

I am back for another week of reviews for comics hitting your local shop this Wednesday. There's a bunch of fun stuff out this week so let's not waste any more time. Read on to find out what I thought about some of this week's new books with pictures. I am back for another week of reviews for comics hitting your local shop this Wednesday. There's a bunch of fun stuff out this week so let's not waste any more time. Read on to find out what I thought about some of this week's new books with pictures.

Disclaimer: I received advance copies of all comics featured this week courtesy of their individual publishers.

Opinions are my own.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #45 (BOOM! Studios)

Ryan Parrott, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Walter Baiamonte





The big event that was hyped with this issue was the Omega Rangers vs. Lord Zedd... which lasts for three pages and ends in a joke. I guess parents complained that he was too scary? After that is a lot of character driven stuff, some of the best of the arc.





Now that the two teams have a moment talk, things do not go well. Kiya gets one look at Tommy and has a Drakkon flashback. Trini and Zack calm her down and return to the ship while Jason goes to speak with Zordon. The big Z is mad that the Omega's beat Lord Zedd which is like... a good thing? He doesn't quite say that it creates a power vacuum, which I would understand, instead a bit more focused on the main team being cheated out of experience points.





And then Tommy asks Jason for advice on how to lead because he just got stuck with the job when the last guy - Jason - left on short notice. Most of this issue utilizes some pretty decent dramatic irony, pulling our strings because we know who the Omega Rangers are and the Mighty Morphiners don't.





I wasn't sure where this arc was going, but with these two teams finally getting some screen time together - plus another quick scene with the conscious Steel Canyon trio - things are getting back to what Parrott did best on the original Go Go run: smaller, personal character moments. Although it is super weird how much time is spent in helmets. I get why the Omega's can't go helmetless but the others have no excuse. It's not like they can't breath. They're on the moon.



