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Matthew Cook
Green Ranger (III)
Gender:	Male
Seasons:	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
Colors:	Green
Homeworld:	Earth
First Appearance:	Go Go Power Rangers Issue 1
Last Appearance:	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour Issue 1
Number of Episode Appearances:	61 (Mighty Morphin (Boom)) Full list of appearances
Green Ranger (III)

Matthew "Matt" Cook is a student at Angel Grove High School, a classmate of the Rangers and an unspecified athlete of the football team. He is Kimberly's boyfriend and later, ex-boyfriend.

Some time after Tommy Oliver became the White Ranger, Matthew became the new Green Ranger, working under Grace Sterling and Promethea.

History

Shattered Grid

After watching Kim activate her Gravezord, Matt soon figures out that she is an older Kimberly and puts the pieces together that his best friends are the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. Matt confronts them about it after their monster battle, at first promising to keep it a secret if they just be honest with him. The five reluctantly don’t say anything and Matt gets angry about their lies and storms off. COMIC STORY- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 12

The New Green Ranger

After Billy is able to re-power the Dragon Power Coin, he then gives it to Grace Sterling who uses the technology at Promethea and the Green Psycho Ranger's Dagger she recovered decades earlier to recreate the Green Ranger. All the enhancements also changed the appearance of the Ranger suit itself. COMIC STORY- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 53

Unlimited Power

Before unmasking.

Grace later chose Matthew to become the new Green Ranger, with him reporting exclusively to her and Promethea as well as assisting the Rangers on a need to know basis. He later revealed his identity to the public when Angel Grove was trapped by Lord Zedd to give the people hope. COMIC STORY- Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 4 COMIC STORY- Mighty Morphin Issue 5

To the shock of the other Rangers, Matt later joins Lord Zedd’s army and orders them to stand down. He claims he isn’t mind controlled and wants what is best for Angel Grove. COMIC STORY- Mighty Morphin Issue 7

Recharged

During the events leading to the Darkest Hour, Matt is captured and history repeats itself with him becoming the new evil Green Ranger through Mistress Vile using a reforged Sword of Darkness to control Matt. His friends try to break the spell in the same way they did when Tommy was evil, only it does not work as Mistress Vile preyed upon Matt’s inner insecurities about comparing himself to Tommy to manipulate him to work for her and keep her hold over him.

Darkest Hour

Matt does eventually break free from the spell, but the trauma of being manipulated by Mistress Vile re-awakened his PTSD that he had during the Infiltrator Putty incident compounded with the same hallucinations and moments of fear that Tommy had as the Green Ranger after he broke free from Rita’s control. While he tried to step up and lead a team of Rangers to plan an infiltration mission on Safehaven, he suffered a panic attack and was comforted by Aisha who managed to calm Matt down and reassure him that how he felt at the moment was valid given what happened to him. COMIC STORY- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 115

Personality

Matt is a friendly individual who despite being a jock, does not conform to the social standards of the hierarchy of high school and goes out of his way to be helpful to others. He is shown to be very understanding, patient and down to earth. He also shows strong affection and devotion to Kimberly, even going so far as to look for her during the first monster attack in Angel Grove when everyone else was fleeing for their lives (unaware she is the Pink Ranger).

However, Kimberly's secret duties as a Power Ranger causes him to develop hints of bitterness toward her as he tries to make their relationship work but ends up feeling it is a one-sided effort as her lying begins to cause the relationship to slowly deteriorate after being stood up on dates while she was on missions.

Matt suffering PTSD after his abduction.

After Matt was abducted by Rita and subjected to experiments for months to create a Putty duplicate that could think and act exactly like him using extracted memories and thoughts, Matt showed resilience and figured out a way to escape back to Earth from the Moon. But the process Rita subjected him to did an untold extent of psychological damage, as he has memory lapses and suffered a severe case of PTSD that included minor catatonia, lack of eating, avoiding communication with friends and family and terror induced acts of isolation. TV STORY-Go Go Power Rangers Issue 8

Matt recovers from this a short time later, but isolates himself from the Rangers.  While they at first think he's upset with them about something, he admits to Kimberly after she confronts him that it's instead because he feels he has a special connection to the Rangers, wanting to protect them from danger.

During a Zord battle with the Ranger Slayer's Gravezord, Matt jumps a police barrier and rushes to the scene.  He's spotted by the Gravezord and alt-Kimberly says his name, proving a further connection to him.  The Rangers make him promise to never pull a dangerous stunt like that again, but he only promises to tell them first.

He does so later during a double monster-attack, but the Rangers don't answer since they are heading to the scene. Matt encounters Ranger Slayer re-activating the Gravezord, and is exposed to her by falling rubble.  It becomes clear to him who she is, especially when she apologizes for not telling him.

Later, it becomes clear that Matt has put the pieces together, and he confronts the Rangers with knowledge of their identities, but insists they tell him themselves, or he will walk out of their lives forever.  However, due to the Rules of the Ranger, they cannot, so he leaves. He became bitter and avoided the group, refusing to talk to them. He also stopped dating Kimberly, even trying to make her jealous by dating the more popular girls, which she responded to in kind by going on a fake date with Skull. 

Matt eventually decides to reconcile with Kimberly and understands why the Rangers must keep secrets, deciding to be confidant and a friend that she can talk to about her Ranger problems. He at first sees it as an opportunity to restart a relationship with Kimberly but eventually learns she is dating Tommy, much to his disappointment, but he still tries to be a supportive friend in spite of this.

Green Ranger

• Default
• White Light powered

• Default
• Brainwashed

Costume

Matt's Green Ranger form has a slightly different appearance than the usual Green Ranger form that Loriyan and Tommy Oliver had. This Green Ranger form has extra gold trim, especially on the helmet. The body suit also seems to be structured differently, appearing more armor-like and a darker shade of green with some glowing trim on the suit and on the front of the boots. This power was given to him by Grace Sterling through the re-energized Dragon Power Coin.

It is also implied by Grace that the Dragonzord he now controls has been modified by Promethea to be combinable with the White Tigerzord or Thunderzords.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Same as the other Rangers which include: Exceptional speed, increase in strength, masterful combat skills in martial arts, teleportation, increased endurance and stamina all of which that are drawn from the Power Coin.

Attacks

Most of Matt's attacks are that of swift strikes such as kicks, punches and strikes from the Dragon Dagger or Sword of Darkness.

Abilities

Chaos Energy which allows Matt to bulldoze through enemies with ease while giving his strikes and attacks additional damage.

Weaknesses

to be added

Arsenal

• Power Morpher
  • Dragon Power Coin
• Dragon Dagger
• Dragon Shield
• Sword of Darkness

Zords

• Dragonzord

Powers and Abilities

Powers

to be added

Attacks

to be added

Abilities

to be added

Weaknesses

to be added

Relationships

Allies

Rangers

• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - Teammates
  • Tommy Oliver - Leader
  • Billy Cranston
  • Kimberly Ann Hart
  • Rocky DeSantos
  • Adam Park
  • Aisha Campbell
• Omega Rangers
  • Trini Kwan
  • Zack Taylor
  • Yale of Saard
  • Kevor Vrin

Family

• Mr. Cook - Father COMIC STORY- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 6
• Olivia Cook - Mother COMIC STORY- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 6
• Kira Cook - Younger Sister COMIC STORY- Go Go Power Rangers Issue 6

Others

• Grace Sterling
• Zordon

Enemies

Villain Groups

Evil Space Aliens

• Rita Repulsa
• Lord Zedd
• Goldar
• Scorpina
• Squatt
• Baboo
• Finster
• Putty Patrollers
• Z Putty Patrollers

United Alliance of Evil

• Dark Specter
• Thralls

Behind the Scenes

Design

• Mighty Morphin Green Ranger's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) concept art was designed by Dan Mora.
  • The design of Matthew's Green Ranger form is similar to the design of the Green Ranger V2 form from Power Rangers: Legacy Wars, Power Rangers: Legacy Wars - Street Fighter Showdown, and Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, in which it was a pre-order exclusive skin for Tommy Oliver, with notable differences such as the armor-like body suit, gloves, and boots. This design made its debut in Bat In The Sun’s Super Power Beatdown episode Green Ranger vs Ryu.

Concept Art

Mighty Morphin Green Ranger Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) concept art.

Etymology

• Matthew is a classic boy's name stemming from Hebrew origins, meaning “gift of God” or “gift of Yahweh.”
• Cook is an occupational name for a cook, a seller of cooked meats or a keeper of an eating house from Middle English

Notes

Matt as the Silver Ranger

• He is chronologically the first Power Ranger to reveal his identity to the public.
• Artist Dan Mora showed his interpretation of what would have happened if Matt was allowed to join the original Mighty Morphin team when Tommy was the Green Ranger and Jason, Zack and Trini were on the team. He basically made Matt the Silver Ranger of that team. It is unknown the motif and Zord he would have represent if the case became true.

Appearances

• Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
  • Go Go Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 1
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 2
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 3
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 4
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 5
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 6
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 7
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 8
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 9
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 10
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 11
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 12
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 13
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 14
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 15 (mentioned only)
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 20
    • Go Go Power Rangers: Forever Rangers Issue 1
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 22
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 23
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 24
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 25 (mentioned only)
    • Go Go Power Rangers Issue 27
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 17 (mentioned only)
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 25 (mentioned only)
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) FCBD 2018 Special (mentioned only)
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 44
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 51
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 55 (morphed only)
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 100
    • 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
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 106 (mentioned only)
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 107 (morphed only)
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 108 (morphed only)
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 109
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 110
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 111
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 30th Anniversary Comic Special
      • It's Morphin Time!
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 112
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 114
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 115
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 119
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 121
    • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour Issue 1
  • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios)
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 1
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 2 (morphed only)
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 3 (morphed only)
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 4
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 5 (flashback only)
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 6 (morphed only)
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 7 (morphed only)
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 8
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 9
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 11
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 12
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 13
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 14
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 15 (morphed only)
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 16 (morphed only)
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 17
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 18
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 19
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 20
    • Mighty Morphin (Boom! Studios) Issue 21 (mentioned only)
  • Power Rangers (Boom! Studios comic title)
    • Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 1 (indirect mention)
    • Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 13
    • Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 14
    • Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 15 (morphed only)
    • Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 16 (morphed only)
    • Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 20

See Also

• Loriyan - His predecessor as the first Green Ranger in Boom! Studios Comics, who originally stole the Green Dragon Power Coin from Ninjor as an assignment from Rita.
• Tommy Oliver - His predecessor as the second Green Ranger in Boom! Studios Comics.