![]() ![]() This causes the teleportation to malfunction and send Zack, Lord Zedd and the Putties to cross dimensions, where a "Dark" and familiar figure witnesses their arrival. During his attempt to teleport them out, the teleportation relay is destroyed by a fake Alpha 5 with a bomb implanted in him. Lord Zedd attacks the Command Center with an army of Putties and Zack arrives to defend it and Zordon. ( January 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) You can provide one by editing this article. If you’re wondering if this crossover would have been dimensional travel or shared universe, the trend in the 90s was to do shared universe, but as was said, no script was ever made so it’s unknown and thus non-canon.This section needs an improved plot summary. So this remains a hypothetical project more than an actual one. Tom Bierbaum speculated that Image Comics might have lost the license to Power Ranger Zeo as well around this time. I contacted the writers on the book, Tom and Mary Bierbaum, who say that this project never got far past the announcement so it’s unlikely that a script was ever written. Since Power Rangers is now owned by Hasbro, and Youngblood has long faded into obscurity, this book will never be released. The comic was creator-owned by Liefeld and he sold off the property in order to pay his debts to the company Andrew Rev, & Terrific Production LLC. Though Image Comics survived the comics crash of 1996, many of its low-selling titles were canceled, Youngblood among them. Youngblood wasn’t memorable by any stretch. What exactly is Youngblood? It was the brainchild of Rob Liefeld (the comic artist known for not being able to draw feet-er, creating Deadpool), basically a ripoff of Teen Titans. It was scheduled to be a four-issue miniseries, but only one issue was ever published due to Image Comics’s downsizing.Īlso advertised was two issues of a Power Ranger Zeo / Youngblood crossover that was never made: Without the sales to generate income, comic publishers could no longer pay their bills, and were forced to either downsize by cancelling titles or close their doors entirely.Īll of this happened while the Power Rangers Zeo comic book was in production. Once consumers realized that 90s comic books weren’t going to make them rich, they stopped buying the books, and the publishers who were printing millions of copies of Random 90s Hero #1 were suddenly left with millions of unsold copies. No one wanted to buy a Bloodshot #1 or a Night Thrasher #1 so speculators found their copies to be worthless. However, what speculators didn’t understand was that Action Comics #1 was only valuable because there were so few copies available and because Superman was such a beloved character. Publishers took advantage of this speculator boom, printed titles in the millions, and advertised their books as “collector’s editions”. ![]() This belief came about because older comics like Action Comics #1 (first appearance of Superman), Detective Comics #27 (first appearance of Batman), and Amazing Fantasy #15 (first appearance of Spider-Man) were selling for thousands of dollars at that time (currently they’re selling for millions). To fully explain why that happened would be it’s own article, but the basic gist is that the early 90s was a time when comics were seen as highly collectible and valuable speculators were buying hundreds of copies of individual issues thinking that they could flip them for many times its retail price at a later time. ![]() The year 1996 was also when the comics industry collapsed. Unfortunately, the timing was just terrible. With the newfound success of Power Rangers Zeo in 1996, Image Comics thought it was worth it to try their hands at a Power Rangers Zeo comic book. Neither series were top-sellers so both companies let go of the license. And while the main purpose of the Power Rangers brand was to sell action figures, efforts were also made to profit off the franchise using other forms of merchandise, such as comic books.ĭuring the Mighty Morphin era, comic books were published by Hamilton Comics and then Marvel Comics. Power Rangers didn’t offer any deep social commentary it’s only purpose was to sell toys to its 8-12 year old demographic. This change created another spike in mainstream interest and Power Rangers became popular among schoolyard boys once again. In 1996, Power Rangers reinvented itself, getting rid of the costumes, villains, and “Zords” (giant robots) of the Mighty Morphin era, and starting anew with Power Rangers Zeo. Though Power Rangers diminished in mainstream popularity after the first few years, the franchise still had a sizeable audience, allowing for the creation of new episodes that continues to this very day. The original incarnation, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, premiered on Augand immediately became a phenomenon. If you were a boy growing up in the 90s, Power Rangers was your jam. ![]()
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