''Power Rangers'' is a comic book franchise published by

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, based on the television series of the same name. Initially licensed through

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in 2015, the rights moved to

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in 2018.

Publication history

In June 2015,

and

announced a new comic book series based on ''

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.'' The initial creative staff featured

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as the writer, Steve Orlando and Mairghread Scott as co-writers, with Hendry Prasetya and Daniel Bayliss as the artists. In February 2016, Boom! announced a spin-off limited series entitled ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink'' by Brenden Fletcher, Kelly Thompson, and Daniele Di Nicuolo. In April 2017, Boom! announced a prequel series titled ''Saban's Go Go Power Rangers'' by Ryan Parrott and Dan Mora. In December 2017, Boom Studios announced " Shattered Grid", a crossover storyline between ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and ''Saban's'' ''Go Go Power Rangers'', which celebrated the 25th anniversary of ''Power Rangers''. In July 2018,

became the new owner of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise. In March 2019, Boom! announced " Necessary Evil", the second crossover event between ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and ''Saban's'' ''Go Go Power Rangers'', written by Ryan Parrott and Sina Grace. Following the impact of the

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over the comic book industry, the event concluded in June 2020, with ''Saban's'' ''Go Go Power Rangers'' ending after 32 issues. The mainline ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' series concluded in October 2020 after 55 issues, and in November, it is continued by two new separate series (titled as ''Mighty Morphin'' and ''Power Rangers'') that launched a new storyline titled "

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". In August 2021, "The Eltarian War" was announced as the conclusion of the "Unlimited Power" event, along with the limited series ''Power Rangers Universe''. Mat Groom became the writer of ''Mighty Morphin'' following this crossover. In April 2022, it was announced that both ''Mighty Morphin'' and ''Power Rangers'' series would end in August 2022 as part of a special crossover event titled "Charge to 100!" The event would then conclude in September 2022 with the relaunched ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' #100, as well as being the final issue written by Ryan Parrott. In July 2022, it was announced that Melissa Flores would serve as the new writer with art by Simona Di Gianfelce.

List of works

Setting

Collected editions

Reception

''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' has gained mostly positive reviews, with the #1 issue selling approximately 100,000 copies. The #1 issues of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink'' and ''Saban's'' ''Go Go Power Rangers'' have also received positive reviews.

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