2.24 (389) Power Pack vol 1 #18 ... Marvel ...

Unlike our previous review where Marrina guest-stars in the Pack's comics but there is no reciprocal anywhere else, here is a tie-in with Secret Wars 2 where the Pack makes a cameo and this is basically the culmination of the Beyonder's curiosity

For the Beyonder came to Earth in Secret Wars 2 to learn about desire which drives humanity ... and amidst all the diversity of desires per individual, he found one person with a singular desire ...

So wondering what would happen to this person if his desire is achieved, the Beyonder brought him back to fully functional and re-armed him with enough raw power to achieve his desire i.e the death of Thor ... and so the stage is set ... and as Kurse, the new name for our villain reaches USA ... who should encounter him but our kiddie heroes and boy do they give him a fight! They prove themselves well in this issue

Ratings: 7/10

2.23 (388) Power Pack vol 1 #10 ... Marvel ...

Let it be known without shame that I was once a huge fan of Power Pack to the extent that I even joined one of the fanzines that lasted a few years after the actual series ended! And yes, sometime last year, I finally downloaded from youtube the short pilot episode that was made for tv! And yes, it was just plain bad! Hahahahaha!

But in all seriousness, if you want to try the Pack, get volume 1 issues 1 to 25 as basically these are the definitive issues before dropping sales made them go like specialty shops only, crappy artists and what-not. Subsequently at the height of the comics boom, for diversity, Marvel actually used the Powers in limited series with various guest stars done ala Asian comics style ... so not for me ...

In this issue, the Pack continues their adventure with Marrina of Alpha Flight after she has managed to regain some semblance of her sanity and control her violent mutations. Basically, to cut a long story short, the Pack and Marrina discovered an alien life form living dormant in earth that has been awakened and now goes out to track it down and bring it to a place safe from harm

And the way the tale is told is simply awesome - brains not just brawns!

So there are no real villains in this particular tale but a lot of charm as we see kids behaving like kids, and we mean that not just whining okay? And the artwork is simply perfect. June Brigman never looked better. I mean, check out the cover, yes?

Ratings: 8/10