Yep, Battle For The Grid is based on the Shattered Grid event, and is even written by Kyle Higgins himself (who also provided the voice of the Mastodon Sentry).
@@LionelRGuy I mean they have also been referencing that event in recent seasons of the show. With every crossover episode there's been kind of an ulterior sub-story until Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel where they literally reveal that sub-story in that season's crossover.
@@carloscanchola5655 ... um, they literally DON'T. *headscratch* Not sure what you could possibly mean, since there's no mention of Drakkon or all timelines becoming 1 or anything like that. Yeah, they have Draven and his robo-clones, which are KINDA LIKE having Ranger Sentries, but that's about it.
@@carloscanchola5655 Also, what other crossovers possibly could've referenced Shattered Grid? Dimensions In Danger was the only one to even HAPPEN since after the comic started.
As a long time fan of PR I can definitely speak for how good these comics are. Being some of the most fun I’ve had with the series in between various shows. But if I had to pinpoint it strongsuit, it’s that it doesn’t stop at being PR fan service. It’s good for any new fans.
Did anyone else have that phase as a kid when literally every single super hero was your favorite, and it changed from time to time. Then you turned 7 or 10, and you finally decided on an obscure super hero like Daredevil (before the TV show), or Nightwing (outside of Titans and the casual comic fan)
Yeah, for me it was Iron Man. I didn't even know anything about him, I just saw him in one of the Marvel vs Capcom games and loved the idea of him and he looked so cool that he became my favorite. This was of course back then during the MvC and MvC 2 days, when Iron Man wasn't a more popular superhero than Spider-Man.
@@thedefinitionisthis Same as THIS was the Power Rangers I wanted as a teen as Saban was still a chicken not wanting to do a mature Power Rangers series but thank goodness for this comic universe.
@@ironmaidenjr.8471 Maybe he already tried it, but he should check out Cable and Deadpool if he hasn't. Deadpool's humor is IMHO delivered better there than when certain writers handle him (sorry, I'm not a fan of how Daniel Way writes him). it has an interesting story, it's fun to see a lot of obscure characters get highlighted, heck I initially never cared about Cable as he just seemed like a product of the Rob Liefeld element of the 90's but this book turned me around on him, etc. It's personally my favorite run of anything Marvel that I've read.
This comic feels like an infinitely better version of the original Spider-Verse and Spider-Geddon events. I feel this keeps the heart and soul of the original show yet maturing it in such a smart way whereas Verse and Geddon took a fun concept and ruined it by making it way, WAY too dark and feels like a spit in the face to the fans. The Power Rangers comic is a fun yet grounded, to an extent, homage.
I was never a big Power Rangers fan, but I do vaguely remember hearing about the "Shattered Grid" comics, and the whole "Evil Tommy" story line. It definitely is something I was always curious about.
Power Rangers RPM is a darker series compared to other Power Rangers seasons. It is really really good and I seriously recommend giving it a watch. It's on Netflix
Thank you so much! As a fan of Rangers since day one, Kyle Higgins lite my imagination on fire with this Power Rangers comic book. I have read every issue. And I’m here to tell you it is amazing. Even the most casual fan of this franchise should pick it up and read every word of it it is stupendous!
As a fan of the Power Rangers just Lost Galaxy, these comics were something I was into getting and I fell in love with the series. Currently own every volume of the Mainline, Go Go, Pink, the two side stories, Son of the Dragon and Psycho Path.
The comics have actually used a Sentai team or two. There's also been small crossovers. Yoshi Sudarso, who played the blue Dino Charge ranger, showed up in a minor role in a Sentai.
@@diosnelfrica7589 umm, no, that;s stupid thinking because mmpr are technically the zyuurangers, only being the white ranger doesn't exist is zyuuranger but another sentai, and btw power rangers is the sentai
I cannot recommend diving into the book enough. When drake said the main character, I was ready to say a completely character (Zach). Great series, though I'm saving up for the second trade...
fun fact, i learned is that in mmpr, the white ranger doesn't actually exist in that version at all, the white ranger in mmpr was from another sentai i forgot he came from, and also the white ranger was a kid in the sentai, that's why the everytime we see tommy in the white ranger outfit is literally stock footage from the sentai
If I just went by video titles I would just say: "First of all, how dare you?". But yeah, the comic book is surprisingly good and is consistently entertaining. The Shattered Grid storyline I found to be a better event than even those the big two released and the current story called 'Necessary Evil' is also very good.
The story arcs have been consistently good...with the exception of "Beyond the Grid". Personally, I never cared about the appearance of Ellarien (Purple Solar Ranger) nor her background. Not to mention there were plenty of exposition that I could never dwell into. The main villain, the Praetor, was also dull. I also found it odd that Cam's personality was changed from the show as snarky to someone who cracks jokes even at inappropriate times (which fits Dustin more in Ninja Storm). The good things were Andros' brief moments with (relatively future) Karone, focus on Heckyl and how became the Dark (Energem) Ranger and all about the Ranger Slayer.
This is a nice overview of the Black Dragon/Drakkon arcs. And I'm looking forward to the next part! However, for a video that was published on May 25, 2020, it's a bit outdated from the onset: 0:35 - "Written by Kyle Higgins and almost exclusively illustrated by Hendry Presetya..." As of May 25 , 2020, the series has had 3 main writers: Kyle Higgins, Marguerite Bennett, and Ryan Parrott. As for illustrators, the book has also had 3 main artists and several guest artists. And current artist, Daniele Di Nicuolo has illustrated more issues of the book than Presetya.
I was aware of the existence of the Power Rangers comics and Lord Drakon, but didn't know just how insane it got. Honestly, I would have assumed you'd get Linkara on board with this since he's big into both comics and Power Rangers himself, but I can see why you wouldn't do that as some may see it as you using Linkara to collab as a way to gain viewers/subscribers. Still though, that you got one of the guys who wrote the comics on board with this is really cool.
I personally haven't read this series (Although I have read a few issues of their Go Go series). I mostly haven't because as a fan of PR, I'm on the side of fans that have gotten exhausted with the over saturation of Tommy, but this video has actually made me want to give this series a shot.
It's really good despite the Tommy over saturation. I mean Power Ranger has a lot of interesting characters that can be explored, interesting possibilities (like this one) yet every thing seems to revolve around Tommy. I get it he's the face of the franchise but do something else with someone else. It's why I like the Ranger Slayer character a lot and why I found interesting the whole Zack angle that could have been taken. Now that last one seems like an interesting possibility to explore in the comics. If you do give the series a try I hope you enjoy it.
It's pretty good honestly. Especially when it focuses on Drakon and his plans as opposed to the Rangers. Though minor spoiler one of my favorite parts is when they show you who's leading the combined ranger army.
The only issue I have with the Power Rangers comics is that the characters don't look anything like the actors who played them on the TV series: I guess that they didn't want to pay for the likeness rights.
If the original TV series was written like that, then maybe it would've achieved a bigger audience. We didn't get this kind of quality writing till In Space
Hold up you telling me that the power rangers have a grand war with different versions of themselves 🤯 you got me hooked if only the theme song played tho 🤧
so happy to see your talk about this because it is one of the coolest things I have ever seen as an adult who watched and loved power rangers as a child I'm greatly looking forward to part 2
Drake, thank you for you continuous pile of suggestions you lay at my feet. I’ve been reading a lot of book-books lately, and I’ve been *desperate* for some colorful wacky zany fun...and here you are delivering the goods with the creator! Bless you sir, you’re doing God’s work
I wish for a PR comic series were all the ranger teams exist in the same universe through time and space. It would also be a remake (not like the 2017 film), and that the 1993 team would be called "Dino Team", with two or more ranger teams on earth before them.
I actually like it better then the show in the modern Era as Power Rangers is PG 13 for fans like me that grew up with old school Power Rangers. I wanted a mature take on Power Rangers but Saban at the time was too chicken to do this as they were scared of parents. Thank God for Boom Studios and now Hasbro who continues to help with this comic and can now make their own movie/tv universe on Netflix that's Mature too
As a "hardcore" Ranger fan, I quite enjoy the book. However, quite a few of us in the fandom were really over Tommy being shoved in our faces, in numerous areas of the franchise, for so long. Kyle Higgins, cool guy that he is, directly talked with the fandom via message boards and whatnot, before the book had come out. In one such instance, the topic of conversation came around to the fear that the book would be primarily Tommy focused, as many wanted to see the other rangers be better developed. He responded with something along the lines of "don't worry guys, it's not gonna be all Tommy all the time." To be fair, it isn't, but it's far more Tommy than a lot of us would care for. I like the book a lot, I really do, but so much of it is driven solely by him, that or Boom's OCs who they like to use over existing characters, but I digress. Hell, even during Shattered Grid, where Tommy is absent, it's still being driven by a different Tommy. Like they had the entire cast of every Power Ranger season at their fingertips to play with, but nuts to that we gotta get back to either seeing what future Tommy is up to, or talking about how much we miss regular Tommy. It's just a little frustrating when you're apart of a group of people, who have dealt with multiple decades of people constantly pushing Tommy to the forefront of everything, and when you finally get a medium that is unrestrained by any of the show's limitations, to get more of that is a little disappointing. It's still good, and probably the best thing PR has had in a while, but I still have my gripes with it. The current Power Rangers/TMNT crossover is just pure awesome though, no notes there!
As a fellow long-time ranger fan, I agree with this 100%. I think a big reason the average person clings to Tommy so much is because the franchise never allows characters from other seasons shine. If it's not MMPR, it doesn't exist. Personally, I'd take RJ from Jungle Fury over Tommy any day.
@@BarrelBob I feel ya man, and yeah Kung Fu Shaggy is cool lol. I feel like the biggest dropped ball, in terms of the comic, is actually Beyond the Grid. I was pretty excited for it, because unlike Shattered Grid, we were getting just a handful of returning rangers to focus on, which would hopefully lead to spending some time and seeing them further developed. I thought it was going to be like getting to follow what the Once a Ranger team did on their own. But turned out, if you weren't alt future Kim, or whatever the Solar Ranger's name was, you were a side character at best. I'm hopeful for that Time Force follow up they're doing. Much as I like Jen, she was not only the representative for TF in Shattered Grid, but got to do a good deal by hanging with the main cast. So I hope they focus just a little more on the other TF rangers. Fingers crossed they do something cool with Eric.
Wait I dont know shit about power rangers, but I have played the battle for the grid fighting game. And a lot of these plot points showed up in that games story. I didn't realize the games story was based on a comic. That's super interesting!
OFF THE GRID is one of the Spin-Off Series that came out of Shattered Grid, and its about a group of time displaced Power Rangers searching for a new access point to the Power Grid and a way back home. And, as Rob would say, it's AMAZING! High, High Recommendations to add to the list of reads.
@@bizzerdman2093 indeed and in fact i would really love another crossover between power rangers and beetle borgs again with this writing team would be fantastic heck i would really love to see a shattered grid animated movie because that would be fantastic.
EDIT: Apparently the short I talk about wasnt made as a fan project but to satirize fan projects, thanks to Jeggson Vohees for letting me know Brilliant as always! Also - with regards to the "no aged up stuff not relying on Japanese footage" thing - there was a fan made gritty reboot short called Power/Rangers, which is sort of an rated 18 fan short that is cool but very much not the kids show apart from in setup
I honestly feel most people missed the bloody point of that short film, it was supposed to be a commentary on Hollywood's gritty reboot shit they were doing and how it can suck the joy, fun and charm out of a campy Television series that's been running for years.
That one wasn't exactly "fan" made. The creator is on record saying he made it as a criticism of the low quality and poor writing that fan films generally have. He's got no love for power rangers.
It's funny how around the same time as Shattered Grid, Kamen Rider basically started it's 2nd take on the whole crisis crossover setup. We already had the destroyer of worlds....It was then time to rejoice for the birth of a new king
This why I come to your channel, to get a breakdown of other comics to see if I want to read them. I may go to buy the trade paper backs and it's all thanks to you.
Thank you so much for covering this series! I've honestly been meaning to get into the Power Rangers comics for some time. I've been reading the TMNT series form IDW though, which I'd love to see a Comic Drake video on, or especially the Transformers comics from IDW. One of the things I was worried about was how much backstory or continuity I would have to catch up on, which I'm glad was addressed in the video, and what I would like to know if Drake ever gets around the the Transformers comics.
The new transformers comic is all new world with no previous history. You can jump in with issue #1/trade vol 1 and not be lost with previous continuity. It is slow and an ok series but you can jump in easy.
Im late to the party on the power rangers resurgence but wow. This video is such a wealth of info im shocked at the view count, should be wayyyyy more. Super well done
Like the first ones published back in the 90's, or the Boom run? Hamilton comics put out a brief line of mmpr comics, then Marvel picked up the license for a while. It pretty much disappeared after that, only having a few here and there after that. Zeo got a single Image issue, Turbo got three graphic novel collections from Acclaim, and Disney did a few comics here and there. All the Hamilton Comics were collected in two archive sets from Boom.
I haven't read the comics nor seen much Power Rangers (Outside Mystic Force as a kid), but i recently played Power Rangers Battle for the Grid (I'm a slut for MvC styled games) and it was GREAT! Sure, i was lost on some stuff, Vergil had a gun, but i enjoyed the story.
Before Jonathan Hickman resurrects the X-Men with HoX and PoX, the Power Rangers were actually the best X-Men comic book you could read. It was truely excellent and Kyle Higgins did a wonderful job on the franchise. I don´t know why DC didn´t give him a big serie. Boom Studios is low key one of the best editors at the moment.
Wasn’t intended for an older audience. A better way to look at this is that it’s intended for the exact same audience but with a different tone and style. It’s like looking at the shows that aired beside it like animaniacs and batman tas. They’re completely different in tone and style yet are both intended and meant for the kids that watch them with the benefit of being universal to be enjoyed by audiences of all ages. It is only when we put labels and our fears of judgmental anxiety on age that we don’t realize this
My first real experience with power rangers is the fighting game ( after the updates that made it a really great team fighter) and i definitely want the comics. Also battle for the grid is legit a fantastic fighting game thats easy to pick up, has alot of depth, and a cool roster especially with the dlc
If you like the idea of a super hero "monster of the week" show with actual character development, solid plot and honestly good visual effects for TV shows I recommend Kamen Rider. It's done by the same company that makes Super Sentai, the shows which Saban buys it's footage from. Even though it's supposed to be a kid's show since it airs on sunday mornings along side anime, it deals with stuff like death, grief, psychological things and at one time even a whole series based on drug addiction. If anyone is interested I seriously recommend Kamen Rider Build as an entry. It's recent, it has great characters, development and plot with also a very interesting premise. If you wanna start Super Sentai I'd recommend Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (which had it's footage and some plot points brought over for Power Rangers Samurai). It has a good ensemble cast that feels three dimensional AND has a lot of japanese cultural references which are explained in a way that you can understand things like how samurais and their vassals worked back in the day. Both these shows aren't currently available officially in the US, needing a fan-translation in order to watch it BUT Shout Factory released some seasons of Super Sentai like Kyoryuu Sentai Zyuranger, the original show that became Mighty Morphin Power Rangers here. Fair warning that Zyuranger is surprisingly dark with the shows first episodes having Bandora (Rita) kidnapping kids in order to sacrifice them for a ritual. Shit was wild back in the late 80s and early 90s in Japan.
this is awesome can't believe they made a power rangers comic it looks awesome, I'm a little too young to have seen the original power rangers but it was still a big part of my child hood o this would be awesome to read.
I Would Love to Know if The Original Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Team(-1,Unfortunately For Obvious Reasons)Ever Read These Comics,&,What They Thought of Them
A suggestion for comics you could talk about would be the ongoing Sonic IDW comics. They're pretty neat, but surprisingly dark, especially with the current storyline.
Hey man just found your channel really like what I’m seeing. You guys need to check out the Power Rangers audio series on UA-cam and Spotify. As for the comic “Green Ranger Year One” was honestly my favourite arc. I liked how we saw how the lives of the Rangers weren’t cookie cutter perfect small city USA. Kim’s parents going through a nasty divorce, them trying to use her to hurt each other. Zack dislike of Zordon immediately asking Tommy to join the team without asking the rest of the team how they felt about it. How the media are now slowly starting to distrust the Rangers because they let this evil one join them.
Now that Power Ranger fighting games makes more sense after learning about this
Yep, Battle For The Grid is based on the Shattered Grid event, and is even written by Kyle Higgins himself (who also provided the voice of the Mastodon Sentry).
@@LionelRGuy I mean they have also been referencing that event in recent seasons of the show. With every crossover episode there's been kind of an ulterior sub-story until Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel where they literally reveal that sub-story in that season's crossover.
@@carloscanchola5655 ... um, they literally DON'T. *headscratch* Not sure what you could possibly mean, since there's no mention of Drakkon or all timelines becoming 1 or anything like that. Yeah, they have Draven and his robo-clones, which are KINDA LIKE having Ranger Sentries, but that's about it.
@@carloscanchola5655 Also, what other crossovers possibly could've referenced Shattered Grid? Dimensions In Danger was the only one to even HAPPEN since after the comic started.
Yeah, black ranger with ak 47 made no sense to me at first
As a long time fan of PR I can definitely speak for how good these comics are.
Being some of the most fun I’ve had with the series in between various shows.
But if I had to pinpoint it strongsuit, it’s that it doesn’t stop at being PR fan service.
It’s good for any new fans.
Did anyone else have that phase as a kid when literally every single super hero was your favorite, and it changed from time to time. Then you turned 7 or 10, and you finally decided on an obscure super hero like Daredevil (before the TV show), or Nightwing (outside of Titans and the casual comic fan)
More when I was 13, i decided my favourite superhero was the Punisher, because I was so... "edgy"... back then
Yeah, for me it was Iron Man. I didn't even know anything about him, I just saw him in one of the Marvel vs Capcom games and loved the idea of him and he looked so cool that he became my favorite. This was of course back then during the MvC and MvC 2 days, when Iron Man wasn't a more popular superhero than Spider-Man.
@@LegendaryAWESOME I eventually settled on two from different universes. The ones I mentioned earlier
My two heroes I settled on are Squirrel Girl and Slapstick
For me it was Green Arrow. Then Arrow happened lol. Then I moved to Stargirl because I love the JSA, and now Stargirl just started lol
Meanwhile, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the original comics were so gritty that the team fought each other over a box of pizza.
Really?? Wow.
Ok.... what's that have to do with anything?
And shredder wasn't even the main villain in the original comics but literally a villain of the week that dies near the end of the first issue
Oh btw the turtles had tails but when u look at the tails at the front ... uhhh
Uhh
We don't talk about talk about that
How about cybord Leonardo? Splinter mutated to bat monster. Michelangelo turned into Shredder.
Honestly the Power Ranger comics is a *MUCH* better version of legendary wars
Yeah pretty much
@Kevin Hype you sir have a very underrated comment ...
Power Rangers comics is a much better version..... of Power Rangers in general lol.
Yes
@@thedefinitionisthis Same as THIS was the Power Rangers I wanted as a teen as Saban was still a chicken not wanting to do a mature Power Rangers series but thank goodness for this comic universe.
Power Rangers: we did the strangest thing.
Archie sonic: Heheh, *that's cute.*
Archie Sonic was on a whole another level.
Comic Books have some advantages from T.V. Shows you can tell new, multiple and bigger types of stories.
YES!!! Thank you so much for giving this comic book more attention.
Shattered Grid is one of the best event comics I have ever read. Then again I am a Power Rangers fan so it meant a lot to me.
I just realized Drake is almost at 300K. I really hope he'll have somthing special planned for that landmark.
Can't wait for Drake to begrudgingly read a Deadpool comic to us to celebrate 300k subs
@@ironmaidenjr.8471 Maybe he already tried it, but he should check out Cable and Deadpool if he hasn't. Deadpool's humor is IMHO delivered better there than when certain writers handle him (sorry, I'm not a fan of how Daniel Way writes him). it has an interesting story, it's fun to see a lot of obscure characters get highlighted, heck I initially never cared about Cable as he just seemed like a product of the Rob Liefeld element of the 90's but this book turned me around on him, etc. It's personally my favorite run of anything Marvel that I've read.
300k isn't exactly a landmark number, 100, 250, 500, 1m
This comic feels like an infinitely better version of the original Spider-Verse and Spider-Geddon events. I feel this keeps the heart and soul of the original show yet maturing it in such a smart way whereas Verse and Geddon took a fun concept and ruined it by making it way, WAY too dark and feels like a spit in the face to the fans. The Power Rangers comic is a fun yet grounded, to an extent, homage.
I think spiderverse is fine, but im definitely looking forward way more to reading these power rangers books once i get my hands on them
It's also a way better Megaforce.
I was never a big Power Rangers fan, but I do vaguely remember hearing about the "Shattered Grid" comics, and the whole "Evil Tommy" story line.
It definitely is something I was always curious about.
“...she wore it as an exoskeleton...”
YoU meAn LiKe a Battleizer?!
Honestly I would love to see this kind of treatment with other Power Rangers, my favorites were Lightspeed Rescue, Time Force, and Wild Force.
10:30 so basically it's a better version of the legendary battle from super mega force. Except better
Anything was better than the dumpster fire of that season
We don’t talk about that
It was the legendary battle, minus literally everything else from that season
Megaforce was already shit let alone super megaforce although to be honest the opening theme of megaforce is badass
That would still make it worse than that same battle from Super Sentai, yeah?
I would love an animated adaptation of the Power Rangers comic.
MAN Power Rangers is just the greatest gimic ever
I don't know, transformers are a pretty great gimmick
Flynn kinda has a point though 🤷🏾♂️🤺
"Hold up playa, did u forget about the UnderTaka"
@Space Dan Technically most of the stuff is reused footage from Japan.
Power Rangers RPM is a darker series compared to other Power Rangers seasons. It is really really good and I seriously recommend giving it a watch. It's on Netflix
Ehh Dark is kinda overrated preferred Go-Onger
Thank you so much! As a fan of Rangers since day one, Kyle Higgins lite my imagination on fire with this Power Rangers comic book. I have read every issue. And I’m here to tell you it is amazing. Even the most casual fan of this franchise should pick it up and read every word of it it is stupendous!
I only remember watching power rangers when I was like 5 and this actually sounds really cool? Time to support my local comic shop
I remember when I first started seeing Drakkon, having not read the comics, I thought he was just strangely reappearing fan art.
Heard that. Real talk. Jdf and bat in the sun
I may have seen him around on UA-cam, but didn't take notice until I saw a title that said he was an evil version of Tommy.
As a fan of the Power Rangers just Lost Galaxy, these comics were something I was into getting and I fell in love with the series. Currently own every volume of the Mainline, Go Go, Pink, the two side stories, Son of the Dragon and Psycho Path.
I'm a just-Lost Galaxy guy too but I have to expand about other series as well.
When will someone make a crossover of Super Sentai and Power Rangers?
I would love to see a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers crossover with Zyuranger Sentai
The comics have actually used a Sentai team or two. There's also been small crossovers. Yoshi Sudarso, who played the blue Dino Charge ranger, showed up in a minor role in a Sentai.
That sounds really stupid.
@@diosnelfrica7589 umm, no, that;s stupid thinking because mmpr are technically the zyuurangers, only being the white ranger doesn't exist is zyuuranger but another sentai, and btw power rangers is the sentai
May May calm your tits dude.it would just be a fun little crossover like alternate universe shenanigans.
I cannot recommend diving into the book enough. When drake said the main character, I was ready to say a completely character (Zach). Great series, though I'm saving up for the second trade...
Everyone wave to be Red but it’s better to go Green.
Naw forever red
Explain why green went red then.
Green went black as well
Disagree.
fun fact, i learned is that in mmpr, the white ranger doesn't actually exist in that version at all, the white ranger in mmpr was from another sentai i forgot he came from, and also the white ranger was a kid in the sentai, that's why the everytime we see tommy in the white ranger outfit is literally stock footage from the sentai
I loved Power Rangers growing up I had all the toys from Might Morphing, Zeo, Turbo, Lost in Space, Lost Galaxy, Time force, Wildforce and Spd
If I just went by video titles I would just say: "First of all, how dare you?". But yeah, the comic book is surprisingly good and is consistently entertaining. The Shattered Grid storyline I found to be a better event than even those the big two released and the current story called 'Necessary Evil' is also very good.
The story arcs have been consistently good...with the exception of "Beyond the Grid". Personally, I never cared about the appearance of Ellarien (Purple Solar Ranger) nor her background. Not to mention there were plenty of exposition that I could never dwell into. The main villain, the Praetor, was also dull. I also found it odd that Cam's personality was changed from the show as snarky to someone who cracks jokes even at inappropriate times (which fits Dustin more in Ninja Storm).
The good things were Andros' brief moments with (relatively future) Karone, focus on Heckyl and how became the Dark (Energem) Ranger and all about the Ranger Slayer.
This is a nice overview of the Black Dragon/Drakkon arcs. And I'm looking forward to the next part! However, for a video that was published on May 25, 2020, it's a bit outdated from the onset:
0:35 - "Written by Kyle Higgins and almost exclusively illustrated by Hendry Presetya..." As of May 25 , 2020, the series has had 3 main writers: Kyle Higgins, Marguerite Bennett, and Ryan Parrott. As for illustrators, the book has also had 3 main artists and several guest artists. And current artist, Daniele Di Nicuolo has illustrated more issues of the book than Presetya.
I was aware of the existence of the Power Rangers comics and Lord Drakon, but didn't know just how insane it got. Honestly, I would have assumed you'd get Linkara on board with this since he's big into both comics and Power Rangers himself, but I can see why you wouldn't do that as some may see it as you using Linkara to collab as a way to gain viewers/subscribers. Still though, that you got one of the guys who wrote the comics on board with this is really cool.
R.I.P Jason David Frank.
I personally haven't read this series (Although I have read a few issues of their Go Go series). I mostly haven't because as a fan of PR, I'm on the side of fans that have gotten exhausted with the over saturation of Tommy, but this video has actually made me want to give this series a shot.
It's really good despite the Tommy over saturation. I mean Power Ranger has a lot of interesting characters that can be explored, interesting possibilities (like this one) yet every thing seems to revolve around Tommy. I get it he's the face of the franchise but do something else with someone else. It's why I like the Ranger Slayer character a lot and why I found interesting the whole Zack angle that could have been taken. Now that last one seems like an interesting possibility to explore in the comics. If you do give the series a try I hope you enjoy it.
It's pretty good honestly. Especially when it focuses on Drakon and his plans as opposed to the Rangers.
Though minor spoiler one of my favorite parts is when they show you who's leading the combined ranger army.
Aside from the Tommy focus the comics are great. Definitely give it a chance.
The only issue I have with the Power Rangers comics is that the characters don't look anything like the actors who played them on the TV series: I guess that they didn't want to pay for the likeness rights.
Isn't the original Pink Ranger dead? That probably makes likeness rights... a little harder
@@EinDose You're mixing her up with the original yellow Ranger, Thuy Trang, who died in a car accident in 2001
Thats a good thing. They can make a live action reboot of the comics. Most of the OG cast were awful actors anyway
Love the PR content! Hope you do beyond the grid and necessary evil(when it finishes) after shattered grid
Honestly love Necessary Evil more than I liked Shattered Grid solely for the fact the Omega Rangers concept is great.
I think they should make a tv spin off series or movie based on the comics aimed at a mature audience
If the original TV series was written like that, then maybe it would've achieved a bigger audience. We didn't get this kind of quality writing till In Space
This doesn't sound any weirder than any other comic out there. Sounds more interesting honestly.
Oh man I’m hyped for the next video now. This was really cool. Thanks!
Hold up you telling me that the power rangers have a grand war with different versions of themselves 🤯 you got me hooked if only the theme song played tho 🤧
"Shattered Grid is getting its own video."
At first you had my curiosity, *but now you have my attention.*
I started watching with Ninja Storm and dropped off around Mystic Force TBH I should probably catch up on the various versions.
Watch RPM it's really dark and really good and a good way to close the Disney era of Power Rangers. At least that's how I see it.
so happy to see your talk about this because it is one of the coolest things I have ever seen as an adult who watched and loved power rangers as a child I'm greatly looking forward to part 2
Wow, I don't know what you did this time, Drake, but I barely noticed those 14 minutes passing. Great Stuff!
Can’t wait for part 2, now I can understand what Andre is saying/excited about.
The Power Ranger comics are what got me back into the franchise. This video was absolutely amazing and I can’t wait for the one on Shattered Grid
You did it! You beat the subscriber count stated in the comic!
Drake, thank you for you continuous pile of suggestions you lay at my feet. I’ve been reading a lot of book-books lately, and I’ve been *desperate* for some colorful wacky zany fun...and here you are delivering the goods with the creator! Bless you sir, you’re doing God’s work
hopefully? mark my words, drake. if you put out a part two i WILL watch it.
I've been rewatching MMPR , because of Battle for the Grid and reading the first couple volumes of the comic. This video came at the right time.
I wish for a PR comic series were all the ranger teams exist in the same universe through time and space. It would also be a remake (not like the 2017 film), and that the 1993 team would be called "Dino Team", with two or more ranger teams on earth before them.
And now the Drake Crisis series is complete.
One of my favourite ongoing series. Caught up a couple years ago and its consistantly gorgeous and exciting!
I actually like it better then the show in the modern Era as Power Rangers is PG 13 for fans like me that grew up with old school Power Rangers. I wanted a mature take on Power Rangers but Saban at the time was too chicken to do this as they were scared of parents. Thank God for Boom Studios and now Hasbro who continues to help with this comic and can now make their own movie/tv universe on Netflix that's Mature too
Since the Necessary Evil storyline and Go Go title are ending soon, will you be covering Beyond the Grid and those areas as well?
Shattered Grid was a better Anniversary story than the actual Anniversary story in the show.
excited shattered gride, lord Darken and boom studios noises
As a "hardcore" Ranger fan, I quite enjoy the book. However, quite a few of us in the fandom were really over Tommy being shoved in our faces, in numerous areas of the franchise, for so long. Kyle Higgins, cool guy that he is, directly talked with the fandom via message boards and whatnot, before the book had come out. In one such instance, the topic of conversation came around to the fear that the book would be primarily Tommy focused, as many wanted to see the other rangers be better developed. He responded with something along the lines of "don't worry guys, it's not gonna be all Tommy all the time." To be fair, it isn't, but it's far more Tommy than a lot of us would care for. I like the book a lot, I really do, but so much of it is driven solely by him, that or Boom's OCs who they like to use over existing characters, but I digress. Hell, even during Shattered Grid, where Tommy is absent, it's still being driven by a different Tommy. Like they had the entire cast of every Power Ranger season at their fingertips to play with, but nuts to that we gotta get back to either seeing what future Tommy is up to, or talking about how much we miss regular Tommy. It's just a little frustrating when you're apart of a group of people, who have dealt with multiple decades of people constantly pushing Tommy to the forefront of everything, and when you finally get a medium that is unrestrained by any of the show's limitations, to get more of that is a little disappointing. It's still good, and probably the best thing PR has had in a while, but I still have my gripes with it.
The current Power Rangers/TMNT crossover is just pure awesome though, no notes there!
As a fellow long-time ranger fan, I agree with this 100%. I think a big reason the average person clings to Tommy so much is because the franchise never allows characters from other seasons shine. If it's not MMPR, it doesn't exist. Personally, I'd take RJ from Jungle Fury over Tommy any day.
@@BarrelBob I feel ya man, and yeah Kung Fu Shaggy is cool lol.
I feel like the biggest dropped ball, in terms of the comic, is actually Beyond the Grid. I was pretty excited for it, because unlike Shattered Grid, we were getting just a handful of returning rangers to focus on, which would hopefully lead to spending some time and seeing them further developed. I thought it was going to be like getting to follow what the Once a Ranger team did on their own. But turned out, if you weren't alt future Kim, or whatever the Solar Ranger's name was, you were a side character at best.
I'm hopeful for that Time Force follow up they're doing. Much as I like Jen, she was not only the representative for TF in Shattered Grid, but got to do a good deal by hanging with the main cast. So I hope they focus just a little more on the other TF rangers. Fingers crossed they do something cool with Eric.
Wait I dont know shit about power rangers, but I have played the battle for the grid fighting game. And a lot of these plot points showed up in that games story. I didn't realize the games story was based on a comic. That's super interesting!
There is a video game bass on the shatter grid comic
Lord Drakkon is the best Power Rangers villain.
OFF THE GRID is one of the Spin-Off Series that came out of Shattered Grid, and its about a group of time displaced Power Rangers searching for a new access point to the Power Grid and a way back home. And, as Rob would say, it's AMAZING! High, High Recommendations to add to the list of reads.
I love the power rangers comics they are really awesome and badass
Agreed I wish they could do the same to other 90s properties. Like Big Bad Beetle Borgs, Street Sharks or many others.
@@bizzerdman2093 indeed and in fact i would really love another crossover between power rangers and beetle borgs again with this writing team would be fantastic heck i would really love to see a shattered grid animated movie because that would be fantastic.
EDIT: Apparently the short I talk about wasnt made as a fan project but to satirize fan projects, thanks to Jeggson Vohees for letting me know
Brilliant as always! Also - with regards to the "no aged up stuff not relying on Japanese footage" thing - there was a fan made gritty reboot short called Power/Rangers, which is sort of an rated 18 fan short that is cool but very much not the kids show apart from in setup
I honestly feel most people missed the bloody point of that short film, it was supposed to be a commentary on Hollywood's gritty reboot shit they were doing and how it can suck the joy, fun and charm out of a campy Television series that's been running for years.
That one wasn't exactly "fan" made. The creator is on record saying he made it as a criticism of the low quality and poor writing that fan films generally have. He's got no love for power rangers.
Thanks for letting me know
Vohees, and it shows.
Now please make a 'Transformers: More than meets the Eye/Lost Light' video
Back in the day i knew this as Super Sentai
Lord drakkon in one of the best that I really love, especially his dark army of different rangers suits
Does Shattered Grid Include Super Sentei,or,is it Just Power Rangers?
Gonna do something like this to other comics like invincible and IDW transformers 2005
Dude the shattered grid event was the greatest thing i’ve read in comic books. The post-event comics are so great
Well we get to see Schuyler “Sky” Tate as the new Dekaranger and J.J Oliver as Green S.P.D Ranger
It's funny how around the same time as Shattered Grid, Kamen Rider basically started it's 2nd take on the whole crisis crossover setup. We already had the destroyer of worlds....It was then time to rejoice for the birth of a new king
This why I come to your channel, to get a breakdown of other comics to see if I want to read them. I may go to buy the trade paper backs and it's all thanks to you.
i love comics
S/O to Kyle Higgins, all the illustrators and , boom studios. This comic franchise has been so awesome. And exactly how you modernize this IP. 👏🏾
I'd love to make a beetleborgs pitch to boom.
I'm waiting for that. It needs to happen. Maybe then we can get a crossover between Power Rangers and Beetleborgs
As a growing Power Rangers fan I´m glad to hear about this!
Thank you so much for covering this series! I've honestly been meaning to get into the Power Rangers comics for some time. I've been reading the TMNT series form IDW though, which I'd love to see a Comic Drake video on, or especially the Transformers comics from IDW. One of the things I was worried about was how much backstory or continuity I would have to catch up on, which I'm glad was addressed in the video, and what I would like to know if Drake ever gets around the the Transformers comics.
The new transformers comic is all new world with no previous history. You can jump in with issue #1/trade vol 1 and not be lost with previous continuity. It is slow and an ok series but you can jump in easy.
Looking forward for the next part.
This gives a lot of context to some of the stuff from Battle for the Grid.
I'm sorry if someone has already said this but the main villain is The Power Ranger Who Laughs.
Im late to the party on the power rangers resurgence but wow. This video is such a wealth of info im shocked at the view count, should be wayyyyy more. Super well done
Anyone know what’s the first set of MMPR comics? I’d like to start collecting
Like the first ones published back in the 90's, or the Boom run?
Hamilton comics put out a brief line of mmpr comics, then Marvel picked up the license for a while. It pretty much disappeared after that, only having a few here and there after that. Zeo got a single Image issue, Turbo got three graphic novel collections from Acclaim, and Disney did a few comics here and there.
All the Hamilton Comics were collected in two archive sets from Boom.
So glad you’re doing this drake
I haven't read the comics nor seen much Power Rangers (Outside Mystic Force as a kid), but i recently played Power Rangers Battle for the Grid (I'm a slut for MvC styled games) and it was GREAT! Sure, i was lost on some stuff, Vergil had a gun, but i enjoyed the story.
Am I the only one who wants to see a video on ROM the spaceknight? Cause he is a cool character that more people should know about.
Before Jonathan Hickman resurrects the X-Men with HoX and PoX, the Power Rangers were actually the best X-Men comic book you could read.
It was truely excellent and Kyle Higgins did a wonderful job on the franchise. I don´t know why DC didn´t give him a big serie.
Boom Studios is low key one of the best editors at the moment.
at 7:39, it looks a a skull. idk why, but i keep seeing it. maybe its the death of zordon? hahah
I wasn't sure about subscribing, but after the 4:48 comment it was impossible to refuse xD
Wasn’t intended for an older audience. A better way to look at this is that it’s intended for the exact same audience but with a different tone and style. It’s like looking at the shows that aired beside it like animaniacs and batman tas. They’re completely different in tone and style yet are both intended and meant for the kids that watch them with the benefit of being universal to be enjoyed by audiences of all ages.
It is only when we put labels and our fears of judgmental anxiety on age that we don’t realize this
I have been waiting a long time for you to cover this! Thank you and I can’t wait for the Shattered Grid video!
It's Morphing TIME!
Two minutes in and I’m definitely reading this comic asap
If Boom!Studios will produce and release an omnibus or collected edition of this, I'll surely save lunch money to buy it
My first real experience with power rangers is the fighting game ( after the updates that made it a really great team fighter) and i definitely want the comics. Also battle for the grid is legit a fantastic fighting game thats easy to pick up, has alot of depth, and a cool roster especially with the dlc
If you like the idea of a super hero "monster of the week" show with actual character development, solid plot and honestly good visual effects for TV shows I recommend Kamen Rider. It's done by the same company that makes Super Sentai, the shows which Saban buys it's footage from. Even though it's supposed to be a kid's show since it airs on sunday mornings along side anime, it deals with stuff like death, grief, psychological things and at one time even a whole series based on drug addiction.
If anyone is interested I seriously recommend Kamen Rider Build as an entry. It's recent, it has great characters, development and plot with also a very interesting premise.
If you wanna start Super Sentai I'd recommend Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (which had it's footage and some plot points brought over for Power Rangers Samurai). It has a good ensemble cast that feels three dimensional AND has a lot of japanese cultural references which are explained in a way that you can understand things like how samurais and their vassals worked back in the day.
Both these shows aren't currently available officially in the US, needing a fan-translation in order to watch it BUT Shout Factory released some seasons of Super Sentai like Kyoryuu Sentai Zyuranger, the original show that became Mighty Morphin Power Rangers here.
Fair warning that Zyuranger is surprisingly dark with the shows first episodes having Bandora (Rita) kidnapping kids in order to sacrifice them for a ritual. Shit was wild back in the late 80s and early 90s in Japan.
4:42 That's not the case anymore!!!!! >:D
this is awesome can't believe they made a power rangers comic it looks awesome, I'm a little too young to have seen the original power rangers but it was still a big part of my child hood o this would be awesome to read.
I Would Love to Know if The Original Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Team(-1,Unfortunately For Obvious Reasons)Ever Read These Comics,&,What They Thought of Them
A suggestion for comics you could talk about would be the ongoing Sonic IDW comics. They're pretty neat, but surprisingly dark, especially with the current storyline.
Hey man just found your channel really like what I’m seeing. You guys need to check out the Power Rangers audio series on UA-cam and Spotify. As for the comic “Green Ranger Year One” was honestly my favourite arc. I liked how we saw how the lives of the Rangers weren’t cookie cutter perfect small city USA. Kim’s parents going through a nasty divorce, them trying to use her to hurt each other. Zack dislike of Zordon immediately asking Tommy to join the team without asking the rest of the team how they felt about it. How the media are now slowly starting to distrust the Rangers because they let this evil one join them.
Boom did a great job on this and now we get power rangers tmnt