LAST TIME ON POWER RANGERS: So this new era of Power Rangers comics seems to be following a pattern of focusing on the MMPRs as adults - starting with The Return featuring the MMPRs thirty years older, we now have MMPR (2026) featuring the MMPRs ten years older and Unlimited featuring Trini twenty-five years older. So who's next? How about Tommy Oliver, older?
What? We did Old Tommy Oliver already? Well, did we do it Logan (2017) style, where he's the last Ranger on a dreary future Earth and caring for a scrappy young girl who might be related to him? Checkmate!
It's Power Rangers Green #1!
= So as said, here's the obligatory Scrappy Young Girl our post-apocalyptic sad old man is caring for - Mirella, who based on outside sources is apparently Tommy's descendant. This is not discussed in this book, but it's interesting to note considering she's clearly not human, or at least not fully human.
(And it was similarly confirmed by the editor on Bluesky that Mirella using sign language comes from her being neurodivergent, not deaf; so I'm choosing to interpret her as non-verbal autistic.)
= So far I don't have much to say about her except that it's cool to have a character who signs. I will admit I'm trying really hard to not see her as Diet Olivia, though. Especially if this somehow ends with her getting Tommy's powers (the Green coin was destroyed in the CGD issue, but come on. When has that ever stopped this franchise)
= oh and Alpha's here too. Hi Alpha! I'm glad you're not Finster.
= Alpha's 100% the kind of guy to say "put up yer dukes" and "lemme attem"
= Let's all get into Grandpa's mid-life crisis car for a fun road trip!
= oh fuck guys they're under attack from one of the Guardians from Breath of the Wild i KNEW i heard some sinister piano playing in the bg
= oh hey Scorpina. She's not named in this issue but like. come on. Who else could this be
= So clearly Scorpina is this series' main antagonist, something that's.....unfortunately a concept that's not really new at this point; she had a similar position in books like Soul of the Dragon, Ranger Slayer, and even the opening arc of the 2016 series. At the very least there's some intrigue in her unknown motivations for targeting magic and Grid users, and I'm hoping that with Goldar as part of the main cast, there will be some acknowledgment of their relationship; something the previous books really didn't touch on outside of like....one anthology story
= hmmmmm I hope one of those "leaders who did not have my best interests at heart" isn't Zordon. I really don't want another "hmmm but what if Zordon actually was a bad mentor??? child soldiers am i right????" type of read on MMPR
= Goldar fucks. And he respects your identity if it lies outside the gender binary
= In general Goldar is the best part of this book so far. Goldar in the 2016 series started out very serious and nuanced before regressing into a full bumbler closer to his show characterization, and this strikes a good balance of the two characterizations
= COVER THEM UP SLUT
= oh never mind bring them back out. It's a good thing Kim's dead otherwise she'd get your ass for this
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= Overall a pretty good start! I think unfortunately this is my least favorite of the current three series, but that doesn't mean it's bad or anything like that. Just that I feel I need more of the story to be able to judge it fully - probably since it's so short, versus how MMPR and Unlimited's issues stand on their own a bit more as longer series
= Like for now Tommy doesn't get too much, and Mirella even less. Of course we get hints of the mysteries surrounding them, with Tommy implied to be alive far longer than he should be naturally and Mirella being "Grid-tinged," and that will be interesting once we start diving into them fully, but what we have right now isn't standing out compared to other media with a similar premise (I'm trying really really really hard not to bring up The Return every five seconds).
= Except the scene where they slutted Tommy out. That was very unique and interesting and should be explored more
= Goldar and Alpha were 100% the best parts so far though, their banter is great and Goldar is canonically a dilf now. If it turns out he and Scorpina have fallen out and are dealing with a particularly messy divorce this book will gain so many points in its favor
= Because yeah unless there's some kind of twist Scorpina is definitely the main villain here. Love when women are fucked up and evil but I can't help but miss 2016 Scorpina. my queen of no closure </3
= Next issue Kim comes back as a ghost to yell at Tommy for dressing up in that terrible suit
2026 MMPR Green designs, final and variations, from Phillip Sevy's Bluesky!
Interesting that he was originally going to have darker green accents - closer to how the suits of the og five are designed - but they ultimately went with black
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So far of what we can see of the 2026 Green suit - I like it! I definitely wasn't expecting the black but it's not too much and it's cool to have all of Tommy's colors represented on here in some way. I think the only thing I'd change is some gold on the boots but other than that, it's nice to have a Green Ranger redesign that isn't bogged down with too many unneeded bells and whistles
