 This article is about a/an comic book in the Power Rangers comic sub-franchise by Boom! Studios.
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Search Party
The story is set in the Lord Drakkon Timeline, after Tommy has broken free from the control of Rita Repulsa. He wakes up after dreaming about breaking free from the mind control spell and an Asian man stirs him from his sleep to inform Tommy that some thugs have stolen his belongings he was carrying in his bag. Tommy chases after them and demands his bag be returned, but the thugs draw an Uzi and a katana sword and prepare to kill him. Tommy morphs into the Green Ranger and makes quick work of the thieves and takes back his bag as they run away in terror. Tommy senses a teleport nearby and hides, as the Black and Red Power Rangers are still looking for him. He teleports away as they search for him and ends up on top of a building. Tommy discards his helmet and cries as he feels he is being hunted, despite that not being the case. He is soon interrupted by Rita Repulsa appearing and trying to sway him back to her side by saying she is trying to change the world and gave him great gift: the power to shape the world. She had noticed that the teleports he traveled on are the places his family had moved to and followed the trail. Tommy refuses to be involved and wants to be left alone. Rita thinks this is pathetic as he is wasting his talents and simply wanted to give Tommy a "push" to truly live up to his potential. She speaks of a great warrior whom she shaped into a mighty conqueror who "brought peace" to the Toki system during her war with Zordon: Drakkon. Adding to her case is the fact that if he was a great Ranger, Zordon did not choose Tommy but chose the others instead. She believes that the reason the world is messed up is because it is divided by multiple leaders and champions such as the Power Rangers, it needs but one leader to bring order. Tommy seems more interested, asking her to tell her more about Drakkon and even thinking about adopting that name. Rita agrees to show him more and they teleport away. Jason and Zack teleport and just miss Tommy, worried as they have to find him before Rita does.
"Otherwise, who knows what might happen..."
Trini's Vacation
The story opens in 8,000 B.C. above Earth where Zordon and Rita are engaged in a space battle over a mystical artifact called the Babelstone. The Babelstone is a magic source that when used can disrupt power supplies, jam communications and corrupt and destroy the speech of sentient beings. Knowing that the Babelstone was far too dangerous for anyone to use, Zordon opens fire and targets the Babelstone, presumably destroying it and leaving Rita with nothing.
Flash forward to the present day and Trini is vacationing in a small town called Boulder Cliff in her uncle's cabin, mocking the fact that it is called a "small town" given it consists of only a few houses and a general store. She is enjoying the view of the serene environment of the sequoia forest from her room and happy to simply drink her hot tea, wearing a "stupid but comfortable T-shirt" and stay in bed all day as she has earned it after the endlessly long moments of chaos from her Ranger duties. Unfortunately, her peace and quiet is interrupted by an explosion breaking the window of her room. Trini and her family look outside to see what the commotion is and find that a meteor has landed in the town. The meteor has knocked out all electronic communications including Trini's wrist communicator and she asks her mother to stay away from the meteor as it is messing with their phones.
On the Moon, Rita observes this and realizes that the meteorite is a surviving fragment of the Babelstone. She instructs Goldar to go out and retrieve it without getting the attention of the Rangers by working quickly and quietly without any signs of a rampage. Goldar pleads his empress for the chance to rampage just a little, with Rita sighing and rolling her eyes, telling him he can rampage a little after the Babelstone is secured. Goldar teleports near the site of the meteor crash and the towns people run away as Trini races to grab the Babelstone. She commandeers a motorbike and races away with the Babelstone into the forest as Goldar and his Putty forces chase her. Trini then hides up in a tree to morph into the Yellow Ranger and then defeats the Putties. Before she can fight Goldar, Rita throws down her wand to make Goldar grow. Trini tries to call for the Sabertooth Tiger Dinozord, but the Babelstone is interfering with her link to her Zord. Goldar tries to take advantage of this by attempting to crush her, but Trini realizes that she needs to take advantage of her surroundings. She uses a seqoia tree and scales Goldar's body to climb up to the cliff and uses the famous boulder monument of Boulder Cliff to squash him from above.
Later, the other Rangers arrive, worried about Trini but she tells them she is fine and to take care of the Babelstone as it was messing with the communications. She also mentions that the Rangers can help by putting back the boulder as the town's name won't be Boulder Cliff without its famous landmark. She also mentions that Goldar won't be bothering them for a while as he was crushed under the boulder. Jason carries the Babelstone back to Zordon and Trini tells the Rangers that after all that exictement she is going back to her "probably now cold" tea in her room, relax in her stupid and comfortable T-shirt and stay in bed all day as she has earned it.
Forever Mighty Morphin' Black
On a ruined Earth, Alpha 5 has sent Adam on a mission to a secret location to create a beacon using his Power Crystal. Before Adam can activate it, an entity known as the Crystal Cryptid bursts in, craving Adam's power. Adam uses his crystal on the pedestal and activates the beacon, saying that the monster will never win. In the main universe, Zack is talking with Kimberly about having confidence issues with their battles against Rita and her monsters. Kimberly won't hear of Zack's gloomy outlook and reassures him they will always find a way to win as a team. Before she can grab his hand to help him up, Zack is pulled away by a black energy field and teleported along with several other black streams of light. Zack then hears a distress beacon from Adam requesting all who wield the Black Mastodon Power Crystal across time and space to come to help as all the other Rangers of his world are gone and he is all that is left after Rita created the Crystal Cryptid to destroy his world. Zack says that is all he needs to know and morphs into the Black Ranger. As he emerges from the teleportation stream, Zack is surprised to see he is among an army of Black Rangers from different universes and points in time. The Black Ranger Army rallies and overpowers the Crystal Cryptid using their various skills, weapons and abilities, finally destroying it.
The various Zacks and Adams interact with one another briefly and the Adam who contacted them thanks them all for saving his world and giving him the chance to rebuild it, holding the Power Crystals of his fallen comrades that powered the Crystal Cryptid. The Zack of the main timeline thanks Adam for renewing his confidence that he can make a difference. Adam reminds him that no matter what a Ranger stands firm in the belief that they can win no matter the odds, protect those in need and never give up. Zack returns back home happy in knowing that even in the most hopeless of situations, the Power Rangers will ultimately stand triumphant.
Perfect
Sabrina's Day Out
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Notes
- In Trini's Vacation, Trini mentions the forest around Boulder Cliff and how it is full of woodland creatures and sarcastically says that maybe they can befriend her and do her hair. This is a reference to various Disney films starring Disney Princesses such as Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella where animals would help the main heroine.
- In Forever Mighty Morphin' Black, several Black Rangers from different alternate universes and points in time appear. Among them are:
- The Adam Park that contacted them all, who is on an apocalyptic Earth ruined by Rita's Crystal Cryptid monster. He is a much older version of Adam in his late 50s with a beard, mustache and long greying hair in a ponytail. He still has the Black Shogunzord, but it obviously is the last Zord in existence as all the others have presumably been destroyed along with their respective Rangers.
- Adam Park wearing the Defender Vest from his appearance in Once a Ranger.
- Abraham of the Wild West Rangers from the Power Rangers episode of the same name.
- Adam Park in his Ninja form from the 1995 Movie Timeline
- A female Zack (Presumably from a gender flipped universe where the male Rangers of the team are female and vice versa)
- A medieval Black Ranger from an unknown universe.
- The Armored Black Ranger wearing the Dragon Shield.
- Various other Zacks from different seasons and points of the Mighty Morphin era (as they all wear different hairstyles Walter Jones had during his time on the show).
- Two older adult versions of Zack from the future or alternate realities.
- A Zack who wielded the Ninja Powers
- A Black Ranger from a universe where the Power Rangers are more traditional style comic book superheroes, as this Black Ranger sports a cape with his costume and can fly like Superman.
- A Black Ranger in massive power armor.
- A White Ranger that has the colors of the Mighty Morphin Black costume inverted.
- Zack from the Pink Ranger mini-series comic in his All New Black Ranger form.
- Adam from the Power Rangers in Space episode Always a Chance is briefly seen in a cameo.
- The title of the third story is a reference to the anniversary episode Forever Red.
- In Perfect,Finster's wife is named Plepra, which is a reference to his Zyuranger counterpart Pleprechaun.
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