Review: Mighty Morphin #12

Mighty Morphin #12 continues a deep dive into the past of Zordon and its resonance in creating his present enemies. This writing on this book by Ryan Parrott is improving by the issue.

Being able to see Zordon and a Lord Zedd talking as Zordon learns Zedd was once a respected friend named Zophram is a massive change to the mythos. Add to this the very present threat of their former colleague Zartus inspiring the Eltarians to unite with the Empyreals in destroying worlds full of innocents.

Once Zelya fills Zordon and the Power Rangers on all these connections they realize the enormity of the threat and set out to reunite with any potential allies. Kimberly rightly chides Zordon for driving the allies away in their first place. Aisha and Tommy set out to convince Grace and the new Green Ranger Matt to join them. This ends with limited success as Tommy can’t quite get past his mistrust of Matt.

Aisha also convinces Billy to break into the command center to reconcile with Zordon. While the Rangers are busy fighting the Eltarian guard, Billy apologizes to Zordon. Unfortunately he has to then witness Zartus invading the command center, swearing the destruction of earth and destroying Zordon’s chamber.

The art in this issue is epic in scope and the action sequences are amazing. Unfortunately panels with the human sequences feel a bit rushed. The color art continues to feel odd and washed out. This book would benefit greatly by an old school dedicated inker.

It also has to be said: Adam was one of the few Asian American male superheroes of the ‘90s. Rendering such a monumental character in Asian American popular culture basically mute for the entire run of this book is entirely unnecessary. We know Ryan Parrott can develop minority characters well as he’s done in the Power Rangers counterpart to this book. It’s time to give Adam some purpose as we’ve seen done so well for so many characters. When we’ve seen more character development for Skull than we have for Adam, something needs to be done.

This book continues to grow by leaps and bounds as the saga builds. Given the threat to Zordon and the massive threat of the Eltarians and Empyreals, things should just keep getting more intense. Ryan Parrott just keeps turning up the dial as the Rangers move into all out war.

Writing: 4.7 of 5 stars
Art: 4.0 of 5 stars
Colors: 3.2 of 5 stars

Overall 4.0 of 5 stars

Writer: Ryan Parrott
Art: Marco Renna
Colors: Walter Baiamonte
Publisher: Boom Studios

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M.R. Jafri

M.R. Jafri was born and raised in Niagara Falls New York and now lives with his family in Detroit Michigan. He's a talkative introvert and argumentative geek. His loves include Star Wars, Star Trek, Superheroes, Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, Transformers, GI Joe, Films, Comics, TV Shows, Action Figures and Twizzlers.