Let's Talk About GO GO POWER RANGERS #30
Go Go Power Rangers #30 has come out, and it’s very intriguing. The series is almost at an end, and they are not phoning it in. The “Necessary Evil” story has been a fantastic successor to the Shattered Grid story. If you haven’t read the comic yet, you can get it from your local comic shop or online through vendors like comiXology.
We start with Jason, Trini, and Zack arriving on Khoodjah and saving Kiya from her people who have formed an angry mob to try to kill her. It’s really interesting to see her in this panicked state, but it really does help highlight some aspects of her character that fit with her sudden twist in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The line that really got me was when she said, “Fine. If you think I’m a monster, I’ll gladly play the part.” This seems to fit very well with her turn to the dark side later on. She was very reactive and out of control back then, and it seems like her instability wasn’t completely resolved in her journey as a Ranger. Trini eventually calms her down and gets her to go with them. Once they get back to the ship, they talk to the Blue Emissary and he has another planet for them to go to. BE and Xi have a fun back and forth about whether humans were a good choice or not with BE defending them.
Meanwhile, we have Billy, Kimberly, and Tommy doing some shopping. Kim is informing the guys that the new clothes they’re looking at are not good picks for various reasons. The three then talk about how something feels off about the other three. This is when we jump over to the villains which is the most interesting thing to me.
In the show, Squatt and Baboo are more than useless. They do almost nothing and don’t really have any drive. Oddly enough, Squat seems to have a real drive right now in the comics to prove himself to Lord Zedd. After Squatt asks what his role is and what he can do, Zedd answers with this:
Squatt, Baboo, and Goldar go down to attack Promethea with the Hodgepodge Hedgehog, and Squatt has some weird need to prove himself. What is going on? This is the biggest puzzle to me. What on Earth could have happened? The three villains go through Promethea and find a really cool green dagger that appears to have either a Z or N in it. My guess is it’s an N for Ninjor, but I have no idea what it could be. It looks freaking dope though!
So, back to the Hedgehog. It starts attacking Promethea, and after Promethea guards struggle, the Rangers (the three still on Earth) show up to help. They start doing some damage, but it’s not nearly enough. Zedd then grows the monster, and Grace pulls out the Mechazord to fight it while the Rangers’ Zords show up and then take over the fight. The Hedgehog spews out some wicked eggs that then spawn smaller bad guys to cause some real damage. There’s going to be a lot of yelling when the other three get back to Earth and they all talk about this. It’s very good that Adam, Aisha, and Rocky are almost in the picture.
What did you think of GGPR #30? What do you think the dagger is for? What’s going on with Squatt?