As I said, something very different from Saturday. That's just how variable the weather is during Iron Spring!
This was the seventh of the all-ages line Power Pack mini-series. At least Iron Man can tell himself he got one before Wolverine or Thor. As with most of these, the Power kids get roped into tangling with Iron Man's enemies. Ultimo in the first issue, Blizzard and Speed Demon in the second, Titanium Man (briefly) in the third.
The overarching story starts with the Ghost setting Ultimo loose to cover his stealing a special neural interface chip from Stark, for the Puppet Master of all people. Whose goal is to combine the chip with his special clay so he can control armors as well as people. Hence the siege of Armor Designs Past. I would say just control the people inside the armor, but Stark somehow built something into his suit to block such effects, so I guess it's not a bad idea.
The exception is issue 2, which has nothing to do with the Puppet Master plot. It focuses on Julie Power running for student body president, against the daughter of a barely-veiled Trump stand-in. The daughter's kidnapped by Blizzard (who is working with Speed Demon) for ransom, and the Power kids (reluctantly in Julie's case) follow him. Meanwhile, Stark is trying to get "Arnold Crumb" to sell him some property for a new lab, which Crumb intends to use to build another big tower with his name on it.
Stark agrees to save the daughter in exchange for the property, and it's two loser super-villains against five super-heroes. Sumerak even has Speed Demon lampshade the fact he would have been the better choice to kidnap the target, rather than the guy who leaves a giant ice slide everywhere he goes.
Despite the blithering stupidity of the villains, it's actually the issue I like best, as it's the only one that really has any sort of focus on the Power kids. Namely, Julie struggling with her distaste for her opponent (who is as much of an asshole as you'd expect a rich teenage girl) and her concern for her secret identity. Which is a change from most of these mini-series, where Alex is the one who wants to keep secret identities, especially from their parents, and Julie wants to be more open. But it's the one issue that really feels focused on the kids.
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