Mighty Morphin #4 - BOOM! Studios

MIGHTY MORPHIN No. 4, February 2021

Absolutely chock-full of some truly outrageous action sequences, Ryan Parrot’s plot to Issue Four of “Mighty Morphin” must surely have worn out the majority of the superhero franchise’s fans with its mix of the utterly exhausting, city-levelling conflict concerning Lord Zedd's new Putty Prime, and the emotionally intriguing character-arc penned for Zelya of Eltar. Indeed, the twenty-page periodical arguably deserved to have been far more successful than just the hundred and forty-second best-selling title in February 2021.

For starters, the American author somehow manages to not only squeeze the humanoid battle robots Thunder Megazord and Tigerzord into this comic, but later arranges for the distinctly unique Dragonzord to make a truly, awe-inspiring appearance which momentarily appears destined to win the day for the Power Rangers. Such monstrous constructions genuinely help ‘sell’ the sheer scale of the Evil Space Aliens’ plans for the fictional city of Angel Grove, and similarly show just how disconcertingly powerful the invaders’ latest ultra-sized Putty Patroller is under the direct control of “the Emperor of all I see.”

Likewise, Parrot doesn’t just dwell upon the metropolis’ sense-shattering skyline skirmish, as his storyline also contains plenty of focus upon the individual combatants piloting the various fighting machines. In particular, one of this book’s best moments has to be the Red Ranger’s initially single-handed defence of the Megazord’s external hull against a veritable horde of Zedd’s featureless minions, whilst his team-mates desperately try to repair their disastrously-damaged Dinozord construct from within its chaos-filled cockpit; “Come on and get some, you glowy grey goblins! Let’s see if you can dethrone King Rocky!”

Enchantingly however, not every scene artist Marco Renna prodigiously pencils for this publication contains either a myriad of laser beams or a colossal, building-busting blow, as the bull-headed Farkas Bulkmeier manages to prove even more dislikeable midway through this tale, by illogically leaping to the conclusion that his best pal’s girlfriend is cheating on him. Bulk’s arrogant accusations at Candice clearly show just how much the High School bully cares for Eugene, yet they also suggest a highly anticipated comeuppance is on the cards for him once he realises that “Skull’s girlfriend… [is] an alien?”

Written by: Ryan Parrott, Illustrated by: Marco Renna, and Colored by: Walter Baiamonte