From Rich Johnston and BleedingCool.com comes a rather unexpected news brief. According to Rich out of London Book Fair, BOOM! Studios (publisher of Power Rangers Prime and license holder to Power Rangers comic books) is preparing to launch a brand new VR Troopers comic book series on June 25th, following a Power Rangers/VR Troopers Free Comic Book Day special releasing in May.
Mairghread Scott is tapped to write the series. Previously, she wrote a one-shot special for BOOM! Studios and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
VR Troopers is an adaptation of the Metal Heroes series, following the same vein as Power Rangers, where the footage is used but an original story is created. The show lasted two seasons and 92 episodes worth of programming. Famously, Jason David Frank was tapped to play the main hero “Ryan Steele”, before being brought back to Power Rangers and the role landing to Brad Hawkins, who would also go on to voice the Zeo Gold Ranger character Trey of Triforia.
EDITOR’S NOTE: A previous version of this story credited Mairghread Scott as the writer for the “Beyond the Grid” story line in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The actual writer of that series is Margarette Bennett. Our apologies to both Maighread Scott and Margarette Bennet for the mix-up.