Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #1: Rita Repulsa's Attitude Adjustment

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers GN #3

by Stefan Petrucha, P.H. Marcondes (Illustrations)

When an ancient stone idol comes to life and starts blasting everything in its path with a morphing ray, it looks like the world is in pretty deep trouble; but it's nothing compared to the havoc unleashed when Rita Repulsa gets her hands on it! The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers join the fray, but this new baddie has extra muscle from Squatt and the Putty Patrol. If the team doesn't get a little help of their own from a trusted friend, this latest mission may be their last!
Twenty years ago, the Power Rangers burst on the scene in an explosion of colorful combat, bizarre monsters, incredible robot battles, and Megazord-sized fun, spawning a global phenomenon and an ever-expanding storytelling universe. Papercutz is proud to present the long-awaited continuing adventures of the team that started it all!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics

60 pages, Hardcover

First published May 6, 2014

About the author

Stefan Petrucha (born January 27, 1959) is an American writer for adults and young adults. He has written graphic novels in the The X-Files and Nancy Drew series, as well as science fiction and horror.
Born in the Bronx, he has spent time in the big city and the suburbs, and now lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, fellow writer Sarah Kinney, and their daughters. At times he has been a tech writer, an educational writer, a public relations writer and an editor for trade journals, but his preference is for fiction in all its forms.

Reviews

[Mutant Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun story and a definite upgrade over the Marvel issues published in the '90s. We get a rare appearance of Alpha outside the Command Center and some great Dinozord combat, something that rarely happened on the show, probably due to them being fragile models. Rita sends down an enormous crowd of Putties all at once to overwhelm the Rangers, which seems like a great strategy and makes me wonder why she didn’t always do that. I thought the helmet-swapping was an odd gimmick, though, but overall, it’s pretty enjoyable, and it’s a shame there were only a couple of these Papercutz graphic novels written.

[Lacey Miller · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was fun like reading an episode of the show.

[Nikki in Niagara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am so excited Papercutz is doing the original Power Rangers! This book was so much fun and I can't wait to read more! The art is great; everybody looks just like they should and the colour is really vibrant, especially when it gets to morphin' time. The story isn't exactly riveting but it's a fun story and leaves you waiting just the right amount of time for Rita to make her first appearance. This is just the basic cast here too, without Tommy, so plenty of room for the excitement of the whole story to be told and all the favourite villains to make appearances. What I especially loved is the photographic section of the real actors introducing each ranger and the back essay on the history of the Rangers. Good start!

[Lyn *GLITTER VIKING* · Rating 4 out of 5]

SO CUTE!

I am a little disappointed that it is just one comic, but the story was cheeky and the art is amazing. LOVED!