Power Pack Appreciation 2020

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Power Pack #8 Mar 1985
"Monsters"
Diangelo forces Professor Gilbert to create robots for his evil purposes.



Guest-starring Cloak and Dagger.

Script by Louise Simonson, pencils by Mark Badger (layouts) and June Brigman, inks by Bob Wiacek

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Power Pack #9 Apr 1985
"Fish Tale"
The kids are back to doing what they do best: bumbling around and saving the day.
After having a reunion with Friday, the kids go with gramps to the aquarium.

Katie plays a little on gramps' oboe during the trip.
However, a Xanthian Boulder Crusher by the name of Snake Eyes has been
let loose on Earth by The Collector and has wound up at the same acquarium.
Jack spends a lot of time keeping people from being hypnotized by the serpent's hypnotic eyes.

After helping evacuate the aquarium, the other three try to trick Snake Eyes into hypnotizing itself.
This doesn't work and Jack and Katie wind up hypnotized.
But Alex and Julie manage to take Snake Eyes far out to the ocean away from people.

Then they meet Marrina Smallwood and agree to team up
because they know the serpent will find it's way to a crowded place again.

Script by Louise Simonson, pencils by Brent Anderson, inks by Bob Wiacek

[Digifiend]

November 4th. Mark your diaries!
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/cham...ed-marvel-mia/

[Frontier]

November 4th. Mark your diaries!
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/cham...ed-marvel-mia/

Nice! I guess the first issue being finished helps a lot.

[Chris0013]

So...will Julie's relationship with Rikki Barnes be a part of it...or even mentioned?

[Digifiend]

I wonder if Future Foundation will be mentioned at all. As in, Alex was the team's leader. If he's left them, what happened to the rest of the group? Because they're not at 4 Yancy Street.

[mugiwara]

I'm not even sure they'll acknowledge that Alex is five years older now. He should be 23 or 24 at least.

(But, acording to the law, which matters in this case, he is probably still under 21)

[Digifiend]

Yeah, he was 19 before Secret Wars, so should now be 24. According to his date of birth though, he's only 20 (it was mentioned that a year had passed for Ben and Johnny, while five has passed for the Future Foundation), and thus yes, is affected.

[Frontier]

So...will Julie's relationship with Rikki Barnes be a part of it...or even mentioned?

Probably depends a lot on Ryan North, but I can see him referencing it.

[PaxHouse]

November 4th. Mark your diaries!
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/cham...ed-marvel-mia/

I wonder if Issue #19 will be reprinted for November (It's the Double-sized Issue, with some very familiar Guest stars; plus the upcoming Sub-plot to the SNARK WARS).

[Digifiend]

November launch confirmed
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marv...er-officially/

[PaxHouse]

November launch confirmed
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marv...er-officially/

And speaking of which.......The Marvel Solicitations are up, it's time to look forward to POWER PACK @#2(OF FIVE).

[Frontier]

I guess we'll have to wait a while before we find out what the fourth issue would've been about.

[MyriVerse]

Solicits are saying "underage." I hope they're just talking about Jack and Katie and haven't deaged Alex and Julie.

[Digifiend]

Underage means under 21. Julie is 19. Alex did age up five years while with the Future Foundation and so is biologically 24 - but legally, based on his date of birth, he'd be treated as a 20 year old.