NEWS – COMICS PREVIEW – Power Rangers Solicitations for February 2025

Boom! Studios

Last week, we received the advance solicitations for Boom! Studios Power Rangers comics coming out in the month of February 2025.

There are MAJOR spoilers below, so be warned!

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BOOM! Studios Announces Titles for Free Comic Book Day 2025

BOOM! Studios Announces Titles for Free Comic Book Day 2025

Celebrate Iconic BOOM! Milestones Next May

LOS ANGELES, CA (November 21, 2024) – Today BOOM! Studios announced the publisher’s Gold and Silver offerings for Free Comic Book Day 2025 with BOOM! STUDIOS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL and POWER RANGERS/VR TROOPERS, both available for FREE at your local comic shop May 3, 2025.

Celebrate 20 years of BOOM! Studios with this milestone anniversary collection of some of our most iconic series! More adventure, more terror, more mystery, and more fun with curated tales from the worlds of BRZRKR, Something is Killing the Children, Mouse Guard, Irredeemable, and an exclusive, all-new Hello Darkness story.

And don’t miss the moment all Power Rangers fans have been waiting for– after 30 years the VR TROOPERS are BACK blasting into comic shops around the country on Free Comic Book Day 2025! After making their long-awaited return in the pages of Power Rangers Prime, this issue will give fans a sneak peek at a new era of virtual reality powered action…alongside a special flipbook calling back to the original 1995 comics!

BOOM! STUDIOS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL and POWER RANGERS/VR TROOPERS will be available in comic shops for FREE May 3, 2025.

For continuing news on FREE COMIC BOOK DAY and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on X.

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NEWS – Exclusive First Look at POWER RANGERS PRIME #2

A New Era Continues in Your First Look at POWER RANGERS PRIME #2

New Rangers, New Villains, New Stories

LOS ANGELES, CA (November 18, 2024) – BOOM! Studios, in collaboration with leading toy and game company Hasbro, today revealed a first look at POWER RANGERS PRIME #2. Groundbreaking POWER RANGERS writer, and scribe behind Darkest Hour Melissa Flores, along with acclaimed artist Michael YG (Iron Fist), colorist Fabi Marques, and letterer Ed Dukeshire ushers in a new era into the Rangers Mythos with the new ongoing series POWER RANGERS PRIME! Continuing December 2024.

The new morphinominal era continues in the second action-packed issue of Power Rangers Prime! Conflicts emerge around a fugitive Ranger, drawing in another iconic team and setting up a world-colliding crossover that fans have been theorizing about for years! Meanwhile, a fan favorite villain has uncovered the remnants of a Samuraizer… and the latent Morphin energy could unleash a power unlike anything this universe has ever seen…

POWER RANGERS PRIME #2 features a main cover by the incomparable Dan Mora, with variants by Chuma Hill (W0rldtr33), Bon Bernardo (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), Doaly (Deadpool/Wolverine), Keyla Valerio (White Boat), and R1C0 (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II.

  • Power Rangers Prime #2 A Main: OCT240043
  • Power Rangers Prime #2 B Variant: OCT240044
  • Power Rangers Prime #2 C Foil Stamp Variant: OCT240045
  • Power Rangers Prime #2 D 1:10 INCV: OCT240046
  • Power Rangers Prime #2 E 1:15 INCV: OCT240047
  • Power Rangers Prime #2 F 1:25 INCV Foil Stamp Variant: OCT240048
  • Power Rangers Prime #2 G 1:50 INCV: OCT240049
  • Power Rangers Prime #2 H FOC Reveal Variant: OCT240050
  • Power Rangers Prime #2 I Unlockable Variant: OCT240051

POWER RANGERS PRIME #2 will be available in comic shops December 18, 2024. It is available for pre-order at your local comic shop. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including Kindle, iBooks, and Google Play.

POWER RANGERS PRIME 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; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; bestselling horror anthology Hello Darkness; Grim by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano; Stuff of Nightmares by R.L. Stine and A.L. Kaplan; A Vicious Circle by Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo; Ghostlore by Cullen Bunn and Leomacs; Rare Flavours by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; Underheist by David and Maria Lapham; Animal Pound by Tom King and Peter Gross; Minor Arcana by Jeff Lemire; and the upcoming Vicarious by Ryan Parrott and Eleonora Carlini; and The Creeping Below by Brian Azzarello and Vanesa Del Rey. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties, including Dune: House Corrino from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Simone Ragazzoni; and The Expanse: Dragon Tooth by Andy Diggle, Rubine, and Francesco Pisa.

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

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NEWS – POWER RANGERS PRIME #1 SELLS OUT BEFORE RELEASE & RETURNS WITH SECOND PRINTING

POWER RANGERS PRIME #1 SELLS OUT BEFORE RELEASE & RETURNS WITH SECOND PRINTING

New Rangers, New Villains, New Stories

LOS ANGELES, CA (November 14, 2024) – BOOM! Studios, in collaboration with leading toy and game company Hasbro, today revealed that POWER RANGERS PRIME #1 has sold out at the distributor level before release! Groundbreaking POWER RANGERS writer and scribe behind Darkest Hour, Melissa Flores, along with acclaimed artist Michael YG (Iron Fist), colorist Fabi Marques, and letterer Ed Dukeshire ushers in a new era into the Rangers Mythos with an unmissable first chapter in the new ongoing series POWER RANGERS PRIME!

POWER RANGERS is BACK and better than ever!

Angel Grove University students face a difficult choice after crossing paths with a fugitive straight out of legend. The consequences for hiding her are dire…but her existence may not stay secret for long.

In the wake of Darkest Hour, prepare yourself for a bold new era and a brand-new story unlike anything that’s come before! A perfect “Day One” jumping on point for new readers and old fans alike!

In response to the overwhelming support from retailers and fans, BOOM! Studios has announced POWER RANGERS PRIME #1 SECOND PRINTING (SEP248264), featuring brand-new cover art by Rebeca Puebla (Vicarious), available in stores December 18, 2024.

“Melissa, Michael, Fabi, and Ed have done something truly morphinominal in launching another blockbuster series,” said Allyson Gronowitz, Editor. “And now with a second printing, even more fans and readers can jump into the next amazing chapter of POWER RANGERS!”

POWER RANGERS PRIME #1 FIRST PRINTING may be available now in local comic shops. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including Kindle, iBooks, and Google Play.

POWER RANGERS PRIME 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; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; bestselling horror anthology Hello DarknessGrim by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano; Stuff of Nightmares by R.L. Stine and A.L. Kaplan; A Vicious Circle by Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo; Ghostlore by Cullen Bunn and Leomacs; Rare Flavours by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; Underheist by David and Maria Lapham; Animal Pound by Tom King and Peter Gross; Minor Arcana by Jeff Lemire; Vicarious by Ryan Parrott and Eleonora Carlini; and The Creeping Below by Brian Azzarello and Vanesa Del Rey. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties, including Dune: House Corrino from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Simone Ragazzoni; and The Expanse: Dragon Tooth by Andy Diggle, Rubine, and Francesco Pisa.

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

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NEWS – COMICS PREVIEW – Power Rangers Solicitations for January 2025

Boom! Studios

Last week, we received the advance solicitations for Boom! Studios Power Rangers comics coming out in the month of January 2025.

There are MAJOR spoilers below, so be warned!

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NEWS – Exclusive First Look at POWER RANGERS PRIME #1

A New Age of Rangers in Your First Look at POWER RANGERS PRIME #1

New Rangers, New Villains, New Stories

LOS ANGELES, CA (October 11, 2024) – BOOM! Studios, in collaboration with leading toy and game company Hasbro, today revealed a first look at POWER RANGERS PRIME #1. Groundbreaking POWER RANGERS writer, and scribe behind Darkest Hour Melissa Flores, along with acclaimed artist Michael YG (Iron Fist), colorist Fabi Marques, and letterer Ed Dukeshire ushers in a new era into the Rangers Mythos with an unmissable first chapter in the new ongoing series POWER RANGERS PRIME! Coming November 2024.

POWER RANGERS is BACK and better than ever!

Angel Grove University students face a difficult choice after crossing paths with a fugitive straight out of legend. The consequences for hiding her are dire…but her existence may not stay secret for long.

In the wake of Darkest Hour, prepare yourself for a bold new era and a brand-new story unlike anything that’s come before! A perfect “Day One” jumping on point for new readers and old fans alike!

POWER RANGERS PRIME #1 features a main cover by the incomparable Dan Mora, with variants by Doaly (Radiant Black), Juni Ba (The Boy Wonder), InHyuk Lee (Mighty Morphin), Bon Bernardo (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), Joëlle Jones (Catwoman) with Jordie Bellaire, and Rafael Albuquerque (American Vampire).

  • Power Rangers Prime #1 A Main: SEP240015
  • Power Rangers Prime #1 B Variant: SEP240016
  • Power Rangers Prime #1 C Spoiler Variant: SEP240017
  • Power Rangers Prime #1 D Foil Stamp Variant: SEP240018
  • Power Rangers Prime #1 E Blank Sketch Variant: JUL247380
  • Power Rangers Prime #1 F 1:10 INCV: SEP240019
  • Power Rangers Prime #1 G 1:25 INCV: SEP240020
  • Power Rangers Prime #1 H 1:50 INCV Foil Stamp Variant: SEP240021
  • Power Rangers Prime #1 I 1:75 INCV: SEP240022
  • Power Rangers Prime #1 J 1:100 INCV: SEP240023
  • Power Rangers Prime #1 K FOC Reveal Variant: SEP240024
  • Power Rangers Prime #1 L Unlockable Variant: SEP240025

POWER RANGERS PRIME #1 will be available in comic shops November 13, 2024. It is available for pre-order at your local comic shop. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including Kindle, iBooks, and Google Play.

POWER RANGERS PRIME 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; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; bestselling horror anthology Hello Darkness; Grim by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano; Stuff of Nightmares by R.L. Stine and A.L. Kaplan; A Vicious Circle by Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo; Ghostlore by Cullen Bunn and Leomacs; Rare Flavours by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; Underheist by David and Maria Lapham; Animal Pound by Tom King and Peter Gross; Minor Arcana by Jeff Lemire; and the upcoming Vicarious by Ryan Parrott and Eleonora Carlini; and The Creeping Below by Brian Azzarello and Vanesa Del Rey. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties, including Dune: House Corrino from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Simone Ragazzoni; and The Expanse: Dragon Tooth by Andy Diggle, Rubine, and Francesco Pisa.

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

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RCPH Bolt Bites – September 2024

Welcome to Ranger Command Power Hour’s new BOLT BITES article series! BOLT BITES is a semi-monthly to monthly summary of all the news happening for Power Rangers merchandise, fan works, entertainment and other news. Depending on the news cycle for a given week or month, you may see this series grow to weekly.

Have something Ranger news related that you found? Are you an artist looking to promote your work? Do you make Power Rangers content on YouTube or Twitch? Drop us a line at rangercommandpowerhour@gmail.com or on our social media channels.

And now onto September 2024’s BOLT BITES.

JDF WATCH

  • A KickStarter from Tammie Frank, wife of Jason David Frank, is asking $200,000 to fund a documentary called “Jason David Frank: An Intimate Look into Your Hero”. The documentary “explores his life and legacy while promoting suicide awareness and mental health.” With only 11 days to go and only 8 backers, it seems like Ranger Nation is tired of funding Power Rangers actor-related projects.


OFFICIAL MERCH

  • SuperX has some new Power Rangers Workout Gear including:
    • Green Ranger Pullover Gen. 2
    • Green Ranger Performance Short Sleeve Gen. 2
    • Pink Ranger Unisex Shorts
    • Red Ranger Shorts
@aykroydandsons

POWER RANGERS X PRIMARK Run dont walk to get your Power Ranger Onesies!!! Our team have been so excited to see our onesies land in store. Available in store at Primark stores. Our team are the perfect Power Rangers, dont you agree?! #powerrangers #hasbro #primark #primarkhaul #primarkfinds #primarkuk #primarknewin #primark

♬ Go Go Power Rangers Theme – Power Rangers & Ron Wasserman

  • ThreeZero and Hasbro are releasing a 1/6 scale FigZero figure of Matt Cook as Mighty Morphin Green! Based on the comic books from BOOM! Studios the figure features 34 points of articulation, comes with accessories and is limited to 1,000 pieces. Pre-orders are available at Big Bad Toy Store.

  • Originally revealed exclusively by IGN, Diamond Select has opened preorders for a Power Rangers Gallery Death Ranger Deluxe Statue. The 10-inch tall statue is made of high-quality plastic and features detailed sculpting and paint applications. It comes packaged in a full-color window box. Designed by Joe Allard and sculpted by Salvador Gomes. This is available through Big Bad Toy Store, Entertainment Earth and Diamond Select Toys.
  • If you missed the Omega Rangers Lightning Collection figures on Hasbro Pulse… and all of the discounted sales, then you’re in luck? You can preorder the figure set on Big Bad Toy Store (Substandard Grade only).


COMICS

  • Out Now: IDW’s final issue of Godzilla vs. MMPR IIThis is it! The final battle between Godzilla, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and the terrifying combined forces of Rita and Astronema! And the fate of the multiverse hangs in the balance! But can the Teenagers with Attitude and the King of the Monsters stand a chance against the Kaiju Psycho Rangers now that they’ve absorbed the powers of Destoroyah, Megalon, King Ghidorah, SpaceGodzilla, and Gigan?
  • Out Now: Released this past Wednesday, September 25th – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers / Usagi Yojimbo #1! This special one-shot by veteran Power Rangers scribe Ryan Parrott, illustrated by Shawn Daley (Ogre), colored by James Fenner (Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Shapeshifters), and lettered by Ed Dukeshire (Once & Future), the crossover between the Ronin Rabbit and everyone’s favorite teenagers with attitude.

  • Next Week: Next Wednesday, October 2nd, Ranger Academy Issue 11. In the pulse-pounding penultimate issue of Ranger Academy, Sage and company head back to the Academy, with the only thing that can rid someone of Dark Specter’s influence. But they return to a rough sight, worrying they may be too late, especially with the most powerful person on campus having fallen to the enemy. Will Sage and her friends do what’s necessary to save their school, even when the cost is unthinkable?

    Below are the full covers and preview pages:

  • Upcoming: BOOM! Studios December solicits are out and includes covers for Power Rangers Prime issue #2 and an advanced look for February’s The Eltarian War softcover collection.


GAMES

  • Friend of the show Joshua Moore recently did a Q&A with James O’Connor, the writer of “Power Rangers Mighty Force”. Check out the interview at Joshua’s Ranger Reader Substack.


CANCELLED PROJECTS

  • Mock-up posters for the cancelled Power Rangers: Origins animated movie turned up on eBay this past weekend. Apparently these are from a former Saban BrandS employee looking to clean house. For those who haven’t seen it, you can view the concept trailer on YouTube.

BEHIND THE SCENES

  • A year after the release of Power Rangers Cosmic Fury, Simon Bennett was interviewed by Blue Screen Reveals. In the interview, Simon talked about ideas for a 31st season that will never happen and that the fandom was totally normal about online:

“I came up with a pitch for a possible Season 31, which never went anywhere. It was a fully fledged kind of bible document, and within it were types of Rangers that I would like to see in the future. I would have liked to have seen a plus-size Power Ranger. I would have liked to have seen a Power Ranger in a wheelchair that could transform into some kind of very cool fighting tool when that Ranger morphed. I would have liked to have seen a non-binary Power Ranger. That was actually something that we were kind of setting up … It was going to be [J.J. Oliver], Tommy Oliver’s teenage child who was established in canon in [Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel Episode 10] Dimensions in Danger. We saw potentially Minh from Once & Always and the non-binary character putting together a team of misfits. It was an idea that never actually went anywhere.”


CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS 

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NEWS – COMICS PREVIEW – Power Rangers Solicitations for December 2024

Boom! Studios

We received the advance solicitations for Boom! Studios Power Rangers comics coming out in the month of December 2024.

There are MAJOR spoilers below, so be warned!

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RCPH Bolt Bites – August 2024

Welcome to Ranger Command Power Hour’s new BOLT BITES article series! BOLT BITES is a semi-monthly to monthly summary of all the news happening for Power Rangers merchandise, fan works, entertainment and other news. Depending on the news cycle for a given week or month, you may see this series grow to weekly.

Have something Ranger news related that you found? Are you an artist looking to promote your work? Do you make Power Rangers content on YouTube or Twitch? Drop us a line at rangercommandpowerhour@gmail.com or on our social media channels.

And now onto August 2024’s BOLT BITES.

OFFICIAL MERCH

  • Last month, Licensing International reported news from San Diego Comic Con that Playmates’ Power Rangers line will launch at retail in 2025 and “will be available in children’s and collector versions and feature ‘well-constructed figures at a better price than other collectible companies, including Hasbro,’ said Jeff Trojan, VP of Marketing at Playmates.” Read more.

  • Morph into action with the new REWIND RED RANGER (MMPR) from Funko! Part of Funko’s REWIND line, this new collectible comes in a VHS-inspired package with matching character card! There’s a 1 in 6 chance you may find the chase of the Red Ranger wearing his helmet.

UNOFFICIAL MERCH

  • Originally posted by Twitter user Whenaiyy, third party 1/6th figure manufacturer SooSooToys is releasing 5 more Red Warriors. Will this continue Forever? Check out Whenaiyy’s thread for more images of these gorgeous replicas. And someone tell SooSooToys to make a Shadow Ranger…

MUSIC

COMICS

  • NEXT WEEK: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Recharged Vol. 5 SC, which collects Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #115-118. Below is the full preview gallery (and essentially all of MMPR issue #115)
  • Upcoming: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour #1 second printing will release on September 4th.

GAMES

  • Power Rangers: Mighty Force is a new mobile game out NOW on iOS App Store and Google Play that released on August 7th. The original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are back and joined by Rangers from the future! From developers East Side Games, Mighty Kingdom and Hasbro. Download now.

  • During Gamescon 2024 (August 21-25), Digital Eclipse is promoting their new Power Rangers game, Rita’s Rewind, to press. They stressed in comments to their tweet that they are not working on a Power Rangers game collection and that Rita’s Rewind is a new game.

  • Renegade Game Studios recently released an expansion for Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid, Allies Pack #4 featuring Blue Senturion, Hunter and Blake Bradley, Levi Weston and Orion. Also available is the new It’s Morphin Time expansion for the Power Rangers Deck-Building Game which features Rocky, Adam, Aisha, Kat and introduces Matt Cook from the BOOM! Studios comics.

FAN PROJECTS

  • The Morphin Museum announced a Power Rangers Preservation Project challenge for Power Month. If their Morphin Museum Patreon hits 100 paid subscribers by the end of August, they will release the full pitch of DinoRangers, the original pitch for what would become MMPR. More details here.

BEHIND THE SCENES

  • Last month, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers VFX Artist Rick Shick launched a new behind the scenes video series on YouTube called “Behind the Power”. The series has examined morph effects, filming miniatures and interviews. View the full playlist here.

FANDOM WTF?

  • Who knew the term “Japanese Power Rangers” was so controversial? Twitter user @mask_bastard’s viral tweet depicting a clip from Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (Power Rangers: Dino Charge), with the comment “Japanese power rangers goes so hard” created quite the discourse the week of August 12th.

NEWS – COMICS PREVIEW – Power Rangers Solicitations for November 2024

Boom! Studios

We received the advance solicitations for Boom! Studios Power Rangers comics coming out in the month of November 2024.

There are MAJOR spoilers below, so be warned!

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