 This article is about a/an comic book crossover issue in the Power Rangers comic sub-franchise by Boom! Studios.
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II #1 is the first issue in the sequel mini-series crossover by Boom! Studios and IDW Publishing.
The series features characters from Boom's modern comic book incarnations of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and IDW's modern comic book incarnations of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This issue features the debut of Ranger X, Casey Jones’s evil Ranger form.
Synopsis[]
It's been six months since the Teenagers With Attitude and the Heroes In A Half Shell teamed up to defeat the unholy alliance of Rita Repulsa and Shredder, but a new threat will force them to reunite in the crossover YOU demanded!
Between an invasion from beyond, old enemies teaming up with unlikely accomplices, and a threat to the Rangers' powers themselves, will the two teams survive the onslaught, or will they need help from the most unexpected ally imaginable?
Longtime Power Rangers architect Ryan Parrott (Rogue Sun) joins forces with superstar artist Dan Mora (World's Finest, Once & Future) to deliver the follow-up to the hit crossover!
Collect all four connecting main covers by Dan Mora, a very special double gatefold variant, and don't miss this collector's opportunity as TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman and Freddie Williams II team up for a variant cover for every issue in this series!
But that's not all, a Deluxe Edition will include 1 of 10 intermixed trading cards and an EXCLUSIVE print celebrating this epic crossover event! [1][2]
Plot[]
Six months after the Turtles and Rangers fought the combined forces of Rita Repulsa and Shredder, Casey Jones is fighting Karai on the rooftops of New York City to get her to divulge information about the whereabouts of the villains.
Casey is uneasy about how quiet everything has been unlike the others who are treating the downtime like a summer vacation. He manages to pin down Karai, but a portal opens up behind him and is knocked down by an unknown attacker whom Karai is happy to see.
One week later in Angel Grove at the Community Center, Zack is ordering shakes from Ernie’s Juice Bar and two of his friends, who are Mikey and Donnie in holographic human disguises, baffle Ernie with their bizarre choices of toppings for their shakes. Donnie’s holographic image inducer begins to malfunction, which exposes his mutant hands and Billy pulls him away before Ernie notices.
April is chatting with Trini and Kimberly about if they should be concerned about Rita’s activity, but the two dismiss her concerns as Billy and Donnie put sensors on the Moon and Zordon is still monitoring the Morphin Grid for any signs of activity. April says that maybe it is just her instincts as a reporter, people who report the news always look for the bad things going on and sometimes lose sight of the good things happening.
Bulk and Skull approach their table, admiring the fact that the famous April O’ Neil is in Angel Grove and show her that they are aspiring journalists/documentarians with their independent Power Rangers news coverage. They offer to let her in on the goings on of the Rangers as their “close personal friends”..for a small fee. Trini is unimpressed by their scheme but April humors them.
At the Command Center, Billy fixes up Donnie’s image inducer in his lab, which was malfunctioning because of sediment on the laser system projecting the hologram. Donnie is worried that Ernie saw him phase out of his disguise, but Billy says Ernie hasn’t noticed that his friends and him are Power Rangers so he should be fine. Donnie and Billy both inquire about their projects, with Billy stating that the Shadow Morphers are not done yet as they still have bugs to work out. Donnie is working on modifying the DragonZord and loved being a Ranger, kind of hoping that the Shadow Morphers were working because as a Ranger, people accepted him rather than being afraid of him.
Both of them go to continue the modifications, brushing off training because Leo and Jason are so wrapped up in sparring that they won’t notice.
In the simulation room, Leo and Jason spar in a snowy environment and banter, then take a break and talk about Tommy and Raph and ways that they are alike and both agree that they are the best fighters.
Appearing[]
Power Rangers[]
| Color | Role |
|---|---|
| Red Ranger | Jason Lee Scott |
| Black Ranger | Zack Taylor |
| Blue Ranger | Billy Cranston |
| Yellow Ranger | Trini Kwan |
| Pink Ranger | Kimberly Ann Hart |
| Green Ranger | Tommy Oliver |
TMNT[]
- Karai
- Rocksteady
- The Rat King
- Baxter Stockman
Covers[]
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Errors[]
- To be added
Notes[]
- The Mike del Mundo variant cover has the Lair of the Turtles with pizza box covers on the dance floor including 30 Seconds pizza, Divine Pizza and Wiseman Pizza with a phone number that has LATE at the end. These are references to the Dominos delivery scene in the 1990 live action TMNT movie. Billy is in a particular pose while holding the microphone, possibly alluding to Vanilla Ice’s Ninja Rap from the sequel film Secret of the Ooze.
- The Bon Bernardo variant cover is a reference to the very first issue cover of the TMNT comic, itself being a parody of the covers of Frank Miller’s Ronin comic series.
- In Billy’s lab, the Triceratops power armor from the Go Go Power Rangers Alpha 1 story arc is seen in storage.
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