19 Facts About Power Pack

1.

Power Pack is a superhero team consisting of four young siblings appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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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.

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3.

The Power Pack series premiered in May 1984 in a double-sized issue inked by Bob Wiacek.

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4.

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.

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5.

Power Pack readers argued the matter out in the series letter pages.

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6.

Stories regularly depicted the Power Pack 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.

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Power Pack stories were reprinted by Marvel UK beginning around 1986.

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8.

Power Pack subsequently became the back-up strip for the UK ThunderCats comic, where it remained until its eventual replacement by the Galaxy Rangers series.

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9.

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.

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10.

Joe Quesada announced in a New Joe Fridays column at Newsarama that Power Pack would be returning to the Marvel Universe in late 2007, after the events of Civil War.

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11.

Alex, Julie, Jack, and Katie Power Pack were bright, normal American children living with their parents in a beachfront house in Virginia.

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12.

The Power Pack fought the villain Kurse on two occasions during Secret Wars II.

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13.

James and Margaret Power Pack were introduced to Franklin after the events of the Snark Wars, and befriended Reed and Sue Richards when Franklin was returned to Avengers Mansion.

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14.

The Power Pack 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.

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15.

Power Pack 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.

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16.

Sometime after the events of the 2000 mini-series, Julie Power Pack concluded that adventuring had deprived her of a normal childhood.

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17.

Since the Power Pack siblings are not actually mutants, their intervention was decisive in the outcome of the latter battle.

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18.

Logan and Power Pack have adventures together in 19th-century New York City and 20th-century Tokyo.

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19.

An eleventh Power Pack miniseries began in April 2010, with Thor appearing and co-headlining, called Thor And The Warriors Four.

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