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Yesterday, fans of Power Rangers rejoiced in ways not seen in a very long time as Jason David Frank reprised his role as Tommy Oliver in a short prelude video for the upcoming BOOM! Studios Shattered Grid comic event for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Go Go Power Rangers. In the video, Jason David Frank – playing the evil Lord Drakkon – reflects on various moments in Power Rangers history before ordering his armies forward to destroy the Power Rangers. The video ends on a chilling note – “they could have been Gods”.

Fans with keen ears and sharp eyes quickly noted that this prelude was scored by none other than Ron Wasserman, known in the Power Rangers fan community as the individual who scored all of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, provided tracks through Power Rangers In Space, and last performed the theme song for Power Rangers SPD. Ron Wasserman has been very public regarding his work relationship with Haim Saban – basically, “never again” – so fans were very eager to hear the story of how he ended up working on this prelude video.

Ron Wasserman took to YouTube to record a self-interview of how he was contacted by the prelude’s director (and comic writer) Kyle Higgins, and shares a number of un-used tracks for the prelude. Check it out below and enjoy!

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Jason David Frank has just posted to his personal youtube account, a surprise live action video prelude to THE comic book event of the year. Shattering the world of the Power Rangers, and our own expectations, this is Shattered Grid!

Shattered Grid, the event that will effect every Power Ranger in the multiverse, begins next Wednesday March 28th! Be sure to hit up your Local Comic Shop that day to grab your copy of the issue. It all begins in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #25 from Boom! Studios.

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For the 25th Anniversary of the Power Rangers, BOOM! Studios and Saban Brands have come together to release the Power Rangers Artist Tribute Book – which is exactly what it is – a book of tributes from artists to 25 years of Power Rangers. Featuring contributions from over 80 different artists this book is a Power Rangers fan’s dream come true. Set to release on April 3rd in hardcover format, a digital version is available now from Comixology and thus we’ve decided to take a look at this book.

Click “Read More” to check out our review and a select few images from inside the book! Please note – any and all images within this article have been cut and pruned – to see FULL images from this book, please purchase it digitally or physically when released!

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Headed to WonderCon 2018 this weekend? Be sure to swing by the BOOM! Studios booth #1301 to pick up your exclusive Power Rangers Pins! Featuring the core five Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, as well as the iconic lightning bolt and a special shattered version for the Shattered Grid event.

These will cost $12 and are available while supplies last. Don’t forget to pick up your exclusive Go Go Power Rangers comic cover featuring the cult favorite Power Rangers HyperForce. You also have a very important panel to attend on Saturday featuring Shattered Grid news.

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Thanks to our friends at PowerRangersNOW, we have our first look at the June covers for both Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Issue 028 (Kyle Higgins) and Go Go Power Rangers Issue 010 (Ryan Parrott). As you should be well aware, both titles will be in the midst of the Shattered Grid event, featuring the return of the evil Lord Drakkon as he attempts to transcend time and space to destroy ALL the Power Rangers, EVER.

Go Go Power Rangers Issue 010 will feature a new evil Power Ranger who works for Lord Drakkon – the Ranger Slayer – who will pilot an abomination of zord parts (featuring the Red Dragon Thunderzord, the Tigerzord, and Tor the Shuttle Zord) in an attempt to destroy the Power Rangers in the past to change the future.

In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Issue 028, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers split in to two teams – one with the Power Rangers Time Force and the other with Power Rangers RPM – in battles across worlds in a fading attempt to stop Lord Drakkon.

Check out all the images by clicking the title of the story! We cannot wait for Shattered Grid to begin (which it does later this month!).

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At this year’s WonderCon 2018 the Power Rangers HyperForce will be getting their own exclusive cover for Go Go Power Rangers Issue 08. Revealed today by Meghan Camarena, @Strawburry17 on Twitter who plays Chloe the HyperForce Pink Ranger, is the exclusive WonderCon Power Rangers HyperForce Comic Cover.

The cover features:

Marv, the HyperForce Red Ranger
Jack, the HyperForce Yellow Ranger
Eddie, the HyperForce Blue Ranger
Vesper, the HyperForce Black Ranger
Chloe, the HyperForce Pink Ranger
Joe, the Time Force Silver Ranger
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We can’t wait to add this to our collection! It will be exclusively available to attendees at this year’s WonderCon 2018 happening March 23rd through March 25th in Anaheim, California.

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On the latest episode of Power Rangers HyperForce – a Twitch.TV table top RPG game streamed live to audiences – Misty Flores from Saban Brands joined during a break to make some big Power Rangers HyperForce announcements.

Power Rangers HyperForce will be at WonderCon – March 23rd through March 25th in Anaheim, California – to do autograph signings and meet the fans. The team will also be featured on an exclusive variant cover of the Go Go Power Rangers comic book (issue 08) to WonderCon! On the next episode of Power Rangers HyperForce – streaming live on Tuesday, March 13th – the team will find themselves involved in the Power Rangers mega-event the Shattered Grid coming from comic publisher BOOM! Studios. To top it off Kyle Higgins, writer of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic, will be the special guest and has co-written the story of the episode. On top of that, GM Malika Lin will also be a character in the story, leaving Zac Eubank (CEO of Hyper RPG) to GM the episode.

Also teased was a big Shattered Grid panel at WonderCon, one that fans will NOT want to miss!

More announcements are teased for next week as Power Rangers HyperForce kicks off the Shattered Grid event! Don’t miss it – we’ll keep you updated leading up to it!

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This past weekend at Emerald City Comic Con, BOOM! Studios – the publishing company behind both Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Go Go Power Rangers comics – announced a special one-shot comic book commemorating 25 years of the iconic franchise. Check out the details of the upcoming Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 25th Anniversary Comic.

Contributing to the special are Magdalene Visaggio, Joe Quinones, Sina Grace, and Marcus To. The comic is set to celebrate both the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as well as some of the teams that followed them (featured on one cover are none other than Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, and Power Rangers In Space). Check out both covers of this special by clicking the title of the story.

The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 25th Anniversary Comic will release in June. Special thanks to CBR.com for the images and details.

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Revealed today exclusively through CBR.com, we have our first look at some of the variant covers for both BOOM! Studios Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #27 as well as Go Go Power Rangers #9, both in the midst of the Shattered Grid event.

The Shattered Grid event, which begins next month, features the return of the evil Lord Drakkon and causes the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to need to team up with their namesakes from the past and the future to defeat him once and for all.

For Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #27, the main cover is by Jamal Campbell with variant covers by Jordan Gibson and Carlos Villa. For Go Go Power Rangers #9, the main cover is by Dan Mora, with variant covers by Miguel Mercado, Audrey Mok, and Natacha Bustos. Check out the images by clicking the title of the story!

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As Power Rangers: Shattered Grid draws ever closer, the anticipation for Boom! Studios’ forthcoming comic book event grows higher and higher and thanks to IGN, we have a number of new covers and concept art pieces to tease what the story has in store for fans.

First up are the latest sentries to join the evil Lord Drakkon’s growing army – the Zeo and Samurai Sentries! Much like the previously seen sentries these soldiers have augmented versions of preexisting ranger powers. The Green Zeo Sentry is equipped with a mech suit that can use a variety of weapons, whilst the Blue Samurai Sentry sports a more armoured version of the costume together with twin arm blades and red eyes glowing through their visor.

The third piece of concept art for the event is of a new villain from Drakkon’s timeline – Finster Five. Go Go Power Rangers writer Ryan Parrott pitched the character as a version of a cyborg version of Rita’s chief monster maker that has been augmented using parts from Alpha 5.

Rounding off the images are the covers for Power Rangers #27 and Go Go Power Rangers #9, each of which show off some new faces to the Power Rangers comic universe. Power Rangers #27 shows the Mighty Morphin Red Ranger protecting RPM’s Dr K from Grinders alongside the female Red Samurai Rangers, while Go Go Power Rangers #9 has an even bigger surprise in store. This issue is set to debut a brand new Power Ranger, who writers Ryan Parrot and Kyle Higgins tease is a “new ranger with a familiar face”.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Power Rangers franchise, Power Rangers: Shattered Grid kicks off in issue #25 of the main Power Rangers comic, which will be released on March 21st. You can check out the full gallery of covers and concept art after the jump, as well as share your thoughts on the upcoming event.