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==Post-series== ===Alex, New Warriors and the Future Foundation=== The Kymellians had given Alex the ability to absorb the powers of his siblings into himself and thus use them all. With these powers, he joined the [[New Warriors]] superhero group under the name Powerpax, later Powerhouse.<ref>''New Warriors'' #48β51, 55β57</ref> This caused some friction with Alex's brother and sisters; even their parents noticed the heightened levels of hostility and forced the children to see a psychologist. Alex eventually gave the others' powers back; the four reverted to their original names (except Alex, who named himself ''Zero-G'' and Julie, who was now called ''Starstreak'', the name Katie had chosen when she had Julie's powers).<ref>Between ''New Warriors'' #75, ''Power Pack'' (vol. 2) #1</ref> [[Robbie Baldwin|Speedball]] later tried to recruit Alex back into the New Warriors. Alex politely refused, citing the conflicts his membership would cause among his siblings, though Katie offered her services, to Speedball's chagrin.<ref name="New Warriors vol. 2 1">''New Warriors'' (vol. 2) 1</ref> At some point outside of any published story, their parents discovered that the children had superpowers and were active as superheroes. Why Power Pack's parents could now retain this information without suffering mental trauma and insanity β thanks to telepathic manipulation by Byrel Whitemane that had previously been established as impossible to circumvent β has not been explained.<ref name="Power Pack #44"/><ref name="Power Pack #62"/><ref>''Power Pack'' #50</ref> Following the events of the 2000 mini-series, Julie left the family home in unrevealed circumstances to try to become an actress in Los Angeles. Despite Julie's departure from Power Pack, the team defeats [[Big Wheel (comics)|Big Wheel]].<ref>''Spider-Man Unlimited'' Vol.3 #12 (November 2005)</ref> Katie is later seen in costume having beaten several [[Advanced Idea Mechanics|A.I.M.]] agents unconscious, when [[Flatman (character)|Flatman]] and [[Doorman (character)|Doorman]] offered her membership in the [[Great Lakes Avengers]] but she declined,<ref>''GLA: Misassembled'' #2 (July 2005)</ref> and Power Pack fight [[Grizzly (comics)|Grizzly]] in [[New Jersey]], a sighting which is used as his [[alibi]] against charges that he robbed [[Madison Square Garden]].<ref>''[[She-Hulk]]'' (vol. 2) #6 (May 2006)</ref> During Marvel's ''[[Civil War (comics)|Civil War]]'' event, Alex's codename Powerhouse was briefly mentioned by [[Hindsight (comics)|Hindsight Lad]], an ex-teammate who exposed the secret identities of many New Warriors.<ref>''[[She-Hulk]]'' (vol. 2) #8 (July 2006)</ref> Alex is one of the 142 registered superheroes who appear on the cover of the comic book ''[[Avengers: The Initiative]]'' #1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.947 |title=''Avengers: The Initiative'' #1 Character Map |publisher=Marvel.com |access-date=May 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521092102/http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.947 |archive-date=May 21, 2011}}</ref> He later joined Reed Richards' Future Foundation project, which allowed gifted children living within the [[Baxter Building]] to map out the outlook for their generation.<ref name="Fantastic Four #579"/> ===Julie, Excelsior/Loners, Avengers Academy and Future Foundation=== Sometime after the events of the 2000 mini-series, Julie Power concluded that adventuring had deprived her of a normal childhood. She dropped out of high school, left her family, and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress. She joined [[Loners (comics)|Excelsior]], a support group for "former" teenage superheroes, where she is once again known as Lightspeed. Excelsior's first mission was to return the members of the [[Runaways (comics)|Runaways]] to the foster care from which the children had absconded and ended with Excelsior battling [[Ultron]].<ref>''Runaways'' (vol. 2) #1β6</ref> Though they are not seen on-panel, it is then established that Excelsior spend several months attempting to recapture the child cast of the Runaways, but are constantly thwarted by being ineffectual, getting roped into cleaning up after the Runaways' crimefighting exploits, and on occasion simply by being outsmarted by the Runaways.<ref>''Runaways'' (vol. 2) #6β12</ref> The Loners are all registered under the Superhuman Registration Act, but consider themselves retired from super-heroics<ref>''Loners'' #3</ref> when they are not battling superpowered menaces<ref>''Runaways'' (vol. 2) #6</ref> or operating in public as superheroes attempting to capture runaway superpowered children.<ref>''Runaways'' (vol. 2) #7</ref> However, Julie later tells the rest of the group that she is not registered.<ref>''Loners'' #5</ref> While she is less intelligent and articulate than previously established, Julie reveals in ''Loners'' #4 that this is merely an affectation she adopts for the benefit of others β she pretends to be a "dumb blonde" to fit in with Los Angelenos.<ref>'' Loners'' #4</ref> It had previously been established that Julie is a redhead, her "blonde" hair the result of using light hues in the production of the comic's art to reflect the brighter climate of the west coast. The Loners' support group has moved to New York City, where Julie is presumably seen, though not named, at recent meetings.<ref>''War of Kings: Darkhawk'' #1β2</ref> As with the cast's sudden relocation to Los Angeles from New York between the cancellation of their series and the beginning of ''Runaways'' volume 2, the move is not explained. Julie was seen among the other young superheroes to arrive on the new campus for the [[Avengers Academy]],<ref>''Avengers Academy'' #20</ref> where she is attending classes as a teacher assistant, under [[Quicksilver (Marvel Comics)|Quicksilver's]] tutelage.<ref>''Avengers Academy'' #21</ref> Sometime after Julie ended the relationship with [[Karolina Dean]],<ref>''Runaways'' (Volume 5) #10</ref> she was dealing with her depression and dropping out of college; when Alex & [[Dragon Man (comics)|Dragon Man]] appeared in her apartment and recruited her on a rescue mission to help save the Foundation. Afterward, she joined the team as both teacher and Co-leader of the FF.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' (Volume 6) #12</ref>
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