Conflicts emerge around a fugitive Ranger, drawing in another iconic team and setting up a world-colliding crossover that fans have been theorizing about for years! Meanwhile, a fan favorite villain has uncovered the remnants of a Samuraizer… and the latent Morphin energy could unleash a power unlike anything this universe has ever seen… Power Rangers Prime #2 is another solid issue in this new take on the classic property.
Written by Melissa Flores, Power Rangers Prime #2 dives a bit more into this new world while also setting up the villain. Flores has done an excellent job of taking the familiar and remixing it just enough. Our fugitive ranger is still a fugitive but those helping her are expanding in size… like enough for a Rangers squad maybe? Flores has fun with that as visual teases abound as to what might come.
The series does a solid job of giving us a new Rita Repulsa as well and adding in a motivation that’s kind of hard to not cheer on. That’s partially what makes Power Rangers Prime so interesting. This isn’t the Earth we know and humanity is enslaved in many ways. While they may be at peace, it’s a peace that has been delivered through overwhelming force and odds. Rita, much like the tease of the Power Rangers, promises freedom from that. In some ways, Power Rangers Prime takes the conflict of Transformers and brings it here. It’s two groups of freedom fighters, each fighting for similar concepts but by different means and different results in the end.
Michael Yg‘s visuals are solid with this sci-fi futuristic take which at the same time is grounded. The color by Fabi Marques of course teases characters while Flores’ story doesn’t commit. One dressed all in yellow hints at their role but their actions also contradict that.
Power Rangers Prime #2 continues a lot of teasing, the biggest being the VR Troopers stepping into the mix which could take this to a whole new level. While I’ve never been much of a fan of Power Rangers, I’m all in on this series.
Story: Melissa Flores Art: Michael Yg
Color: Fabi Marques Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Story: 8.3 Art: 8.3 Overall: 8.3 Recommendation: Purchase
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Purchase: Zeus Comics – Kindle