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| − | *[[Sky Tate]]'s appearance as [[Earth]] commander of [[Space Patrol Delta]] places this story following ''[[Power Rangers |
+ | *[[Sky Tate]]'s appearance as [[Earth]] commander of [[Space Patrol Delta]] places this story following ''[[Power Rangers S.P.D.]]'' (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 was replaced by [[Anubis Cruger]]. |
| − | **[[Tommy Oliver]] is said to have last [[morph]]ed 8 years ago. |
+ | **[[Tommy Oliver]] is said to have last [[morph]]ed 8 years ago. Assuming this refers to [[Dimensions in Danger]], the last time Tommy canonically appears morphed, the earliest this story could take place is 2027, nine years after Dimensions in Danger and two year after ''S.P.D.''. |
| − | **Tommy recalls that he first received his [[Zeo]] [[Power Coin]] 20 years ago. |
+ | **Tommy recalls that he first received his [[Zeo]] [[Power Coin]] 20 years ago. Given that he had the Zeo Power Coin in Dimensions in Danger, the latest this story could take place is 2038. |
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| + | At Bridgeport Township High School, after his department is cut, Tommy Oliver attends a going away party with his wife Katherine Hillard-Oliver. |
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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. |
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| + | The following day while driving Katherine to the airport for her work trip to Triforia (''the home of the Gold Zeo Ranger'') Tommy wonders if they did good work as Power Rangers. Katherine reminds Tommy how they saved the world countless times and helped the world advance at an incredible rate so he should enjoy some well deserved rest. After Katherine leaves Tommy suddenly feels pain in his back. |
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| − | 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 come a few weeks ago and asks about the last time he had them stripped and reconnected. Tommy replies not since they were put in since the "car accident". The doctor said they'll run longer diagnostics in a few weeks and tells him not to do anything crazy. |
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| + | While being checked out by some doctors about his cybernetic back implants, we learn that sometime in the past Tommy was involved in a solo fight with a big monster. During the fight, Tommy’s [[Master Morpher]] is damaged and he gets a severe back injury. Sometime later, Tommy contacts his son, JJ. As they catch up, JJ apologizes for not attending his dad’s party because of his work at [[Space Patrol Delta|S.P.D.]] keeping him busy. JJ’s ride to a concert arrives and he says he has to go. After hanging up the phone, Tommy stares at his morpher and an old picture of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers team. Elsewhere JJ runs into a gang who quickly try to capture him. Though JJ is able to put up a fight, a mysterious person catches him off guard with an explosion. A few days later Anara (''JJ’s SPD colleague'') finds and tells Tommy that JJ has disappeared. She then reveals JJ recently quit S.P.D. and asks Tommy to reach out to a number of someone she thinks knows about JJ’s disappearance. |
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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. |
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| + | After talking to Katherine about this, Tommy goes up to the S.P.D. satellite headquarters above Earth to talk to Sky Tate (''former S.P.D. Blue Ranger and current S.P.D. Commander''). Sky reveals that he and the other S.P.D. officers knew something was off with JJ so they decided to give him space, which is when he suddenly went off the grid the previous day. Sky assures Tommy that S.P.D. is on JJ’s disappearance case. Tommy calls Katherine and says he is going to look for their son. Katherine backs Tommy up on what he wants to do. While talking to Anara, Tommy learns that JJ was working on a case where someone named “The Witch” kept popping up. She leads Tommy to a gangster bar. Tommy decides to go inside alone. In the bar, Tommy notices a suspicious group and brides the bartender to get their attention. When the group approaches Tommy they instantly attack him. Tommy morphs into his Black Dino Ranger form and is easily able to fight the group off. When the group runs off, Tommy leaves from the back with Anara. |
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| − | Somewhere in the city, JJ gets into a fight with alien muggers, and suddenly an unknown figure approaches 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 JJ busy, but Arnara says that JJ quit a few weeks ago and tells her that if something happens to him, she should go to his father and she gave him her number. Tommy tries to call JJ but to no avail. He then calls Kat asking if she has spoken to JJ which is revealed to be the previous Tuesday. Tommy explains what is going on and says he is going to speak to Sky Tate. At S.P.D. Headquarters, Tommy meets with Sky and tells him what has been going on lately but Sky tries to hide what he knows. Persistently, Tommy demands to know and Sky says it is true and adds that they'll do everything they can to find JJ and should leave the work to S.P.D.. Sometime later, Tommy calls Kat again and tells her that he is going to find their son. Kat expresses her hesitation about the idea but she also tells Tommy to be careful with "it" as Tommy states he is packed with the Master Morpher for emergencies, only. |
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| + | Anara is stunned that Tommy morphed. Tommy’s powers suddenly become unstable and he de-morphs. Anara takes a look at the Master Morpher and discovers that the coin inside it is being destroyed each time Tommy morphs due to the damage to the morpher. Tommy says he is already aware of this but will do anything to save his son. Anara tells Tommy that he will need her to save JJ as he can’t rely on just his Ranger powers. Tommy and Anara then watch a gang running a demonstration of their new product. They are shocked to see JJ there. JJ uses the gang’s special crystal to morph into a version of the MMPR Green Ranger. Tommy and Anara are suddenly caught by one of the gang members. Tommy morphs into his Red Turbo Ranger form and confronts JJ. During the fight, JJ is able to blast Tommy in the face which destroys Tommy's helmet and knocks him unconscious. |
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| − | That night, Anara and Tommy begin to tracking JJ as they come to an underground club. Tommy asks what this place had to do with JJ and Anara says that there was a man named Maurice that JJ talked to who has connections to "The Witch." Tommy gets out of the car and goes inside saying that unwelcoming 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. In ranger form, Tommy is able to force info out of one of the monsters who tells him there is another gang on the west side wanting to buy what the witch is selling. Outside, Tommy forcedly is powered down. Anara examines the morpher and discovers that gear the lets the morpher quick-change between forms is blown out thus forcing Tommy only morph in a fixed order. She also notices it's destroying his power coins and that every time he morphs power coin will be destroyed. Tommy says it is worth the risk for his son. Anara asks if there is any information they can use but Tommy is hesitant about working with her and tells her she's just a kid. Anara says that JJ is her friend and she came to Tommy because no other grown up believes in her and that they need to work together. |
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| + | A little later, Anara is able to wake Tommy just as the buildings in the area collapse on top of them. Tommy is able to protect them both by powering back up. When they get out of the wreckage, Tommy’s back implants stop working and he is forced to reveal details of his injury to Anara. While Anara helps him, Tommy talks about his past and how he wants to help JJ not go down the wrong path. Anara says JJ may have felt Tommy’s shadow to be too great but they must focus on figuring out what the crystal JJ used is. Tommy goes to the apartment of Finster. After catching up, Tommy asks Finster about the green crystal. Finster is able to detect some magic behind the crystal and tracks its point of origin to Pasten’s Tower. Tommy mentions the person responsible is going by “The Witch,” maybe meaning Rita Repulsa is back. Finster gives Tommy a special weapon to battle the dark magic behind the crystal. |
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| − | Later, they observe a gang called the Iron Raptors arriving to meet with Maurice. He offers some crystals that give off powers. JJ arrives much to his fathers surprise offering green as a suggestion crushing the crystal in his hand changing into an ersatz green ranger. While observing from afar with Anara, Tommy posits that his son is being mind controlled only to be interrupted by a gun toting thug. Tommy is forced to morph into the Red Turbo Ranger and 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 of his own will. Anara explains that her father worked on S.P.D. Morphers and wanted to be a ranger, but when he couldn't he passed down his dream 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 tells him how hard it has been for JJ to live in his fathers shadow and the pressure he is under at S.P.D.. They then begin with what's left of the green crystal for clues. |
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| + | Near the tower Tommy morphs into his Red Zeo Ranger form and takes on the guards in the area while Anara tracks down JJ. Anara is able to find JJ, who reveals to her that he is undercover. Tommy catches up to them and finds this out as well. JJ reveals he has been in deep cover to discover what is going on with the power crystals that have appeared. As Tommy and JJ argue about the secrets “The Witch” suddenly appears. The Witch is revealed to be Scorpina. Tommy, Anara and JJ try to fight Scorpina but she easily overpowers them. Scorpina throws Tommy and Anara off a building and teleports away with JJ as her prisoner. After recovering Tommy tells Anara he needs to go back to see if Finster knows anything else that could help them. When they get back to the apartment they find Finster’s dead body. While looking around Tommy discovers a statue in the form of Finster. Finster’s final creation talks to Tommy about how Finster discovered the crystals come from Lokar. It goes on to reveal that Lokar requested the son of Tommy Oliver as a sacrifice from Scorpina in exchange for great power. The statue gives Tommy Finster’s final apology and says Tommy has always risen above the odds. It then crumbles into dust. |
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| − | Arriving at an apartment complex, they meet with Rita's former hand Finister who was purified after Zordon's wave and has to turned to study of fine arts. Tommy speaks to him about the crystal to see if there's anything he can do. Finister says there's enough energy to locate the source with a spell and traces it to Pasten's Tower. Finister says that the crystal has some familiar dark magic which Anara attributes to Rita Repulsa. Tommy counters, saying that Rita should have been purified when Zordon's wave hit her. Finister says that people get second chances but end up making the same mistakes. He then gives Tommy and Anara a weapon that will 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 is next and over time, the Zeo power has gotten stronger. Morphing into Zeo Ranger V Red, he takes down the thugs while Anara goes through the back door. JJ is there and tells her she shouldn't have come. Anara and his father are trying to help him but JJ says he is 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 tells Tommy they blew the whole operation, but Tommy belittles JJ for attacking him, though JJ says he didn't have a choice. Just then, "the witch" arrives and revealed that she was not Rita, but Scorpina! Anara tries to use the device but to no use, and the fight ends with JJ captured by Scorpina, and Anara falling with Tommy to cushion her fall. Luckily, the Zeo powers are enough to save them both along with Tommy's back. They return to Finister's to find his body dead on the floor. Suddenly, they hear a voice and 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 apologizes to Finister for what happened, but he said that this was going to come back at them someday. Finister says that he did research on the dark crystals discovering they are a powerful magic beyond Rita's abilities and the only one who is powerful enough to create them is Lokar. Scorpina promises him a tribute sacrifice which will require JJ in exchange for power. As Finister's clay body begins to decay, he says that if anyone could save JJ, it is his father. Tommy realizes what he has been doing and Anara figures out a plan to save his son. Just then Tommy gets a message. |
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| + | Tommy blames himself for how bad he made things turn out. Anara tells Tommy to focus on the now so they can save JJ. Tommy suddenly realizes something when looking at his phone. Elsewhere Scorpina prepares to sacrifice JJ to Lokar. As she makes her preparations Scorpina reveals when she tried to steal one of Rita’s spell books Rita banished Scorpina to the Talos Dimension. She goes on to state that after Zordon’s Wave wiped out Lord Zedd, Rita and Lokar’s other allies, she struck a deal with Lokar to return. Lokar returned Scorpina several decades into the future, gave her dark crystal with similar powers to the Power Rangers and sacrifice Tommy’s son to him. As Scorpina is about to begin the ritual Tommy, as the White Ranger, appears with Katherine, Blue Senturion and SPD Power Rangers as back-up. JJ reveals that he activated his tracker so the SPD could find him. |
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| − | Elsewhere, JJ is tied to a boulder while Scorpina prepares the ritual. JJ questions what happened to her years ago despite the fact he is going to be sacrificed. She explains that during his father's time as a ranger, she was unfulfilled with her place with Rita. 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 bargaining with Lokar but had nothing to offer. When the Zordon Wave came and she was unaffected and 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, allowing Lokar to feed on the chaos. Once the sacrifice is complete he will give her more power than Rita ever had. Just then, Tommy arrives as the White Ranger with S.P.D. reinforcements, the Blue Senturion, and Kat. As Tommy is fighting Scorpina, she crushes all the crystals she has to increase her power and grabs JJ. Rather than using his final morph for himself, Tommy throws the Master Morpher to his son allowing JJ to transform into the Green Ranger. JJ puts up a good fight until Lokar's voice is heard. Scorpina asks for more time but he has had enough and takes Scorpina and her recruits with him promising to return again. Anara tells JJ he is a natural at being a ranger, and he says he had a pretty good role model, hugging his family. |
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| + | Tommy and his allies are able to take on Scorpina and her allies. As a last resort Scorpina uses the dark power crystals to take on a new form and grow in size. She immediately knocks Tommy away, causing his back injury to paralyze him again. Noticing that Scorpina grabbed JJ, Tommy throws his Master Morpher to JJ. JJ is able to catch it and uses it to morph into the Mighty Morphin Green Power Ranger. With his new power JJ is able to help turn the tide of the fight for his allies. Eventually Lokar appears and states that Scorpina has failed. Lokar then forces Scorpina and her allies to return to the Talos Dimension. As Scorpina’s remaining allies are arrested Anara compliments JJ on being a natural with the Dragonzord power coin. Tommy, Katherine, JJ and Anara hug. |
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| − | Weeks later at a dock, JJ asks his father if he could stick around finding a place at S.P.D. which Tommy declines deciding to find something else to do. JJ then asks if he's gonna miss all of this, Tommy says that every time he quit being a ranger, it always came back to him, but he was finally done with ranger life. Kat and Tommy praise their son to continue his work and tells him to call them more often. Anara says goodbye to Tommy and Kat as well as the boat drives off. Just then JJ gets 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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| width="40" style="background-color:green" |<font color="white">Counterfeit Green Ranger<br /><font color="white">Green Ranger<br /><font color="#CFB53B">S.P.D. Green Dragon Ranger</font></font></font> |
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*This is one of [[Kyle Higgins]]' last ''[[Power Rangers]]'' projects. |
*This is one of [[Kyle Higgins]]' last ''[[Power Rangers]]'' projects. |
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| + | *The story also serves to help explain the disappearance of [[Scorpina ]] from “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” and her absence from the Zordon wave scene at the end of “Power Rangers: In Space” as well as resolving the fate of Lokar. |
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*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".<ref>http://www.denofgeek.com/us/books/power-rangers/273991/power-rangers-reveals-future-history-of-green-ranger</ref> |
*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".<ref>http://www.denofgeek.com/us/books/power-rangers/273991/power-rangers-reveals-future-history-of-green-ranger</ref> |
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| − | *Despite Tommy not morphing into the Red Turbo Ranger in Dimmesions In Danger, |
+ | *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. |
| + | *[[Anara]] speculates that either [[Billy Cranston]] from “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” or [[Angela Fairweather]] from “Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue” may have constructed the Master Morpher |
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*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. |
*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. |
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**'''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. |
**'''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. |
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| + | **'''Blue: '''Enhanced Intelligence. This was seen in Go Go Power Rangers when Kimberly noted that her intelligence was enhanced when she took on Billy's powers. |
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**'''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. |
**'''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. |
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**'''Pink:''' Balanced stats. Enhancing combat attributes that a user may be weaker in to turn the wielder into a well rounded fighter. |
**'''Pink:''' Balanced stats. Enhancing combat attributes that a user may be weaker in to turn the wielder into a well rounded fighter. |
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Revision as of 13:27, 12 March 2020
 This article is about a/an graphic novel in the Power Rangers franchise.
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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 S.P.D. (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 was replaced by Anubis Cruger.
- Tommy Oliver is said to have last morphed 8 years ago. Assuming this refers to Dimensions in Danger, the last time Tommy canonically appears morphed, the earliest this story could take place is 2027, nine years after Dimensions in Danger and two year after S.P.D..
- Tommy recalls that he first received his Zeo Power Coin 20 years ago. Given that he had the Zeo Power Coin in Dimensions in Danger, the latest this story could take place is 2038.
Plot
At Bridgeport Township High School, after his department is cut, Tommy Oliver attends a going away party with his wife Katherine Hillard-Oliver.
The following day while driving Katherine to the airport for her work trip to Triforia (the home of the Gold Zeo Ranger) Tommy wonders if they did good work as Power Rangers. Katherine reminds Tommy how they saved the world countless times and helped the world advance at an incredible rate so he should enjoy some well deserved rest. After Katherine leaves Tommy suddenly feels pain in his back.
While being checked out by some doctors about his cybernetic back implants, we learn that sometime in the past Tommy was involved in a solo fight with a big monster. During the fight, Tommy’s Master Morpher is damaged and he gets a severe back injury. Sometime later, Tommy contacts his son, JJ. As they catch up, JJ apologizes for not attending his dad’s party because of his work at S.P.D. keeping him busy. JJ’s ride to a concert arrives and he says he has to go. After hanging up the phone, Tommy stares at his morpher and an old picture of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers team. Elsewhere JJ runs into a gang who quickly try to capture him. Though JJ is able to put up a fight, a mysterious person catches him off guard with an explosion. A few days later Anara (JJ’s SPD colleague) finds and tells Tommy that JJ has disappeared. She then reveals JJ recently quit S.P.D. and asks Tommy to reach out to a number of someone she thinks knows about JJ’s disappearance.
After talking to Katherine about this, Tommy goes up to the S.P.D. satellite headquarters above Earth to talk to Sky Tate (former S.P.D. Blue Ranger and current S.P.D. Commander). Sky reveals that he and the other S.P.D. officers knew something was off with JJ so they decided to give him space, which is when he suddenly went off the grid the previous day. Sky assures Tommy that S.P.D. is on JJ’s disappearance case. Tommy calls Katherine and says he is going to look for their son. Katherine backs Tommy up on what he wants to do. While talking to Anara, Tommy learns that JJ was working on a case where someone named “The Witch” kept popping up. She leads Tommy to a gangster bar. Tommy decides to go inside alone. In the bar, Tommy notices a suspicious group and brides the bartender to get their attention. When the group approaches Tommy they instantly attack him. Tommy morphs into his Black Dino Ranger form and is easily able to fight the group off. When the group runs off, Tommy leaves from the back with Anara.
Anara is stunned that Tommy morphed. Tommy’s powers suddenly become unstable and he de-morphs. Anara takes a look at the Master Morpher and discovers that the coin inside it is being destroyed each time Tommy morphs due to the damage to the morpher. Tommy says he is already aware of this but will do anything to save his son. Anara tells Tommy that he will need her to save JJ as he can’t rely on just his Ranger powers. Tommy and Anara then watch a gang running a demonstration of their new product. They are shocked to see JJ there. JJ uses the gang’s special crystal to morph into a version of the MMPR Green Ranger. Tommy and Anara are suddenly caught by one of the gang members. Tommy morphs into his Red Turbo Ranger form and confronts JJ. During the fight, JJ is able to blast Tommy in the face which destroys Tommy's helmet and knocks him unconscious.
A little later, Anara is able to wake Tommy just as the buildings in the area collapse on top of them. Tommy is able to protect them both by powering back up. When they get out of the wreckage, Tommy’s back implants stop working and he is forced to reveal details of his injury to Anara. While Anara helps him, Tommy talks about his past and how he wants to help JJ not go down the wrong path. Anara says JJ may have felt Tommy’s shadow to be too great but they must focus on figuring out what the crystal JJ used is. Tommy goes to the apartment of Finster. After catching up, Tommy asks Finster about the green crystal. Finster is able to detect some magic behind the crystal and tracks its point of origin to Pasten’s Tower. Tommy mentions the person responsible is going by “The Witch,” maybe meaning Rita Repulsa is back. Finster gives Tommy a special weapon to battle the dark magic behind the crystal.
Near the tower Tommy morphs into his Red Zeo Ranger form and takes on the guards in the area while Anara tracks down JJ. Anara is able to find JJ, who reveals to her that he is undercover. Tommy catches up to them and finds this out as well. JJ reveals he has been in deep cover to discover what is going on with the power crystals that have appeared. As Tommy and JJ argue about the secrets “The Witch” suddenly appears. The Witch is revealed to be Scorpina. Tommy, Anara and JJ try to fight Scorpina but she easily overpowers them. Scorpina throws Tommy and Anara off a building and teleports away with JJ as her prisoner. After recovering Tommy tells Anara he needs to go back to see if Finster knows anything else that could help them. When they get back to the apartment they find Finster’s dead body. While looking around Tommy discovers a statue in the form of Finster. Finster’s final creation talks to Tommy about how Finster discovered the crystals come from Lokar. It goes on to reveal that Lokar requested the son of Tommy Oliver as a sacrifice from Scorpina in exchange for great power. The statue gives Tommy Finster’s final apology and says Tommy has always risen above the odds. It then crumbles into dust.
Tommy blames himself for how bad he made things turn out. Anara tells Tommy to focus on the now so they can save JJ. Tommy suddenly realizes something when looking at his phone. Elsewhere Scorpina prepares to sacrifice JJ to Lokar. As she makes her preparations Scorpina reveals when she tried to steal one of Rita’s spell books Rita banished Scorpina to the Talos Dimension. She goes on to state that after Zordon’s Wave wiped out Lord Zedd, Rita and Lokar’s other allies, she struck a deal with Lokar to return. Lokar returned Scorpina several decades into the future, gave her dark crystal with similar powers to the Power Rangers and sacrifice Tommy’s son to him. As Scorpina is about to begin the ritual Tommy, as the White Ranger, appears with Katherine, Blue Senturion and SPD Power Rangers as back-up. JJ reveals that he activated his tracker so the SPD could find him.
Tommy and his allies are able to take on Scorpina and her allies. As a last resort Scorpina uses the dark power crystals to take on a new form and grow in size. She immediately knocks Tommy away, causing his back injury to paralyze him again. Noticing that Scorpina grabbed JJ, Tommy throws his Master Morpher to JJ. JJ is able to catch it and uses it to morph into the Mighty Morphin Green Power Ranger. With his new power JJ is able to help turn the tide of the fight for his allies. Eventually Lokar appears and states that Scorpina has failed. Lokar then forces Scorpina and her allies to return to the Talos Dimension. As Scorpina’s remaining allies are arrested Anara compliments JJ on being a natural with the Dragonzord power coin. Tommy, Katherine, JJ and Anara hug.
A few weeks later at the docks Tommy and Katherine tell JJ and Anara they’ve decided to leave and figure out what is next. Tommy states that he feels he is officially done being a Ranger and knows that the future is in good hands now. While Katherine and JJ promise to stay in touch Tommy thanks Anara for all the help she provided.
After Tommy and Katherine leave on their boat JJ and Anara get a message saying they are needed off planet. JJ morphs into the SPD Green Dragon Ranger.
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 |
J.J. Oliver |
| S.P.D. Red Ranger | Bridge Carson |
| S.P.D. Blue Ranger | Lina Song |
| S.P.D. Shadow Ranger | Anubis Cruger |
Allies
| S.P.D. Deka Ranger | Schuyler "Sky" Tate |
| Blue Senturion | Blue Senturion |
- Finster
- David McCarthy
Villains
- Lokar
- Scorpina
- Maurice
- Evil Space Aliens (flashback)
Notes
- This is one of Kyle Higgins' last Power Rangers projects.
- The story also serves to help explain the disappearance of Scorpina from “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” and her absence from the Zordon wave scene at the end of “Power Rangers: In Space” as well as resolving the fate of Lokar.
- 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.
- Anara speculates that either Billy Cranston from “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” or Angela Fairweather from “Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue” may have constructed the Master Morpher
- 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.
- Blue: Enhanced Intelligence. This was seen in Go Go Power Rangers when Kimberly noted that her intelligence was enhanced when she took on Billy's powers.
- 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.
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Footnotes