Power Pack Origin Album

Power Pack (1984) #1-4

by Louise Simonson

Trade paperback collection of Power Pack issues 1 to 4.

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Louise Simonson (born Mary Louise Alexander and formerly credited as Louise Jones, when married to artist Jeff Jones) is an American comic book writer and editor. She is best known for her work on comic book titles such as Power Pack, X-Factor, New Mutants, Superman, and Steel. She is sometimes referred to by the nickname "Weezie".

Since 1980 she is married to comic book writer and artist Walter Simonson

Reviews

[Chad-Michael Simon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection of the first few issues of the Power Pack series by Marvel Comics is outstanding. Louise Simonson's writing combined with June Brigman's masterful drawings is lightning in a bottle. They wrote and drew the children as fully-realized people with everyday concerns and fears and kept them grounded in reality in spite of the fantastic events surrounding them. They never veer into being overly-precocious. They manage to survive from situation to situation with a combination of age-appropriate wit and blind, dumb luck. And between the action scenes are endless smaller moments of tenderness, family, bickering, and humor.

It's biggest strength was that it wasn't trying to be commercial. Its integrity comes from simply telling a good story with well-drawn characters.

The series had a huge influence on me as I developed Yellowstone: The Bears of Caldera, and I've always considered Alex, Julie, Jack, and Katie and spiritual cousins to John, Millicent, and Miriam.

Later incarnations of the characters jettisoned subtlety and grace for hyper-kinetic, anime-inspired zaniness, which broke my heart. The kids at the beginning of the series were not cartoon characters, and I loved it for that. It's truly a work of art. Nothing like it exists today, which was another impetus for me to write my novel.

[Kristopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book collected the first story arc of the comic book "Power Pack", which began in 1984. Unlike a lot of other comic book heroes of that time, and even now, the four members of Power Pack were around my age, with the youngest being 5 and the oldest 12.

[A J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adorable 80's comic aimed at young kids.

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

Classic 80's comic