Action Man is a children's animated/live-action television series, created by DIC Productions, L.P. and Bohbot Entertainment, which originally aired on the latter's Amazin' Adventures syndicated block.

However, what seems to be considered the build-up to world peace, that is slowly happening, is constantly threatened by an international paramilitary terrorist organisation since its emergence.

The organisation is staffed by mercenary soldiers called "Skullmen", whose loyalty is to their leader, an evil mastermind who operates under the mysterious phantom identity of Doctor X.

The battle resulted in the building being set on fire, Dr. X escaping and Action Man being rescued along with Jacques by Natalie and Knuck before the chalet exploded.

The machine operates with an artificial intelligence named Vira, whose role is that of an assistant in the mindscape that provides Action Man with information and insight on unlocked memories when he's exploring them.

With a nuclear battleship about to fall in Dr. X's hands, Action Man makes haste to recover the warhead, aided by his team and Dr. X's former lackey Ursula.

Team mate on radio: Action 2 (Knuck) Dr. X captures the Fargo scientists to get hold of the regenerative Extract Herb to gain a fortune out of youth serum.

Unknown to them Action Man is still alive and thinking that Dr. X believes he is dead decides to use it to his advantage in order to beat Dr. X at his game at the robotics factory.

Thanks to Ian's mine planted on Dr. X's snowcruiser, Action Man manages to destroy Dr. X's acquired lethal PAX 39 gas canisters.

Team mate on radio: Action 2 (Knuck) Dr. X has taken a beaker of deadly Red Plague virus and kidnapped Dr. Pandemo who developed the cure.

Team mate on radio: Action 4 (Jacques) Dr. X has a rogue moon launcher set to destroy Earth's cities.

After Action Man braves the Gobi Desert hazards, Jacques seeds some precipitation to wash out Dr. X's camouflaged gun bunker and destroy the launcher.

Team mate on radio: Action 4 (Jacques) Dr. X has stolen an anti-gravity device to stage an alien attack on Earth.

With the aid of the scientist Professor Mackenzie who invented the device, Action Man destroys the fake alien spaceship while Natalie distracts Dr. X and his Skullmen.

Action Man tricks Dr. X into destroying Gangrene's lab and prevents him from putting the X-Vitamin into the city's water supply.

Team mate on radio: Action 3 (Natalie) Dr. X steals a Neutron Phalanx Gun and a large amount of Plutonium to destroy the world of its oceans.

Learning they both have the same "AM" tattoo, Action Man is led to believe that he and Gem Eye are both members of an assassin cult called the "Acolytes of Mayhem".

Team mate on radio: Action Command (Secretary Norris) Dr. X takes control of a fully automated private space shuttle carrying two of the world's richest men.

Surviving however will prove to be tough for the team as during the crash Jacques wheelchair is destroyed, Knuck has a fractured ankle and Natalie has a broken arm.

Team mate on radio: Action 2 (Knuck) Jacques is invited to join his family for the holidays, but a sargovian gold shipment is underway which Dr. X wants to get his hands on which as a result interrupts these plans.

Not wishing for his father to be harmed he is therefore forced to abandon Action Man and Natalie and proceed to where they are located, while Dr. X is hoping to acquire Jet Extreme and the wealth of the world.

Unknown to Dr. X however who wanted to let Action Man and Natalie freeze to death Knuck drops a package for the duo and together they manage to access and hijack the black shark.

In France, Spain and The Netherlands, VHS tapes of the series were released by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, once again usually containing two episodes.