Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Volume 2 Review

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inside the pull bag. Hey, I'm Kyle Higgins writer

of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and you're listening

to Mighty Morphin March here inside the pullback

Thank you once again Kyle Higgins for the new

intro for Mighty Morphin March I'm of course

TFG on Mike joining me is Steve Megatron. Hello,

sir. Hello And as if you didn't know, folks,

this is The Pull Bag, the GCRN's first ever comic

book review podcast. And we are continuing on

in Mighty Morphin March with volume two of Boom

Studio's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ongoing.

So we said last time that we could not wait to

read more of this, and wow. Just wow. So good.

Before we get too far into it, creative is done

by written on, written for this is Kyle Higgins,

illustrated by Tony Silas on chapter five, and

then Henry Presetta on chapters six through eight.

Colors are done by Brian Valenza on chapter five,

and Matt Herms on chapter six through eight.

Letters done by Ed Dugshire. So. What were you

thinking when we started this this one here cuz

I wasn't sure where it was going to be honest.

Yeah after reading the the The next volume I

get where it's all going now But yeah, I had

no idea what was going on who the who the villain

is like Just really anything I mean although

everybody being captured, more or less, and having

all the power shut down in this one. I was like,

OK, how are they going to do this? And then when

I saw the finale and the issue, I'm like, oh.

Yeah, I I was not sure I knew they were in a

foreign country I did not know where they were

when this started until obviously it's revealed

they're in there in Italy kind of a thing but

What I love about this is Kyle took Rita and

her scheming to a whole new level With her trying

to exploit Zack and have Zack become the Green

Ranger Like trying to take one of their own and

turn on them kind of a thing. I thought that

was super super cool and Then it epic fail Obviously,

yeah, I mean Zack is you know too loyal to his

friends and this obviously has Rita realizing

hey we need someone new someone isn't loyal to

them but I mean just the idea of the black ranger

becoming the evil green ranger that was just

really cool in my mind definitely I love how

the story overall goes through and does what

it's supposed to do but it also gives us like

varying glimpses of each of the characters like

I mean that this first part of the trade is all

about Zack and and through the story we'll hear

won't he obviously he won't join Rita and then

the next part of it is you know kind of them

fighting the black dragon and this epic battle

that ends up having you know them be depowered

and There's no more Morphin grid and the whole

argument between Zack and Tommy because Zack

still doesn't trust Tommy Even though Tommy has

no idea about You know the black dragon What

I love about especially in trade. I don't know

about singular. I did not like I said last episode

I did not buy the series' single issue from month

to month, or however it came out. I specifically

wanted to wait for the trades so I could get

the whole story. And how they cliffhanger each

of these issues, even in last week's episode.

The cliffhangers are done so well. You know,

Billy's missing, they're depowered, or he got

captured, or, well, the black dragon took him.

And, you know, I just absolutely love how they

do that. I love how, you know, Billy's in the

dark dimension with Goldar, and, you know, we

already knew that Goldar had failed Rita, and

that's why he's locked up there. That doesn't

mean that he can't still control his own domain,

which is the dark dimension. So, very cool. So

Rita and the Black Dragon eventually have control

of the Zords. I think it's cool to see the Tyrannosaurus

Rex Zord next to the Eiffel Tower. It's hilarious.

That was super cool. And then the rest of the

part of the issue here is the story of Jason

and Tommy taking the Dragon Zord to the moon.

I always knew the Zords were... It's like quite

capable. Yeah, and I'm like, um, yeah, of course

they are kind of thing Again character development,

you know character little questioning moments

like with Trini and Zack In between the action

of Jason and Tommy on the moon It's little things

like that that make this series and this whole

I said it last week. I'll say it for the next

two weeks This is the Power Rangers story or

the way that we have deserved for so long yes

the show is what the show is the show was what

the show was and Each new incarnation has new

characters and knew this knew that but this is

something that is a whole new and different story

With the characters we grew up with and it's

a compelling interesting story that You just

can't put down. Oh, yeah it's it's it's so polar

polarizingly different from anything we saw on

the show that it's just it's it's crazy to be

honest yeah so as we go through this last part

of of the of the trade we have you know alpha

being destroyed supposedly we have the black

dragon uh... doing his thing basically breaking

the uh... the power points and using billy's

morpher all of that you have more of the tommy

and zack stuff and you have them because the

the the rest of them are cut off from the this

is what's interesting to me the rest of them

are cut off from the morphing grid tommy isn't

because tommy's powers don't come from it yeah

well they come from it but they don't come from

the same part as the main power because obviously

his are in direct yeah and they you know come

up with a way to then you know split his powers

amongst all of them which means basically he's

gonna be depowered but I mean leaving this trade

-off with all of them becoming green okay that's

um That's very interesting I Just I'm loving

the story. I'm loving where it's going I love

that. I don't have to necessarily you know Pick

and choose and try to figure out where it's going

that I can just read it and really enjoy where

it's going So very very very cool You know, we

also have the cover gallery at the back. We do

have the Adventures of Balkan Skull, but as we

said last week, I've tried rereading these, and

the writing is okay. The art is great, but they're

just too kidified for me. Yeah, I didn't get

into that whatsoever. I had to skip past it.

So we get to the cover gallery. We have an awesome

cover of Lord Zed done by Greg Smallwood for

issue 5. It was an issue 5 villain variant. Very,

very cool. We have a cool one of Goldar who was

done by Benjamin Dewey for issue 7 villain variant.

I love the Finster one. That's just funny. So

yeah, I mean volume Two I know this is a short

episode here folks with volume to the story is

moving along and as I said last time the The

way these read the way Kyle writes them and the

way the art is they read so fast Oh, yeah, and

it's it almost doesn't seem like it goes as long

as it does Which is a testament to the story

itself because it took a long time. I probably

wouldn't read it So it doesn't feel like a chore

to listen to read it, which is always a bonus

in my book And it's it's interesting because

like like Mike said it's it's kind of new ground

that's being tread We're not playing the same

game that's been done before. It was really interesting

seeing the Rangers change into the green suit,

despite still technically using their same powers,

although just they're green instead. Yeah, it

was a way for them to access the grid so they

could have their powers, except because they

were going through Tommy's powers, they all turned

green. they're all different ver - hey look it's

uh Kermit the frog into the frog verse oh god

i absolutely love it it's it's hilarious um preset

is art even to - like i was actually i remember

when i first read this not this time but the

first time I'm like, ooh, Tony Silas, I know

that guy. I like that guy's art. I can't wait

to see what he does. And issue five was really,

really cool. As much as I'm not a fan of them

doing multiple artists on multiple books within

the same arc, I want a story arc to start with

the same artist and end with the same artist.

I thought it was fine. I thought it really worked.

The first time around I almost didn't catch the

difference in art but because it's so streamlined

But it really that that shot of his with the

Megazord with the sword. Oh so good Yep, yep,

so What would you give volume to zero to five?

I would give it probably a four just because

It a lot goes on but it and it sets up a lot

But it really gets to pay off in the next one

and so I feel that that's kind of where we need

to be For me, I will also give it a four There

were moments where I was I mean I understand

why Zack feels the way Zack feels because Tommy

again Betrayed them was originally evil this

that the other thing everything else, but there

were a couple of times where the whole Tommy

and Zach thing I felt was a little bit not too

long but just it took them a little bit too much

time for me for Trini and the rest of them to

just say hey can't we all just get along kind

of a thing it's not saying anything against Kyle's

writing it's not it's just me feeling that way

about how the story played out I still think

the story played out amazingly. And again, all

these artists that do the covers, that's another

reason why I love reading comics and trade, is

because you get to the end of the trade, and

sometimes, most of the time, any comic book series,

they'll throw in the cover gallery from the various

issues that are in the trade, and I absolutely

love that. So four for me as well. Yeah, like

you said this is still very much set like volume

one was it reintroducing us to the entire team

and you know kind of setting up the story beginning

and then this is still more story set up, but

it's continuing in a way that doesn't feel like

Hey, we have to introduce you to this or we have

to do this or it moves so well I think that's

gonna do it. I know like I said short episode

of the pull bag but as we said this this series

just rolls on and There's just so much as we

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