Written by: Brenden Fletcher & Kelly Thompson
Art by: Daniele Di Nicuolo
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
The Power Rangers are all over the place now. Quite literally, if you read Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: Pink #1. The rangers themselves are out in space fighting Lord Zedd, while former pink ranger Kimberly is in France competing in a gymnastics competition. Katherine has at this point taken over for Kimberly as the pink ranger, so Kim is feeling a little lonely. That feeling is only made worse by the fact that her mother and step-father are ignoring her calls.
After the gymnastics competition, Kimberly decides to go check on her mom, since it is unusual for her to ignore Kimberly’s phone calls. While at her mom’s house, she hears a commotion outside. Monsters have invaded St. Moineau and are kidnapping someone!
Even without her powers, Kimberly still kicks some serious monster butt. Now afraid for her mother’s life, she is forced to reach out to Zordon using a communicator she still has to ask for the rangers to come help. That’s when she finds out that the rangers are all fighting Zedd in space.
What’s a former ranger to do?
This Number One issue is actually a lot of fun. The art style is right in line with the rest of the BOOM! Studios Power Rangers stories coming out now. The color scheme is taking on a slight pink hue in many panels, but I honestly didn’t find that to detract from the art at all. It just fits. Especially given which ranger this is focusing on. The new run of Ranger comics sets them in a modern time, so cell phones and other current technology are all in use. This is a great thing too, because without those small touches to bring the story to a current era, we’d be seeing these characters running around in 1993 still.
For collectors of Ranger stuff, or those who just want to read a great superhero story about a female lead who isn’t sexualized at all (another great point for BOOM! Studios here), this is the story to pick up. If you’re turned off by the idea of Power Rangers, thinking them too childish or retro to be relevant, pick this up anyway. You’ll quickly find that your previous conceptions of the series are no longer the case. This series, while still Young Adult friendly, isn’t the kids show you grew up with. It’s setting itself up to be an awesome story all it’s own.
