 This article is about an Evil Ranger in the Power Rangers comic sub-franchise by Boom! Studios.
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- "If you are in search of a fight Ranger... you came to the right place. Putties, remove this pest from my sight."
- ―Lord Zedd when confronted by the Red Omega Ranger.[src]
- "So... you are real. Rangers hunting down the wicked from the shadows and locking us up for all eternity. You may have bested my dog... Now let's see you face against TRUE EVIL!"
- ―Zedd before taking on Jason. "You are real" presumably refers to the Omega Rangers being regarded as something of a myth by the side of evil.[src]
- "You loathsome, spineless creatures... I leave you alone for a moment and look what you've become. Pathetic."
- ―Lord Zedd after releasing himself from his imprisonment.[src]
- "From the moment I escaped my captivity, I was certain I would return to find that you had fled Earth like the cowards you are. However...it would seem I was mistaken. In my absence, you attempted to destroy the Power Rangerrs. You obviously failed miserably without my leadership, but... your attempt pleases me."
- ―A rare bit of praise from Lord Zedd. It was this that led him to choose his minions to be his new Dark Rangers.[src]
Lord Zedd is an evil emperor and Rita Repulsa and her minions' master. After the events of Beyond the Grid, he replaced Rita as the primary antagonist, starting with the Necessary Evil storyline.
He was once Zophram as the Gold Guardian and Supreme Guardian I, a member of the Guardians of Eltar, the former Guardian of Eltar and Zartus' and Zordon's mentor, corrupted by the power. Choosing this dark path, he changed his name and tried to get the Zeo Crystal, which deformed his skin into a more fleshy and zombie-like state. Zedd later conquered various planets across the universe before moving on to Zordon and Eltar and later becoming the Z Ranger.
History[]
Past[]
Guardians of Eltar[]
Zophram, Zartus, and a young Zordon of the Guardians of Eltar.
Over ten thousand years ago, Lord Zedd was once Zophram, the former Guardian of Eltar and Zartus' and Zordon's mentor. He is chosen by the Elders of Eltar to become the Supreme Guardian after the Guardians repel an attack on the planet Artavias. As a first act, Zophram requests the Elders that Eltar must extend their forces beyond their home galaxy to the deepest reaches of the universe to enable the protection of planets that are still in their social and technological infancy against Dark Specter. 
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On Eltar, during a sparring following the supervision of the planet Bivix, Zophram tells Zordon that he wants him to be his successor as Chief Guardian. Zordon demurs, telling him that Zartus would be the better choice. Zophram tells Zordon that Dark Specter's lieutenants are looking for something that could change the balance of power in the universe and that he wishes to leave Eltar in the right hands should he fall in battle, his hands. COMIC STORY- MM #4
The Zeo Crystal[]
On a Moon in the A47 Galaxy, the Guardians fight a Hartunian reconnaissance unit in the service of Dark Specter. Zordon, now Chief Guardian, and Zartus find a Bandorian Palace. Zophram, Zartus and Zordon enter it, finding Bandorian Monks monks guarding the fabled Zeo Crystal. Eltar begins to protect the Zeo Crystal from the clutches of Dark Specter. COMIC STORY- MM #6
Zartus convinces a Bandorian monk to secretly place a protective and undetectable spell on the Zeo Crystal, the Fire of Truth, so that anyone who dares touch it will perish on contact or suffer worse. COMIC STORY- MM #9 Later, after Zophram fails to get an audience with the Elders regarding the Zeo Crystal, he and the rest of the Guardians return to the Moon in Galaxy A47. At the same time, an assassin sent by Dark Specter begins murdering everything in his path, from Eltarian forces to Bandorian monks. Just as he is about to touch the Zeo Crystal, Zophram and Zordon intervene. Zordon is stabbed and poisoned, prompting Zophram to violently strike down the assassin. The assassin manages to get inside Zophram's head, telling him that the Elders are a dead end in his fight against Dark Specter and that his side of the battle has already lost because of it. After putting the assassin in a cell, Zophram and Zartus go to see Zordon. The Healer tells them that Zordon is clinging to life, possibly due to his close proximity to the Zeo Crystal. During an audience with the Elders, Zophram snaps at them and finally decides to hold the Zeo Crystal to end the war. COMIC STORY- MM #10
Zophram is accompanied by Zartus back to the Bandorian Palace, and just as Zophram lays a finger on the Zeo Crystal, the Fire of Truth spell activates shedding his skin and enveloping the entire Moon in an energy explosion killing any flora or fauna present, including the Bandorian monks. Only the palace, a few Eltarian soldiers, Zartus and a dying Zophram remain. Zartus kills the remaining Eltarian soldiers and sends Zophram to an unknown location telling him that he had been reborn, stronger than before. COMIC STORY- MM #10
Lord Zedd Arrives[]
In an unknown part of the cosmos, Zartus tells Zophram that Eltar believes him to be dead, dying a hero to protect the Zeo Crystal. He then tells him that the Elders asked Zordon to return to Eltar, which Zophram quickly deduces is because Zordon is to become Supreme Guardian. An angry Zophram begins to believe Zartus' lies, thinking that Zordon has betrayed him to seize power. Zophram of Eltar then dies, and Lord Zedd is born. COMIC STORY- MM #11
On Eltar, the Elders held a funeral for Zophram and Zordon takes his mantle as Supreme Guardian. Next, Zordon and Zartus have a conversation about their “dead“ comrade-in-arms. Zartus tries to convince Zordon to give him the title of Supreme Guardian, but Zordon accepts it to honor Zophram's memory. In addition, Zordon sets up an observation post on the third planet of the star system to guard the Zeo Crystal on the Moon without the permission of the Elders. COMIC STORY- MM #12
Planet Ilvayx
On the planet Ilvayx, the Guardians investigate a massacre of Ilvayxian priests and find a survivor named Vronin. Vronin tells them of an unnamed individual, whom they called “Vintra“, who appeared one day and was taken in by the Ilvayxian Holy Master as a groundskeeper in exchange for food and protection. This individual was mysterious, calm and quiet. Always watching, observing how they practiced their magic and Vronin even caught him watching forbidden spells.
Later, Vintra was found next to the corpse of the Holy Teacher. The priests of Ilvayx retaliated, but Vintra killed everyone with their own spells and incantations. All but one, Vronin, who was left to tell the tale on purpose. Zordon, seeing that this is not someone affiliated with Dark Specter, ponders the question of the individual's identity without knowing the looming threat. COMIC STORY- MM #13
Zedd Recruits Rita Repulsa[]
Lord Zedd confronts Rita Repulsa on the planet Spearo V.
Lord Zedd confronted Rita Repulsa on the planet Spearo V and questioned her loyalty to her father, Master Vile. Zedd offered her an alternative by serving him instead. Rita left Vile and joined up with the forces of Zedd, acting as his commander whenever he was unable to oversee an invasion himself. Zedd tasks Rita with conquering a thousand worlds as she assembles an army and generals. COMIC STORY- MMPR #106
Zedd (clothed in a cloak to disguise his deformed body) summoned the monkey monster Silverback and his brother Goldar to join Rita Repulsa and her ragtag group of space aliens to attack Earth. Silverback, already dissatisfied with Zedd because he was using his race (who he considered Zedd's elite warriors) for what was basically grunt work, decided to usurp Zedd and take power for himself. However, Zedd ripped off his cloak, mortally wounded Silverback with a massive energy blast and forced Goldar to kill his brother or meet the same fate. Once Goldar swore loyalty to him alone, Zedd sent him to Earth to join Rita. COMIC STORY- MMPR 2016 Annual
On the conquered planet Gentrax IV, Rita congratulated Goldar, noting that he was as merciless as Montaur but hoped he doesn't meet a similar fate. Rita told Goldar she knew he was a spy for Lord Zedd and thought it was because Zedd had no faith in her. But while Zedd's warriors were powerful, they lacked loyalty. Rita said she killed Montaur because she could read his intentions. She offered Goldar a choice, serve her loyally or be struck down like Montaur. Rita told Goldar of how Zedd is growing more inept and paranoid. She on the other hand rewards the faithful with authority and offered Goldar a chance at claiming the head of Lord Zedd for murdering his sibling. Goldar made a blood oath on his sword to serve Rita as her loyal warrior until he dies. COMIC STORY- GGPR #8
Rita launched attacks against Earth but her invasion was halted in a stalemate with Zordon. In a meeting with Zordon to talk negotiations, Rita revealed the depths of her treachery and trapped Zordon in a time warp. Before Zordon was gone, the wizard revealed he was prepared with his own fail safe. Conjuring up a space dumpster, Zordon sealed away Rita and her chief aides and servants and cast them into space. Inside the dumpster, Rita and her generals were subjected to rehabilitation via constructed scenarios to install emotional stability. COMIC STORY- GGPR #28
Rise of Drakkon[]
Arrival Day[]
In an unspecified modern year, the dumpster crashed on the Moon and a pair of curious astronauts stumbled upon the strange container and broke the seal that kept Rita's evil at bay. Released from her prison, she destroyed the dumpster and quickly set her sights on Earth. Reoccupying her Moon Palace base, which had lay vacant for eons, Rita sent her chief warrior, Goldar, to Earth to lay siege to the world.
However, Rita was met by her opponent Zordon, who had managed to re-establish contact with Earth and gather new warriors. Beginning her second invasion of the planet, Rita's monsters were constantly defeated by Zordon's new Power Rangers, teenage humans who wielded the mighty Power Coins. These events became known as "Arrival Day" in the comic continuity. 
TV STORY-Day of the Dumpster COMIC STORY- GGPR #1
Necessary Evil[]
The Power Transfer[]
Tommy leads the new Mighty Morphin team.
Due to Rita's repeated failures, Lord Zedd banishes her from the Moon Palace and seals her inside a miniature version of her original space dumpster. Zedd launches it into deep space and becomes the primary antagonist for the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. TV STORY-The Mutiny COMIC STORY- MMPR #40
Following Zedd's arrival, Tommy Oliver becomes the Mighty Morphin White Ranger and the new leader of the team. TV STORY-White Light COMIC STORY- GGPR #27 Adam, Aisha, and Rocky join the team and become the new Mighty Morphin Black, Yellow, and Red Rangers. Meanwhile, Jason, Zack, and Trini become the Omega Rangers alongside Kiya Kyatyl and take on a new mission in space. TV STORY-The Power Transfer COMIC STORY- GGPR #32
Zedd's Capture[]
After sending Dayne in an attempt to kill the Rangers, the Omega Rangers intervened by capturing Dayne which forced Zedd to implement his Plan B and turn his minions into his new Dark Rangers. However, before he could complete the process, the Omega Rangers stormed Rita's Moon Palace as a proactive move to deal with Zedd once and for all. Whilst his minions took on the Omega Rangers outside, Jason (as the Red Omega Ranger) managed to break into Zedd's throne room where he ordered some Putties to dispose of him. Once they were decimated however, Zedd regarded the mythical Omega Rangers and their proactive attacks on evil before deciding to take them on personally. COMIC STORY- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 44
Jason's Red Omegazord crushes Zedd.
Despite putting him up a good fight, Lord Zedd easily defeated Jason and tried to feed him to a massive shark monster but Kiya obliterated it with her Omega Trident and Zedd was then surrounded by the entire team of Omega Rangers. Jason demanded his surrender so, with his minions defeated and few choices left, Zedd enlarged himself into a giant and gloated over how they were trying to defeat him in his own environment but was immediately defeated when Jason fought dirty by using his Red Omega Zord to crush Zedd after he refused to surrender which knocked him out. Now unconscious, Zedd was captured by the Omega Rangers (though Goldar managed to take his Z Staff) and placed Zedd in a gigantic containment dumpster which was itself placed in a massive copper chamber in Safehaven prison.
Although Lord Zedd was captured, Jason and Zordon had a severe conversation with each other following his defeat. Jason was just glad that one of the greatest evils on the universe was going to jail for good, but Zordon was worried that Zedd was manageable and his defeat would just cause other, more powerful villains to take over instead. COMIC STORY- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 45
The New Green Ranger[]
Zedd's Escape and new Dark Rangers[]
Zedd's new Dark Rangers.
Lord Zedd later broke loose on his own from his imprisonment on Safehaven when his minions found his dumpster and brought it back to the Moon. He berated his minions for being so inept (Goldar having acted as the leader of the group since Zedd was captured), but admitted that they did better than he thought. Rather than running away with their tails between their legs, they at least tried to destroy the Rangers which pleased him. He then returned to the Moon Palace.
Zedd came up with a plan to trick the Rangers into recharging the Green Chaos Crystal using a monster called Psychoslug with the crystal hidden in its shell. When the Rangers fired the Power Cannon to destroy it, the monster took most of the damage as the crystal absorbed some of the weapon's energy. The shell remained intact and before the Rangers could get near it, Zedd teleported it back to the Moon. He then revealed he would bestow the Chaos Crystal's power to Goldar, Squatt, Baboo and Finster, stating that they proved their worth by trying to at least attempt to destroy the Rangers in his absence despite failing, proving they are loyal to the evil emperor. COMIC STORY- MMPR #51
Lord Zedd notes his last team of Rangers failed due to their "weak human" traits, a mistake he would not repeat. Zedd had Finster create a special Putty that resembled Rita to act as the leader of his new Dark Rangers. As for the members of his new team, he chose his minions as their reward for their semi-competence in his absence at which point he successfully empowered with the Green Chaos Crystal. COMIC STORY- MMPR #53
Promethea's Green Ranger[]
The new Green Ranger attacks Zedd.
The Dark Rangers start causing chaos in order to attract the Rangers. When the Rangers arrive, the Dark Rangers separate and attack the team. The Ranger's Blade Blasters causes them to take take cover until Lord Zedd gets the Green Chaos Crystal closer to them so that they can amplify their strength, resulting in the creation of their own zords, the Terrorzords. COMIC STORY- MMPR #53
The Terrorzords later combine to form the Mega Terrorzord which fights against the Mega Tigerzord and the Red Dragon Thunderzord. Despite being a two on one fight, the Dark Rangers were beating the Mighty Morphin Rangers while their leader Zedd watches with great satisfaction until a mysterious Green Ranger attacks him and breaks the Chaos Crystal, leaving Goldar and the rest without their Ranger powers and thus being forced to retreat.
The new Green Ranger teleports to a lab in Promethea as Grace Sterling commends his performance against Zedd. The Green Ranger looks on at Psycho Green's dagger encased in an energy tube and glowing with power as parts of the Dragonzord are being rebuilt. He removes his helmet as Graces promises him a mutually beneficial partnership. COMIC STORY- MMPR #55
Unlimited Power[]
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The Eltarian War[]
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Charge To 100/The Death Ranger[]
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Recharged/Rise of Dark Specter[]
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Darkest Hour[]
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Alternate Timelines[]
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink[]
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Justice League/Power Rangers[]
Lord Zedd is forcefully teleported out of the Command Center by Zack and due to the damage of the teleporters guidance systems, he and Zack are drifted out of their universe into the world of Earth 1 in the DC Universe. Zack jettisons him from the teleport stream, leaving him to float helplessly in space until he is picked up by a tractor beam and shrunken down into a bottle city. He soon encounters Brainiac and after enlarging back to his normal size, offers the mechanical menace an opportunity to collect the city of Angel Grove on his universe in exchange for attempting to conquer the DC Universe. COMIC STORY- Justice League/Power Rangers Issue 2
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II[]
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III[]
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HyperForce[]
Chloe turns a corner and comes across a creature glancing over the walls and muttering disdain toward Lord Zedd, who the Rangers know to be the current villain in charge of operations on the moon. The creature goes on to say that at least he is appreciated in Rome. TV STORY-Aisha Campbell Returns!
Vesper Vasquez the HyperForce Black Ranger shrinks and Rita Repulsa randomly blows up. Lord Zedd sends Psycho Green to pick up the food from Five Eye Guys for a commercial shoot,The Wizard of Deception turns the arena into a curvy road covered in rain as Lord Zedd takes the food. Chloe Ashford HyperForce Pink, the HyperForce Pink Ranger appears with a burrito and has a conversation with Waspicable. TV STORY-Villain Special
In the year 1998, Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa meet "The Leader", who become curious as to who would dare approach them. TV STORY-Rebirth... Kind Of
While Aisha tries to distract Goldar with a dance as Andros uses his Galaxy Glider to strike Goldar. Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa discuss Thrax's potential to succeed and replace Dark Specter, Thrax falls over in a massive explosion, unleashing a wave of dark energy upon Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa, strengthening them. Rita and Zedd decide that a direct attack with their new found dark powers may not be wise without a plan and teleport away. TV STORY-Finale (Part 1)
Mr. Ashford tells Chloe Ashford that he has been planning this for a long time, though some things will need cleaned up as not everything has gone to plan with Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa unexpectedly being powered up by Thrax's death.
The HyperForce Rangers and Time Force Rangers travel back to the year 3017 the group finds three giant sculptures of Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa and Thrax.
Back at the palace on the moon in the year 1998 the dark powered enhanced Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa return home. Fueled by the dark energy of Thrax's anger and the knowledge of their future fate to become good should Zordon die the two tear the palace apart. Rita says that they should have Goldar clean up the mess, but after Zedd informs Rita that Goldar never came back home, the two decide that they can make a new and better Goldar with their enhanced powers. Rita and Zedd then begin to plot their path to victory. TV STORY-Season Finale
Powers and Abilities[]
- Immense Strength: Lord Zedd was able to easily overwhelm and knock away Jason in his Red Omega Ranger form.
- Immense Durability: Lord Zedd was stamped flat into the ground by the Red Omega Zord but was only knocked out.
- Hand to Hand Combatant: Lord Zedd was skilled enough to completely overwhelm Jason by himself.
- Energy Beam: Lord Zedd can fire a massive white energy blast from his white hand powerful enough to cripple Silverback.
- Energy Explosion: Lord Zedd can fire a massive wave of energy from his body strong enough to destroy the dumpster that he was trapped in.
Forms[]
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Powers[]
- Power: Lord Zedd was more powerful than any of his minions and the original Power Rangers, whilst possibly being on par with Zordon. In terms of overall power, Zedd's powers, while formidable, are much weaker than Master Vile, King Mondo, and Dark Specter, as he was quite intimidated by them. Though to his credit, Lord Zedd is better known and feared than the other three; being one of the most notorious villains of Ranger history, as he was a candidate for the Reanimizer and chosen by Reaghoul over them.
- Super Strength: Lord Zedd has super physical strength, being able to pick Void Knight up above his head with one hand and send Slyther flying across the room with a single kick, easily beating them both up.
- Immortality: Lord Zedd is known to have lived for at least 10,000 years without aging a day.
- Growth Bomb Generation: Lord Zedd could generate white lightning around his palm to generate a grenade, which he would then throw to Earth, where it would explode upon contact on the ground with the explosion and enlarge the monster. Sometimes, the monster would grab it and slam it to the ground themselves.
- Conjuration: Lord Zedd was able to conjure objects out of thin air, such as his staff (from a snake) or Growth Bombs.
- Telescopic Vision: Lord Zedd's vision was so accurate, he could see what's happening on Earth just by looking at the planet and projecting a large red beam from his visor.
- Galactic Vision: Lord Zedd also seemed to be able to see what happens in an entirely different solar system, as seen when the Rangers travelled to Edenoi.
- Thunderstorm Creation: In his first appearance, Zedd caused a thunderstorm on the moon.
- Projection: Zedd also created a giant projection of himself in the clouds of the said storm.
- Teleportation: Zedd can teleport to any location.
- Electric Strike: Lord Zedd could charge up his fist with white electricity and slam it down on his balcony's railing with enough force to bend the metal as shown repeatedly, although it was shown for the first time in the episode "The Mutiny: Part III" after the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord and Dragonzord were freed from his control.
- Lightning Bolts: Lord Zedd started firing off random bolts of white lightning from his hand across the throne room after the Bloom of Doom's demise.
- Dimensional Gateway Opening: Lord Zedd was able to open a dimensional gateway to the Lost Universe for Cannontop to blast the Rangers through, but his bad aim made this scheme a dismal failure.
- Power Sleep: Lord Zedd was able to recharge his powers by going to sleep every 100 years. How long he had to do this at a time remained unclear since Rita’s love potion interrupted it but it was at least several hours.
- Telepathic Communication: In "Attack of the 60' Bulk", Zedd was able to focus his mind on Bratboy to talk to him telepathically.
- Lightning Empowerment: In the Dino Fury episode "Old Foes", Lord Zedd was able to charge himself up with red and white lightning for an increase in strength.
- Shockwave Strike: Also in the Dino Fury episode "Old Foes", Zedd was able to create red-pink shockwaves with every strike he makes. It was powerful enough to overwhelm Brineblast and Wolfgang.
- Shockwave Brain Blast: In the same fight scene, Lord Zedd was able to fire off pink shockwave-like blasts from his brain strong enough to knock down all five Rangers with one hit.
- Lightning Beams: In a security footage shown by General Shaw during the ending of "Ultimate Mystery", Zedd was seen firing white lightning beams from his hand.
- Monster Creation: Rita and Zedd could do a synchronized dance and chant to fire forth orange energy projections of their faces that created the Hate Master.
- Communication: Lord Zedd can communicate with others by touching the side of his visor.
Abilities[]
- Hand to Hand Combat: Outside of his magical abilities, Lord Zedd proved himself to be an excellent hand-to-hand fighter, as he easily defeated Tommy in battle. Zedd used box strikes and staff swings (combined with his formidable magic abilities) while Tommy resorted to his usual martial arts. He was also stronger than Void Knight and his minions and defeated all five Dino Fury Rangers, as well as Wolfgang and Brineblast, with ease.
- Weapon Designer: Lord Zedd is an expert designer of weapons, seeing as he single-handedly designed his own Zord, Serpentera, which is to date, still the largest Zord in the entire universe of Power Rangers and probably the most powerful if it weren't for its small energy supply.
- Expert Tactician: Lord Zedd also seems to have a more tactical mind, compared to his subordinate and later wife Rita. Many of his plans involve trying to cause confusion or division among the Rangers, seeing as he realized their teamwork was their greatest asset, whereas Rita, during her solo tenure, was much more straightforward. He also did not limit himself to the standard plans of just sending out monsters, as he tried to create his own evil team of human Rangers on two separate occasions and changed the Rangers into children at another.
- Psychological Warfare: Concerning his monsters, Lord Zedd also tended to create them from items personally important to one or more of the Rangers, attacking them psychologically in the hopes of making them useless in his war with Zordon. But after the Rangers realized whatever got turned into a monster always returned to normal where Lord Zedd zapped it, it stopped being effective.
- Good American Football Player: As seen in the episode “Fourth Down and Long”, Lord Zedd was skilled at playing football with Centiback.
- Expert Zord Pilot: Lord Zedd was able to expertly pilot Serpentera with no issues in “The Wedding-part III.”
Weaknesses[]
- Laws of Nature: Lord Zedd apparently could not defy the laws of nature, according to Zordon in the episode "The Ninja Encounter-Part II", when the writer tried to explain why he couldn't just use his magic to germinate the Terror Blossom's seeds, without needing a heat source.
- Z-Staff Reliance: Despite being an immensely powerful magician, Lord Zedd required his staff to actually use his magic. If it was broken, as happened when he fought Tommy, he would be unable to fight or cast spells, meaning that he would have to retreat.
- Vulnerability to Compliance Collar: In the Dino Fury episode "Old Foes", Zedd can be controlled through a Compliance Collar.
Arsenal[]
- Z Staff: Lord Zedd wields a large silver staff with its end shaped like a Z for combat.
- Lightning Generation: Zedd could fire white lightning from the Z at the top of his staff. A single lightning was powerful enough to take Tommy down with a single blast during their one-on-one battle, but they had many other effects:
- Monster Creation: The staff's primary use. Whilst Rita had to rely on Finster and his Monster-Matic to create her monsters, Zedd could effortlessly create his own monster using nothing but lightning from his magic staff although he usually needed an object to create the monsters.
- Monster Materialization: In the episodes "The Power Stealer" and "Where There's Smoke, There's Fire", Zedd can use his Z-Staff's lightning to create the Octophantom and later Flame Head and his stallion and Inciserator from nothing, showing that he could conjure monsters out of thin air.
- Z-Putty Creation: Lord Zedd could create his own brand of Putties, dubbed Z-Putties by fans to differentiate them from Rita's Putties, by blasting an area of the ground using lightning from his staff.
- Vaporization: Lord Zedd was able to vaporize Rita's wand with his staff's lightning attack, once he arrived on Earth.
- Mind Control: Lord Zedd's staff could fire lightning capable of controlling people's minds. This was only shown in the episode "The Green Dream" when Goldar borrowed it to brainwash Tommy in order to get the Sword of Power.
- Wind Generation: Lord Zedd was able to fire lightning from his staff to generate massive winds. He only did this once in the episode "The Ninja Encounter-part II" when he blew some cherry blossom tree petals into the air to create the Terror Blossom.
- Resurrection: Lord Zedd was able to resurrect the Goo Fish, the Slippery Shark, Commander Crayfish, and Pirantishead with his staff's lightning.
- Conjuration: Lord Zedd could create random objects with his staff's lightning. This was shown when Goldar tried to sabotage his wedding to Rita by not having musicians but Zedd solved the issue by creating a piano and teleporting the Snizzard onto it to play.
- Communication: With his staff's lightning, Zedd was able to communicate with Hydro Hog.
- Curses: On multiple occasions, Zedd managed to curse objects using his staff, giving them different effects such as cursing two pairs of sunglasses to make the wearer see everyone around them as a Putty, in hopes of turning the Rangers against each other in the episode "Putty on the Brain."
- Monster Growth: Lord Zedd's Z-Staff can generate a lightning cloud that would fire off blue lightning to blast the monster with enough energy to make them grow. This was the primary way of growing monsters throughout Season 3. It can be crossed with Rita's magic wand to amplify its magic.
- Monster Teleportation: Zedd could fire lightning from his staff to teleport monsters to Earth as seen when he did this for the Hate Master.
- Energy Lasers: Lord Zedd can fire red, orange, or yellow energy lasers from his staff.
- Energy Field: Lord Zedd can create a blood red energy field with his staff.
- Fireballs: Lord Zedd can shoot large fireballs from his staff.
- Lightning Generation: Zedd could fire white lightning from the Z at the top of his staff. A single lightning was powerful enough to take Tommy down with a single blast during their one-on-one battle, but they had many other effects:
- Serpentera: Zedd's personal Zord and the biggest Zord in Power Rangers history for nearly thirty years that was perfectly capable of destroying whole planets. Unlike other Zords, it was not destroyed under his control and four years after his purification, General Venjix took control of it.
- Void Saber: Lord Zedd took Void Knight's personal weapon and tried to kill him with it, but was stopped by Reaghoul before he could strike.
- Sleepy-Cuffs: In the Dino Fury episode "Old Foes", Zedd used these cuffs to put four of the five Dino Fury Rangers in a sleep-like state.
- Sporix Generator: Lord Zedd stole the Sporix Generator on Rafkon as part of his plan to create his own army of Sporix Beasts.
- Master Captivator: Lord Zedd used the Master Captivator and the energies stored inside to assume his Master form.
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- Z Staff: Lord Zedd wields a large silver staff with its end shaped like a Z for combat.
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- Z Staff: Lord Zedd wields a large silver staff with its end shaped like a Z for combat.
Arsenal[]
- Z-Staff: Lord Zedd wields a massive silver staff with a big Z on the top of it as his personal weapon.
- Enlargement: Lord Zedd can enlarge himself at will by slamming the bottom of his staff into the ground which will generate red energy around himself that grows his body.
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Rangers[]
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Jason Lee Scott/Mighty Morphin Red Ranger (I)/Red Omega Ranger (II)
- Zack Taylor/Mighty Morphin Black Ranger (I)/Black Omega Ranger (II)
- Trini Kwan/Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger (I)/Yellow Omega Ranger (II)/Red Omega Ranger (III)
- Kimberly Hart/Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger
- Billy Cranston/Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger
- Tommy Oliver/Mighty Morphin Green Ranger (II)/Mighty Morphin White Ranger
- Rocky DeSantos/Mighty Morphin Red Ranger (II)
- Adam Park/Mighty Morphin Black Ranger (II)
- Aisha Campell/Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger (II)
- Matthew Cook/Mighty Morphin Green Ranger (III)
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Behind the Scenes[]
Design[]
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Etymology[]
- His name utilized the British English pronunciation of the letter "Z."
- It is perhaps also a pun on the Japanese rendition of the letter (“zetto”).
Notes[]
- The writers intended to write Zedd as he was originally intended for television - dark, serious and malicious - instead of having him become goofier and less menacing.
- The change in personality occurred in the first part of "The Wedding" as a result of a love potion. Said change was made due to parents complaining about him being too nasty (likely due to Mortal Kombat which came out one year before Season 1 aired). With standards changing and far more violent things on the market than Mortal Kombat 1, the comic writers have ignored the massive retcon.
- Zedd is no match for an Omega Zord, which pummeled him so hard that he was put into a coma for several issues.
Appearances[]
Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
- Go Go Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 8 (mention via flashback)
- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 21
- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 22
- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 23 (mentioned only)
- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 26 (hallucination)
- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 27 (hallucination)
- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 29
- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 30
- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 31
- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 32
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2016 Annual
- Only the Strong
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Anniversary Special Issue 1
- Golden Ideas
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 40
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 43
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 44
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 45
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 47 (mentioned only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 50
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 51
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 53
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 55
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 100 (mentioned only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 101
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 102
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 103
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 104 (flashback only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 105
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 106
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 107 (morphed only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 109 (morphed only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 110 (morphed only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 111 (morphed only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 115 (morphed only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 116 (morphed only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 118 (morphed only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 119 (morphed only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour Issue 1
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2016 Annual
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios)
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 1
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 2
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 3
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 4
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 5 (flashback only)
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 6 (mentioned only)
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 7
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 8
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 9
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 10 (flashback only)
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 11 (flashback and mentioned only)
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 12
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 13
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 14 (mentioned only)
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 15
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 16
- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 17 (mentioned only)
- Power Rangers (Boom! Studios comic title)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink Issue 1 (mentioned only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink Issue 2 (mentioned only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink Issue 3 (mentioned only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink Issue 4 (mentioned only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink Issue 5 (mentioned only)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink Issue 6
- Justice League/Power Rangers
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
- Power Rangers Unlimited
- Power Rangers Unlimited: Hyperforce (flashback only)
- Go Go Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
- Power Rangers HyperForce
- Episode 4: Aisha Campbell Returns! (mentioned only)
- Special Episode: Villain Special
- Episode 23: Rebirth... Kind Of
- Episode 24: Finale (Part 1)
- Episode 25/Finale: Season Finale
See Also[]
- Lord Zedd - The original TV version of the character.
References[]
Footnotes[]
