Hero_(Marvel_comic_series)|''A Real American Hero''}} – of which there was a healthy supply that had been building since 1982. These reprint stories were edited for the UK market, changing all the ''G.I. Joe''s to ''Action Force''s among other edits, essentially creating a continuity out of two ongoing strips. The weekly ''Action Force'' comic was frequently promoted by ''The Transformers'', including a full-blown crossover story (of which we give partial coverage).

Another bit of ''The Transformers''{{'}}s homework copied by ''Action Force'' was its gag strip, which imported ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' cartoonist [[Lew Stringer]]. The resulting comic was ''Codename: Combat Colin'', a look into the everyday life of a yampy suburban action hero. When ''Action Force'' folded into ''The Transformers'', ''Combat Colin'' came over with it to overwhelming critical acclaim. We have chosen to cover these early ''Combat Colin'' tales <s>because of wiki editor favouritism</s> to provide a complete look at his exploits in the pages of Marvel Comics.

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