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Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer

Overall this was... fine.

Right away though, do not believe the advertising that claims this is a good jumping on point for new readers, because it very much is not.

If you haven't read any Coinless stuff before this, then you will have zero context for literally anything going on in this one shot. Finster-5, how the world got to the way it was, the Ranger Slayer herself; Nothing.

In terms of the story itself though, it's about how even with Drakkon's' defeat, the World of the Coinless still can't know peace due to various factors. Most importantly that Drakkon being gone created a power vacuum that many are trying desperately to fill.

And while it's an interesting angle, and I love the idea of an Undead Rita(Dan Mora does fantastic with the art direction in this), I overall just felt like the story wrapped up a bit too cleanly, even by one shot standards. I get that it's also a hook for an extra mini-series, but even so, everything just kinda goes a bit too perfectly for everyone involved.

Not to say that ruins the book or anything, as there's still stuff to like here. Dan Mora's' art is great as always, the atmosphere is handled well, and some of the banter, especially from Bulk and Skull, is very on point. It's overall a decent way to kill a small bit of time if you're at all interested in it.

So... yeah. A decent break from the main story, but nothing super engaging.