Editing Power Pack (section)

===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'' #48–51, 55–57</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&nbsp;– thanks to telepathic manipulation by Byrel Whitemane that had previously been established as impossible to circumvent&nbsp;– 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"/>