Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Power Pack: Outlawed - Ryan North

Power Pack: Outlawed (2020) - Ryan North

Five issues.  The Power siblings are told by the police that they, as crime-fighting minors, must have an adult mentor in order to operate (a silly, ineffective, and unenforceable law, but hey, comics), so they sign on with the implausibly good Agent Aether, who urges the kids to use tier powers to provide free electricity to under-served communities... but of course he turns out to have ulterior motives, and isn't who he claims to be.  With a little help from a special guest star (the mandatory one, bub), they try to get some of their own back from this mendacious mentee.  It's a little heavy on the North-brand silliness, but it's got heart and I enjoy when writers wink and hand-wave away some of comics' more over-the-top tropes anyway.  [4]