Ok I know that when I attack using the Shield bonus, the Sheild fig gets an action token. My question is, does this count as one of my alloted actions? JLA, Avengers, Brotherhood all get action tokens for moving, but they don't coun't as one of my allocated actions. Does the Sheild work the same way?

Yes, when using SHIELD team ability... it WILL count as one of your allotted actions. The SHIELD will not work the same as Brotherhood, Avengers, JLA in this respect.