The series, set in the shared Marvel Universe, is a Prequel starring Julius, the titular Killpower, one of the leads of Motormouth & Killpower. Created as a Super-Soldier and artificially aged to adulthood, Killpower was raised by the Evil, Inc. corporation Mys-Tech to become one of their assassins. Eventually, he became aware that Mys-Tech were the bad guys and sided with Motormouth to fight them.
However, in The Early Years Julius is much, much younger. He hasn't met Motormouth yet, he still trusts his creators, and he doesn't quite register that killing people is bad behaviour. All of which makes him a useful tool for the Time Guardian, a powerful entity who needs someone he can easily manipulate to act as his enforcer.
Mys-Tech aren't happy to have one of their projects stolen away, though. And they have the Time Travel technology to send someone to get Julius back. Chaos ensues.
Killpower: The Early Years provides examples of:
- False Flag Operation: Rama-Tut has asps released into his own dining chamber so that he can claim the sorceress Samira is trying to murder his guest Killpower. The snakes have actually been rendered harmless and released by one of Rama-Tut's own servants.
- Prequel: The miniseries acts as a prequel to both Motormouth & Killpower and Codename: Genetix.
- The Game Come to Life: The Time Guardian manifests via an arcade game and seemingly draws Killpower into the game. He's actually been transported to ancient Egypt by the Guardian's powers, and the game is irrelevant - but the naive Killpower is more easily manipulated when he thinks it's part of a game.
- Time Police: As his name suggests, the Time Guardian monitors timelines and tries to prevent things going wrong. He's a particularly self-serving and manipulative example, though, misleading Killpower into acting as his enforcer.
