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Go Go Power Rangers: Forever Rangers

Not the ideal way I'd end the original run of Go Go, but I think it works well enough.

Despite leaving things open for the future, it definitely has a very "ending" feel all throughout it, with Alpha-1 defeated, some scenes that bookend the start of the story, as well as a few bits that directly connect to the Mighty Morphin' books.

And while it's all mostly clean, there are just a few certain aspects that don't quite sit right with me. For example, starting the book off with a retcon to how exactly Zordon got caught in the time warp wasn't the best start. I also didn't like how the Rangers never directly countered Alpha-1's' philosophy.

There's also the scene with Kim wherein the counselor is portrayed as the one in the right despite Kim making perfect sense as to why her parents suck and how they're just using their situation as an excuse to treat their daughter like a tool. "Sometimes it's hard to say what you mean" does not at all excuse all the crap that Kim's' parents have been putting her through.

But despite all that, I still enjoyed the shout outs to the show proper and liked the overall flow of the story well enough. From here on out, Ryan Parrot would take over as head writer of both MMPR and GGPR for a long time, with the stories of both books being more interconnected than ever before. It's an era that certainly has its ups and downs, and it's roughly towards the end of this era that I fell off the comics for awhile.

But before we get into all that, well, I think it's time we take a look at another bit of side material.