Unlimited Power (comics)
| "Unlimited Power" | ||
|---|---|---|
 Combined covers for Mighty Morphin issue #1 and Power Rangers issue #1. | ||
| Publisher | Boom! Studios Hasbro | |
| Publication date | November 2020 – October 2021 | |
| Genre | Science fiction Superhero | |
| ||
| Main character(s) | Power Rangers Omega Rangers | |
| Creative team | ||
| Writer(s) | Frank Gogol L. L. McKinney Ryan Parrott | |
| Penciller(s) | Francesco Mortarino Marco Renna Simone Ragazzoni | |
| Letterer(s) | Ed Dukeshire | |
| Colorist(s) | Raúl Angulo Walter Baiamonte Sabrina del Grosso Jose Enrique Fernández Igor Monti Katia Ranalli | |
"Unlimited Power" is a 2020–2021 crossover comic book event by Boom! Studios, based on the Power Rangers franchise by Hasbro. The event is written by Ryan Parrott through the comic book series Mighty Morphin and Power Rangers, making it the third crossover event in the Power Rangers comics by Boom! after 2018's "Shattered Grid" and 2019's "Necessary Evil".
Background[]
Mainstream universe[]
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #51–55 by Ryan Parrott, Moisés Hidalgo, Walter Baiamonte and Igor Monti.
In the mainstream universe, after the defeat of Kiya and the Anointed, Lord Drakkon (who survived his time within the Morphin Grid) is sent back to Earth, where the Power Rangers locked him up in the Command Center. Lord Zedd reunites with his minions in order to recruit a clone of Rita Repulsa and use the Chaos Crystal to turn them into his own "Dark Rangers". Grace Sterling helps Billy Cranston on repairing the Green Power Coin for a new candidate. Meanwhile, Zedd sends his new Dark Rangers to attack Angel Grove to attract the Power Rangers. After a brief battle, only the Rita clone defeats Tommy Oliver. Zedd then uses the Chaos Crystal to summon the Terrorzords, and the Power Rangers are almost defeated, but a mysterious Green Ranger, who was recruited by Grace Sterling and Promethea for the Green Protocol, destroys Zedd's Chaos Crystal, enabling the Power Rangers to defeat the Dark Rangers, who lost their powers in the process.
Meanwhile, the Omega Rangers travel to the planet Gorvinos III to return its people, only to find it in ruins. Then the mysterious figure that murdered the Red Emmisary appears, and reveals itself as a member of the Empyreals, a race that has decided to wipe out the universe entirely. The Emperyal defeats the Omega Rangers, causing them to flee to Earth.
Alternate universe[]
- Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer by Ryan Parrott, Dan Mora and Goni Montes.[1]
- Power Rangers: Drakkon New Dawn #1–3 by Anthony Burch and Simone Ragazzoni.[2]
In the alternate universe, everyone believes Lord Drakkon is dead, and the Ranger Slayer tries to make amends with her past, which leads to confront Scorpina, the new Commander of Drakkon's Ranger Sentry army. After a hard talk, Slayer gets the trust of the Coinless, but they are attacked by zombies lead by the ghost of Rita Repulsa, who was summoned by Trini Kwan as a desperate measure to end their war, to no avail. Slayer has later convinced the Sentries to join forces with the Coinless to fight Rita's army. Trini and Scorpina succeed in trapping Rita on her staff, causing the zombies to vanish. Slayer is chosen by everyone to take Drakkon's place as the new leader of the Sentries.[3]
As Slayer tries to adjust herself into her new role, the aftermath of Drakkon's rampage seems to be irreparable. After having an altercation with a Coinless rebel, Adam Park suggests locking him in the Deathlock, a special prison made by Drakkon, leading Slayer to go there and free all the prisoners inside. As she releases a man inside a Ranger armor, he desperately reveals her actions activated a signal, sending a message that allows an army of space monsters to conquer the world in case Drakkon was defeated. After being freed from his armor, the prisoner is revealed to be Jason Scott, and Scorpina reveals that the invading creatures are led by Eclipta, an emissary of Dark Specter. Jason suggests removing the Power Coins from the Deathlock's disruptor, but the others refuse. However, during the battle between the Sentries and Eclipta's army, Jason removes the Coins anyway, causing the Sentries to lose their powers. Slayer convinces him it is no longer the right way to do, but she gets the idea to use the remaining Power Coins on a reactor to spread the Morphin Energy around everyone. They attack a giant Eclipta until the reactor explodes, but she is already taken down by the Coinless and the Black Dragon Army, now reformed as the "Shattered". While Slayer begins to rebuild Angel Grove, Andros informs Dark Specter about Eclipta's defeat.[4]
Plot[]
Introduction[]
In present day, while most of the Power Rangers discuss who the new Green Ranger is, Goldar, Finster, Squatt and Baboo discuss what to do with Lord Zedd, who got unconscious after the Green Ranger destroyed the Chaos Crystal. Meanwhile, Skull's girlfriend Candice Clark is in fact a member of the Guardians of Eltar, who was recruited for a mission on Earth. When the Omega Rangers return to Earth, they ask Zordon for the help of Lord Drakkon, who knows many things about the Empyreals. When Zordon refuses, the Omega Rangers have no choice but to cause an outbreak to free Drakkon, causing friction with Zordon and Alpha-5.[5][6]
Power Rangers' side story (part 1)[]
After the outbreak, the Power Rangers discuss whether it was the right decision or not, and Zordon begins to hire bounty hunters to capture the Omega Rangers. During a visit to a fun fair, Candice is chased by Putties disguised as humans. Retreating from that battle, Zordon discovers that the new Green Ranger works for Promethea, leading him to have an argument with Grace Sterling. Back in the battle, Lord Zedd fuses the Putties into a giant version. When Skull gets unconscious for the battle, Bulk confronts Candice about keeping secrets from them, which leads her to go to Zordon and expose her true identity as Zenya of Eltar. The Green Ranger intervenes to help the Power Rangers and defeat the giant Puttie, but Zedd uses the Chaos Crystal to lock Angel Grove in a force field. In the end, the Green Ranger, through a public transmission, reveals himself as Matthew Cook to the world.[7]
Omega Rangers' side story (part 1)[]
After the outbreak, the Omega Rangers are in the run from bounty hunters hired by Zordon, while searching for the Shattered Grid with Drakkon's help, when the ship was powered down. The Omega Rangers think it was Drakkon doing it, but it turned out it was caused by the Horrid, a race of vampire-like creatures that suffered their transformation after trying some experiments on the Morphin Grid that lead their planet to be destroyed. In an effort to buy time, Drakkon pretends to betray the Omega Rangers into order to kill the Horrid King. After the encounter, they all arrive in the Morphin Grid, which is corrupted with Drakkon's nightmares. After arriving, the team evades the spirit manifestations that used to guard Drakkon and retrieve the rests of the Red Emissary's corpse. Xi scans the body and deduces it is missing a piece to put it back together. Drakkon suggests travelling to Onyx, a planet filled with mercenaries.[8]
Astronema's side story[]
On an alien planet, Astronema killed a team of Power Rangers before returning to her ship. She then remembers the time when Ecilptor trained her to become ruthless. Upon arriving at the planet Mortane, Astronema and Ecliptor enter the capital Crucius to train for a match. Unbestknown to Astronema, she had his memories altered, making her believe her family was murdered by Power Rangers for allegedly serving Dark Specter. After winning her death match against Darkonda's protégée, Astronema was chosen as the new Princess of Evil, as she gives orders to travel to Onyx, where the Omega Rangers are.[9]
Power Rangers' side story (part 2)[]
Matthew explains how Promethea recruited him to use the Green Power Coin and become the new Green Ranger, and when Zedd locks Angel Grove inside the force field, he gets the idea to expose his identity to get the citizens' trust. The Power Rangers try to deal with how Zedd could chase their families if their identities were revealed, until Grace calls for help to prevent the military forces from destroying the city. At the same time, the Rangers confront Matthew and Grace, who appeared to have sided with Zedd in a deal: in exchange for delivering him something from Zordon, Zedd would make the dome vanish. It turns out Zedd wanted to kidnap Candice/Zelya. The dome disappeared, but there is already friction between the Rangers and Promethea, and Skull stills wonders if Candice/Zelya is safe.[10]
Omega Rangers' side story (part 2)[]
During their mission on Onyx, Jason and Zack are ambushed by Astronema, and the three taken into custody by S.P.D. officers, causing Astronema's mentor, Ecliptor, to seek Trini, Xi and Drakkon for help. The whole team frees Jason, Zack and Astronema, but at the cost of several S.P.D. officers being killed. After arriving at the planet Hartunia, the Omega Rangers are sent to be imprisoned by Emperor Rether Till, who denies their help against the Empyreals. However, his wife, Empress Evor Til, plans to save them in order to evacuate the people from the planet. By the time the Yellow Empyreal arrives, the Omega Rangers and the Hartunian Empire have an all-out war, buying enough time to bring most of the innocent people away. The Yellow Empyreal destroys Hartunia, at the cost of the lives of the Tills and the other people that could not be saved. The Blue Empyreal reports the situation to Zartus, the current leader of the Eltarian Guardians, and Candice/Zelya's superior.[11]
Phantom Ranger's side story[]
While investigating what happened on the planet Hartunia, the Phantom Ranger remembers the time on planet Da'quar when he had to protect Queen Fienna and an infant Rita Repulsa from the Master Vile. After escaping from Vile' armies, the Phantom Ranger takes Fienna and Rita to the Masterforge, where Grid Energy is collected. According to the Fienna, Vile was Eldin, a former researcher who became obsessed into workshiping Dark Specter, so he wanted to use RIta as a vessel to bring Dark Specter into his dimension. Then Fienna used the machine on RIta to cover her with Grid Energy, at the cost of her life. When Vile found out abouot it, he let the Phantom Ranger on the station while it self-destroyed, taking Rita with him. Back to his current research, the Phantom Ranger found out Dark Specter has already begun to cross over from his dimension, and his presence is even more dangerous than the Empyreals' threat.[12]
Power Rangers' side story (part 3)[]
In the aftermath of what happened in Angel Grove, the citizens still deal with the damage done. While Skull still looks for Candice/Zelya, unaware of her identity, Matthew and Billy still attempt to regain the trust from the Power Rangers. Back on the Moon, Lord Zedd releases Zelya, but in exchange, he reveals her his true identity as Zophram, the former Supreme Guardian of Eltar, who got badly wounded after being rejected by the Zeo Crystal due to a protective incantation. Following that incident, Zartus and Zedd agreed to have enough of the Council of Elders for not taking action against Dark Specter, and Zedd believes Zordon betrayed him by insisting him on using the Zeo Crystal, despite it being under a spell. Meanwhile, Zartus introduces himself in the Command Center and insists on rescuing Zelya with the help of his own team, Sentry Force Four. However, Zelya reappears on Zartus’ ship, where she confronts her master about his role with the Empyreals and Zedd, but Zartus and his team kidnap her. Zordon reveals by the time Zelya escaped, she warned Zordon and the Power Rangers about an incoming invasion from Eltar.[13]
Omega Rangers' side story (part 3)[]
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Publication history[]
On July 2020, Boom! Studios announced the 2016 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic book series would conclude on October 2020, with a new event titled "Unlimited Power" being presented through two new separate series to debut on November 2020.[14][15]
In addition to the event, a one-shot issue titled Power Rangers Unlimited: Heir to Darkness will be released on March 31, 2021.[16] Another one-shot titled Power Rangers Unlimited: Edge of Darkness will be released on June 30, 2021.[17]
Titles involved[]
| Title | Issue(s) | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Colorist(s) | Premiere date | Finale date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mighty Morphin | 1–12 | Ryan Parrott | Marco Renna | Walter Baiamonte Katia Ranalli |
November 4, 2020 | October 6, 2021 | [14] |
| Power Rangers | Francesco Mortarino | Raúl Angulo Jose Enrique Fernández |
November 11, 2020 | October 13, 2021 | [15] | ||
| Power Rangers Unlimited: Heir to Darkness | One-shot | L. L. McKinney | Simone Ragazzoni | Igor Monti | March 31, 2021 | [16] | |
| Power Rangers Unlimited: Edge of Darkness | Frank Gogol | Igor Monti Sabrina del Grosso |
June 30, 2021 | [17] | |||
Reception[]
| Issue | Release date | Critic rating | Critic reviews | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mighty Morphin[18] | ||||
| 1 | November 4, 2020 | 8.3/10 | 11 | [19] |
| 2 | December 9, 2020 | 8.6/10 | 5 | [20] |
| 3 | January 13, 2021 | 8.5/10 | 7 | [21] |
| 4 | February 10, 2021 | 8.8/10 | 4 | [22] |
| 5 | March 10, 2021 | 8.4/10 | [23] | |
| 6 | April 14, 2021 | 8.5/10 | [24] | |
| 7 | May 12, 2021 | 7.9/10 | 7 | [25] |
| 8 | June 9, 2021 | 8.3/10 | 3 | [26] |
| 9 | July 14, 2021 | 8.6/10 | 4 | [27] |
| 10 | August 11, 2021 | 8.2/10 | [28] | |
| 11 | September 8, 2021 | 3 | [29] | |
| 12 | October 6, 2021 | TBA | ||
| Overall | 8.4/10 | 57 | [18] | |
| Power Rangers[30] | ||||
| 1 | November 11, 2020 | 8.6/10 | 11 | [31] |
| 2 | December 16, 2020 | 8.2/10 | 4 | [32] |
| 3 | January 20, 2021 | 7.5/10 | [33] | |
| 4 | February 17, 2021 | 7.6/10 | 6 | [34] |
| 5 | March 24, 2021 | [35] | ||
| 6 | April 21, 2021 | 8.3/10 | 3 | [36] |
| 7 | May 19, 2021 | [37] | ||
| 8 | June 23, 2021 | 8.8/10 | 4 | [38] |
| 9 | July 21, 2021 | 8.0/10 | 2 | [39] |
| 10 | August 18, 2021 | 6.8/10 | 3 | [40] |
| 11 | September 15, 2021 | 8.7/10 | 2 | [41] |
| 12 | October 13, 2021 | TBA | ||
| Overall | 8.0/10 | 49 | [30] | |
| Power Rangers Unlimited | ||||
| Heir to Darkness | March 31, 2021 | 9.2/10 | 4 | [42] |
| Edge of Darkness | June 30, 2021 | 7.8/10 | 5 | [43] |
| Overall | 8.5/10 | 9 | [44] | |
Collected editions[]
| Title | Material collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mighty Morphin | ||||
| Mighty Morphin: Volume One |
|
112 | May 11, 2021 | 168415670X, 978-1684156702 |
| Mighty Morphin: Volume Two |
|
August 17, 2021 | 1684157021, 978-1684157020 | |
| Mighty Morphin: Volume Three |
|
December 17, 2021 | 1684157528, 978-1684157525 | |
| Power Rangers | ||||
| Power Rangers: Volume One |
|
112 | May 25, 2021 | 1684156726, 978-1684156726 |
| Power Rangers: Volume Two |
|
August 24, 2021 | 1684157056, 978-1684157051 | |
| Power Rangers: Volume Three |
|
December 21, 2021 | 1684157536, 978-1684157532 | |
| Other | ||||
| Mighty Morphin/Power Rangers: Limited Edition |
|
122 | April 20, 2021 | 1684157013, 978-1684157013 |
Future[]
A new crossover event titled "The Eltarian War" will begin in November 2021 through Mighty Morphin #13, Power Rangers #13 and the new limited series Power Rangers Universe.[45][46]
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