Kids In Space
Rereading this issue is why I wrote the "reasons I love the 80's List " . I was kind of surprised at how well the book stood the test of time.
It is the story of a family of kids who are bestowed with superpowers so they can rescue their family and save the world.
It is a childrens book. Leave no doubt in your head about that. However, it is only a kid book in format. The panels are larger, there is not so much in they way of words filling the spaces. It is geared to be taken in with as little effort as possible.
This makes the writer Louise Simonson ) have to be economical and get us as much into the story as quick as possible.
She does this with flying colors. First setting up the Powers family as a real one. With the kids acting their age, and not writing the kids younger or even older than they are supposed to be.
That is of course until the action begins, then the reality kind of falls away to comicbook world. While we see a little tantrum from Katie The Youngest of the Power Pack, we never get a full freeze, like maybe an alien trying to kill her would be something she would be afraid of. Nor do we get a feel that these kids are panicking in any way.
Instead we get four young kids ( The oldest Alex is only 12, ) who seem to be fighting out of a sense of duty instead of fear.
This is also why I would call this a kids book. Once again do not take this as an insult. It like a Pixar movie has an appeal that is good for us growed ups who like to think we still have a small sense of that child like wonder burning in us somewhere. I do, so I am recomending this book.