The POWER RANGERS: UNLIMITED POWER Era Begins with POWER RANGERS #1 From BOOM! Studios
Two New Series. Two New Teams. A New Beginning For All Power Rangers Is Here!
July 14, 2020
BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), today announced a brand new series,
POWER RANGERS from superstar writer Ryan Parrott (
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and acclaimed artist Francesco Mortarino (
Firefly: The Sting), launching in conjunction with the brand new
Mighty Morphin series. Two New Series. Two New Teams. The Era of UNLIMITED POWER begins HERE—and only Lord Drakkon, their greatest enemy, can save the Power Rangers!
POWER RANGERS #1 reveals a new cosmic threat that only the original Power Rangers, now known as the Omega Rangers – Jason, Trini and Zack – can hope to defeat! But their secret weapon is… the villainous Lord Drakkon?! Zordon forbids the Omega Rangers from contacting Drakkon, so if they want to save the universe then they’ll have to go rogue – and go up against their Mighty Morphin allies.
New York Times bestselling author Ryan Parrott is a comic book and screenwriter based out of Los Angeles. A graduate of Chapman University, Parrott has written for television series NBC’s
Revolution and Hulu’s
Chance. Parrott is also known for his work on DC Comics’
Batman: Gates of Gotham, IDW’s
Star Trek comic book series, including
Starfleet Academy,
Boldly Go, and
Manifest Destiny, Dynamite’s
Death to the Army of Darkness, and his creator-owned projects
Volition,
Oberon, and
Dead Day with Aftershock Comics. He is currently the writer for
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with BOOM! Studios.
“We’ve spent several years building out the Power Rangers comic book universe and continuing the adventures of the Omega Rangers gives us a chance to fully explore it beyond the confines of the show. Not only can we add more heroes and villains but we can also bring in elements from future seasons viewed through the lens of familiar characters,” said Parrott. “It’s very exciting to explore new corners of the Power Rangers universe that fans have always imagined – and also never expected!”
Francesco Mortarino is an Italian cartoonist who graduated from the Comics School of Milano. He started working at Sergio Bonelli Editore on the comic series
Nathan Never and made his US comics debut on
Jupiter’s Circle for Image Comics, soon working on other projects like
Dungeon & Dragons: Evil at Baldur’s Gate for IDW. Mortarino has worked on high profile BOOM! Studios series including
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and
Firefly: Bad Company.
“A year and a half ago, I helped illustrate
Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers #33, and now I’m drawing the first issue of the new
POWER RANGERS series! I’m very proud to be a part of this new era with Ryan and BOOM! Studios,” said Mortarino. “I know that many readers are waiting to see where the new team’s adventures will take them. As a fan myself, I can’t wait to show everyone exactly what I’ve been working on. It’ll blow your minds!”
Currently,
Power Rangers is celebrating 27 continuous years on the air, making it one of the longest running kids’ live-action series in television history with nearly 900 episodes aired to date. Created by Haim Saban and launched in 1993 with
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the franchise celebrates its 27th season,
Power Rangers Beast Morphers currently airing on Saturdays at 8 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon in the U.S.
The hit comic book series
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers launched in 2016 at BOOM! Studios, outselling nearly every other comic book in its month of release. The series went on to launch numerous hit spin off series like
Go Go Power Rangers and
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The series concludes in
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #55, on-sale in October, which also features the first appearance of the All New Green Ranger.
“Lord Drakkon is back but will he save the Power Rangers…or does he have a darker plan in mind?” said Dafna Pleban, Senior Editor, BOOM! Studios. “Introducing the Omega Rangers allowed us to reveal a huge piece of Power Rangers history – and
POWER RANGERS #1 answer questions you never thought to ask!”
Fans who attend the
BOOM! Studios Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Future is Now Panel on July 25, 2020 at 1:00 pm PT on the Comic-Con@Home website will get a very special preview of never-before-seen art as well as behind-the-scenes information about the series and what’s in store for readers! More details at
www.comic-con.org/.
Print copies of
POWER RANGERS #1 are scheduled to be available in November 2020 at local comic book shops (use
comicshoplocator.com to find the one nearest you), or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Madefire.
Softcover collections of
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, and other
Power Rangers releases from BOOM! Studios are available now, everywhere books are sold.
For more on
Power Rangers, please visit
www.powerrangers.com and follow
Power Rangers on
YouTube,
Facebook,
Twitter and
Instagram.
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