⭐⭐ 26min Pilot for Marvel’s Power Pack show that never materialized.
Recap
The Power family comes to town. Unlike in the comic book, the parents are aware of their kids’ superpowers, so the father reminds the kids to keep their powers a secret. So Jack is really cautious when he helps his new friends to sneak into a dead magician’s house. However, he brings from this trip a magical amulet that the wizard wants back.
Well, I guess that this is good enough for children: there are four kids with superpowers and nice parents, there is a spooky abandoned house, there is a bit of haunted house horror, but not too much, and after 26min everything is alright again. For grown people however there is just not much there. It is no surprise that this pilot never lead into an actual series, and it’s not a pity, either. So here is your chance to watch a complete Marvel franchise in its entirety in only 26min.
Power Pack was created by Louise Simonson, premiered in 1984 and lasted for 62 issues, which makes it one of Marvel’s not so successful titles. Of course you cannot force comic nerds to like a series about brats, but I guess that Marvel would have liked to. The customers sure can never be too young to brand their brains with your products, just like Lego has Duplo or Camel has Camel Joe. Anyway, Power Pack occasionally came back with guest appearances and several miniseries. And only today I read that in 2017 Mickey Mouse has had plans to make Power Pack part of the MCU. I have no idea whether these plans are still an item, but I know that if Mickey can make a buck with them, then he will.
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