NEWS – First Look at Power Rangers #11

Your First Look at POWER RANGERS #11 from BOOM! Studios
Discover the Fate of the Omega Rangers & Yellow Emissary Before the ELTARIAN WAR in September 2021

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 30, 2021) – BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), revealed a first look at POWER RANGERS #11 from writer Ryan Parrott (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), artist Francesco Mortarino (Go Go Power Rangers), colorist Raúl Angulo (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) with color assistance by Jose Enrique Fernández, and letterer Ed Dukeshire, in conjunction with the Mighty Morphin series, setting the stage for the next epic series event, the ELTARIAN WAR, in September 2021!

Will the Omega Rangers be able to enlist the last Emissary to help to defeat the Empyreals? The Omega Rangers attempt to question the enigmatic Yellow Emissary, who may know the secret of the Empyreals’ undoing. But even if they can convince the Yellow Emissary to help, it may be too late if Drakkon isn’t on the same page…  The fate of the Omega Rangers and the Yellow Emissary hang in the balance as they all fight for their lives!

POWER RANGERS #11 features main cover art by acclaimed illustrator Gerald Parel (Symbiote Spider-man: King in Black), and variant covers by Daniele Di Nicuolo (Seven Secrets) with Walter Baiamonte, Rian Gonzales (Eternals), and illustrator Yejin Park.

Currently, Power Rangers is celebrating 28 continuous years on the air, making it one of the longest running kids’ live-action series in television history with nearly 900 episodes aired to date. Created by Haim Saban and launched in 1993 with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the franchise celebrates its 28th season with, “Power Rangers Dino Fury” currently airing on Saturdays at 8 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon and now streaming on Netflix in the U.S.

POWER RANGERS is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney; We Only Find Them When They’re Dead by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo; Seven Secrets by Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; Abbott by Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä; Proctor Valley Road by Grant Morrison, Alex Child, and Naomi Franquiz; The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; and Eve by Victor LaValle and Jo Mi-Gyeong. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties, including Dune: House Atreides from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Dev Pramanik; and Magic from Jed McKay and Ig Guara.

Print copies of POWER RANGERS #11 will be available on September 15, 2021 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one), or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.

Softcover and hardcover collections of MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS and other Power Rangers releases from BOOM! Studios are available now, everywhere books are sold.

For continuing news on the POWER RANGERS series and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

For more on Power Rangers, please visit www.powerrangers.com and follow Power Rangers on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 187

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47, @secretrangerfan & @ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

HAPPY POWER RANGERS DAY! To celebrate the 28th anniversary of the franchise, we did a live show on YouTube with many previous guest co-hosts of the show including: Chris (@TokuChris), Chris (@clong83), Josh (@KentuckyJam), Lil’ Josh (@LivingRangerKey), Kenn (@TheKennGlenn), Hassan (@hassanahmed120), Liz (@Ranger_Liz), Five (@SentaiFive), and Mason (@Masonmerrell)!

We dive into the new for the final week of Power Month including: the Amazon Exclusive Lightning Collection figures for Villains Week, a Monster Drawing contest, Hasbro PulseCon date, Power Rangers Universe comic announcement and more!

Then we play a round of 28 questions and questions from the chat. Hear all of our different favorites from across the franchise!

GO GO POWER RANGERS!

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Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 187 – “Rangers Live! Power Rangers 28th Anniversary Celebration”

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GUEST EDITORIAL – Power Rangers on YouTube might not be working for you, but it is for Hasbro

Power Rangers on YouTube might not be working for you, but it is for Hasbro.

Guest Editorial by Josh Moore (@KentuckyJAM on Twitter)

A year ago, I used a random episode generator to watch episodes from 10 different seasons of Power Rangers on National Power Rangers Day, the official-ish Aug. 28 holiday celebrating the show’s anniversary. Of course, despite owning the entirety of what’s available to purchase on DVD, I fired up those episodes on Netflix, the show’s definitive streaming home for the better part of the last decade. It was easier, after all.

I did a similar exercise earlier this year on Jan. 31, the final day that the majority of Power Rangers was available to stream on Netflix in most countries. As of Aug. 28 of this year, only seven full seasons — all three seasons of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Ninja Steel, Super Ninja Steel and both seasons of Beast Morphers — and the first 11 episodes of Dino Fury, are available on the most widely-used streaming platform. Most of the Power Rangers canon was wiped out in a blink, and with little head’s up.

Why that change happened is subject to speculation. I’m in the camp that believes Hasbro, the brand’s steward, wants to more narrowly define what Power Rangers is by controlling what stories from its 28-year canon are readily accessible to the most people. Some think Netflix just didn’t want to bother with the less-recognizable parts of the brand anymore. Hasbro might have valued those parts of the brand more favorably than Netflix, and didn’t bend to the streamer’s will when it came time to renew a licensing deal. The conspiracies, then and now, are irrelevant; where is the only thing that ultimately matters.

Hasbro a couple weeks after the Netflix exodus unveiled its plan to upload the remaining 600-plus Power Rangers episodes in their inventory to YouTube. On paper, that’s about as good as it could get: YouTube’s free to use, and while it lacks some of the bells and whistles of a Netflix presentation, it’s a platform with as much or more visibility, particularly when it comes to SEO potential. It will be, for the foreseeable future, the only streaming home for most Power Rangers content produced before 2019.

“While some of our most popular and recent seasons of Power Rangers remained on Netflix for fans to enjoy, including Mighty Morphin, Beast Morphers, and now Power Rangers Dino Fury, we plan to continue to roll out new seasons with our (subscription video on demand) and/or broadcast partners while making available legacy seasons of the series to fans and new audiences around the globe via our Official YouTube channel,” – Hasbro said when reached for comment about the brand’s streaming decisions. 

Power Rangers on YouTube

Six months in, Power Rangers on YouTube (PROY) appears more hazardous than the rubble left behind following a Megazord fight. Episodes are regularly uploaded to the primary account — “Power Rangers Official” — with no readily apparent order in mind, and sans closing credits. Sometimes a season’s episode number is present, sometimes it’s not. Playlists exist for some seasons, but the ones that do are unreliable. Take Jungle Fury’s premiere, “Welcome to the Jungle,” a two-parter. The first part, uploaded May 6, is in the playlist encompassing full episodes of the season. The second part, uploaded May 31, is not. (The episodes that “premiered” between the split season-opener? Two from Dino Thunder and one from Wild Force. As of Aug. 25, the final 20 episodes of Jungle Fury had not yet been uploaded.)

As of this article’s publication only one season, Dino Super Charge, has been fully uploaded to YouTube. It is not available on the main account, though; they live on the “Power Rangers Kids” channel, which has 8 million fewer subscribers and about 8 million more emojis in the episode titles. The subscriber discrepancy, it’s worth noting, doesn’t seem to impact viewership; episodes on that channel have performed as well, and frequently, better than uploads to the main one, in terms of total viewership numbers.

According to Hasbro, the “Kids” channel, launched this year in coordination with eOne, currently aims to “focus kids towards our current series, Power Rangers Dino Fury,” hence the presence of those dino-centric seasons. The primary channel, on the other hand, “exists to deliver full episodes of fan-favorite seasons that connect audiences to current themes and content happenings in the Power Rangers universe” in support of what it recognizes is “a robust fan audience.”

At a glance, Hasbro has morphed its Power Rangers backlog into a series of commentary-free “Let’s Play” videos, released daily and with a variety of games (seasons) represented in order to placate the YouTube algorithm. Daily uploads are complemented by concurrent live streams for viewers desperate enough to catch a glimpse of their favorite episode from whatever seasons are in the spotlight in a given week. The episode uploads are interspersed with all the YouTube fixings — think top 10s and “best of” highlight reels — you’d expect to see from any entertainment-focused YouTuber on the platform. 

For fans wanting to re-watch all of their favorite episodes on demand, it’s an indisputable disappointment. But for a corporation looking to bolster and maintain its most followed social-media account (2.8 million users “like” the Power Rangers Facebook page; the Kids YouTube channel already has about 40,000 more subscribers than the official Twitter account, which has been around since 2010), PROY has been, more or less, morphinominal. The numbers tell the story best: “Revenge of Zen Aku,” the 13th episode of Wild Force, an often less-regarded season among fans that aired in 2002, had nearly 130,000 total views a week after it made its channel debut on Aug. 18. It’s probably not unfair to wonder if that same episode reached 100,000 plays on Netflix in the entirety of 2020.

Both channels are succeeding in their intended missions.

“We believe the content choices on both channels allow both fan and kid audiences to view current and relevant Power Rangers content and provide an additional connection between the entertainment and toy worlds,” Hasbro said through a spokesperson. “The YouTube channel allows more audiences [free] access to Power Rangers content for old fans looking for nostalgia and new fans discovering Power Rangers for the first time. In addition, legacy seasons and episodes will continue to be featured weekly on our Power Rangers Official Channel.”

The future

Hasbro (and eOne) say they want PROY to be a discovery platform for new fans and a way for existing fans to re-discover old favorites, but their terms of engagement are clearly directed at the former group. You will be allowed to see only what they offer, and on their schedule, which for Gen Z on-boarders is gonna be just fine. For a longtime fan, the thought of possibly having to wait until November to see the final episode of Jungle Fury uploaded might be excruciating; for people experiencing the season for the first time, Hasbro likely has reason to think they’ll meet each upload with anticipation — that every “new” episode will to be an event unto itself.

PROY offers a possible window into what it might look like if a child were asked to program a 24/7 Power Rangers network. The result is a rainbow-coated sugar rush that, really, is not that much different from the experience I sought to achieve last National Power Rangers Day. If you’re a newcomer to the brand — or a returning fan who hasn’t engaged since Mighty Morphin, even — I can see the appeal of a scattershot, “What am I gonna get next?” approach, even with the occasional 15-second ad sprinkled into the equation. 

However, as a 30-year-old who’s never strayed from the show, it can be difficult to cope with the decisions of an entity as it tries to re-tool and refocus the brand. What Hasbro wants Power Rangers to be, and how it wants it consumed, is going to be different from what I’d like to see. It spent $500 million for the right to make those calls; I’ve only spent what feels like that much on toys they’ve churned out.

Longtime fans don’t have to be happy with PROY — in its current state, I’d argue they shouldn’t — but it’s part of our streaming reality. Don’t like it? Track down the Shout! Factory collections and a DVD player. But make haste; as we’ve seen in the last year, change can occur at Lightspeed.

Josh Moore is a journalist based out of Kentucky. You can follow him on Twitter @KentuckyJAM.
Edited by Eric Berry (@trekkieb47)

NEWS – BOOM! Studios Announces Complete POWER RANGERS UNIVERSE Creative Team

BOOM! Studios Announces Complete POWER RANGERS UNIVERSE Creative Team

Discover the Unlimited Potential of the Power Rangers Universe in an Explosive New Limited Series

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 24, 2021)BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), today announced that acclaimed writer Nicole Andelfinger is the writer for the limited event series, POWER RANGERS UNIVERSE, with artist Simone Ragazzoni, that will delve into the deepest origins of the Power Rangers, exploring the hidden secrets of the universe like never before!

What is the true origin of the Phantom Ranger? And what is his connection to the Morphin Grid? From the moment he first appeared 24 years ago, fans have wondered about the origins of the powerful and mysterious Phantom Ranger and how they tie to the greater Power Rangers Universe. Questions which have never been answered—until now—in the game-changing series event that no Power Rangers fan can afford to miss!

Nicole Andelfinger is a writer based out of Los Angeles. As a writer, she dwells in the realms of magic, monsters, and myth. When not changing her hair color, Andelfinger is writing comics for hit franchises such as Jim Henson’s Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Regular Show, Rugrats, Steven Universe, and graphic novels based on Sabaa Tahir’s New York Times bestselling series An Ember in the Ashes and the Emmy Award-winning Netflix animated series The Dragon Prince. 

“My twelve year old self—and current self—are screaming! When the Power Rangers team comes knocking at your door, of course you say yes,” said Andelfinger. “I’m so honored and excited to be a part of POWER RANGERS UNIVERSE and can’t wait to help expand the universe just a bit more for fans new and old to enjoy.”

POWER RANGERS UNIVERSE #1 features main cover art by Dan Mora (Once & Future) and variant cover art by illustrators Miguel Mercado (Magic), Goñi Montes (Mighty Morphin),  InHyuk Lee (Wolverine), and more.

POWER RANGERS UNIVERSE is a bold new event that dives deep into the heart of what makes this hit series about superpowered teens saving the world such a beloved and enduring franchise,” said Dafna Pleban, Senior Editor, BOOM! Studios. “We’re incredibly excited to have Nicole, a talented writer who brings years of experience working with iconic characters and a lifelong passion for Power Rangers, on board with artist Simone Ragazzoni to tell the stories you’ve all been waiting for!”

Currently, Power Rangers is celebrating 28 continuous years on the air, making it one of the longest running kids’ live-action series in television history with nearly 900 episodes aired to date. Created by Haim Saban and launched in 1993 with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the franchise celebrates its 28th season with, “Power Rangers Dino Fury” currently airing on Saturdays at 8 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon in the U.S.

Print copies of POWER RANGERS UNIVERSE #1 will be available in December 2021 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the one nearest you) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.

Softcover and hardcover collections of MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, and other Power Rangers releases from BOOM! Studios are available now, everywhere books are sold.

For continuing news on the MIGHTY MORPHIN and POWER RANGERS series and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

For more on Power Rangers, please visit www.powerrangers.com and follow Power Rangers on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 078

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47 @secretrangerfan@ZachLaVoy as they talk all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

In our Extra Episode for August 2021, brought to you by our supporters on Patreon, Eric, A.P. and Zach talk about Power Month weeks 2 and 3. It’s time to get retro and with the power of ninja we dive into all of the reveals, products and news that came out.

Then, in the Ranger Nation Answers segment, we ask our listeners about their hopes for the rest of Power Month. And tune into our YouTube channel at 7pm CST on Wednesday, August 25th for a live episode of RCPH with special guests to celebrate Power Rangers Day! The audio version will go live August 28th, National Power Rangers Day.

That’s one buff Billy.

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Extra Episode 078 – Rangers Talk Power Month Weeks 2-3

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NEWS – BOOM! Studios Announces Pivotal POWER RANGERS UNIVERSE Event Series

BOOM! Studios Announces Pivotal POWER RANGERS UNIVERSE Event Series
Discover the Unlimited Potential of the Power Rangers Universe in an Explosive New Limited Series

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 20, 2021) – BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), today announced a brand new limited event series, POWER RANGERS UNIVERSE, with acclaimed artist Simone Ragazzoni, that will delve into the deepest origins of the Power Rangers, exploring the hidden secrets of the universe like never before!

What is the true origin of the Phantom Ranger? And what is his connection to the Morphin Grid? From the moment he first appeared 24 years ago, fans have wondered about the origins of the powerful and mysterious Phantom Ranger and how they tie to the greater Power Rangers Universe. Questions which have never been answered—until now—in the game-changing series event that no Power Rangers fan can afford to miss!

POWER RANGERS UNIVERSE #1 features main cover art by Dan Mora (Once & Future) and variant cover art by illustrators Miguel Mercado (Magic), Goñi Montes (Mighty Morphin),  InHyuk Lee (Wolverine), and more.

“From the very start of our partnership with Hasbro to bring the Power Rangers to life on the comic book page, we always knew that we wanted to explore the many morphinominal teams and worlds in the POWER RANGERS UNIVERSE,” said Dafna Pleban, Senior Editor, BOOM! Studios. “Now, thanks to the incredible success of the ongoing series and the enthusiastic support of fans and readers, we’re realizing that years-long dream by delving into the untold stories that fans have been clamouring for!”

Currently, Power Rangers is celebrating 28 continuous years on the air, making it one of the longest running kids’ live-action series in television history with nearly 900 episodes aired to date. Created by Haim Saban and launched in 1993 with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the franchise celebrates its 28th season with, “Power Rangers Dino Fury” currently airing on Saturdays at 8 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon in the U.S.

Print copies of POWER RANGERS UNIVERSE #1 will be available in December 2021 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the one nearest you) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.

Softcover and hardcover collections of MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, and other Power Rangers releases from BOOM! Studios are available now, everywhere books are sold.

For continuing news on the MIGHTY MORPHIN and POWER RANGERS series and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

For more on Power Rangers, please visit www.powerrangers.com and follow Power Rangers on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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NEWS – Hasbro Announces the Return of the Successful 2-Day Event “Hasbro Pulse Con” on October 22-23, 2021

HASBRO ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF THE SUCCESSFUL 2-DAY EVENT “HASBRO PULSE CON” ON OCTOBER 22-23, 2021 

Hosted by Jackie Jennings and Khleo Thomas, the Ultimate Pop Culture Celebration Promises Access to Iconic Fan Brands, G.I. JOE, Magic: The Gathering, NERF, Power Rangers, Transformers, Dungeons & Dragons, Ghostbusters, Fortnite, Marvel and Star Wars™, Plus Special Guest Appearances, Including the Cast of “Power Rangers Dino Fury”! 

Hasbro Pulse Con 2021 Will Be Livestreamed Exclusively on the  Hasbro Pulse YouTube Channel  – View the Hasbro Pulse Con 2021 Sizzle Reel HERE! 

PAWTUCKET, RI – August 20, 2021 – Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) today announced the return of Hasbro Pulse Con 2021 on October 22-23, 2021, which promises fans in the US, Canada and UK one-of-a-kind experiences to celebrate the company’s iconic brands through engaging brand panels, exclusive content drops, over 50 new product reveals, celebrity appearances, exclusive Pulse Premium Member opportunities, fan interactivity and more. Hasbro Pulse Con will be livestreamed exclusively on the Hasbro Pulse YouTube Channel 

Presenting fans with the best in entertainment and toys, Hasbro Pulse Con will showcase programming based on its iconic fan brands, including G.I. JOEMagic: The GatheringNERF, Power RangersTransformers and Dungeons & Dragons, along with premier partner brands Star Wars™, Marvel, GhostbustersFortnite, and more. Jackie Jennings, SYFY Wire on-air correspondent, writer, and producer, returns to Pulse Con to co-host the pop culture celebration and joins new co-host Khleo Thomas, actor, influencer, artist, and entrepreneur. The program will feature special guest appearances including the cast of Power Rangers Dino Fury as well to get fans excited for the show’s highly-anticipated return this fall: Russell Curry (Red Ranger), Kai Moya (Blue Ranger), Hunter Deno (Pink Ranger), Tessa Rao (Green Ranger), Chance Perez (Black Ranger) and Jordon Fite (Gold Ranger). 

“Hasbro Pulse is all about putting our incredible fans first. We are thrilled to see the strong commitment and passion our fans showcase every day and are constantly looking for ways to give back to them through unique brand experiences that they’ll never forget,” says Kwamina Crankson, Vice President and General Manager of Hasbro Pulse. “We are excited to bring back our popular Hasbro Pulse Con event to deliver even more meaningful experiences for fans through engaging, behind-the-scenes programming that will remind them why they fell in love with Hasbro brands in the first place.” 

Available only at Hasbro Pulse Con in the US, Canada and UK, fans will be able to get their hands on Hasbro Pulse Con Exclusive items, including: 

  • Star Wars The Black Series Trapper Wolf – figure (Ages 4 years & up) 
  • Star Wars The Black Series The Power of the Force Cantina Showdown – figure and accessory set (Ages 4 years & up) 
  • Star Wars The Vintage Collection Emperor’s Throne Room  – figure and accessory set  (Ages 4 years & up) 
  • Marvel Legends Series Venom (Ages 4 years & up) 
  • Marvel Legends Series M.O.D.O.K World Domination Tour Collection (Ages 4 years & up) 
  • Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Deluxe Covert Agent Rave and Micromaster Decepticons Forever Ravage (Ages 8 years & up) 
  • G.I. JOE Classified Series Master of Disguise Zartan Action Figure (Ages 4 years & up) 
  • Power Rangers Lightning Collection 6” Mighty Morphin Pudgy Pig (Ages 4 years & up) 
  • Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair: Purrfection (Ages 13 years & up) 

Pulse Con Exclusive product images can be found HERE

Additional programming details and scheduling for Hasbro Pulse Con will be announced soon. To stay up-to-date, fans can sign up for the Hasbro Pulse newsletter, follow @HasbroPulse on Instagram and Facebook and visit HasbroPulseCon.com

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NEWS – Online Retailer Zavvi launches Power Rangers Store with Limited Edition Coin Set

Starting today, Zavvi is releasing a limited edition Mighty Morphin Power Rangers coin set.

This coin set is available exclusively on Zavvi, produced by DUST! Collectibles and officially licensed by Hasbro.

Included inside the stylish display box are a grand total of five collectable coins, which feature the distinctive portraits of the team: Jason Lee Scott (the Red Ranger), Trini Kwan (the Yellow Ranger), Zack Taylor (the Black Ranger), Kimberly Hart (the Pink Ranger), and Billy Cranston (the Blue Ranger).

These are limited to only 1000 pieces worldwide and are individually numbered.

To coincide with this release, Zavvi is also running a promotion for 30% off Power Rangers clothing by using the promo code “PR30“. The code “MMPR10” also works for 10% off any in stock MMPR items.

Zavvi also has preorders and merchandise for toys like the Lightning Collection and Super7 figures, drinkware, apparel and more.

COMIC REVIEW – Power Rangers Issue 10

On Wednesday, August 18th, Power Rangers Issue 10 will be released from Boom Studios. Our exclusive first look of this issue was shown last month.

POWER RANGERS #10 – Yale, the Omega Rangers’ alien companion, embarks on a solo mission to protect a group of kids from the terrors of Safehaven. Guided by the voice of the Blue Emissary, Yale will travel closer to his destiny… but what does this mean for the Omega Rangers?

Host Eric (@trekkieb47) had a chance to read the issue in advance and shares his review:

“Much like Mighty Morphin issue 10, Power Rangers issue 10 is a milestone issue focusing on the origins of a key character while informing future arcs of the story. The focus is entirely on Yale this go around. Yale has been the companion of the Omega Rangers since the start of the new Power Rangers series.

In the first issue of Power Rangers, it was implied that the Omega Rangers let out Yale because he was no longer empowered. However, in this issue we get a flashback to the events of Necessary Evil where we see Kiya release Yale from confinement. We also see other key points in Yale’s life that let us know the troubles he has endured which also reference other past issues of the comic. 

Since Yale does not speak, most of this is narrated by the spirit of the Blue Emissary and feels like a closing chapter for that character. The other side of the issue focuses on some of the children of Safehaven we’ve seen before. How the two stories combine and what happens to elevate Yale to his ‘destiny’ is really brilliant. The writing team of both Ryan Parrott and newcomer to the franchise, Rachel Wagner, makes for a strong outing that makes me wish we didn’t have to wait another month.

Artist Moisés Hidalgo takes over the duties of illustrating from Francesco Mortarino for this issue, continuing his Yale focused pages from issue 9. It’s a nice visual continuity that makes Yale’s journey feel like a bedtime story. The soft lines and shading really work the the colors of Raúl Angulo to achieve that look.

There’s not much more to say without spoiling the issue, so definitely pick this one up when it drops next week!”

POWER RANGERS #10
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Writer: Ryan Parrott and Rachel Wagner
Artist: Moisés Hidalgo
Colorist: Raúl Angulo with color assistance by Jose Enrique Fernández
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Cover Artists:

  • Main Cover: Matteo Scalera
  • Legacy Variant Cover: Daniele di Nicuolo
  • 1:10 Incentive Cover: Matteo Scalera
  • 1:15 Incentive Cover: Daniele di Nicuolo
  • Incentive Cover: Goñi Montes
  • FOC Cover: Yejin Park
  • FOC Incentive Cover (1:10): Yejin Park
  • Incentive Cover (1 copy): Goñi Montes

Price: $3.99

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