Zachary "Zack" Taylor is the Black Ranger of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, as well as the All-New Power Rangers. He also served for a time as the team's Pink Ranger. After his departure from the Mighty Morphin team, he became the Black Omega Ranger.
During the events of Go Go Power Rangers, He also (temporary) took on the forms of the Pink Ranger and Green Mastodon Ranger, during the events of Shattered Grid, Zack (temporary) becomes a Mastodon Sentry, after his departure from the Mighty Morphin team.
During Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink, Zack (temporary) became the All-New Black Ranger of the All-New Power Rangers, against Verto and his Fish Monsters, later helping the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers against Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd.
Six years before Arrival Day, Zack is playing dodgeball in P.E. class and meets the new kid Matthew Cook after he manages to land a hit and get Zack out of the game. COMIC STORY-GGPR #13
Five years before Arrival Day, Mr. Taylor convinces Zack to attend the grand opening of the Angel Grove Youth Center. Owner Ernie gives a speech about how he wanted to create a place where kids could make friends and feel safe regardless of what their lives outside it are like. Zack admits the place isn't horrible and meets Jason for the first time. COMIC STORY-GGPR #20
Four months before Arrival Day, an embarrassed Kimberly is with her parents at a fancy restaurant. Kimberly inadvertently gets Zack fired from his job as busboy at the restaurant after she tries to get her salad order corrected. Kimberly was called the "Salad Girl" by Zack and Trini in the early days of school after the incident. COMIC STORY-GGPR #4
In the modern age of Earth, when Rita was released by her prison by two curious astronauts on the Moon, Zordon chose five teenagers to wield the power of the Power Coins to become Power Rangers. Zack Taylor was chosen by Zordon to wield the power of the Mastodon Power Coin to become the Black Ranger. Along with his beloved and trusted assistant Alpha 5, he provides powerful technology for their disposal as well as invaluable insight. Beginning her second invasion of the planet, Rita's monsters were constantly defeated by Zordon's new Power Rangers. These events became known as "Arrival Day" in the comic continuity. TV STORY-Day of the DumpsterCOMIC STORY-GGPR #1
Rita Repulsa sends the Putty Infiltrator to downtown Angel Grove in human form to learn more about the human race and their weaknesses. She also sends down the monster Flog to fight the Rangers and draw them out. Matt refuses to let his girlfriend Kimberly out of his sight like on Arrival Day and gets badly hurt. COMIC STORY-GGPR #3 Rita abducts Matt and holds him prisoner on the Moon, replacing him with the Putty Infiltrator disguised as Matt. COMIC STORY-GGPR #4
Billy attends his Promethea internship interview but arrives late to a battle with Goldar. The fake Matt saves Billy and attempts to assuage Rita's concerns about being influenced by the Rangers. Billy initially hides his Promethea interview from the others and attempts to resign as the Blue Ranger, vouching for Matt to replace him. COMIC STORY-GGPR #6
After talking with the team and telling them about the interview, Billy promises that if they want him to stay he will. He admits that he is afraid and imagines what Matt could do with Ranger powers. At Homecoming, the real Matt stumbles on stage and explains he was abducted by aliens. The fake Matt attempts to escape but is stopped by Jason. The fake Matt transforms into his true form as the Putty Infiltrator to destroy the Rangers. COMIC STORY-GGPR #7
Putty Infiltrator initially tries to rebel against Rita due to his memories of the Rangers as Matt but Rita takes full control and transforms him into a copy of the Dino Megazord. Zordon reminds the Rangers of their training to harness the power of their Zords and they defeat it as a team. COMIC STORY-GGPR #8
After Lord Drakkon's defeat during the future Black Dragon arc of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, he was dragged back into the present day by accident; eventually getting captured and remanded to the care of Promethea and its CEO (and Red Ranger of the 1969 Power Rangers) Grace Sterling. Finster 5 gave the last shard of the Green Chaos Crystal to the Ranger Slayer with the hopes that she could use it and the Gravezord to track down Lord Drakkon and bring him back.
However, the Ranger Slayer goes too far back in time to before Tommy Oliver becomes the Green Ranger. She tries to contact Finster 5 using the Green Chaos Crystal but is unable to. Rita Repulsa then appears and offers to re-power her Gravezord. COMIC STORY-GGPR #9 While the Gravezord is handily defeating the Rangers running autonomously on AI, Matt gets caught in the collateral damage from the Zord battle while attempting to contact the Rangers. COMIC STORY-GGPR #10
The Ranger Slayer sneaks into the Command Center with her Pterodactyl Power Coin and uses a Quantum Field Disruptor to disrupt Zordon’s brain and rips off Alpha 5's arm. She then issues an ultimatum: If they cooperate and let her use the Command Center’s sub-spectrum long-range communication array, she’ll leave them all in peace. When Alpha 5 got defiant, she readied to brutally attack him but then was attacked by the main world's Kimberly Hart, who manages to shatter the Ranger Slayer's Bow of Darkness and thus breaking Drakkon's hold on her.
She returned to the Command Center to repair her bow and plot her next move by using an opportunity changing the fate of past-present Power Rangers, including that timeline's Tommy and Matt. She uses an improved Green Chaos Crystal to revive the Gravezord to fight alongside the Mighty Morphin Megazord against two monsters, then implanted one of the crystal's fragments into her arrows to shoot past-present Tommy, giving him the vision to prevent his original future-present's fate without killing him. The Rangers managed to defeat the two monsters with Mega Gravezord's Inferno Blaster.
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-GGPR #12
Because of certain forces aligning on the astral plane, a spatial convergence allows Rita to cast a spell and open a portal to the planet Breel. She leaves Goldar in charge and secretly tasks Baboo to incite treachery among her generals while she's gone. After she enters the portal, the force also sucks in the Power Rangers to Breel.
Rita manages to obtain the Dragon Power Coin and Dragon Dagger from the Temple of Repulsa with the assistance of Queen Adriyel and the Kedry. When Rita tries to leave Breel with the Power Coin, Queen Adriyel turns on Rita and attempts to take it by force. The Rangers interrupt the fight and manage to defeat Adriyel with the Power Blaster but Rita deflects the blast and escapes back to the Moon Palace. She reveals to her minions that Baboo's plan of treachery was a test of their loyalty to her to ensure they can forge the creation of the Green Ranger together. COMIC STORY-GGPR #16
First Alpha Series[]
Alpha 1 was commissioned by the people of Edenoi by the order of King Lexian to assist Zordon in his war against evil over 10,000 years ago. During one combat mission to the moon Prillon 12, Alpha 1 was badly damaged in an ambush and nearly went offline and Zordon lost his signal. Believing him to be destroyed, Zordon tried new ways of fighting off the forces of evil, creating the Power Rangers as a result. In reality, Alpha 1 was rescued by a ship and repaired himself upon reactivation. He spent millennia trying to find Zordon, eventually coming to Earth in the 21st century. COMIC STORY-GGPR #18
At first, he assisted the Power Rangers in various ways after becoming aware of them. Early on Alpha 1 helped them from the shadows by covering the absence of Jason and Trini when they were taken away to Breel by doing their homework via Angel Grove High's email system and calling anyone who suspected something was up and posing as them to reassure that person everything was fine. He then made his presence known to Billy and Zack when they tried to trace their mysterious benefactor by contacting them directly from a school computer. He then later appeared in person at the Angel Grove Museum of Natural History, saving Trini and assisting the Rangers in evacuating the civilians and providing defensive combat support by effortlessly eliminating an entire squad of Putties in one shot. He then gives advice on how to defeat Stabasaurus Rex after scanning its internal body structure, suggesting they use Tower Formation to break the skin of the beast. This act wins the robot the trust of the Rangers, who bring him to the Command Center. COMIC STORY-GGPR #16
Alpha 1 is happy to serve his master Zordon again and reunites with him and meets his "great-great-great grandchild" Alpha 5. He accepts his "kin" in his role as Zordon's guardian and vows that together they will eradicate Rita's evil from the universe. COMIC STORY-GGPR #19
Later, he helps Billy design and build a prototype Blue Ranger exosuit that can greatly improve the fighting capabilities of a single Ranger, hoping to get it past testing and eventually produce more for the other Rangers. However, the suit suffers a malfunction to its jet propulsion unit in the simulator, causing Zordon to reject the proposal for using it out in the field out of concern for their safety.
Alpha 1's Disillusionment[]
When Goldar attacks the Youth Center to find someone worthy to activate the Dragon Power Coin, Alpha 1 reveals his true colors by brutally blasting Goldar in the back and preparing an attempt to murder him in cold blood. Defenseless and unable to teleport away, Goldar gets scared as Alpha 1 reveals his philosophy of war: Kill anything that stands in your way without mercy or hesitation. The Rangers try to save Goldar but Alpha 1 then attacks the Rangers and contains them in a force field.
Alpha 1 creates a Megazord form by using his machine assimilation powers.
Zordon contacts Alpha 1 who becomes disillusioned with his ideals. He has a mental breakdown and decides to kill his master and afterward relieve his Rangers of their powers to be replaced by more hardened soldiers who would be better suited for the job. Ranting that he will fulfill his programming and bring peace to the universe, by any means necessary. He uses his machine assimilation powers to create a Megazord body to prepare to attack and destroy the Command Center. COMIC STORY-GGPR #20
Alpha 1 realizes the Rangers will never join him and decides to drop his mercy towards them and attempts to kill them to get to Zordon. Zordon comes up with a plan and gives instructions to his Rangers, they form the Megazord Tank Mode and then, in an unexpected move, Alpha 5 arrives in Billy's exosuit and rips off the evil Alpha 1 Megazord's right leg and reveals he is just a distraction. The Megazord Tank Mode fires a devastating blast at Alpha 1 at close range, destroying his Megazord body and leaving him crippled and leaking power. Alpha 5 offers some compassion to his predecessor, saying that he can fix him and Alpha 1 can be forgiven for what he did if he just returns to Zordon. Refusing such a notion, he says the broken body he is in is "just a shell", breaking his power core in an effort to self-destruct. Knowing he cannot eliminate them, Alpha 1 says that he will return someday for revenge and until then, he will be watching them as his body explodes and the Rangers and Alpha 5 evade the blast.
Zordon simply says afterward that if Alpha 1 uploaded himself somewhere, they will be ready for him when the time comes and that perhaps in a way the robot was right about how he holds back his Rangers, promising to not treat them as his children anymore and more like the Power Rangers they were meant to be. COMIC STORY-GGPR: Forever Rangers #1
During an early mission, in Italy, Zack successfully piloted the Megazord and defeated Rita's monster while Jason helped out on the ground. When the Red Ranger's heroics were celebrated over his own, Rita selected him as her first choice to become the Green Ranger, sensing jealousy in him and the desire to become the leader. Zack was tempted by the offer but, instead, unsuccessfully tried to steal the Dragon Power Coin before she could create such a Ranger. Rita decides the best course of action is to get a blank slate, someone who isn't a Ranger already, while watching Tommy Oliver on her viewing globe. Zack confessed the confrontation to Zordon, but kept it secret from his friends.
Rita decides the best course of action is to get a blank slate, someone who isn't a Ranger already, while watching Tommy Oliver on her viewing globe. Then the disembodied voice of the Black Dragon tells Rita that Tommy will leave her and join the other Rangers. The voice says that when Rita is truly ready to rule the Earth and when she realizes it is right, that is when she will see it. COMIC STORY-MMPR #5
The Black Dragon[]
After the Green Ranger is freed from Rita's spell and joins the Power Rangers, Lord Drakkon under the guise of his Black Dragon Zord teams up with Rita and offers his help to destroy the Rangers if she can bring him to her world. Rita gives Scorpina the Green Chaos Crystal and comes up with a plan to recharge it using the green chaos energy of the Green Ranger, Tommy Oliver. TV STORY-Green With EvilCOMIC STORY-MMPR #1
After Tommy joined the team, Zack became wary of his involvement. He openly questioned how much control Rita still had over him, with his distrust causing him to become confrontational with Tommy on more than one occasion though the two were eventually able to settle their differences. Zack, along with the other original Rangers, were de-powered by the Black Dragon - who had taken Billy's Power Coin to sever their connection the Morphin Grid and their Zords. He was temporarily re-powered by Tommy's Power Coin as a Green Ranger and reacquired his Mastodon. When Trini reclaims Billy's Power Coin and Zord, and by extension their original colors, Jason maintains Tommy's Dragon Shield in the battle against Rita's forces in the alternate future. With Billy's Zord regained under their control, they form the Megazord, stop Goldar and travel to Lord Drakkon's dimension to aid the rebels against Rita's forces and save their lost friends.
Drakkon's Capture[]
A surviving Drakkon gets pulled into the main universe from the energy of the portal.
Lord Drakkon was overconfident after defeating The Coinless and capturing his alternate self along with Billy and the alternate Trini. However, Billy and Trini collaborated a plan to break Drakkon's power coin, leaving Drakkon in a brief state of shock and insecurity at the loss of his power. After the Rangers find Tommy and Billy, rather than face defeat, Drakkon jumps off a cliff to what they believe is his death. But Drakkon survives and the energy of the portal returning the Power Rangers home tugs him into their universe, where he wakes up in a mountainous region somewhere and is suddenly captured by soldiers of the US Government. COMIC STORY-MMPR #16
Grace Sterling, CEO of the tech company Promethea, met the Power Rangers in person in Dubai, asking for their help in retrieving two of her workers whose plane was lost in the Carpathian Mountains and shows them the location of Finster who may have been involved in the disappearance. After the Rangers rescue the pilots from Finster who held them captive for experiments, she offers the Power Rangers a chance to work with her and use her resources and guidance to help the world. Jason refuses as he doesn't want her people getting hurt and the Power Rangers are an independent organization, which she understands but says the offer is still valid if he or the others change their minds.
As Finster's new generation of Putties was causing havok, Grace dropped the niceties and arrived at the front door of the Command Center demanding to see Zordon. It was then that Grace informed the current Rangers of the 1969 team, and telling Jason that she understood better than anyone the heaviness that comes with the responsibility of being the Red Ranger. At that point, Jason agreed to work with Grace on handing the situation of Finster's random new Putties. But the longer they worked with her, the less comfortable they were with her methods; from holding an untransformed Putty in its human state a virtual prisoner at Promethea, to having her own Mechazord, to practically turning Vancouver into a martial law state.
Drakkon's Escape[]
Billy's curiosity is rewarded with a startling discovery...
It is revealed that Drakkon was apprehended by the soldiers to a special underground holding cell in Grace Sterling's Promethea complex. Here, he was kept on energy restraints and isolated from the outside world with armed guards outside keeping anyone from gaining entry. That is, until he got an unexpected visit from one of the people who defeated him, Billy Cranston. Billy teleported inside out of curiosity to find out why the Promethea facility's power substation was only at half of its total output and what there would require so much energy to maintain, only to come face to face with Drakkon in his cell. COMIC STORY-MMPR #23
He then proceeds to taunt Billy, who declares that he is not afraid of Drakkon. Grace later on reveals that she had captured the rogue former dictator, and that in the months of his captivity by Promethea that he took a perverse pleasure in regaling the former Red Ranger with the details what he'd done in his native timeline, the Rangers he'd slaughtered, and more. Later, Saba came to execute the madman, but failed, and Drakkon then ripped Saba's head off, using the remains of the weapon along with an incantation he presumably learned from his dimension's Rita to create a portal to escape his prison. COMIC STORY-MMPR #24
When Lord Drakkon escaped Promethea custody, Tommy and Jason both encountered Grace Sterling over the revelation that she had held Lord Drakkon without them knowing about it. At Ninjor's home, Drakkon convinces the ninja sage to help repair his connection to the Morphin Grid, which, after passing various trials, he does. Drakkon is thankful but leaves the sage unaware of his true purpose.
In the Command Center, the Rangers plot out their next course of action with Billy wanting Trini's help in getting the Black Dragon working again to warn the Coinless of Drakkon's possible return and to set up a barrier around the Command Center. However, this plan is foiled when, in needing a break, Drakkon snuck into the Command Center and stole the Green Chaos Crystal back.
As the other Rangers try to prepare for anything Drakkon might do, he and Kimberly have a heart to heart talk over recent events and agree to a date. However, the date ends on a bad note when Kimberly rebuffs Tommy's attempt at a good night kiss. As Kimberly realizes that she really did want the kiss and tries to go back for it, Tommy is kicking himself over such an action. As he is, he is ambushed by a repowered Drakkon, running him through the back with Saba and absorbing his power to supercharge the Green Chaos Crystal. Kimberly arrives, followed by a time-traveling Jen Scotts, only to be helpless as Drakkon escapes and Tommy dies in Kimberly's arms.
Despite the Rangers' attempts to revive Tommy, Zordon is forced to admit defeat and recognize that Tommy is lost to them. The Rangers are forced to return Tommy to the alleyway where he was struck down and let the world know he was gone. His time as a Power Ranger was left unknown and the Dragon Coin was passed down to Jason. Even more, when Jen revives from her brief coma, she sadly tells the team that there's no way to travel back in time to save Tommy due to the damage done by Lord Drakkon. Days later, the Rangers attend Tommy's funeral when Alpha tells them that Jen is awake. In the Command Center, Jen warns the other Rangers that the Morphin Grid "fractured" the timeline into several pocket dimensions, but Drakkon is now invading those worlds to gain more power. COMIC STORY-MMPR #26
Rangers from across the Morphin Grid were invaded by Drakkon and his army, including the Samurai, Zeo, In Space, Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed, Dino Thunder, SPD, Jungle Fury, RPM and Ninja Steel worlds. As the Rangers start marshaling their forces, Lord Drakkon murders Skull for his betrayal in rescuing Ninjor before learning of Ranger Slayer's location. Drakkon contacts her, only to have it pointed out that she's been freed from her brainwashing and leaves her stranded in the past before going to power himself up further. COMIC STORY-Go Go Power Rangers Issue 11
Participating in a final push against Drakkon's Tower on the Moon in the World of the Coinless, Zack manned his station in the Dragonzord Battle Mode led by Kimberly, who Jason entrusted with Tommy's Dragon Armor. Within one of the several Megazords present, the Rangers led the fight against a massive army of Ranger Sentries. Eventually, however, the Megazords were overwhelmed by the arrival of Lord Drakkon's immense Zord, Serpentera, whose assault forced the Rangers out from their cockpits onto the ground.
The Green Candle plan almost succeeds but Finster 5 electrifies them, saving his master. After killing Finster 5 in a "act of mercy", Drakkon connects himself with more morphin energy to assume his final form. Using this final form, Drakkon enters the Morphin' Grid, defeats the Emissaries and takes possession of the Heart of the Master, destroying the multiverse and creating his own world where he is a hero. COMIC STORY-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 29COMIC STORY-MMPR #30
Drakkon sent Ranger Slayer to eliminate the Mighty Morphin team in their timeline, but mistakenly sent her to the past-present where Tommy is yet to be a Ranger. In his first appearance, the past-present Tommy is seen training in the gym, but is under attack by Ranger Slayer.
The past-present Tommy thought she tried to kill him however, Ranger Slayer, who was now freed from Drakkon’s control by her younger alternate self uses her opportunity to change his original future-present-self’s fate, giving him a second chance to live, by implanting the improved green crystal into his body with her arrows in a single shot without killing him, giving him a vision to prevent his fated death like his future-present-self had, eventually trapping his soul within the time and space instead of dying.
Defeating Drakkon[]
Drakkon uses the Heart of the Master and eradicates all of reality, destroying all known alternate Earths in the process.
When Drakkon finally obtained the final third evolution and stole the Heart of the Master from the Emissaries Three, he destroyed all realities and rewrote them into one where Drakkon became a Superman-like figure, Tommy (as a specter) began to haunt Drakkon, taunting him and telling him that he knows this world is wrong and that he's a pathetic man for creating it. This allows his grip on the world to weaken enough for Tommy to resurrect himself and rescue the Emissaries before rescuing his teammates, including Jen and Lauren, with a fragment implanted by Kimberly from Drakkon’s former world. As Tommy gathers the team along with Jen and Lauren, they are soon found by Drakkon, leading to a titanic struggle that ends with Tommy grabbing the Heart of the Master.
The two are pulled inside the Heart, the two battle briefly before Tommy defeats him, telling him that the reason he lost was because he couldn't stomach the idea that, in an entire multiverse of Tommys, he was the only one who was evil. With Drakkon pulled away from the Heart, his world began to fall apart. Tommy offered him a chance to save him, but Drakkon refused, staying with his broken world as it collapsed around him, ending his threat once and for all. With that Tommy returns the heart back to the Emissaries and all realities are restored, he and Kimberly share their last kiss before the restoration is complete, meaning it may erase almost all memories relating to the Shattered Grid events. COMIC STORY-MMPR: Shattered Grid Finale #1
Upon reality's restoration, the Blue Emissary expressed awe & impression at Zordon's Rangers for repairing reality & subduing the threat of Drakkon, something they overlooked. The Yellow Emissary fired back that it was a threat created by them from an alternate reality. The Red Emissary ceased their argument & bid her brethren to inspect the new reality piece by piece, to ensure there were no threats to again shatter the Grid.
The Blue Emissary was quick to realize that the universe had not been rebuilt as it was, & that Morphin energy from the Grid was seeping into the newly reborn universe, altering numerous individuals & imbuing them with direct access to the Grid's power, making them extremely dangerous. Knowing that direct interference & alerting Zordon himself would cause catastrophic damage to reality, the Blue Emissary approached Jason in secret, & partially restored his memories of the events of Shattered Grid while also giving him a glimpse of the coming future & the numerous foes they would face who were empowered by the Grid. Jason agreed to help the Blue Emissary assemble a team to help them find these coming dangers.
The Light Bearer[]
Tommy finds the Sword of the Light.
After losing his Green Ranger Powers during the arrival of Lord Zedd, Tommy goes to his Uncle Jack's cabin and prepares to leave Angel Grove, though he is later teleported away by Zordon and Alpha, with Zordon explaining they were going to make Tommy an all new Power Ranger. Alpha opens a portal while Zordon says the power source they need is on a distant world and Tommy will be tested to see if he is worthy, but he must do so alone. COMIC STORY-GGPR #25
The Blue Emissary helped Zordon & Alpha-5 gain access to the White Light in order to turn Tommy into the White Ranger, but as the Emissary & Jason attempted to use the Command Center to assemble a new team to help them, Trini & Zack stumbled upon their efforts and while initially suspicious, they ultimately joined with the Emissary & Jason in their task to combat the coming threat. COMIC STORY-GGPR #26
Tommy returns with Zordon and Alpha, this time holding both the Sword of the Light and a Ranger helmet, and they begin the power transfer while Zordon tells Tommy that he will also replace Jason as the team leader, something that he's hesitant to do at first. Tommy later morphs into the White Ranger and is introduced to his new team, much to their joy. COMIC STORY-GGPR #27
The Power Transfer[]
The Blue Emissary would repurpose a robot sentinel of Eternity Point named XI, to aid them and the three youths in finding those empowered by the Grid. The first they found was a young alien female named Kiya on the planet Khoodjah, whom they saved from an angry mob. Taking her back to their ship, the Rangers next traveled to Saard, where they fought a cat-like beast named Yale, likewise empowered by the Grid. The Blue Emissary convinced Kiya to help the Rangers capture the beast.
Jason, Trini, and Zack tell their team that they were leaving for the Peace Conference in Switzerland. The Rangers then went on to retrieve the Sword of Light, an ancient artifact covered in dazzling jewels located on the Deserted Planet in the Furthest Galaxy, before Zedd tried to destroy the planet with Serpentera. The sword had the ability to transfer and copy the Powers and Power Coins from existing Power Rangers to new ones. It was used to transfer the powers from Jason, Zack and Trini, to Rocky, Adam and Aisha. Zack hands over his duties as the Black Ranger to Adam. TV STORY-The Power Transfer
However, the peace conference is merely a cover story so that he, Jason, and Trini could head out into space under the direction of the Blue Morphin Emmissary, who bestowed upon the three humans (along with their new alien ally Kiya) the powers of the Omega Rangers. COMIC STORY-MMPR#40 Zack, described by the Blue Emissary as "gregarious and bold", was named the Black Omega Ranger. COMIC STORY-GGPR #32
Zedd's Capture[]
After Lord Zedd sent the Sirian bounty hunter Dayne in an attempt to kill the Rangers, the Omega Rangers intervened by capturing Dayne which forced Zedd to implement his Plan B and turn his minions into his new Dark Rangers. However, before he could complete the process, the Omega Rangers stormed Rita's Moon Palace as a proactive move to deal with Zedd once and for all. Whilst his minions took on the Omega Rangers outside, Jason (as the Red Omega Ranger) managed to break into Zedd's throne room where he ordered some Putties to dispose of him. Once they were decimated however, Zedd regarded the mythical Omega Rangers and their proactive attacks on evil before deciding to take them on personally. COMIC STORY-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 44
Despite putting him up a good fight, Lord Zedd easily defeated Jason and tried to feed him to a massive shark monster but Kiya obliterated it with her Omega Trident and Zedd was then surrounded by the entire team of Omega Rangers. Jason demanded his surrender so, with his minions defeated and few choices left, Zedd enlarged himself into a giant and gloated over how they were trying to defeat him in his own environment but was immediately defeated when Jason fought dirty by using his Red Omega Zord to crush Zedd after he refused to surrender which knocked him out. Now unconscious, Zedd was captured by the Omega Rangers (though Goldar managed to take his Z Staff) and placed Zedd in a gigantic containment dumpster which was itself placed in a massive copper chamber in Safehaven prison.
Although Lord Zedd was captured, Jason and Zordon had a severe conversation with each other following his defeat. Jason was just glad that one of the greatest evils on the universe was going to jail for good, but Zordon was worried that Zedd was manageable and his defeat would just cause other, more powerful villains to take over instead. COMIC STORY-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 45
Kiya and the Anointed[]
However, Kiya eventually betrayed the Omega Rangers believing that they were not doing what was really necessary after they almost let Drakkon destroy reality, she also released various Empowered individuals from their containment in order to fight the Rangers and during the fight Jason ends up badly injured. The Omega Rangers were later teleported out and saved by their robotic assistant XI before heading back to Earth in order to get some medical attention for Jason in the Command Center, revealing their secret to their friends in the process. COMIC STORY-MMPR #46
While Trini and Zack went with Rocky, Adam, Aisha into space to find another empowered, Jason stays on Earth and trains with Tommy while at the same time they argue about their decision of leaving the team and going into space without telling them. COMIC STORY-MMPR #48 Jason eventually goes back to Safehaven with the rest of the Rangers in order to stop Kiya, they eventually get help from the Ranger Slayer while the Omegas fight Kiya and the Anointed in their Zords, eventually defeating their former ally and making amends with their friends before returning to space. COMIC STORY-MMPR #50
The New Green Ranger[]
Drakkon's Return[]
Drakkon's return.
Unbeknownst to all, Drakkon was not in fact dead, instead trapped in the void of his broken world. After some time, he encountered an unknown force, which so terrified him that he desperately attempted to escape. He was ultimately successful by way of a mysterious bargain, which Drakkon was apparently unhappy with, and arrived back in the primary universe shortly after Tommy had become the White Ranger. His arrival was mistaken for a meteor, which the Rangers were sent to investigate with his arrival was also observed by Lord Zedd of the main universe. Visibly aged and unstable, he attacked the Rangers, actually managing to overpower several of them before being beaten down by Tommy and captured.
Zordon elected not to immediately return Drakkon to his world, as he was concerned that one so powerful would be frightened of anyone and thus could be an even bigger threat and decided to hold him in a cell under the Command Center until they knew more. Tommy refused to even speak to his alternate counterpart, while Billy would be charged with performing a medical examination of Drakkon, scanning for any dimensional contaminants or anomalies in his physiology. Remembering Shattered Grid and knowing that they did not, since the universe was effectively reset by the Heart of the Master during Beyond the Grid, he taunted them whilst trying to instill doubt and fear and withholding his information.
It was later revealed that the mysterious entity that Drakkon had run into in the void was a demented being known as the Empyreal who, unlike Drakkon, believed not in remaking the universe in their image but wiping planets clean of life and replacing it with their own form of life. COMIC STORY-MMPR #50 The Green Empyreal attacks the planet of Gorvinos III, wiping out its entire population and replacing them with mindless, snarling leech-like monsters. The Omega Rangers came to investigate only to be ambushed by the leech creatures. The Empyreal then confronts them after they defeat their creations, telling them their name Omega was appropriate since they are facing oblivion. COMIC STORY-MMPR #52
Jason demands to know who the Empyreal is as they introduce themselves. The being lands & reveals that they believe themselves to essentially be God and an "instrument of change." The Rangers then summon their Omega Weapons, but the Empyreal is completely unfazed by the Rangers' attacks. They cut down Zack with tiny razor sharp rocks whilst Jason is almost killed by the minion. Trini rescues him & Garrison Vox appears and unleashes a devastating barrage on the Empyreal who is completely unfazed thanks to a shield. Completely outclassed, the Omega Rangers decided to teleport into the Spectrum II and leave to fight another day. The Empyreal decides to show off by creating a gigantic lava monster which blasts the Spectrum II out of commission temporarily. Whilst watching their creation fight the Omegazords, they realize that the Rangers will be trouble for them and decides that it was their "destiny" to wipe them out. The monster is eventually destroyed by the Yellow Omegazord's Omega Spectrum Strike but XI scans the area and finds that the Empyreal has escaped from the planet entirely.
Back on the Spectrum II, the team regroup where XI reveals that there is no record of the Empyreal's existence despite his genocidal goals. Jason speculates that it had been asleep or sealed away prior to this (ala Thrax) but XI says that this will likely not be the last they'll see of the Empyreal. COMIC STORY-MMPR #54
Lord Zedd later broke loose on his own from his imprisonment on Safehaven when his minions found his dumpster and brought it back to the Moon. He berated his minions for being so inept (Goldar having acted as the leader of the group since Zedd was captured), but admitted that they did better than he thought. Rather than running away with their tails between their legs, they at least tried to destroy the Rangers which pleased him. He then returned to the Moon Palace.
Zedd came up with a plan to trick the Rangers into recharging the Green Chaos Crystal using a monster called Psychoslug with the crystal hidden in its shell. When the Rangers fired the Power Cannon to destroy it, the monster took most of the damage as the crystal absorbed some of the weapon's energy. The shell remained intact and before the Rangers could get near it, Zedd teleported it back to the Moon. He then revealed he would bestow the Chaos Crystal's power to Goldar, Squatt, Baboo and Finster, stating that they proved their worth by trying to at least attempt to destroy the Rangers in his absence despite failing, proving they are loyal to the evil emperor. COMIC STORY-MMPR #51
Lord Zedd notes his last team of Rangers failed due to their "weak human" traits, a mistake he would not repeat. Zedd had Finster create a special Putty that resembled Rita to act as the leader of his new Dark Rangers. As for the members of his new team, he chose his minions as their reward for their semi-competence in his absence at which point he successfully empowered with the Green Chaos Crystal. COMIC STORY-MMPR #53
The Dark Rangers start causing chaos in order to attract the Rangers. When the Rangers arrive, the Dark Rangers separate and attack the team. The Ranger's Blade Blasters causes them to take take cover until Lord Zedd gets the Green Chaos Crystal closer to them so that they can amplify their strength, resulting in the creation of their own zords, the Terrorzords. COMIC STORY-MMPR #53
The Terrorzords later combine to form the Mega Terrorzord which fights against the Mega Tigerzord and the Red Dragon Thunderzord. Despite being a two on one fight, the Dark Rangers were beating the Mighty Morphin Rangers while their leader Zedd watches with great satisfaction until a mysterious Green Ranger attacks him and breaks the Chaos Crystal, leaving Goldar and the rest without their Ranger powers and thus being forced to retreat.
The new Green Ranger teleports to a lab in Promethea as Grace Sterling commends his performance against Zedd. The Green Ranger looks on at Psycho Green's dagger encased in an energy tube and glowing with power as parts of the Dragonzord are being rebuilt. He removes his helmet as Graces promises him a mutually beneficial partnership. COMIC STORY-MMPR #55
Unlimited Power[]
When the Omega Rangers came to Earth to inform Zordon of what happened, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers confronted Drakkon to find out what the Empyreal is and how to stop it but he just brushed them off since he loved toying with them and they had no bargaining power. Unfortunately for Zordon, the Omega Rangers were dissatisfied with Zordon basically telling them "we'll get the information from him eventually so go away" and stole Drakkon out of his cell which led Zordon to declare them enemies of the Power Rangers. After the Omega Rangers learn that Lord Drakkon came in contact with an Empyreal, the Omega Rangers free him in order for him to assist them.
The Black Dragon’s Revenge[]
It turned out that Drakkon was playing the long game as he secretly was being ordered around by the Empyreals via a telepathic link, which is partially what made him mentally unstable as if he defied orders he would be hit with a psychic blast causing him great pain. He bargained with them long before he met the Power Rangers, and was promised that if he led the Omega Rangers into a trap with the Yellow Emissary, he would have his Power Coin again. Breaking free of his manacles, he gave the Empyreals their location and in return was freed from their service and given his morpher back.
As the Omegas were trying to defend the Yellow Emissary, they requested XI for an escape away from two Empyreal attackers. Drakkon used this as an opportunity to attack XI so the Rangers could not escape, morphing once again into his Black Dragon Ranger form. He defeats XI as the robot tries to kill him and then impales his eye, tormenting him with the possibility of a slow, painful death. COMIC STORY-PR #11
He tossed XI's remains into Jason as the Omega Rangers were trying to escape, leaving them stranded on the Yellow Emissary's devastated planet. Drakkon later spoke to Trini only for him to give her a chance to thank him for leaving a transporter in XI's body on purpose. Drakkon had rescued the Horrid and used them to try and save the universe, which Trini called it noble. However, Drakkon states he did it only because he wanted to defeat the Omega Rangers himself. Trini told Drakkon that it's not too late to come back and find a way to work together again. Though he wanted to trust Trini, Drakkon asked the Yellow Omega Ranger that if he had the word "Idiot" stamped on his forehead which made her laugh and reminded Drakkon that he doesn't have to be who he was.
The Eltarian War[]
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Alternate Timelines[]
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink[]
Zack and Trini sharing a kiss after the battle in Issue 5.
When Kimberly needs to recruit Power Rangers for help in saving her mom, she goes to South America to find them. As she arrives, Trini and Zack have been conserving and creating sustainable green spaces. Trini does the plant work while Zack educates the people living on how to make them survive and thrive, and martial arts. When Kim asked for help, Zack and Trini willingly go with her and become Power Rangers again.COMIC STORY-MMPR: Pink #2.
At some point after leaving Angel Grove, Trini and Zack began a relationship. COMIC STORY-MMPR: Pink #5.
Forever Mighty Morphin Black[]
The Black Ranger Army destroys Crystal Cryptid.
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. COMIC STORY-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2017 Annual
Personality[]
Zack is the wielder of the Mastodon Power Coin which he uses to become the Black Power Ranger. He is a popular and easy going guy with a troubled home life he's hesitant to share with the others.
As a result of being teleported to Breel, Zack's powers gained Kimberly's Ranger powers, while Billy gained his powers. This swap allowed for Zack to become the Pink Ranger.[1]
Zack and his Coinless counterpart temporarily disguised as the Mastodon Sentries, alongside Coinless Skull (who disguise as a Tyrannosaurus Sentry) to rescue Ninjor from Drakkon's mind control device.
Mastodon Sentries
Arsenal
Unnamed gun weapon: Mastodon Sentries are armed with a military-style rifle weapon with a muzzle that resembles the one from the original Power Axe of the Black Ranger. The gun can fire powerful red laser beams to injure or kill their intended target.
When his ability to use his Ranger powers were disrupted by the Shredder, Zack gave his Morpher to Donatello to use and donned ninja streetwear to help fight the Foot Clan. Despite being titled as a "Ranger", Zack's abilities are nowhere near as strong as his morphed form and are on par with how he is unmorphed.
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Black Mutant Ranger
When the Power Node in the Command Center was destroyed. Zack combined his Power Coin with Mutagen to mutate into a humanoid Mastodon in order to fight off Krang and Rita's forces.
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Black Kaiju Ranger
Zack gained this new form after Zordon combined his wizardry with Goro's science and the Elias Sorcery which created Power Coins that allowed the Rangers to morph with Ranger Powers based on the Godzilla's ally Kaiju. Zack gained a Power Coin based on King Caesar.
This article is about a Ranger in the Power Rangers comic sub-franchise by Boom! Studios.
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