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NEWS – BOOM! Studios Announces New Dates for Power Rangers comics and more

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With comic retailers being closed for over a month or more, many in Ranger Nation have been anxiously awaiting news for when BOOM! Studios would resume their comics release. We now have news of their release schedule through the end of June 2020.

For Power Rangers, the schedule is as follows:

5/27/2020

  • Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers #31
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Vol. 11 SC

6/10/2020

  • Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers #32 (Series Finale)

6/17/2020

  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5 (Miniseries Finale)

6/24/2020

  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #50 (Conclusion to Necessary Evil)

Last month BOOM! Studios announced their Retailer Support Program. Additionally, last week they sent a message of support to retailers with their Day One messaging. Now, their is a new commitment to retailers with a New Day One Retailer Support Services Program. Details are at the link, but Ranger Nation can expect new exclusive covers for Power Rangers comics and other incentives for BOOM! Studios titles.

Catch up with our Ranger Merch Reviews for the BOOM! Studios Power Rangers comics by listening to our review episodes.

NEWS – BOOM! Studios Message to Retailers

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As lockdowns continue across the nation due to the current global pandemic, many are uncertain as to when things will get back to normal or if there will be a new normal.

Today, BOOM! Studios’ President of Publishing and Marketing, Filip Sablik, released a message to comic book retailers that they are standing by for when the time comes to reopen for a new “Day 1”. In the meantime, please support your local comic shop – many have curbside pickup or offer delivery services. BOOM! Studios has a tool on their site to help Boost Your Local Comic Shop.

You can also catch up with our Ranger Merch Reviews for the BOOM! Studios Power Rangers comics by listening to our review episodes.

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BOOM! Studios Announces Retailer Support Services Program Including Full Returnability Through June 2020

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to run its course around the world, many states are enacting shelter-in-place orders. Today, BOOM! Studios announced a Retailer Support program for comic book retailers that will be affected. According to the press release below, Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Issue #51 will have a one-per-store variant. See below for the full press release.

UPDATE: With Diamond Distributors currently not shipping to comic book shops after April 1st, it is unknown how much of a delay there will be for future titles.

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BOOM! Studios Announces Retailer Support Services Program Including Full Returnability Through June 2020

New Initiatives Take Effect Immediately to Support Local Comic Shops

LOS ANGELES, CA (March 23, 2020) – BOOM! Studios today announced the BOOM! Retailer Support Services Program, a comprehensive set of initiatives effective immediately to aid comic book shops worldwide affected by the current health crisis.

The BOOM! Retailer Support Services Program will initially deliver the following benefits to qualifying accounts pending details being finalized with Diamond Comic Distributors:

  • Full Returnability Through June: BOOM! Studios will extend the industry’s best returnability program, the BOOM! Guarantee, by making all items that ship between March 18th through June 24th fully returnable via affidavit in order to allow retailers to order with confidence. Any retailer not already enrolled in the BOOM! Guarantee can sign up for free right here.
  • #BoostYourLCS Paid Promotion: BOOM! Studios will increase targeted advertising and promotion around comic shops, and specifically spotlight stores offering Safe Services (like curbside and mail order options), using the #BoostYourLCS hashtag to reach over 360,000 fans worldwide. A full list of BOOM! Guarantee and Safe Service retailers (with regular updates) can be found right here.
  • Rare Variant Cover Gift Set: BOOM! Studios will offer retailers a direct cash infusion by providing previously released rare and popular variant covers for free to qualifying Diamond accounts in April. These gifts will create an opportunity for retailers to generate additional revenue and promotion at no cost. For retailers who do not normally sell variant covers at an increased price, these can be used to reward loyal pull-box subscribers or used to further incentivize customer engagement as prizes or purchasing rewards.
  • Monthly 1-Per Store Variant Covers: BOOM! Studios will provide new, previously unannounced 1-per-store variant every month through December 2020 free to qualifying Diamond accounts. This program will begin with a new 1-per store variant for Faithless II #1 in April, followed by Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #51 in May, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow #1 in June.
  • Diamond Summit Variant: BOOM! Studios will deliver our promised free Diamond Summit retailer variant cover for Faithless II #1 to all qualifying stores in April so that retailers don’t miss out on this hotly anticipated issue.
  • Exclusive Convention Variant Opportunities: BOOM! Studios will offer select variant covers and other items previously planned for 2020 conventions direct to retailers through Diamond, as long as supplies last. Since fans can’t go to conventions, we’re bringing the conventions to the fans!

This program includes BOOM! Studios’ support and participation in future industry-wide, coordinated joint initiatives with Diamond Comic Distributors and other participating publishers to benefit and support comic book stores.

“We are deeply committed to working together hand-in-hand with our retail partners through this period of disruption. BOOM! Studios is proud to take both immediate and long term steps to support those on the front lines of our industry,” said Filip Sablik, President of Publishing & Marketing, BOOM! Studios. “The BOOM! Retailer Support Services Program we’ve outlined today is just the start of our efforts, which will evolve as we receive more feedback from retailers. We believe publishers should earn their space on our retail partners’ shelves and at no time has that belief been more important than now. We invite retailers to participate and share ideas to enhance our efforts together.”

Diamond Comic Distributors and BOOM! Studios will be sharing more information directly with retailers as soon as it is finalized to clearly outline how to receive benefits from the BOOM! Retailer Support Services Program.

For continuing news on MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to @boomstudios on Twitter.

About BOOM! Studios

BOOM! Studios was founded by Ross Richie in 2005 with the singular focus of creating world-class comic book and graphic novel storytelling for all audiences. Through the development of four distinct imprints—BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM!, and Archaia—BOOM! has produced award-winning original work, including Lumberjanes, The Woods, Giant Days, Klaus, and Mouse Guard, while also breaking new ground with established licenses such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Firefly, WWE, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Cartoon Network, and The Jim Henson Company properties. BOOM! will also bring their original series to life through unique first-look relationships with 20th Century Fox for film and with 20th Television for the small screen. Please visit www.boom-studios.com for more information.

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COMIC PREVIEW – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Issue 49

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On Wednesday, March 25th, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Issue 49 will be released from Boom Studios.

NECESSARY EVIL CONTINUES! The Power Rangers are outnumbered! Even with THE OMEGA RANGERS and the POWER RANGERS reunited again, the Anointed have them surrounded. Will the arrival of an old friend—and an older enemy—turn the tide in this battle?

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

“This is it folks, the penultimate issue of Necessary Evil (for Mighty Morphin at least)! After this issue, all that remains is Go Go Power Rangers 31 (April 8th) and 32 (April 22nd) before MMPR Issue 50 (April 29th).

The ultimate showdown begins between Kiya with the Anointed and the Omega Rangers with the Power Rangers. I know this is a spoiler-free review, but I have to say that this issue includes the most epic spread I have seen in this entire run of comics. It will pump you up and make you ready for the fight. Old rivalries are flared up, continuing the stories from earlier in this run. And it all really feels worth the wait. Necessary Evil has been pretty ambitious in its storytelling. While Shattered Grid was the team up to end all teams ups, Necessary Evil is all about the consequences of resetting the universe and living with the results.

Issue 49 leaves readers with three separate cliffhangers that keep escalating until the final panel. It’s not a big, shocking reveal or a surprise return… it’s a panel that made me worried. Worried about some of the characters I’ve loved reading about throughout the run. If you can, definitely pick up this book and support your local comic shop during this time. Remember to geek responsibly and safely.”

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #49
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Writer: Ryan Parrott
Artist: Daniele di Nicuolo
Colorist: Walter Baiamonte, with Katia Ranalli
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Cover Artists:
Main Cover: Jamal Campbell
Foil Variant Cover: Goñi Montes
Incentive Cover: Kris Anka
Unlocked Story Variant: Dan Mora
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NEWS – Shout! Factory and PlutoTV Launch TokuSHOUTsu Channel

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If you’re into Power Rangers (and we hope you are if you’re following us!), chances are you know about Super Sentai and the Tokusatsu genre. If you don’t, Shout! Factory TV and Pluto TV have you covered with a new channel called TokuSHOUTsu.

TokuSHOUTsu will be streaming Super Sentai, Ultraman, and for the first time – Kamen Rider!

If you have a streaming tv, Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, or a computer, tune in at Midnight PT on Tuesday, March 17th.

For Power Rangers fans, Jason Narvy (Skull in various Power Rangers series) joins the channel as the resident Tokusatsu Expert on “Let’s Talk Toku”, one of the new original series for the channel.

For more information, check out IGN’s exclusive article and follow @TokuSHOUTsu on Twitter!

SOURCE: https://www.ign.com/articles/tokushoutsu-exclusive-japanese-tokusatsu-streaming-pluto-tv-kamen-rider-ultraman-power-rangers

NEWS – First Look at POWER RANGERS: RANGER SLAYER #1 Special

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Your First Look at POWER RANGERS:RANGER SLAYER #1 Special From BOOM! Studios

Discover the Shocking Consequences For Kimberly Hart in Lord Drakkon’s Universe in June 2020.

LOS ANGELES, CA (March 13, 2020) – BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), today revealed a first look at a brand new one-shot special issue POWER RANGERS: RANGER SLAYER #1, from acclaimed Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers writer Ryan Parrott, superstar artist Dan Mora (Once and Future, Klaus), colorist Raúl Angulo, and letterer Ed Dukeshire. This all-new one-shot, available in June 2020, features the villain turned fan favorite hero herself as she makes a choice that sets the stage for an epic event that reverberates throughout the universe!

The Ranger Slayer – AKA Kimberly Hart, the Pink Mighty Morphin Power Ranger from the alternate universe once ruled by Lord Dakkon – returns home and nothing is like she expected. In a world that remembers her as a villain, can Kimberly show her universe that she’s become a hero…and is that even the right thing to do? Confronted by an old foe in a terrifying new form and finding her home in chaos, Kimberly will make a stunning choice that no Power Rangers fan can miss.

Currently, Power Rangers is celebrating 26 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 milestone anniversary year with the 26th season, “Power Rangers Beast Morphers” currently airing on Saturdays at 8 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon in the U.S.

Print copies of POWER RANGERS: RANGER SLAYER #1 will be available on June 3, 2020 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 Madefire.

Softcover 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 POWER RANGERS series and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.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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COMIC PREVIEW – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Issue 4

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On Wednesday, March 18th, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Issue 4 will be released from Boom Studios. Below you will find a preview of the issue as well as the main cover and variants.

It’s the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as you’ve never seen them before vs Shredder! No, really. Just imagine the coolest thing we could do and, yeah, we’re doing it.

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

“Turtle Rangers and Ninja Rangers… YES! It’s finally happening and it is what all of us have waited for. Well, everything I have waited for at least. The Ranger teens get a chance to take a more stealthy approach with Casey Jones to help rescue Tommy from another classic Turtles villain. The Turtles on the other foot, get to live out a typical full day in the life of the Power Rangers.

There were plenty of moments to love in this issue. A great speech is delivered early in the issue by Splinter that is definitely inspired by Zordon, but with the more fatherly approach Splinter typically takes with the Turtles. My only problem was the synopsis being a bit misleading, but I attribute that more to a marketing move than the writing.

The last issue comes out next month and issue four does a lot to set up a massive showdown finale. There is quite a bit to wrap up, but I’m confident that the landing will stick. Powerbunga!”

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NEWS – BOOM! Studios Announces Presence at WonderCon Anaheim 2020

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Update: As of March 12th, 2020, Wondercon has been cancelled. There is no word yet on when the convention will be rescheduled or if BOOM! Studios will announce the news they planned for the show at a later date.

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COMIC PREVIEW – Go Go Power Rangers 30

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On March 11th, Boom Studios releases Go Go Power Rangers Issue 30.

LORD ZEDD sets his eyes on something he is sure will defeat the Power Rangers, and unleashes his full force to obtain in. With Jason, Trini and Zack encountering a new threat of their own as OMEGA RANGERS, Tommy must lead Kimberly and Billy into battle at half-power with disastrous consequences.

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

“It will be bittersweet when Go Go Power Rangers comes to a conclusion. For a standard sized comic, it feels like there is a lot of story packed into this issue. While Jason, Zack and Trini meet Kiya for the first time; Tommy, Kim and Billy are left to defend Promethea against Lord Zedd’s newest plan. The team is splintered and Kim’s concerns are valid.

What’s great about issue thirty is how much ties back to objects and stories seen throughout the entire run of the comics. This is very rewarding for longtime readers and it gives the story a really strong footing. I also enjoy seeing some Easter eggs from time to time. Look closely in this issue and you’ll see the crew from the anime series Cowboy Bebop.

Without giving anything away I will say that the ending to this issue surprised me to the point where I will have to rethink who or what will come back in the final pages of Necessary Evil.”

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