Fall of the Mutants had some pretty “adult” themes–the X-Men even died during it–and I do like the way this book wove the adult themes into a book about kids.
Unlike some of the other Fall of the Mutants books, this is a true tie-in. Power Pack join the X-Factor’s battle against Apocalypse, and try to help stop his spaceship from crashing into the Statue of Liberty.
They leave as friends of X-Factor, because everyone who meets Power Pack ends up loving them. They’re adorable!
And 1988 seems to be the year of the healing factor. We learned that Hulk has one in issue #340, and now we see that Power Pack has a collective healing power.
I get why–it makes it much easier to hurt heroes who can just get better in a single panel.