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| + | At Bridgeport Township High School, the board has made some cuts to their budget eliminating the science department and a party is held for Tommy Oliver's untimely retirement. His wife Kathrine is soon leaving with her school for a trip to the planet Triforia and once she returns, she and Tommy will be taking a vacation for a few weeks. David McCarthy, head of the science department gives a toast to Tommy and hopes he does well with his life. The next day, Tommy is driving to drop Kat off and she said that their son JJ called to warn her of Varox Radicals on Triforia. Tommy asks if they sent a batallion of S.P.D. officers to work the spacecraft Kat replied that it was probably tied to a gang war. Tommy wonders if during their time as rangers really made a difference, but Kat reassures him that he saved many lives for the better as a ranger, as a teacher, and as a father. As Kat leaves, Tommy experiences problems with his back leading to a trip to New Tech City Hospital. The doctor says he should've came a few weeks ago and asks for when the last time he had them stripped and reconnected. Tommy replied not since they were put in since the "car accident". The doctor said they'll run longer diagnostics in a few weeks and told him not to do anything crazy. |
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| + | At home, Tommy pulls out his Master Morpher and thinks back to the day of the "car accident" 8 years ago, which in reality Tommy was fighting an unknown monster as the Green and White Ranger, resulting in critical damage to his back and the Master Morpher. Just then his son calls him from S.P.D. headquarters letting him know that he's going to a concert at his friend Dak's. Tommy asks what's going on with him at S.P.D. but JJ said that they were strict about what he can say about his business, and he tells him he'll see him next weekend as his ride arrives. Somewhere in the city, JJ gets into a fight with alien muggers, and suddenly an unknown figure approches him. A few days later, Tommy is just about to leave after going food shopping when Anara approaches his car. She tells him that JJ has gone missing and he never showed up at Dak's. Tommy thought S.P.D. was keeping busy, but Arnara said that JJ quit a few weeks ago and told her that if someting happended to him, she should go to his father, and she gave him her number. Tommy tried to call JJ but to no avail, then he called Kat asking if she had talk to JJ but the last time was last Tuesday. Tommy expained what was going on and said he was going to talk to Sky Tate. At S.P.D. Headquaters, Tommy meets up with Sky and tells him whats been going on lately, but Sky tries to hide what he know but Tommy demanded to know and Sky said it was true. He also added that they'll do everything the could to find JJ but to leave it to them as Tommy left. After a while Tommy called Kat again, and told her he was going to find their son athough she was hesitant about the idea she also told him to be careful with "it" as Tommy said it was packed for emergencies only. |
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| + | That night Anara and Tommy began to track down his son as they came to an underground club. Tommy asked what this place had to do with it and Anara said that there was a man that JJ talked to named Maurice who had connections to "The Witch". Tommy gets out of the car and goes inside saying that unwelcomed spots are his thing. Inside, Tommy orders a club soda and notices a group of monsters and bribes the bartender with cash to get information, but gets into a fight forcing him to morph into Dino Thunder Black. Forcing to get info, one of the monsters told him there was another gang on the west side wanting to buy what the witch was selling. Outisde, Tommy was powered down by force without command. Anara looks at the morpher and finds out the gar the lets the morpher quich change between forms is blown out, so Tommy would be able to morph only in a fixed order. She notices it's also destroying his power coins and that everytime he morph's the powers for that coin would be done for. Tommy said it was worth the risk for his son. Anara asked if there was any information they could use, but Tommy was hesitant about working with her and told her she's just a kid. Anara said that JJ was her friend and she came to Tommy because no other grown up believed in her and that they needed to work together. A while later, they observe a gang called the Iron Raptors arrive to meet with Maurice. He offers some crystals tht give off powers. JJ arrives much to his fathers suprise offering green as a suggestion crushing the crystsl in his hand changing into a makeshift green ranger. Tommy thought his son was being mind controlled, but a thug has the two gunpoint and Tommy morphs into the Red Turbo Ranger. Maurice tells his men to attack him. As Anara is assisting Tommy, JJ attacks his father. Tommy tries to reason with him but his son escapes with Maurice and his men as the building is starting to come down. Tommy's powers protect him and Anara, but Tommy's servos in his back act up again. As she fixes Tommy's cybertnetics, he explains that during his time as a ranger, he was mind controlled without hesitation. He began to wonder if his son is doing this on his own will. Anara explained that her father worked on S.P.D. Morphers and wanted to be a ranger, but when he couldn't he passed it down to his daughter which she refused. It broke her fathers heart when she didn't join the A-Sqaud and she felt she let her father down. Then she told him how hard its been for JJ to be living in his fathers shadow and the pressure he's been having at S.P.D. Then they began with whats left of the green crystal for clues. |
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| + | Arriving at an apartment complex, they meet with Rita's former hand Finister who after Zordon's wave purified his soul, was able to turn to study of fine arts. Tommy spoke to to him about the crystal to see if there's anything he can do. Finister said there's enough energy to locate the source with a spell which traced it to Pasten's Tower. Finister said that the crystal had some familiar dark magic. Anara thought it was Rita Repulsa, but Tommy said that she should've been purified when Zordon's wave hit her. Finister said that people get secon chances but end up making the same mistakes. He then gives Tommy and Anara a weapon that'll shut down her spell casting for several minutes, Tommy then thanks him for all of his help. At Pasten's Tower, Tommy and Anara are looking over Maurice's men and told her that Zeo was up next and overtime, that power got stronger. Morphing into Zeo Ranger V Red, he took down the thugs while Anara went through the back door. JJ was there and told her she shouldn't have come. Anara and his father were trying to help him but JJ said he was working undercover and he had to go in deep and when the time was right, he could put an end to it once and for all. Anara told Tommy they blew the whole operation, but Tommy belittled JJ for attacking him, but JJ said he didn't havew a choice. Just then, "the witch" arrived and revealed that she was not Rita, but Scorpina! Anara tried to use the device but to no use, and the fight ends with JJ captured by Scorpina, and Anara falling with Tommy cushining her fall. Luckly, the Zeo power were enough to save them both and Tommy's back as well. They go back to Finister's and find his body dead on the floor. suudenly they hear a voice find a clay statue of Finister speaking. He says that Scorpina has lose ends that she wanted to tie, and that it's been so long that "he" brought clay to life and that he doesn't have much time. Tommy apologized to Finister for what happened, but he said that this was going to come back at us someday. Finister said that he did research on the dark crystals that they are powerful magic beyond Rita's abilities and the only one who was powerful enough to create them was Lokar. Scorpina promised him a tribute sacrifice which will require JJ in exchange for power. As Finisters clay body started to decay, he said that if anyone could save his son, it's his father. Tommy realizes what he has been doing and Anara figures out a plan to save his son. Just then Tommy got a message. |
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| + | Elsewhere, JJ was tied to a boulder while Scorpina prepared the ritual. JJ questioned what happened to her years ago despite the fact he was going to be sacrificed. She explains that during his fathers time as a ranger, she was unfifilled with her place and she tried to steal some of Rita's spell books but she was set up. Rita banished her to the Talos dimension and spent years bargening with Lokar but had nothing to offer. When the Zordon Wave came and she was unaffected she offered herself to him as an agent on Earth but with strings attached. Instead of returning when she was banished she returned decades later. Armed with the crystals to make twisted version of the Power Rangers she began her plans from scratch, allown Lokar to feed on the chaos. Once the sacrifice is complete he will give her more power than Rita ever had. Just then, Tommy arrived as the White Ranger with S.P.D. renforcements, Blue Senturion, and Kat. As Tommy was fighting Scorpina, she crushed all the crystals she had, being filled with more power and grabbing JJ. Rather than using his final morph for himself, Tommy gave his son the Master Morpher transforming into the Green Ranger. JJ put up a good fight until Lokar's voice was heard. Scorpina asked for more time but he had enough and took Scorpina and her recruits with him promising to return again. Anara told JJ he was a natural at being a ranger, and he said he had a pretty good role model, hugging his family. Weeks later at a dock, JJ asked his father if he could stick around finding a place at S.P.D. which Tommy decline deciding to find something else to do. JJ then asked if he's gonna miss all of this, Tommy said that everytime he quit being a ranger, it always came back to him, but he was finally done with ranger life. Kat and Tommy praised their son to continue his work and told them to call them more often. Anara said goodbye to his family as well as the boat sailed off. Just then JJ got a call saying they're need. Anara asks where, and JJ says off planet. JJ morphs into an S.P.D. Green Ranger with his father's dragon shield. |
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Power Rangers: Soul of the Dragon is a graphic novel published by Boom! Studios and written by Kyle Higgins.
Synopsis
After his time as the Black Dino Ranger in Dino Thunder, Tommy Oliver has moved on from being a Ranger, letting the S.P.D. Rangers defend the world. Unfortunately, his son goes missing, and he'll have to discover some things about his past and join up with some surprising teammates to find him and bring him home safely.
Continuity and Placement
- Sky Tate's appearance as Earth commander of Space Patrol Delta places this story following Power Rangers SPD (2025) in the timeframe established by Once A Ranger, where Bridge Carson reveals that he has become the new Red Ranger to replace Sky who had himself been promoted when Fowler Birdie retired as Supreme Commander and replaced by Anubis Cruger.
- Tommy Oliver is said to have last morphed 8 years ago.
- Tommy recalls that he first received his Zeo Power Coin 20 years ago.
Plot
At Bridgeport Township High School, the board has made some cuts to their budget eliminating the science department and a party is held for Tommy Oliver's untimely retirement. His wife Kathrine is soon leaving with her school for a trip to the planet Triforia and once she returns, she and Tommy will be taking a vacation for a few weeks. David McCarthy, head of the science department gives a toast to Tommy and hopes he does well with his life. The next day, Tommy is driving to drop Kat off and she said that their son JJ called to warn her of Varox Radicals on Triforia. Tommy asks if they sent a batallion of S.P.D. officers to work the spacecraft Kat replied that it was probably tied to a gang war. Tommy wonders if during their time as rangers really made a difference, but Kat reassures him that he saved many lives for the better as a ranger, as a teacher, and as a father. As Kat leaves, Tommy experiences problems with his back leading to a trip to New Tech City Hospital. The doctor says he should've came a few weeks ago and asks for when the last time he had them stripped and reconnected. Tommy replied not since they were put in since the "car accident". The doctor said they'll run longer diagnostics in a few weeks and told him not to do anything crazy. At home, Tommy pulls out his Master Morpher and thinks back to the day of the "car accident" 8 years ago, which in reality Tommy was fighting an unknown monster as the Green and White Ranger, resulting in critical damage to his back and the Master Morpher. Just then his son calls him from S.P.D. headquarters letting him know that he's going to a concert at his friend Dak's. Tommy asks what's going on with him at S.P.D. but JJ said that they were strict about what he can say about his business, and he tells him he'll see him next weekend as his ride arrives. Somewhere in the city, JJ gets into a fight with alien muggers, and suddenly an unknown figure approches him. A few days later, Tommy is just about to leave after going food shopping when Anara approaches his car. She tells him that JJ has gone missing and he never showed up at Dak's. Tommy thought S.P.D. was keeping busy, but Arnara said that JJ quit a few weeks ago and told her that if someting happended to him, she should go to his father, and she gave him her number. Tommy tried to call JJ but to no avail, then he called Kat asking if she had talk to JJ but the last time was last Tuesday. Tommy expained what was going on and said he was going to talk to Sky Tate. At S.P.D. Headquaters, Tommy meets up with Sky and tells him whats been going on lately, but Sky tries to hide what he know but Tommy demanded to know and Sky said it was true. He also added that they'll do everything the could to find JJ but to leave it to them as Tommy left. After a while Tommy called Kat again, and told her he was going to find their son athough she was hesitant about the idea she also told him to be careful with "it" as Tommy said it was packed for emergencies only. That night Anara and Tommy began to track down his son as they came to an underground club. Tommy asked what this place had to do with it and Anara said that there was a man that JJ talked to named Maurice who had connections to "The Witch". Tommy gets out of the car and goes inside saying that unwelcomed spots are his thing. Inside, Tommy orders a club soda and notices a group of monsters and bribes the bartender with cash to get information, but gets into a fight forcing him to morph into Dino Thunder Black. Forcing to get info, one of the monsters told him there was another gang on the west side wanting to buy what the witch was selling. Outisde, Tommy was powered down by force without command. Anara looks at the morpher and finds out the gar the lets the morpher quich change between forms is blown out, so Tommy would be able to morph only in a fixed order. She notices it's also destroying his power coins and that everytime he morph's the powers for that coin would be done for. Tommy said it was worth the risk for his son. Anara asked if there was any information they could use, but Tommy was hesitant about working with her and told her she's just a kid. Anara said that JJ was her friend and she came to Tommy because no other grown up believed in her and that they needed to work together. A while later, they observe a gang called the Iron Raptors arrive to meet with Maurice. He offers some crystals tht give off powers. JJ arrives much to his fathers suprise offering green as a suggestion crushing the crystsl in his hand changing into a makeshift green ranger. Tommy thought his son was being mind controlled, but a thug has the two gunpoint and Tommy morphs into the Red Turbo Ranger. Maurice tells his men to attack him. As Anara is assisting Tommy, JJ attacks his father. Tommy tries to reason with him but his son escapes with Maurice and his men as the building is starting to come down. Tommy's powers protect him and Anara, but Tommy's servos in his back act up again. As she fixes Tommy's cybertnetics, he explains that during his time as a ranger, he was mind controlled without hesitation. He began to wonder if his son is doing this on his own will. Anara explained that her father worked on S.P.D. Morphers and wanted to be a ranger, but when he couldn't he passed it down to his daughter which she refused. It broke her fathers heart when she didn't join the A-Sqaud and she felt she let her father down. Then she told him how hard its been for JJ to be living in his fathers shadow and the pressure he's been having at S.P.D. Then they began with whats left of the green crystal for clues. Arriving at an apartment complex, they meet with Rita's former hand Finister who after Zordon's wave purified his soul, was able to turn to study of fine arts. Tommy spoke to to him about the crystal to see if there's anything he can do. Finister said there's enough energy to locate the source with a spell which traced it to Pasten's Tower. Finister said that the crystal had some familiar dark magic. Anara thought it was Rita Repulsa, but Tommy said that she should've been purified when Zordon's wave hit her. Finister said that people get secon chances but end up making the same mistakes. He then gives Tommy and Anara a weapon that'll shut down her spell casting for several minutes, Tommy then thanks him for all of his help. At Pasten's Tower, Tommy and Anara are looking over Maurice's men and told her that Zeo was up next and overtime, that power got stronger. Morphing into Zeo Ranger V Red, he took down the thugs while Anara went through the back door. JJ was there and told her she shouldn't have come. Anara and his father were trying to help him but JJ said he was working undercover and he had to go in deep and when the time was right, he could put an end to it once and for all. Anara told Tommy they blew the whole operation, but Tommy belittled JJ for attacking him, but JJ said he didn't havew a choice. Just then, "the witch" arrived and revealed that she was not Rita, but Scorpina! Anara tried to use the device but to no use, and the fight ends with JJ captured by Scorpina, and Anara falling with Tommy cushining her fall. Luckly, the Zeo power were enough to save them both and Tommy's back as well. They go back to Finister's and find his body dead on the floor. suudenly they hear a voice find a clay statue of Finister speaking. He says that Scorpina has lose ends that she wanted to tie, and that it's been so long that "he" brought clay to life and that he doesn't have much time. Tommy apologized to Finister for what happened, but he said that this was going to come back at us someday. Finister said that he did research on the dark crystals that they are powerful magic beyond Rita's abilities and the only one who was powerful enough to create them was Lokar. Scorpina promised him a tribute sacrifice which will require JJ in exchange for power. As Finisters clay body started to decay, he said that if anyone could save his son, it's his father. Tommy realizes what he has been doing and Anara figures out a plan to save his son. Just then Tommy got a message. Elsewhere, JJ was tied to a boulder while Scorpina prepared the ritual. JJ questioned what happened to her years ago despite the fact he was going to be sacrificed. She explains that during his fathers time as a ranger, she was unfifilled with her place and she tried to steal some of Rita's spell books but she was set up. Rita banished her to the Talos dimension and spent years bargening with Lokar but had nothing to offer. When the Zordon Wave came and she was unaffected she offered herself to him as an agent on Earth but with strings attached. Instead of returning when she was banished she returned decades later. Armed with the crystals to make twisted version of the Power Rangers she began her plans from scratch, allown Lokar to feed on the chaos. Once the sacrifice is complete he will give her more power than Rita ever had. Just then, Tommy arrived as the White Ranger with S.P.D. renforcements, Blue Senturion, and Kat. As Tommy was fighting Scorpina, she crushed all the crystals she had, being filled with more power and grabbing JJ. Rather than using his final morph for himself, Tommy gave his son the Master Morpher transforming into the Green Ranger. JJ put up a good fight until Lokar's voice was heard. Scorpina asked for more time but he had enough and took Scorpina and her recruits with him promising to return again. Anara told JJ he was a natural at being a ranger, and he said he had a pretty good role model, hugging his family. Weeks later at a dock, JJ asked his father if he could stick around finding a place at S.P.D. which Tommy decline deciding to find something else to do. JJ then asked if he's gonna miss all of this, Tommy said that everytime he quit being a ranger, it always came back to him, but he was finally done with ranger life. Kat and Tommy praised their son to continue his work and told them to call them more often. Anara said goodbye to his family as well as the boat sailed off. Just then JJ got a call saying they're need. Anara asks where, and JJ says off planet. JJ morphs into an S.P.D. Green Ranger with his father's dragon shield.
Characters
Rangers
Green Ranger
White Ranger Zeo Ranger V Red Red Turbo Ranger Black Dino Ranger |
Tommy Oliver |
| Counterfeit Green Ranger Green Ranger S.P.D. Green Dragon Ranger |
JJ Oliver |
| S.P.D. Red Ranger | Bridge Carson |
| S.P.D. Blue Ranger | Lina Song |
| S.P.D. Shadow Ranger | Anubis Cruger |
Allies
| Blue Senturion | Blue Senturion |
- David McCarthy
Villains
- Lokar
- Scorpina
- Maurice
- Evil Space Aliens (flashback)
Notes
- This is one of Kyle Higgins' last Power Rangers projects.
- Fans and comic book news sites have dubbed the story as "Old Man Tommy" as a meme, a reference to the popular X-Men story "Old Man Logan".[2]
- Despite Tommy not morphing into the Red Turbo Ranger in Dimmesions In Danger, it is revealed that the master morpher can allow Tommy to use those sets of powers and he just chose not to use them then.
- Soul of the Dragon revisits a concept of the Morphin Grid seen in the Color Swap Arc of Go Go Power Rangers, that each specific color of a Ranger gives a boost in a specific set of stats. The dealer of the performance enhancing crystals explains that his merchandise is almost like the real thing and goes over certain colors and what they give their user.
- Black: Enhanced Strength. Zack has been shown to be much tougher to take down in a fight than the other Rangers. One example of this is his fight against Batman in JL/MMPR, while injured, Zack was still able to hold his own for a bit before Batman successfully held him down to restrain him.
- Yellow: Enhanced Agility and Speed. This was proven true in Go Go Power Rangers, as Jason felt he was faster while his powers were in the Yellow spectrum when he outran the Breel creatures chasing him.
- Pink: Balanced stats. Enhancing combat attributes that a user may be weaker in to turn the wielder into a well rounded fighter.
- Green: Unknown, as the dealer's demonstration was interrupted by Tommy getting caught eavesdropping and causing a ruckus.
References
Footnotes