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Though obscure, ''Action'' played an important role in the development of [[British Comics]]; it was the first multi-themed "boy's stories" comic (prior to ''Action'', all "boy's stories" comics would focus on one theme - war or sports, for example), and it proved that there was a market for boy's adventure stories outside of the classical moulds. IPC and Pat Mills would go on to create the successful ''[[2000 AD|Two Thousand AD]]'' comics. Many of the early ''2000 AD'' stories have a very strong resemblance to the moods and attitudes of ''Action stories'', and the stories ''Flesh'' and ''Shako'' in particular have a strong resemblance to ''Hook Jaw''.

 

=== Stories that ''Action'' produced include the following: ===