The Power Rangers reassemble for one last mission against a new evil in the upcoming Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (2026) #1. And after a decade-long era of peace to boot. The teens are definitely no longer teens now, with all of them having their own lives and jobs as adults. Will that hiatus prevent them from saving the world once more from a new threat? Only time will tell.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (2026) #1: Details in Brief
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (2026) #1 will be the first issue of the upcoming Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (2026) comic book series from BOOM! Studios. New York Times-bestselling comic book writer Marguerite Bennett (Bombshells, Batwoman) is the author, with industry veteran artist Andrew Lee Griffith (Transformers, G.I. Joe) as the artist.
As you might expect from a comic book issue, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (2026) #1 will feature main cover art by Griffith, as well variant covers from numerous artists. You can check them all out below:
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (2026) #1 Main Cover and Variant Covers
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (2026) #1: The Good
Honestly, the best part about Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (2026) #1 is the story. Specifically: the parts of the story that explores the lives of the various rangers long after their initial adventures in the 1993 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series. Because this comic book does in fact take place 10 years after the conclusion of that TV series. Except, it seems to be following its own storyline rather any of the existing storylines. There are numerous and significant differences in the plot from any of the TV series and films, which leaves Marguerite Bennett free to pursue a new storyline that isn’t locked in by any of the other Mighty Morphin Power Rangers media.
Broadly though, this comic book looks like a re-telling of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always movie. You know, the effectively-an-epilogue movie made for Netflix to celebrate the 30th anniversary of both Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the Power Rangers franchise as a whole? The one that killed off Trini Kwan right at the very beginning as an in memoriam nod to her irl actress Thuy Trang, who tragically passed away in a car crash in 2001? Yeah, I’ll bet that was a shock to fans who hadn’t heard of her actress’s passing.
Thus, with that in mind, you can probably tell where Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (2026) #1 is going to go with its plot. They even have a moment where the reunited Power Rangers where they take Trini’s infant daughter Minh to safety, setting up a perfect way to fridge Trini in the next issues.
Except…apparently, there are massive differences in which Power Ranger is alive. Which gives me hope that the comic isn’t planning on killing off Trini. It is a comic book, after all, so it doesn’t have to adhere perfectly to the TV and film canon. Fingers crossed here.
And Now for the Art
Story aside, the art by Andrew Lee Griffith is pretty good. He’s gone for a more realistic art style, with realistic and correctly proportioned features for the cast. It fits the more grounded story that Bennett wants to tell, with a focus on what the Rangers have been doing in their decade-long absence from their Power Rangers role. That same realism though is also a nice contrast to the more fantastical things happening in the comic. It almost makes the story feel like an isekai at times, with unfamiliar things practically exploding out of real world items.
I’m also giving kudos to Griffith for the realistically reptilian creatures he draws. Complete with scale impressions and the kind of claws that you would find on an iguana. How does this relate to the comic? Well, you will need to read for yourself to find out.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (2026) #1: The Bad
As good as the story is, it does have its moments of a bad kind. The story basically drops you into the action without any sort of build-up. The Power Rangers are just suddenly in their old HQ without any warning, all apparently masterminded by Billy Cranston. All of the grounded reveals of what the Rangers had been doing are given via brief flashbacks rather than showing us their daily lives beforehand. It feels like an in media res beginning, but with little to no hope of going back to see the beginning.
The result is that the story of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (2026) #1 feels a bit rushed. Like Bennett is trying to cram several episodes’ worth of content into a single comic book issue, making it suffer as a whole. Here’s hoping Bennett slows down the plot a bit just so we can get a bit more character exploration than we’re currently getting.
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