1981: CINEMA MAGAZINE ISSUE 1 (Marvel UK).1994: LOOSE CANNONS FROM MARVEL UK IN COMIC WORLD.1985: BATTLE ACTION FORCE HOUSE AD (IPC).1992: THE POWER PACK TV PILOT in COMICS SCENE MAGA.1985: DC SUPER POWERS ANNUAL (Marvel UK).1994: The unpublished DEATH'S HEAD II Vs.1976: ENTERPRISE INCIDENTS Issue 1 (Fanzine).1980: THE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TV MOVIES in STARLO.1985: EAGLE OCTOBER COVER GALLERY (IPC).1983: THE MIGHTY THOR by BOB WAKELIN (Marvel UK).1979: GODZILLA in MARVEL COMIC HOUSE AD (Marvel UK).1979: THE INCREDIBLE HULK POSTER MAGAZINE (Marvel UK).1984: CARAVAN OF COURAGE in RETURN OF THE JEDI wee.1979: DRACULA IN MARVEL COMIC HOUSE AD (Marvel UK).1979: MARVEL COMIC ISSUE ONE (Marvel UK).
1979: MARVEL COMIC MARCH COVER GALLERY (Marvel UK). 1979: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SPECIAL EFFECTS (Famous. 1980: BLAKE'S SEVEN VFX in STARBURST MAGAZINE (Mar. 1979: MARVEL MONTHLIES HOUSE AD (Marvel UK). 1975: US MONTHLIES SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM MARVEL UK. 1978: KING KONG VERSUS JAWS (FAMOUS MONSTERS MAGAZ. 1985: EAGLE NOVEMBER COVER GALLERY (IPC). 1979: MARVEL UK in THE COMICS JOURNAL (Fanzine). 1979: THE ADVENTURES OF K9 AND OTHER MECHANICAL CR. 1983: SLIPSTREAM LUBRICANT in MARVEL UK COMICS. 1979: MARVEL COMIC APRIL COVER GALLERY (Marvel UK). 1979: MARVEL UK APRIL BULLPEN BULLETINS. 1981: DEZ SKINN DEPARTS MARVEL UK (THE COMICS JOUR. 1980: ROM THE SPACEKNIGHT from THE COMIC READER (F. 1979: TERRY NATION'S DALEK SPECIAL (Target Books). 1979: COMIC BOOK SALES CHARTS from THE COMIC READE. 1984: THE TRANSFORMERS US LAUNCH AD (Marvel Comics). The pilot - unsurprisingly - never reached British TV although the comic strip will be familiar to anyone who read Marvel UK's RETURN OF THE JEDI weekly (serialised reprints filled 90-odd issues and only ended when the title was cancelled) and THUNDERCATS (where the reprints - beginning again at the beginning - appeared from the first issue until being ousted by the merger of THE ADVENTURES OF THE GALAXY RANGERS). The scares are - predictably - virtually non-existant but at least the whole thing is played straight. The haunted house plot seemed a little off-message for what was being pitched as a superhero show and I found myself wondering whether perspective buyers were confused as to whether they would be buying a superhero show or a supernatural show. The performances were all reasonable and the young cast do what they can with the thin material. I assume the producers were skittish of the idea of kids keeping secrets from their parents in a show primarily pitched at a young audience. One other change was making the Power parents aware of their offspring's powers (their origins are explained - via voiceover - at the top of the show) whereas - in the comic - keeping them secret was a major plot-point. Not only would they have looked daft but I don't think we really want to see kids running around in lycra costumes! Also jettisoned were the matching costumes but - honestly - that's no bad thing. The relatively small budget meant a New York City locale was out-of-the-question and the kids powers were also made more budget-friendly. The producers do play fast-and-loose with the formula but to no great detriment. #Power pack tv pilot series#
It's not a bad little show, best described as a mix of THE RED HAND GANG and MY SECRET IDENTITY (a similar show which might have helped kill the appeal of a second syndicated teen super-power series for local stations). Certainly a bootleg copy is in circulation as I acquired a copy several years ago. The Canadian shot pilot was originally produced as a perspective series for NBC's Saturday morning schedule (the network was in the process of shifting from animation to tween-friendly live-action) but was then pitched to local stations when the peacock net passed.Īccording to the usual online sources, the pilot did subsequent air several times on FOX although that looks a little TBC. This article, from STARLOG spin-off COMICS SCENE issue 20 (cover-dated August 1992), covers the making of that - ultimately unsold - one-shot. Surprisingly, just as the title was waning, Marvel's one-time owner (and still a business partner) tried to sell a PP TV show and actually shot a pilot episode. I'd long ago stopped reading but when they announced the book was canned, I was relieved. Later - of course - it degenerated into a succession of power-swaps, gratuitous (sales-booster) appearances by other Marvel characters and a succession of tie-ins with whatever was Marvel's latest crossover event. I thought the book's first couple of years was far better than the concept deserved to be.
but true: I've always liked Marvel's POWER PACK.
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