Late last yr , Boom Studio ’s excellent Power Rangers mirthful droppeda huge bombshellwith the reveal of a make new ranger — an evil one to boot . The layer of mystery story around Lord Drakkon have tardily been removed over the last few issues , and today ’s new payoff gives the tale of how he came to be . We talk to series writer Kyle Higgins about build up his latest bad guy rope .
This week ’s Power Rangers # 12 , indite by Higgins and with art by Hendry Prasetya and Matt Herms , follows up on theshocking revelationthat Drakkon is actually the Tommy Oliver of the alternating man that Billy and “ our ” Tommy have get hold themselves trammel on . The two fight rangers oversee to fly from Drakkon ’s pursuit with a newfangled friend : Saba , the talking lion sword that we all know as the weapon Tommy would eventually manage as the White Power Ranger . This rendering of Saba , from this alternate earth , finally tells Billy and Tommy this week just how matter buy the farm so horribly wrong on for this world ’s Power Rangers … and how it all start up with the arriver of Tommy Oliver .
The initial plan is familiar enough — a brainwash Tommy lashing out against the Rangers on Rita ’s behalf — but the twist here is that , when broken devoid of her dominance , Tommy chose not to defy his master but reconfirm his home by her side . He might have been brainwashed , but he ’s come to see her vision for Earth as one of improvement , rather than destruction .
Basically , she wants to make Earth great again . And it all move downhill from there for the Rangers — who all end up being the last opposition against Tommy and Rita ’s attack , and eventually ( even with a wonderful but brief cameo from thealien fire warden of Aquitarfrom Mighty Morphin ’ Alien Rangers ) precipitate at his hands , as Tommy transmute from the Green Ranger into the man we know as Drakkon : a courtship that merges the designs of the Green and White Rangers into one sinister rig .
check off out our brief chat about the issue with Higgins below , hash out the reveal of Drakkon ’s invention , where the character will go next , and just how many more trace to succeeding seasons of Power Rangers he can cram into this Mighty Morphin’-focused comic .
io9 : When did the moment click for you and Jamal [ Campbell , Power Rangers cover creative person and co - designer of Drakkon ’s cause ] that Drakkon ’s ranger suit whole had to be a mix of the blank and green forest fire fighter suit ? Was that early on or did it come in well into the creative activity of Drakkon ’s spark ?
Kyle Higgins : Originally , Drakkon was going to just be the White Ranger . But then , as I obtain into his backstory , it made mother wit to comprise elements of the Green Ranger might into his design . From there , it was a pretty organic process with Jamal act upon up takes , getting distinction from Saban , and then ultimately settling on the final look .
What breathe in you to take the path you did with Rita ’s ho-hum coup d’etat of the alternate Earth ?
I think it ’s more interesting , in person . And , if our current political situation in the U.S. is any indication , whole credible . I mean , is a Moon Witch convince the people of Earth to let her rule them any more outlandish than Donald Trump ?
You get some really cool cameos from the Aquitar Rangers into this return . Any luck we could see them in succeeding take of the rule book , or was this your one opportunity to slip them into the account book ?
There ’s always a fortune , yeah . One of the things this story — hopefully — cement for us is just how much we want to do our own matter . So , if I come up with a story that seduce sense for the Aquitar Rangers , I ’d make out to do it .
Have we learned all we ’re going to check about Drakkon ’s cryptical past , or is there more to come in future issues ?
Oh , there ’s more to do !
Power Rangers # 12 is in stock now .
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