Unpacking the Power of Power Pack

Back before crossovers got out of control, there were simpler and more contained Summer events, such as Fall of the Mutants. Luckily for us, but unlucky for the Power kids, Louise Simonson was writing Power Pack and X-Factor. So guess who gets to play with the adults for an issue! So what are we talking about here? Well, some yahoo named Apocalypse decided to drive into New York for the evening wi...

Put down that picket sign and make sure you grab an air horn, 'cause Hub from Titan up the Defense is in DA HOUSE!!!! You read that correctly dear listener! In our ever growing quest to invite all of the Portland area comic book pod-casters to Rick's house to spill beer on the carpet, we have managed to capture another one! And if these sentences smell funny to you, that is because we are reviewin...

Do you know what one of my favorite mini-series was? The Fallen Angels from the 1980's.  And, it seems appropriate that we are releasing this episodes which features the wrap up of Sunspot and Warlock's adventures with that group. Ya see, they are kinda on their way home, and they meet up with Power Pack and wackiness ensues. What kind of wackiness, and how much wackiness......? Well, if we were t...

Would you believe, we covered another comic, one that just guest stars Power Pack?...And we are not just goofing on Elvis..... OK, Andy Kaufman allusions aside....let's talk about this inconsequential little Giant-Sized book. I say that because it really does not further any Power Pack story-line...or any real story-line about Franklin Richards. It does not really affect X-Factor, or is at least n...

Remember last year when Mephisto took over our podcasts......well guess what....He is back!! And this time, Slim Hadey is not messing around! This time he wants to attack us in our dreams. So, he threw us into the Sandman books, and he sent us Sean from the Secret Wars and Beyond podcast to "suffer".  He also cursed us with bad audio problems. What a jerk. No really...that was his master plan. Cor...

As we crack (see what I did there) into this final episode of the Power Pack Crack Saga, we realized we needed help. So, we called a doctor! We are pleased to have Dr. Osvaldo Oyola from The Middle Space s website. And boy are we glad he is on hand to untangle this comic with us. This is it, the final issue of the Crack Saga. Alex and his family have finally made it to the top of this food chain. ...

All the way from the deep dark stories of cosmic Marvel, we are proud to welcome Al Sedano from the Resurrections- An Adam Warlock and Thanos Podcast.  And we welcome him to this weeks edition of the adventures of Furious Boy. He hates drugs, he is a teenager, and he has super powers. Oh Boy....What trouble can he get into now! Short answer....a lot. But luckily he has brought along his family for...

Issue one of the Crack Saga.  This is the issue that Alex begins his crusade against the insidious drug....CRACK! But, how is our blonde boy going to find out about this drug and what it does? Why through his new bestest (and possibly only) friend Johnny Rival and his gang. What a nice group of boys. I would like to tell you that this is a sunny tale, full of rainbows and unicorns, but there is no...

IT'S A-LIVE!! Live.....LIVE?....ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! Yup, we did a live show! It was in front of a small audience of friends at Champoeg State Park, in the middle of a 4 day, semi-annual camping trip we go on. The theme was Sci-Fi/Aliens. We felt that this fit. It was really wonderful to do this in front of a group of friends. And it was very special to have my daughter join us "on stage"...even...

In celebration of the newest addition to Power Pack cannon, Grow Up #1, we are proud to present our interview with June Brigman and Louise Simonson. These two wonderful ladies were gracious enough to join us for an extended talk. We had the opportunity to talk about a number of topics including Weezie's inspiration for the crack story-line in Power Pack, June's awesome work on Captain Ginger and t...

With Special Guest-Star, Tim Price!! We have the fantastic honor to host one of our favorite, and first fans, Tiiiiiiiiim Price! (insert Price is Right sound effects here).  Tim, a serial podcast listener, fried chicken eater, and commentator, has been a long time Power Pack fan and a great supporter of our show. He flew in and asked us really nicely if he could cover this episode with us....that...

Don't you, forget about me... I'll be eating breakfast with Hercules... Good morning campers, and welcome to a new day...well actually it is the same day from the last issue where our awesome adolescents climbed out of the sewers after facing Stephen King levels of horror. Instead of returning home, they have gone to the Avengers Mansion. Why you might ask, 'cause Franklin is sad and wants his par...

We had the amazing opportunity to speak with Jeremy Whitely, the writer of Princeless, My Little Pony, the Unstoppable Wasp, and the upcoming Future Foundation comic which will feature Alex and Julie Power! Jeremy has an amazing skill with writing all ages comics, specializing in developing solid characters with unique personalities. We had a wonderful time talking to him about his past work and h...

We have one word for you: SMORELOCKS…… Don’t worry, you will get it later.  Oh….I have more words for you: Miles Stokes from Jay and Miles Xplain the X-Men! ( https://www.xplainthexmen.com/ ) Yes! We have the most awesome and excellent Miles on our show…..because it is about time we did!  Ok...to be fair, that may not have worked as well as I wanted it to. Moving on, don’t look back! This episode...

Take me home...old country roads...to the planet...I am from!!!! There is a reason I do not sing, but I cannot remember why? Anywho, the kids are heading home from their space oddity. And is a good thing too. I mean, the Power Parents are worried, Cloak and Dagger are getting all fidgity…..and the Fantastic Four even noticed….I mean, look, they left a note! There is not much action in this comic,...

With Special Guest-Star, Kwanza Osajyefo!! Jeff and Rick are proud to have Kwanza join them for their double-sized, 25th issue special event. We really needed the extra help. We have Jakal brimming with power, Katie brimming with defeat, Maraud brimming with overconfidence and Bhadsha brimming with poison. There is just a lot of brimming going on around here...and we do not like it... OK, we like...

I would like to apologize for the low energy in this episode. Rick was not feeling well, so we can just blame it on him. And it is a shame too, because this is a pretty good issue. Sure, it starts off in a dark cave with Katie drowning in a pool of water, and the other Power kids are still captured, and Franklin runs away from home, and Kofi is shot at…… Hang on…..this sounds horrible!  Why would...

  Do you ever wake up and realize that life is just not going your way.... You were taking a nice nap, frozen in the ice, and then you get yanked back into the real world... Yeah, I just got back from vacation, and I realized that I had not prepped this synopsis.  And that just makes me cranky. Kinda like this. Ya see, when the Fantastic Four vacation, they do not mess around. They pack everything...

I bet you forgot that we are not an interview show….we certainly did. Lucky for you, we eventually remembered that we are a baking show!! Nope….that is not right….Are we a winter sports show? Does not feel accurate! Oh, we are a show that talks about haunted houses and ghosts!h "NO YOU IDIOTIC HATCHLINGS! THIS IS A SNARK SHOW!" Close....we are a Power Pack show. And in this issue, we have the prel...

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You read that correctly, Weezie Simonson is on our show this week!!! The co-creator and main writer of Power Pack agreed to join us for a long and rambling conversation about Power Pack. And we do eventually get around to talking about our pint sized super powered team. But first, we have to handle some important questions about food, wine, and beer. And we asked her the story behind these picture...

This week, we are pleased to present a fantastic interview with Marc Sumerak. This gentleman has an amazing list of writing credits, but we are only really interested in his work on Power Pack. Marc is responsible for bringing back the quartet of cool for the mini-series starting in 2005. This successful series pushed Marvel to develop a total of 11, four issue mini-series. During the interview, w...

Our first full length Patreon Episode. And all thanks to the lovely people who donated to us. Thank you so much for your help, assistance, and patience. We will try to upload one of these a month, in between our regular programming. These Patreon episodes will focus on the all ages mini-series that started showing up in 2005. They are a lot of fun, but different than the regular continuity, and so...

Oh, a wiseguy….huh!!!! Half of Power Pack finds themselves mixed up in a kidnapping plot of Katie’s favorite author….and the bad guys are two thirds of the Stooges…..I swear to some deity that I am not making this up. Yup, it is the Great Goo-Gam Treasure Hunt! We have instructions for escaping trunks, really bad impressions, a new microphone, an exotic beer, and a web-head cameo….cause why not. T...

We are back in the pages of X-Men for this amazing Katie and Wolverine adventure. Uncanny X-Men #205 is an amazing and dark issue that features body horror, cyborgs, sacrificing humanity, torture, violence, death and, our favorite, REVENGE!. Of course you want to have a kidnapped five year old on hand for these shenanigans.   Join us for this dive into an amazing issue, as we just gush over the aw...