Introducing the NEW main cast of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Comic (Issue 31 onward)
 

http://news.tokunation.com/2018/06/1...-rangers-53432

Source;
http://comicbook.com/powerrangers/20...yond-the-grid/

Deathryuger lives!

But the question is who is Talon Ranger?

What what what what what what WHAT!?!??

hopy shid

Well that’s a shock, i’m down for this!

*jaw dropped*

Let me help you with that.
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I can get behind this group. Oh yes, indeed.

The series is getting a new writer (planned, not a last minute thing so there's at least set up for it) and this is the new time that will be followed in the story arc after Shattered Grid.

No, I knew about that. I just never expected Deathryuger to make an appearance.

Saw someone elsewhere speculate it might be Hekyll. Last of him we saw he'd turned good and was now a Energem keeper, so I wouldn't be surprised.

This might sound mean but why is it still called "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" when there's no MMPR Rangers at all in the book anymore? Call it a new team with a new name but don't call this team MMPR.

Because the comic book series is called "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers".

That’s my guess too. I also heard that rumor.

Also, I believe I heard something about the writers saying that they had intended on making Hekyll the Talon Ranger in the show. It just never happened.

The perfect gif. :lolol

As soon as I saw your post I began looking for it. XD

Why is the 11th Dino Charge Ranger in there? He never made it in to the show.

I thought ranger slayer was evil like Drakkon?

Why is Drakkon in the book? Or the Ranger Slayer?

The best thing about comics is that they aren't bound to the shows they're based on.

She is, but who know what'll happen before September.

I'm kinda bummed Titanium Ranger is not a part of this. Heck, him not getting any focus in Shattered Grid at all. With him being an original Ranger you'd thought they have more liberty with the character

Why not call him Talon Ranger though?

While "hacking" the toy showed that was the show's name idea, the fact that they didn't use it means its not actual cannon. I kind of prefer Talon but if it is Hekyll dark energem --> Dark Ranger does make sense.

I'm actually quite happy with this; the original team still has Go Go and I love the team-ups where there's a mix-and-match team of rangers so a whole arc with such a team is neat.

I'm REALLY curious to see what direction SG!Kimberly's character goes in now; even if I'm not too fond of the whole read-all-our-comics-to-understand-what's-going-on thing Boom's taking -- since all her appearances right now are in GGPR rather than MMPR.

Either way I'm liking this; Boom's comics have been really hecking interesting for me and I'm curious to see how Deathryuger's adapted. Especially since they incorporated Tobaspino without him.

Honestly, while this is an interesting team to follow, I think they need to drop the "Mighty Morphin" from the comic title then. I mean, if it's going to be a mix of Rangers from other teams, it would make more sense to just go that route since the "Mighty Morphin" Rangers aren't in it (not counting SG Pink there)

UNLESS....

This new team is trying to find the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as they somehow get displaced in the Grid somehow by the end of the Shattered Grid arc.
Maybe throw in villains like Lord Zedd and Lord Vile among others that are attempting to keep this new team from recovering the MMPR and somehow restoring the Morphin Grid back to how it was supposed to be.

I think this is inevitable, honestly -- from a marketing perspective alone it makes no sense to replace the six most well-known characters of Power Rangers with a ragtag team of suits the average person is unaware of. And, from a storytelling perspective; all but one of which have never featured in the comic yet.
It'll likely be a 2-3 issue arc before we get back to the status quo. A status quo, admittedly, that is very happy to change at any time. I appreciate that.

Really want to see their megazord combo.

I really want to believe that this will be the new team, I really do. But I have been burned so many times.

The following is just random speculation, but I am going to hide it just to be safe.
I think they could actually be the Mighty Morphin' team just with different powers. From what I have seen of Shattered Grid so far I could see the MMPR sacrificing their powers completely thus robbing Drakkon and his armies of access to them. Then this arc is like a re-imagined Ninja Quest, possibly leading to new suit designs. And these suits are just borrowed powers while on this quest.

Sounds very plausible too as opposed to random characters that have no connection to any of them searching for the original across the grid. Especially since their worlds/timelines don't impact each other outside of the grid.

Would explain the colors too. They all fit the basic dynamic of the color options. Though does raise the question of who is their 6th then.

Slightly kind of expecting AU Kimberly to survive somehow though.

Whatever the scenario is that leads to this team existing, I'm down for it. The title has really been a great read through out it's run, and it's not like it's gotten stale. But this is a really fresh idea. Whether it's MMPR getting new morphers, or the actual characters themselves taking the place of the MMPR for a time being, I'm into it. This is a really cool idea that's only been touched on once before in Power Rangers with the Retro Rangers from the 15th Anniversary crossover. Sentai has done this a couple times with Dream Sentai composed of people from various teams. But seeing an on-going storyline using this as a basis is honestly very exciting to think about.

So this has to be the most antisocial ranger team right I mean we have

Magna Defender: Morally Gray loner
Andros: Reluctant to team up with the former turbo rangers
Ranger Slayer: Currently a villain
Dark Ranger: Villain in the source footage

Cam and Tanya are cool but Cam was a bit short temper at times.

My Guess Power Rangers Suicide Squad

Don't forget that Tanya is technically out of place. Location-wise. She basically vanished from Africa as a child and suddenly appeared in the US as an adult.

This. But I also think this may lead to an all new MMPR in the future with new powers too, maybe new zords as well. Kind of curious to see how it evolves and what those designs will be and how the media may adapt to reflect it.

Really looking forward to how the toys may reflect this too. Hasbro has been known to do comic designs and even include comics in releases. So I'm looking forward to what they may do for this new MMPR era as it's conveniently timed right as they are taking over the license and toys.

Especially interesting, I think this may lead to some special material later too. Kind of curious if the new suits and powers may eventually get more drawn off of Ranger Slayer's suit too. Very curious how this could lead to future big storylines and major events too. Shatter Grid really kind of feels like a prologue to something even bigger later. And it's not uncommon that one major event causes other major events to start falling into place. This is especially true in the comic world where every major event has been the cause of all major events that followed as the titles evolved from the previous.

Ok, this is cool, REALLY cool xD. But a part of me wished the team was just of special rangers.

Someone pointed out to me how this teams follows the color pattern of the OG team but there are special rangers of those colors as well! Anyway, I dig it

You know what would've been cool, a ranger team full of mentors who became rangers. So you'd have Doggie Kruger from SPD, RJ from Jungle Fury, Daggeron from mystic force (he's a mentor-like character or maybe udonna or leanbow as well as extras), kendall from dino charge. And for the leader, maybe red ranger zordon from the film

IIRC they can't use the movie version for some reason. So I'd vote Leanbow as the leader, Wolf Warrior suit is awesome.

*thinks about it*
Nah, I would rather see them go nuts and make Bulk, Skull, and Spike rangers.

The comics may not be as limited as the show. The show iirc, has to pay extra for some footage of movie stuff. But usually that's also due to how close a series is to the movie's release. For a time there, PR's conversion of the series was airing right as the movies were getting home releases.

The same may not be as true now that there's a few years between. So Mystic Force stuff could be more open now. Same to other past stuff. We don't see them in the shows later because very few new series tread on past material at all, leaving most self-contained.

Comics are also mostly confined by what is in the show, since that's the audience they are trying to draw in and that's the established lore. But if it'd sell, they'd likely expand the line more. But for right now, that's still debatable on how much it'd sell or split the current readership. Something they may look into later near the anniversary and whatever a bigger than normal anniversary series could be like or whatever they do for that.

This is also why we don't see the Kyu suits in the comic either during Shattered Grid. It hasn't been adapted yet, so there's no material to draw from to include it as yet. Same to others. But those series are still open for usage in later seasons of PR.

So comics don't use it mostly because of the fact the shows didn't use it. Which makes it "non-existent" in the PR library as yet. If a show uses it and establishes it, then it can be used. Unless they start mixing elements of new material/conversions from the comics to the shows. It's not so much that the comics don't have access to it, and more it's a delicate balance because of the ever growing/changing nature of the franchise.

I think he was talking about them not being able to use the 2017 Power Rangers movie versions of the Rangers for whatever reason and not Sentai movies.

Oh, then that's a different answer.

Different universe entirely. Though that may get its own version of shattered grid someday.

That has more to do with plans on what's going to happen there probably aren't finalized yet. If it was a 'dead universe' though, then it'd be fair game for comics use in crossovers like this. It's the fact it's still undecided that blocks it from the major comic events as yet.

As for show material though, or unused sentai stuff. Shattered Grid and the Kimberly miniseries marks a progression to build to a new era where they can have more freedom to expand. So we're getting there where the comics can someday hopefully eventually grow as big as other titles have for other companies. But it's a slow process to pull in with nostalgia, and then expand.