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[QUOTE=cc008;3729597]That thought crossed my mind too[/QUOTE] I'm thinking it will be a Justice League International situation. The book stayed Justice League then slowly transitioned into Justice League International being the title.
I'm wondering how well this will go over with readers. I'm a huge Power Rangers fan and love the idea a hybrid ranger team from various seasons, but I know a lot of people are simply Mighty Morphin fans. My guess is Tommy will return post Shattered Grid and the Go Go title will jump to present day with the original 6 Mighty Morphin rangers.
Also remember Hasbro has recently purchased the Power Rangers franchise. This could be a swan song for this run of Power Ranger comics if Hasbro plans to send those rights over to another publisher. IDW does a ton of Hasbro characters as it is, Transformers, GI Joe etc. They could want to consolidate that all under one roof. Honestly Boom has done such a great job I hope it stays where it is for the time being.
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Austin St. John shared on his Twitter that Robert Axelrod, the voice actor for Lord Zedd and Finster, suffered complications during surgery and is now in recovery. A GoFundMe was started to help cover his expenses as he can't work while he recovers.
If you'd like to donate or share the campaign around you can find it here:
[url]https://www.gofundme.com/robert-axelrod-recovery-fund[/url]
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[QUOTE=comicstar100;3730129]
I'm wondering how well this will go over with readers.[B] I'm a huge Power Rangers fan and love the idea a hybrid ranger team from various seasons, but I know a lot of people are simply Mighty Morphin fans.[/B] My guess is Tommy will return post Shattered Grid and the Go Go title will jump to present day with the original 6 Mighty Morphin rangers.
Also remember Hasbro has recently purchased the Power Rangers franchise. This could be a swan song for this run of Power Ranger comics if Hasbro plans to send those rights over to another publisher. IDW does a ton of Hasbro characters as it is, Transformers, GI Joe etc. They could want to consolidate that all under one roof. Honestly Boom has done such a great job I hope it stays where it is for the time being.[/QUOTE]
Yeah I'm one of those people. I don't think it's a bad thing. I just sort of stopped watching when I was younger after Zeo. Like I said in my reaction post on the last page.. I'll either switch to just Go Go or more likely just continue waiting for the Hardcover collections.. because those are pretty.
IDW/Hasbro taking the reigns of the Power Rangers comics makes me nervous because the Transformers comics really took a hit with their (failed)Hasbro Universe.
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My brother stopped after Zeo too.
I'm one of the lads who stuck by Power Rangers during all it's incarnations, and I've been itching for the other teams to be explored in the BOOM series. I have noticed that it's going to switch from being Tommy/Drakkon focused to potentially Kimberly/Rangerslayer focused, which makes sense, though I wonder what becomes of MMPR/GG Kimberly? Perhaps there's a twist and she inherits the Rangerslayer powers?
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When I was a kid I was BIG into the Rangers through MMPR seasons 1/2. It was never really the same for me after Zack, Jason, and Trini (she was my favoirte at the time) left, but I kept with it a while but totally lost steam around the Ninja Quest arc. I've since gone back and watched the whole Zordon era as well as a few seasons the fans generally agree are good like RPM and Time Force.
[QUOTE=Miles To Go;3730554]
I'm one of the lads who stuck by Power Rangers during all it's incarnations, and I've been itching for the other teams to be explored in the BOOM series. I have noticed that it's going to switch from being Tommy/Drakkon focused to potentially Kimberly/Rangerslayer focused, which makes sense, though I wonder what becomes of MMPR/GG Kimberly? Perhaps there's a twist and she inherits the Rangerslayer powers?[/QUOTE]
My guess is that due to the makeup of the team that post-Shattered Grid the threat of Drakkon is ended but nothing else has been fixed yet, so that's what future Kim and this new team will be working for. What that means for the OG Rangers is the big question.
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[QUOTE=ariwl1;3730658]
My guess is that due to the makeup of the team that post-Shattered Grid the threat of Drakkon is ended but nothing else has been fixed yet, so that's what future Kim and this new team will be working for. What that means for the OG Rangers is the big question.[/QUOTE]
Kind of like that X-Treme X-Men book made up of members from different universes. Or the new Exiles book.
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Yeah. The fun thing about these books is that unlike with bigger superhero worlds they don't have to strictly adhere to any continuity or status quo. If they want to break all the things they can and it can still be a fun story.
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I'm in the opposite boat from cc008 here. Sure, MMPR was my gateway drug, but child-me stuck with Rangers through 'til [i]In Space[/I] (not sure why I stopped there, though that was very much the 'end of an era' so it retroactively makes sense), and after late-teens-me stumbled upon [i]Dino Thunder[/i] repeats during a bank holiday and was instantly smitten by Tommy's return and the obvious improvements in writing and production compared to the old days, I basically took a deep dive on blasting through all the stuff I'd missed. These days I am [i]far[/i] more attached to the franchise as a whole than to MMPR specifically, which has made Shattered Grid very enjoyable...while also filling me with a sense of trepidation over what comes next. After being spoiled with multiversal coolness, how could I ever go back to just the original crew?
So this news is very welcome. I'm not the biggest follower of Marguerite Bennett but what I've read of hers I've enjoyed, and while this specific mish-mash team isn't one I'd have picked (sure, Cam's the best one from [i]Ninja Storm[/i] but...is [i]Ninja Storm[/i] anyone's favourite series?) (even just counting the Disney era?) there's enough potential here to sate me. There's also Magna Defender, who deserves to be in any team just because he's named MAGNA DEFENDER.
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[QUOTE=CraigTheCylon;3730892]I'm in the opposite boat from cc008 here. Sure, MMPR was my gateway drug, but child-me stuck with Rangers through 'til [i]In Space[/I] (not sure why I stopped there, though that was very much the 'end of an era' so it retroactively makes sense), and after late-teens-me stumbled upon [i]Dino Thunder[/i] repeats during a bank holiday and was instantly smitten by Tommy's return and the obvious improvements in writing and production compared to the old days, I basically took a deep dive on blasting through all the stuff I'd missed. These days I am [i]far[/i] more attached to the franchise as a whole than to MMPR specifically, which has made Shattered Grid very enjoyable...while also filling me with a sense of trepidation over what comes next. After being spoiled with multiversal coolness, how could I ever go back to just the original crew?
So this news is very welcome. I'm not the biggest follower of Marguerite Bennett but what I've read of hers I've enjoyed, and while this specific mish-mash team isn't one I'd have picked (sure, Cam's the best one from [i]Ninja Storm[/i] but...is [i]Ninja Storm[/i] anyone's favourite series?) ([B]even just counting the Disney era?[/B]) there's enough potential here to sate me. There's also Magna Defender, who deserves to be in any team just because he's named MAGNA DEFENDER.[/QUOTE]
I'm quite fond of the Disney era series. Other than OO they were all enjoyable too me.
Jungle Fury is criminally underrated.
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CraigTheCylon highlights something about Power Rangers I think makes it uniquely interesting as a superhero franchise. With properties like Marvel's and DC or even something like Ninja Turtles, no matter how long those properties run they still tend to go back to the same set of popular characters and themes. Even if they get drastically reinvented there's still that hint of nostaligic familiarity to it. The side-effect of this is that it can be difficult to launch new characters when they're always stuck in the shadow of older established ones.
But with Power Rangers the show practically ever season you're dealing with new characters, themes, villains, the works. So every fan's entry point into the series is going to be a different and the continually rotating story invites a wider variety of characters to shine and stories to be told.
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[QUOTE=The Big G;3731841]I'm quite fond of the Disney era series. Other than OO they were all enjoyable too me.
Jungle Fury is criminally underrated.[/QUOTE]
Oh, I didn't mean to diss the Disney era. It's what brought me back into the fold, after all. As you say, [i]Operation Overdrive[/I] aside (which was baaaaaaaad) the show had a really good batting average over those years - I'd single out [i]SPD[/i] and [i]RPM[/i] especially as being as good as Power Rangers can get.
Point was, though - if you only had to pick ONE Disney-era team to spotlight here...how many would actually go with [i]Ninja Storm[/i] as their first choice? Speaking for myself, I rank that second-worst of the Disney series; still a ways above [i]Overdrive[/i] but behind everything else.
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[QUOTE=CraigTheCylon;3732547]Oh, I didn't mean to diss the Disney era. It's what brought me back into the fold, after all. As you say, [i]Operation Overdrive[/I] aside (which was baaaaaaaad) the show had a really good batting average over those years - I'd single out [i]SPD[/i] and [i]RPM[/i] especially as being as good as Power Rangers can get.
Point was, though - if you only had to pick ONE Disney-era team to spotlight here...how many would actually go with [i]Ninja Storm[/i] as their first choice? Speaking for myself, I rank that second-worst of the Disney series; still a ways above [i]Overdrive[/i] but behind everything else.[/QUOTE]
I get whatcha saying. NS is good but its not great/memorable...I did like Lothor though.
I was never super high on RPM. There was a good concept behind it, but it never clicked with me. (Plus i was never too high on the theme song). Same thing happened to me with In Space.
DT and JF to me were the best of the Disney era
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Just caught up to Free Comic day Shatter Grid on Might Morphin... Damn good series.
Read the first two issues of Go Go and its very interesting to see the team dynamics when they first got started. I am curious about so much emphasis being put on Kimberly's boyfriend.
Looking forward to catching up to Shatter Grid... well not really. I've been enjoying the binge reading as I hate waiting month to month.
If I had one critique, Rita is a bit boring and it's hard to take her serious. Like the best suspenseful threats came from evil Tommy and the troll dude. Even at the beginning of Go Go, the Rangers are already making a mockery of Repulsa.
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[QUOTE=Askia;3733696]Just caught up to Free Comic day Shatter Grid on Might Morphin... Damn good series.
Read the first two issues of Go Go and its very interesting to see the team dynamics when they first got started. I am curious about so much emphasis being put on Kelly's boyfriend (forgot his name).
Looking forward to catching up to Shatter Grid... well not really. I've been enjoying the binge reading as I hate waiting month to month.
If I had one critique, Rita is a bit boring and it's hard to take her serious. Like the best suspenseful threats came from evil Tommy and the troll dude. Even at the beginning of Go Go, the Rangers are already making a mockery of Repulsa.[/QUOTE]
While I think between Go Go and the main title they've done a suitable job of expanding on Rita as a character...i do feel she's a rather untapped gold mine for character development that BOOM had neglected.
I think a Rita origin story mini-series would be pretty cool.
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[QUOTE=Askia;3733696]Just caught up to Free Comic day Shatter Grid on Might Morphin... Damn good series.
Read the first two issues of Go Go and its very interesting to see the team dynamics when they first got started. I am curious about so much emphasis being put on Kelly's boyfriend (forgot his name).
Looking forward to catching up to Shatter Grid... well not really. I've been enjoying the binge reading as I hate waiting month to month.
If I had one critique, Rita is a bit boring and it's hard to take her serious. Like the best suspenseful threats came from evil Tommy and the troll dude. Even at the beginning of Go Go, the Rangers are already making a mockery of Repulsa.[/QUOTE]Who's Kelly? :p
Kimberly's boyfriend is called Matt.
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Oh god, I thought Bennett was only taking over the main series. I didn't realize she was also doing Go Go...
Not cool Boom. Not cool.
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[QUOTE=TheFerg714;3738278]Oh god, I thought Bennett was only taking over the main series. I didn't realize she was also doing Go Go...
Not cool Boom. Not cool.[/QUOTE]
I thought Go Go was staying the same.
[url]https://twitter.com/ThatRyanParrott/status/1007670025648406528[/url]
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[QUOTE=cc008;3738341]I thought Go Go was staying the same.
[url]https://twitter.com/ThatRyanParrott/status/1007670025648406528[/url][/QUOTE]
Hmm... In the solicitations it says "Go Go Power Rangers: Back to School #1" is written by Bennett. Maybe it's just a one-shot?
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[QUOTE=TheFerg714;3738387]Hmm... In the solicitations it says "Go Go Power Rangers: Back to School #1" is written by Bennett. Maybe it's just a one-shot?[/QUOTE]
It is a one shot.
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A very fun action packed issue
[spoil] I loved Drakkon's Wayne Brady moment [/spoil]
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A couple issues into Shattered Grid. Damn this is good... Really really good.
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[spoil]I actually had a feel when alternate reality Zack died. It's really rare that alternate universe characters get that sort of emotion out of me.[/spoil]
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My only criticism: no banter between Drakkon and RJ
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Finally caught up!
[B]Go Go:[/B] I'm not diggin' the storyline in Shattered Grid. I'm a bit tired of Matt at this point. And this other Kim is boring me. Her single handily being able to crush the entire team with zero effort is lame. I have no interest in this type of character and the Pink vs Pink is nothing, but a shallow thrill. It also makes Rita look like even more of a joke as she heavily struggles against this team. If Rita sticks around, not sure where the suspense is going to come from. Where Mighty Morphin excels at giving all the characters time, Go Go feels heavily weighted to Kimberley. I find myself fighting not to skim through Go Go as I'm very bored with it.
[B]Mighty Morphin:[/B] Really really good. The pacing, the character interactions, the emotions, its all gold. I'm looking forward to the huge united front. The only criticism was how Drakkon escaped. It was way too gift-wrapped in order to move the story forward. That being said, since it happened to the villain, it doesn't bother me that much. I do hope he doesn't have a change of heart, and the build up is more about him giving into rage that all the other Tommy's were loved except for him. My only criticism with the book from start to finish, is that fighting scenes feel very flat. Would be cool to see smaller frames to show moves being done than just action poses.
[B]The New Series:[/B] I'm really bummed about Higgins stepping down. Mighty Morphin is so damn good with phenomenal story-telling. After Kimberley's appearance in Go Go and seeing as she is dead center for the first cover of the new writing team, I'm very weary of reading the flagship, post Shattered Grid. I'll probably give the first two issues a try to feel out Bennett to see if I want to stick around. However, I've only watched Mighty Morphin as a kid, so I won't have the nostalgia factor to steady a shaky bridge.
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I missed the free comic of Mighty Morphin on free comic book day but what I heard in spollers that Rita died it that right so how is she still her
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[QUOTE=fin5;3748972]I missed the free comic of Mighty Morphin on free comic book day but what I heard in spollers that Rita died it that right so how is she still her[/QUOTE]
It was Rita from Drakkon's dimension.
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Anniversary Special is out. Has two MMPR Season 2 stories (one about white ranger Tommy, the other about Adam and Aisha), one for Mystic Force, one for Super Ninja Steel, and one for Space/Lost Galaxy.
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[QUOTE=Digifiend;3753521]Anniversary Special is out. Has two MMPR Season 2 stories (one about white ranger Tommy, the other about Adam and Aisha), one for Mystic Force, one for Super Ninja Steel, and one for Space/Lost Galaxy.[/QUOTE]
Given how the Astronema story ended, perhaps this gives Andros some interesting backstory when he forms part of the post-Shattered Grid team
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The 25th Anniversary special got me interested in reading what is to come, but I'm feeling a bit burnt out with all the side stories and Ranger teams being used in Shattered Grid. Would people agree that after Shattered Grid is a good time to drop the books, or wait an extra couple of months and keep buying?
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So [I]Go Go #11[/I] released today and - apart from being really good, to no surprise - it resolves or explains a lot of the Ranger Slayer's backstory. Particularly it explains why she's so deliberately evil, and the reason is [i]so sodding obvious I consider myself blind to have not seen it.[/I] Anyway, I like that despite some 'fixes' she's still not suddenly back to being default Kimberly, and we have some idea of why she'll wind up with the oddball team in future [i]Mighty Morphin[/I] issues.
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I love the art of this issue....but im disappointed.
[SPOIL] They just couldn't let her be evil could they? SMH gotta be the whole brainwashing shtick all over again....meh [/SPOIL]
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Lame Chapter... It felt like a Kimberly fan-fic. I think I'm done with Go Go as I'm just not a fan of Parrott.
That being said, like @The Big G stated, the art is gorgeous. Mora/Angulo is an amazing team!
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[spoil]I confess I too was a bit disappointed at it just being brainwashing, tied with time travel and clones as the biggest comic book easy-outs, but I'm still really enjoying this and it does give more insight as to why future Kimberly will be sticking around.[/spoil]
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[url]http://comicbookclublive.com/2018/07/13/preview-boom-studios-mighty-morphin-power-rangers-29/[/url]
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Finally picked up the issues!
Still [I][U]thoroughly[/U][/I] enjoying MMPR and GGPR!!
On the [B]Ranger Slayer[/B]:
[Spoil]
So, because of the responses here, I've been racking my brain trying to think of plausible scenarios in which Kimberly might turn legitimately evil.
The only one that stuck was Matthew dying and her blaming...everyone. Zordon, the Rangers, Drakkon, Rita - everyone.
Essentially, she would be some kind of rogue ranger out for vengeance.
...and that's actually kinda badass.
Regardless, I actually [B]wasn't[/B] disappointed that it was spell.
Despite the strong precedence for magic brainwashing in the series with Tommy and Rita, I was still surprised/delighted.
It made sense to me.
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On [B]Shattered Grid[/B]:
I think Drakkon is awesome and a great villain.
He's been a lot of fun and I love what they're doing.
But I also feel like we need to start moving on now. Quickly.
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Latest issue was'nt very big on action, but we get some nice character moments
[spoil]Andros and Karone had an emotional reunion
The Beast Morpher team made their franchise debut
Drakkon's body is burning up as he consumes more Ranger energies.
Drakkon discovers Ranger Slayer is no longer under his influence
Zordon and Doggy decide to form an alliance with Rita[/spoil]
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Lot's of fun stuff character-wise this issue.
[spoil]Poor Skull...
Yay, Hyper-Force Team is involved!
Grace's group being responsible for Terra Venture was a neat little continuity loop.
That final shot of all the rangers gave me a little adrenaline boost.
Zordon working with Rita...This could be fun.[/spoil]
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[SPOIL] calling it now they use the Green Candle to defeat Drakkon [/SPOIL]
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Ooooh, that would be clever!