Power Pack
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Power Pack #1 (Aug. 1984) |
Created by | Louise Simonson June Brigman |
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Base(s) | New York City (1984–1990); Bainbridge Island (2000) |
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Power Pack is a superhero team consisting of four young siblings appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Louise Simonson and artist June Brigman, they first appeared in their own series in 1984, which lasted 62 issues, and have since appeared in other books.[1] Power Pack is the first team of pre-teen superheroes in the Marvel Universe and the first team of heroes in comics to feature characters of that age operating without adult supervision. In 2005, the title was relaunched as a series aimed at younger readers—though this was eventually declared a separate continuity from that of the original series and the mainstream Marvel Universe.
The team consists of four siblings: Alex Power, Julie Power, Jack Power, and Katie Power. The dying alien called Whitey, a scientist of the Kymellian race, transfers one of his four superpowers to each of the Power children so they can save their planet from the alien conquerors known as the Snarks. The children band together as the superhero team Power Pack. Along with fighting aliens and super-villains, the team's stories were known for focusing on morality debates and social issues such as child abuse, homelessness, drug abuse, bullying, and the ethics of using excessive or lethal force in combat.
Publication history
Original series
During the early 1980s, Marvel Comics had a policy that all their editors should also be writers. Louise Simonson was encouraged to think of a series she could write, and eventually she pitched a team of pre-teen siblings with superpowers called Power Pack. Simonson later explained:
I had resisted Shooter's encouragement to write stuff or do freelance stuff because I thought he had writers whose livelihoods depended on their doing books and it didn't feel fair to take the work away from them. I had a job. But then Shooter hired a whole batch of new editors, and my workload was cut in half. I got bored and I thought I should create something rather than take one of the jobs that were already there, so I proposed the idea for "Power Pack" to Shooter. He eventually loved the idea, and so that was my taste of writing. I found it more challenging than editing, and way more fun, because I had been editing for a long time so I think it had gotten too easy for me.[2]
Simonson chose June Brigman as Power Pack's penciler because of her talent for drawing children.[2] The Power Pack series premiered in May 1984 (cover date August 1984) in a double-sized issue inked by Bob Wiacek.[3] The series continued into 1991, during which time Brigman and Wiacek were replaced by Jon Bogdanove and Hilary Barta as principal artists. The Power Pack letters column, titled "Pick of the Pack", printed drawings and jokes about the characters submitted by readers, an unusual practice for a Marvel title.[citation needed]
In the first story of the series, the alien Kymellian known as Whitey is fatally injured by the alien villains known as Snarks. He gives the four Power children his powers before dying. His mass control power goes to Jack, his energy and disintegration power goes to Katie, his ability to fly goes to Julie, and his control over gravity goes to Alex. In issue #25, the team's powers are temporarily stolen, then returned but rearranged. Due to this "power switch", each Power Pack child now has an ability wielded by one of their siblings, leading to a change in codenames.[4] The Power Pack children finally switched their costumes to match their new powers in issue #47. In issue #52, another rearrangement of powers and codenames occurred.
Unlike superheroes such as Spider-Man or Batman who were orphaned, free agents, or teenagers often trusted to be on their own without supervision, Power Pack was made up of pre-adolescent siblings who had a close relationship with each other, as well as their supportive parents Jim and Maggie Power. Early in the series, the children decided to keep their powers and superhero activities concealed from their parents, believing it would cause them stress and worry. This decision led to several moral compromises and feelings of guilt for the Power Pack members whenever they had to lie to friends and family or allow harm to occur because helping could mean revealing their abilities.[5] The question of whether or not the powers should be revealed was also an ongoing source of debate among the children. Power Pack readers also argued the matter out in the series letter pages. During Jon Bogdanove's story "Revenge of the Bogeyman", which served as a tie-in for the crossover Inferno, the parents learn their children are superheroes.[6] In an epilogue to the story, writer Julianna Jones depicted Jim and Maggie Power as so overwhelmed by the situation that they increasingly suffer psychological breakdowns and become convinced that they are not fit parents for superheroes. To help the Power family, the New Mutants team convinces Jim and Maggie Power that they were deceived and their children were never superheroes. This restored the secret identity status quo and led Power Pack to keep their heroic lives a secret again.[7]
Despite the characters of Power Pack being children, the series often dealt with mature issues.[8] Many of the social problems of the 1980s found their way into the book's storylines. Among the themes addressed were pollution,[9] drug abuse,[10] runaways,[11] kidnapping,[12] gun violence,[13] bullying,[5] orphanhood,[14] and homelessness.[11] Stories regularly depicted the Power children learning and debating how to use their potentially lethal powers responsibly, often on their own but sometimes with guidance from older heroes such as Spider-Man. In one early issue, Jack was wracked with remorse when he thought he had killed a man.[15] In a later story arc, Katie seriously injures a Snark prince named Jakal, which causes her immense guilt and leads her to call herself a "monster".[16]
As the series went on, the children were shown to slowly age and mature. In issue #1, Alex is 12 years old, Julie is 10, Jack is 8, and Katie is 5.[citation needed] In issue #45, Julie graduates from elementary school with honors in English, and the story says she will join Alex at school 44 (an actual middle school existing in New York City).[citation needed]
The same year Power Pack debuted, the team appeared alongside Spider-Man in a special comic designed to discuss children targeted by sexual abuse. The one-shot issue, written by Louise Simonson, was distributed for free and reprinted in the comics sections of many major newspapers.
Along with Spider-Man and the duo of Cloak and Dagger, Power Pack frequently encountered members of the
Starting with issue #34, the Power Pack series regularly rotated writers. Simonson wrote issues #35, #37, and #39–40, while John Bogdanove wrote issue #36, issues #42–43, and issues #47–52. Howard Mackie wrote issue #34, Julianna Jones wrote issues #38 and #44–45, Steven Heyer wrote #41, Terry Austin wrote issues #46 and #53, Judy Bogdanove wrote #54, and Dwayne McDuffie wrote issue #55. During Jon Bogdanove's final issues, Franklin Richards returned as a regular member of the team.
Further changes involved Alex Power mutating into a Kymellian appearance without explanation, forcing him to hide from his girlfriend Allison (who soon dates someone else) as well as from public life.[citation needed] The series was cancelled with issue #62. The final issue, printed in the fourth quarter of 1990 (cover-dated February 1991), depicted the team and their parents journeying into space together.
One year after the original series' cancellation, creators Louise Simonson and June Brigman teamed up for the one-shot issue Power Pack Holiday Special (published in fourth quarter of 1991, with a cover date of February 1992). The one-shot comic resolved the cliffhanger the series had ended on, restored the Power Pack members' original powers, and undid some of the changes to the characters done during the run by Michael Higgins and Tom Morgan. Power Pack Holiday Special also included a short comedy story involving an art style that evoked Calvin and Hobbes, and a short story that showed an older, teenage Julie dealing with romance and self-esteem issues.
The Power Pack stories were reprinted by
2000 miniseries
A four-part Power Pack mini-series published in 2000 depicted the children as now being slightly older than when they had last been in the 1991 Power Pack Holiday Special. Katie was now in the fifth grade (having skipped two grades due to her intelligence), Jack had joined Julie in middle school, and Alex was now a teenager in high school. James and Maggie, the children's parents, were now aware that their children were also the heroes of Power Pack and accepted it. The Power children now wore masks when in costume and their superhero activities were largely restricted to "practice sessions" in the forest around their new home in Bainbridge Island, ten miles (16 km) from Seattle. The series once again pitted the Pack against Queen Mauraud and the Snarks.
Return of Power Pack
Three of the Power siblings – Alex, Jack, and Katie – appear within Fantastic Four #574 (2010) as guests celebrating Franklin Richards' birthday. They were all depicted as only slightly older than they had been in the 2000 mini-series, with Alex still a teenager.[24] During the story, Alex was invited to join Reed Richards' Future Foundation.[25] He then made frequent appearances in the Fantastic Four series.[26]
In 2020, a five-issue limited series written by Ryan North and illustrated by Nico Leon began publication as part of Marvel's Outlawed event.[27]
"Power Pack: Into The Storm," a monthly five-issue series written by Louise Simonson and penciled by June Brigman, will begin publication in January 2024.[28]
Fictional team history
At the beginning
Alex (age 12),
Whitey tried to stop the experiment by warning the Powers but was mortally wounded by his enemies, the reptilian
The children, with the help of Whitey's "Smartship", a sentient starship called Friday, managed to stop the antimatter test by stealing and destroying the converter and rescued their parents from the Snarks. They decided to continue being superheroes and to hide their powers from their parents.[35] Alex took the codename Gee, Julie became Lightspeed, Jack became Mass Master, and Katie became Energizer.[34] They wore costumes made for them by Friday, which were actually Kymellian spacesuits. The costumes, which were constructed of unstable molecules and stored 'Elsewhere', could materialize and disappear on voice command.
After rescuing their parents, the entire family moves to New York City, where the team attempted to deal with normal "kid problems" such as bullies and loose teeth while battling some of the deadliest villains in the Marvel Universe. The Pack fought the villain
The Pack's two greatest enemies during the original series were the Snarks and Carmody/The Bogeyman. The Snarks generally attempted to kidnap the Power children and steal their powers.
Power Pack joined forces with
on numerous occasions.The team took great pains to conceal their superhuman abilities from their family and "normal" friends. However, during
Another occasional member of the team was
End of the series
Sometime later, Alex underwent a transformation into a Kymellian, and Margaret Power began losing her mind.[53] The Power family sought help for Margaret and Alex in various places, beginning with Reed Richards' lab, but their efforts were disrupted by the Red Ghost and his super apes.
The Power family traveled to the UK to try to find help for Margaret and Alex, but the institute was overrun by Nightmare and they encountered Excalibur.[54] After that the Powers visited the Caribbean. The children planned to enjoy the sun and sand while their father consulted with colleagues but found themselves confronted with what seemed to be an alien attack on the beach where they were relaxing.[55]
The family decided to abandon New York and fly with Friday to New Kymellia to seek help for Alex and his mother.[56]
Both Alex and his parents had been replaced by "pseudoplasm" doubles by a renegade Kymellian Technocrat and his ally, the exiled Maraud (called Meraud in this storyline). The real Alex and his parents were being held captive in the Technocrat's hidden satellite orbiting New Kymellia. Eventually, the other Power siblings learned the truth and rescued their family, switching powers several times as needed, and barely escaping from the satellite before it was destroyed by Maraud.[57]
After recovering on New Kymellia, the Power family returned to New York with Friday. Each of the children was back in possession of his or her original power, and their parents remained unaware of their children's powers and of Power Pack's existence.[57]
Post-series
Alex, New Warriors and the Future Foundation
The Kymellians had given Alex the ability to absorb the powers of his siblings into himself and thus use them all. With these powers, he joined the New Warriors superhero group under the name Powerpax, later Powerhouse.[58] This caused some friction with Alex's brother and sisters; even their parents noticed the heightened levels of hostility and forced the children to see a psychologist. Alex eventually gave the others' powers back; the four reverted to their original names (except Alex, who named himself Zero-G and Julie, who was now called Starstreak, the name Katie had chosen when she had Julie's powers).[59] Speedball later tried to recruit Alex back into the New Warriors. Alex politely refused, citing the conflicts his membership would cause among his siblings, though Katie offered her services, to Speedball's chagrin.[60]
At some point outside of any published story, their parents discovered that the children had superpowers and were active as superheroes. Why Power Pack's parents could now retain this information without suffering mental trauma and insanity – thanks to telepathic manipulation by Byrel Whitemane that had previously been established as impossible to circumvent – has not been explained.[48][56][61]
Following the events of the 2000 mini-series, Julie left the family home in unrevealed circumstances to try to become an actress in Los Angeles. Despite Julie's departure from Power Pack, the team defeats
During Marvel's
He later joined Reed Richards' Future Foundation project, which allowed gifted children living within the Baxter Building to map out the outlook for their generation.[25]
Julie, Excelsior/Loners, Avengers Academy and Future Foundation
Sometime after the events of the 2000 mini-series, Julie Power concluded that adventuring had deprived her of a normal childhood. She dropped out of high school, left her family, and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress. She joined Excelsior, a support group for "former" teenage superheroes, where she is once again known as Lightspeed. Excelsior's first mission was to return the members of the Runaways to the foster care from which the children had absconded and ended with Excelsior battling Ultron.[67] Though they are not seen on-panel, it is then established that Excelsior spend several months attempting to recapture the child cast of the Runaways, but are constantly thwarted by being ineffectual, getting roped into cleaning up after the Runaways' crimefighting exploits, and on occasion simply by being outsmarted by the Runaways.[68]
The Loners are all registered under the Superhuman Registration Act, but consider themselves retired from super-heroics[69] when they are not battling superpowered menaces[70] or operating in public as superheroes attempting to capture runaway superpowered children.[71] However, Julie later tells the rest of the group that she is not registered.[72] While she is less intelligent and articulate than previously established, Julie reveals in Loners #4 that this is merely an affectation she adopts for the benefit of others – she pretends to be a "dumb blonde" to fit in with Los Angelenos.[73] It had previously been established that Julie is a redhead, her "blonde" hair the result of using light hues in the production of the comic's art to reflect the brighter climate of the west coast.
The Loners' support group has moved to New York City, where Julie is presumably seen, though not named, at recent meetings.[74] As with the cast's sudden relocation to Los Angeles from New York between the cancellation of their series and the beginning of Runaways volume 2, the move is not explained.
Julie was seen among the other young superheroes to arrive on the new campus for the
Sometime after Julie ended the relationship with
Members
The Power siblings have changed powers on several occasions and are the core of the Pack.
Real Name | Codename | Codename history (associated power) | Notes |
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Alex Power | Zero-G | Gee (gravity), Destroyer (energy), Mass Master (density), Powerpax/Powerhouse (gravity, energy, density, acceleration), Zero-G (gravity) | Alex was briefly a member of the New Warriors. Currently a member of the Future Foundation. Rejoins his siblings again as Power Pack. |
Julie Power | Lightspeed | Lightspeed (acceleration), Molecula (density), Starstreak (acceleration, teleportation) | Her flight trail is rainbow-like but features only the subtractive primary colors yellow, magenta, and cyan. Currently attending classes at the Avengers Academy. Recently joined the Future Foundation, and along with Alex and their other siblings to reform Power Pack. |
Jack Power | Mass Master | Mass Master (density), Counterweight [79] (gravity), Destroyer (energy) [80] | |
Katie Power | Energizer | Energizer (energy), Starstreak (acceleration), Counterweight (gravity) | |
Franklin Richards (honorary member) |
Formerly Tattletale, later known as Powerhouse | Precognition, astral projection, limited telepathy | He officially joined Power Pack in #17 and has not been an active member since the end of Power Pack volume 1. Currently a member of the Future Foundation. Son of Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic) and Susan Storm/Richards (Invisible Woman) of the Fantastic Four. |
Kofi Whitemane | Teleportation, energy projection, gravity alteration, healing, force field projection, air manipulation. | Unofficial member. Kofi is a Kymellian youth and cousin of Whitey who made his most recent appearance in the 2000 Power Pack mini-series. | |
Friday | Warp drive, flight, supercomputer, force field | The Smartship Friday is an intelligent starship. |
Other versions
Age of Apocalypse
During the
All-ages miniseries
A new Power Pack miniseries debuted in 2005. Written by
A second Power Pack miniseries by the same creative team, X-Men & Power Pack, debuted in October 2005. The series guest-starred various members and villains from the
A third Power Pack miniseries, titled Avengers & Power Pack: Assemble! debuted in April 2006. This series teamed the Pack with various members of the Avengers: Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Spider-Woman. Issues #3 & #4 were a two-part adventure in which the Pack and the Avengers battled Kang the Conqueror, although the latter's plot of conquest which culminates in these two volumes spans the whole miniseries.
A fourth Power Pack miniseries, titled Spider-Man & Power Pack, debuted in November 2006. The series featured Spider-Man and some of his rogue's gallery, such as the
A fifth Power Pack miniseries, Hulk & Power Pack, debuted in March 2007, following the events of the Spider-Man and Power Pack miniseries. The series involved the
A sixth Power Pack miniseries, Fantastic Four & Power Pack, debuted in July 2007, co-starring the Fantastic Four, who made a previous appearance in issue #3 of the first Power Pack miniseries. Gurihiru Studios returned for the artwork; however, Fred Van Lente replaced Mark Sumerak as writer. The series pitted the Pack against the Fantastic Four's enemies and also featured Franklin Richards, who, as Tattletale, was a member of Power Pack in the regular Marvel Universe.
A seventh Power Pack miniseries, Iron Man & Power Pack, debuted in November 2007, co-starring Iron Man, who had previously appeared in the Avengers & Power Pack: Assemble! miniseries. The series was written by Marc Sumerak and the artwork was by Marcelo Diachara. Opponents include the
also have guest appearances.An eighth Power Pack miniseries, titled Power Pack: Day One debuted in March 2008. The series, which featured the same creative team as Fantastic Four & Power Pack (Fred Van Lente and Gurihiru), focused on the origins of the team and the incorporation of their new member, Franklin Richards. This series is credited as being "based on" the origin tale from the 1984 series by Louise Simonson and June Brigman, though it is lighter in tone, has a shorter page-count, and changes some plot elements. The series also included scientific back-up information about the physical aspects of the siblings' powers, with artwork by Colleen Coover.
A ninth series, Skrulls vs Power Pack, made its debut in July 2008. The storyline involved Power Pack encountering the alien Skrulls. This miniseries also introduced the Kymellian Kofi Whitemane to this continuity. The creative team was Fred Van Lente as writer and Cory Hamscher as artist. Gurihiru provided the covers and the colors.
A tenth miniseries, Wolverine and Power Pack, made its debut in November 2008. Wolverine had previously appeared in the X-Men and Power Pack miniseries. The series reunited the original creative team of Marc Sumerak and Gurihiru. Logan and the four children confronted Sauron, faced the Danger Room, and defended the Xavier school against Sentinels, giant robots programmed for anti-mutant genocide. Since the Power siblings are not actually mutants, their intervention was decisive in the outcome of the latter battle. Logan and Power Pack have adventures together in 19th-century New York City and 20th-century Tokyo.
An eleventh Power Pack miniseries began in April 2010, with Thor appearing and co-headlining, called Thor And The Warriors Four. The creative team is writer Alex Zalben and artwork once again by Gurihiru. Thor and the Power children confront an evil plot of Loki's while trying to save the Powers' grandmother. High points include Alex wielding Mjolnir, Beta Ray Bill and the other Asgardians turning into children, a guest appearance by Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers, and Dr. Donald Blake making applesauce. The series also contains a back-up adventure of Hercules telling the story of his Twelve Labors while babysitting the Pack.
Mini Marvels
In a Mini Marvels short, Spider-Man is hired to babysit the infant Power children.
House of M
Alex and Julie appear in House of M: Avengers #3 as members of a superpowered gang called the Wolfpack, the House of M's version of the New Warriors.
Marvel 2099
In the alternate Marvel 2099 timeline, Julie, Jack, and Kate appear as adults, apparently having aged at a greatly reduced rate as a result of their powers. Alchemax CEO J. Jonah Jameson hires them to take down Captain America 2099 and Spider-Man 2099.[84] Eventually, it is revealed that they are actually Skrulls who have been brainwashed into believing they are Power Pack.[85]
Marvel Zombies
The zombified Power children appear in Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness #3. They come into conflict with Nextwave, who have not been infected at that point but are ruthlessly dispatched off-panel moments later. An explosion violently kills all of them but Alex, who appears in Marvel Zombies Halloween with other zombies attacking Kitty Pryde and her son Peter.[86]
MC2
Katie, going by Kate, appears in issues 2–5 of A-Next. During a conversation with American Dream, she indicates that something tragic happened to one of her brothers, but the details of the situation remain unclear.
Millennial Visions
In the "Power Pack: Starting Over" story within Marvel's 2001 Millennial Visions one-shot comic, the team is depicted as a group of adults ranging from 25 (Katie) to 32 (Alex). In this alternate universe, the siblings split up after their parents were killed by anti-mutant activists and led disparate lives until Julie reunites them to face a new Snark attack.[87]
New Mutants
In an issue of The New Mutants, Katie appears in a dystopian future ruled by
Renew Your Vows
The siblings appear in the miniseries Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows as schoolmates of Peter Parker's daughter Annie. They are forced to go into hiding when it is discovered that they have superhuman abilities and are taken in by S.H.I.E.L.D.[89]
X-Force
A young girl called Francine Power appears in an alternate future in X-Force Annual #1, operating under the name Powerpax. She has all of the powers of the various members of Power Pack and wears a costume similar to the one later worn by Alex Power in the pages of New Warriors.
Collected editions
Title | Material collected | Format | Publication date | ISBN |
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Power Pack Origin Album | Power Pack (1984) #1–4 | TPB | May 1988[90] | 978-0871353856 |
Power Pack Classic volume 1 | Power Pack (1984) #1–10 | TPB | July 2009 | 978-0785137900 |
Power Pack Classic volume 2 | Power Pack (1984) #11–17; Uncanny X-Men #195; Power Pack & Cloak and Dagger: Shelter from the Storm | TPB | May 2010 | 978-0785145929 |
Power Pack Classic volume 3 | Power Pack (1984) #18–26; Thor #363 | TPB | March 2011 | 978-0785153054 |
Power Pack Classic Omnibus | Power Pack (1984) #1–36; Uncanny X-Men #195, 205; Thor #363; X-Factor Annual 2; Power Pack & Cloak and Dagger: Shelter from the Storm; material from Strange Tales (1987) #13–14 | Oversized hardcover | March 2020 | 978-1302923679 |
Power Pack Classic Omnibus volume 2 | Power Pack (1984) #37–62; Excalibur (1988) #29; Power Pack Holiday Special (1992) #1; Power Pack (2000) #1-4; Fantastic Four (1998) #574; FF (2011) #15; Power Pack (2017) #63; Power Pack: Grow Up (2019) #1; material from Marvel Super Heroes (1990) #6; Marvel Fanfare (1982) #55 | Oversized hardcover | June 2021 | 978-1302930363 |
Secret Wars II Omnibus | Power Pack (1984) #18; Secret Wars II #1–9; Uncanny X-Men #198, #202–203; The New Mutants #30, #36–37; Captain America #308; Iron Man #197; Fantastic Four #282, #285, #288, #316–319; Web of Spider-Man #6; Amazing Spider-Man #268, #273–274; Daredevil #223; Incredible Hulk #312; Avengers #260–261 and #265–266; Dazzler #40; Alpha Flight #28; Thing #30; Doctor Strange #74; Cloak and Dagger #4; Thor #363; Power Man and Iron Fist #121; Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111; Defenders #152; Quasar #8 | Oversized hardcover | May 2009 | 978-0785131113 |
Essential X-Men volume 6 | Power Pack (1984) #27; X-Men #199–213, Annual #9; The New Mutants #46, Special Edition #1; X-Factor #9–11; Thor #373–374 | TPB | September 2005 | 0-7851-1727-X |
Essential X-Factor volume 1 | Power Pack (1984) #27; Avengers #262; Fantastic Four #286; X-Factor #1–16, Annual #1; Thor #373–374 | TPB | November 2005 | 0-7851-1886-1 |
X-Men: Mutant Massacre | Power Pack (1984) #27; Uncanny X-Men #210–214; The New Mutants #46; X-Factor #9–11; Thor #373–374; Daredevil #238 | TPB | January 2010 | 0-7851-3805-6 |
X-Men: Fall of the Mutants Omnibus | Power Pack (1984) #35; Uncanny X-Men #220–227; The New Mutants (1983) #55–61; X-Factor (1986) #19–26; Captain America (1968) #339; Daredevil(1964) #252; Fantastic Four (1961) #312; Incredible Hulk (1968) #340 | Oversized hardcover | October 2011 | 978-0-7851-5822-6 |
X-Men: Inferno Crossovers Omnibus | Power Pack (1984) #40, 42–44; Avengers #298–300; Fantastic Four #322–324; Amazing Spider-Man #311–313; Spectacular Spider-Man #146–148; Web of Spider-Man #47–48; Daredevil #262–263, 265; Excalibur #6–7; Cloak & Dagger #4 | Oversized hardcover | September 2010 | 978-0785146711 |
Acts of Vengeance Crossovers Omnibus | Power Pack (1984) #53; Uncanny X-Men #256–258; Fantastic Four #334–336; Wolverine #19–20; Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #11–13; Incredible Hulk #363; Punisher #28–29; Punisher War Journal #12–13; Marc Spector: Moon Knight #8–10; Daredevil #275–276; Alpha Flight #79–80; The New Mutants #84–86; X-Factor #49–50; Damage Control #1–4; and Web of Spider-Man #64–65 | Oversized hardcover | August 2011 | 978-0-7851-4488-5 |
Power Pack: Pack Attack! | Power Pack (2005) #1–4 | Digest TPB | 2005 | 0-7851-1736-9 |
X-Men/Power Pack | X-Men/Power Pack #1–4 | Digest TPB | 2006 | 0-7851-1955-8 |
Avengers/Power Pack: Assemble! | Avengers/Power Pack: Assemble! #1–4 | Digest TPB | 2006 | 0-7851-2155-2 |
Spider-Man/Power Pack: Big-City Superheroes | Spider-Man/Power Pack #1–4 | Digest TPB | 2007 | 0-7851-2357-1 |
Hulk/Power Pack: Pack Smash | Hulk/Power Pack #1–4 | Digest TPB | 2007 | 0-7851-2490-X |
Fantastic Four and Power Pack: Favorite Son | Fantastic Four and Power Pack #1–4 | Digest TPB | 2008 | 978-0-7851-2491-7 |
Iron Man/Power Pack: Armored and Dangerous | Iron Man/Power Pack #1–4 | Digest TPB | 2008 | 978-0-7851-2830-4 |
Power Pack: Day One | Power Pack: Day One #1–4 | Digest TPB | 2008 | 978-0-7851-3007-9 |
Wolverine/Power Pack: The Wild Pack | Wolverine/Power Pack #1–4 | Digest TPB | 2009 | 978-0-7851-2831-1 |
Skrulls Vs. Power Pack | Skrulls Vs. Power Pack #1–4 | Digest TPB | 2009 | 978-0-7851-3285-1 |
Thor and the Warriors Four | Thor and the Warriors Four #1–4 | Digest TPB | 2010 | 978-0-7851-4120-4 |
Power Pack: Powers That Be | Power Pack (2020) #1–5 | TPB | June 2021 | 978-1-3029-2436-2 |
Power Pack Classic volume 4 (
In other media
TV pilot
Power Pack | |
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Genre | |
Based on | Power Pack by
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Starring |
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Composer | Danny Elfman (archival) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Jon Slan |
Running time | 27 minutes |
Production companies | |
Original release | |
Network | Fox |
Release | September 28, 1991 |
Plot
As the Power siblings get ready for a new school year, they must deal with typical kid issues while also balancing their lives as superpowered children when they learn of Dr. Mobius, a phantom that haunts an abandoned house.
Cast
- Nathaniel Moreau as Alex Power
- Margot Finley as Julie Power
- Bradley Machry as Jack Power
- Jacelyn Holmes as Katie Power
- Jonathan Whittaker as Dr. James Power
- Cheryl Wilson as Margaret Power
- Daniel DeSanto as Eddie
- Christian Masten as Harlan
- Rachel Wilson as Tina
- Charlene DiPardo as Rhonda
- Greg Swanson as Dr. Mobius
Production
Following the cancellation of the original comic,
Other television appearances
- The Power Pack make non-speaking cameo appearances in "Support Your Local Sky-Father!", an episode of The Super Hero Squad Show.
Film
In 2000, Marvel Entertainment entered into a joint venture agreement with Artisan Entertainment to turn at least 15 Marvel superhero franchises into live-action films, television series, direct-to-video films, and internet projects. These 15 franchises included an adaptation of Power Pack.[93] In September 2017, it was reported that Marvel Studios was developing a Power Pack film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Jonathan Schwartz, an executive producer on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, would oversee the project, with the plot being described as "a Spy Kids–like story".[94]
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- ISBN 978-1465455505.
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- ^ Marvel Comics' original advertisement, indicating a May 1, 1984, release date
- ^ Power Pack Vol. 1 #25 (Marvel Comics).
- ^ a b Power Pack #38
- ^ Power Pack Vol. 1 #42–43 (Marvel Comics).
- ^ Power Pack Vol. 1 #44 (Marvel Comics).
- ^ Markstein, Don. "Power Pack". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Power Pack #48–49
- ^ Power Pack #7–8, #29–32
- ^ a b c Power Pack/Cloak and Dagger: Shelter from the Storm (1990)
- ^ Power Pack #12, #14, #20, #22–26, #39–40; Uncanny X-Men 195
- ^ Power Pack #29, #30
- ^ Power Pack 18–20, 27
- ^ Power Pack #8
- ^ Power Pack #23–25
- ^ Power Pack and Spider-Man
- ^ Power Pack #23
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