Fresh off April's Free Comic Book Day preview, BOOM! Studios on Tuesday announced the Ranger Academy comic series, set to hit shelves in October.
Writer Maria Ingrande Mora, artist Jo Mi-Gyeong and colorist Fabiana Mascolo return to tell the story of the makings of a Power Ranger. It hits shelves and digital storefronts on Oct. 4.
From the publisher...
13-year-old Sage lives on an isolated lunar colony with her adoptive father, but her days on the farm will change forever when she comes across a wreckage with wounded passengers, people from an academy training to be something called… POWER RANGERS. For the first time, discover the amazing school where Rangers are made!
Ingrande Mora is a content designer and Florida native. Their queer young adult debut, "Fragile Remedy, was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection. Their contemporary debut, the queer coming of age story "The Immeasurable Depth of You," received starred reviews from Kirkus Revies, School Library Journal and Booklist.
"It's such an honor to introduce Sage and her friends to a new generation of Power Rangers fans,” Ingrande Mora said in a statement. “Jo is a dream to collaborate with, and her love for these characters is clear in every panel and expression. Welcome to Ranger Academy!"
Seoul-based Mi-Gyeong is an artist on BOOM! Studios' EVE series and previously worked with the publisher on The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
"Creating the details of this new world for Ranger Academy was a lot of fun for me," Mi-Gyeong said. "If there was anything more enjoyable than that, it would have been to portray the characters' rich sensibilities and expressions of emotions. I hope everyone will love them just as I fell in love with them.
Ranger Academy features a main cover by Miguel Mercado with variants by Mi-Gyeong and Ejikure (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II)
“Ranger Academy is what you get when Power Rangers meets My Hero Academia,” said series editor Dafna Pleban. “Teenage angst, romance, super powers, and high action adventure! It is my new favorite Power Rangers series, hands down.”
Out this week is Power Rangers Unlimited: HyperForce #1, which continues the story of the HyperForce team last seen at length in their eponymous Hyper RPG web series, which wrapped in 2018.
