Review: Power Rangers Volume 2

As always with my review of the Boom! Studios Power Rangers universe, I’d suggest checking out my first one for a brief recap. In short: this universe has split into two parallel titles, with Ryan Parrott writing both of them. Mighty Morphin and Power Rangers are the titles. If you’re interested in what Tommy, Kimberly, Billy, Aisha, Rocky, and Adam are up to on Earth – you want Mighty Morphin. But if you want to see what Jason, Trini and Zack ‘really’ got up to when their characters left the TV show? Then this, Power Rangers, is the book for you. To give you a bit of a teaser…they’re in space.

Power Rangers is definitely the more adventurous of the two books. After all, as far as the show’s continuity was concerned, these characters had retired from Ranger life. That gives Ryan Parrott a completely clean slate to retcon his stories onto, and he’s clearly enjoying doing just that. There’s an epic feel to the way he uses this title to add several new planets and alien races into the MMPR universe. This volume includes a fun diversion into the Space Western genre, something that would normally be quite hard to fit into a Power Rangers story. By the same token, the plot is a little harder to follow than that of Mighty Morphin. But this seems like a fair price to pay for seeing Parrott push the storyline further into the unknown.

The art is excellent, as always. Francesco Mortarino continues his great work from the first volume; there are some awesome action set pieces here that allow him to truly shine. Perhaps the most action-packed issue however, has Simone Ragazzoni filling in seamlessly; I barely noticed a change in art. Colorist Raúl Angulo continues to excel at bringing a dark but colorful palette to this book, in keeping with the tone and setting. Ragazzoni’s issue has Igor Monti on colors; again, the change is seamless. The fill-in duo have done a fantastic job at maintaining the look of the comic, to an extent I’ve rarely seen before.

It’s truly impressive the way Parrott and the rest of his creative teams have created a distinct feel and look for the two parallel MMPR titles, whilst maintaining an overarching story across both. And let’s face it, if you’re reading one book, you’re probably reading the other one too. Which makes the first hints of another crossover all the more exciting; it’s certainly looking like the two storylines are on collision course again, and I’m eager to see the results.

Writing – 4 Stars
Art – 5 Stars
Colors – 5 Stars

Overall: 4.5 Stars

Writer: Ryan Parrott
Artist: Francesco Mortarino & Simone Ragazzoni
Colorist: Raúl Angulo & Igor Monti
Publisher: Boom! Studios

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Yavi Mohan

Yavi Mohan is a comic writer (and more frequently, comic reader) based in London. He is frequently overwhelmed by the number of comics in his reading list, to the extent that it sometimes delays his reading. This list includes every issue ever published with Spider-Man as the main character.