Well he makes that entire show great.

In Space, Ninja Storm, or Lightspeed Rescue

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Ninja Storm, hands down.

These are really my exact thoughts.

Which sentai series did you watch to get hooked ?

Mighty morphin all the way to power rangers in space , it's the zordon era with one continuous continuity.

Power Rangers in Space was supposed to be the end of the franchise , hence they brought back all the main villains from the series for one big finale but ratings went up for In Space and saved the PR franchise so they decided to continue. I would recommend in Space.

1) Unlike in previous season , the scale was far larger , no more just angel grove , it's the entire universe.
2) It had a wacky one of a kind teamup with the teenage mutant ninja turtles
3) The team-up with Adam (MMPR) and Justin (Turbo blue)
3) The bad guys are interesting and diverse.
4) The Psycho rangers - the first actual evil power rangers team.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_IcMl4MjLc

Every season after that is based off the super sentai season in their own seperate continuity , mostly.

So what do you guys think of the updated look of the MMPR in civilian form for that upcoming comic book series?

I like it.

I like them, but I find all the comments about them "no longer looking like stereotypes" ridiculous. They still look like stereotypes, the only difference is now they look like 2015 stereotypes rather than 90s ones.

Yep I see what you mean.
Personally I think they should have given Billy a less preppy look and a bit more hands-on and slightly rugged look considering his intellectual achievements were more mechanical(i.e. Radbug, communicator, bunch of other gizmos etc.).

Since it's January then do you think we will see info on the 2017 season this month? I remember Dino Charge was announced around late January or early February.