Welcome to an all new edition of Parlay Points, the complementary blog to the ODPH Podcast. On this edition, we’re looking at the latest installment of the epic saga involving the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! The Eltarian war carries on in Mighty Morphin ‘ #15 by Ryan Parrott, Marco Renna, Walter Baiamonte, Sharon Marino & Ed Dukeshire (Cover by Inhyuk Lee) for Boom Studios has been nothing short of incredible.

No matter what range of MMPR fandom you have, this story has been engaging with every twist and turn involving Zordon, Zartus & Lord Zedd with the fate of the universe hanging in the balance. After Power Rangers #14 cliffhanger ending, I’ve been counting down the days until this book dropped. Lets waste no more time & dive into this chapter, shall we?

Mighty Morphin’ #15 - On Sale January 12th
Creative: Ryan Parrott, Marco Renna, Walter Baiamonte, Sharon Marino & Ed Dukeshire (Cover by Inhyuk Lee)
Credit: Boom Studios

*** POTENTIAL SPOILER WARNING ***

This chapter kicks off with a flashback to a previous battle over 10,000 years ago involving Zordon, Zartus & Zophram (aka Lord Zedd). Seeing this backstory adds a lot of extra layers to the present time where Zordon, fully ready to fight, confronts Lord Zedd. This fight does NOT disappoint. There’s so much emotion going on between the tow. Readers are in for a BIG treat here. Let the action begin!

While this is happening on the moon, Earth has its’ hands full with the Empyreals making their move against our heroes. Seeing the elevated stakes brings the best out of the Rangers’ forces. Zartus is still pulling strings in the background until something happens that changes the course of events into dire territory. However, there is one last action taken on the last page that really sets the tempo for the next arc in this saga. Great cliffhanger ending.

The creative team delivered on the fight we’ve been waiting to see. Parrott captures all the build up tension between Zedd & Zordon so once they clash, it takes this conflict to a personal level that readers feel with each panel. The back and forth conversation between these two will give fans a moment they won’t forget when it concludes. The battle on Promethea is nothing to be overlooked in this issue as well. Parrott’s build for this whole saga has been excellent & this event lives up to the hype without question!

Renna’s art matches the moments perfectly. Translating the tension between Zordon and Zedd during their fight is no easy task, but it is pulled off flawlessly here. The Promethea battle has many characters involved but Renna balances them all out with enough time without taking anything away from the threat of the Empyreals. There is much to be excited about with this issue.

Overall, Mighty Morphin’ #15 continues on the strong presentation going on in the Eltarian War. Excellent storytelling mixed with solid art gives readers a must-read at the LCS this week. I can’t stress enough: if you’re just jumping into this story now, for whatever reason, make a point to go back & read the lead-in issues along with the previous Eltarian war issues. They will gives you more of an emotion punch when the battles hit with this issue & this sage is a can’t miss story!

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MIGHTY MORPHIN' #15 (BOOM STUDIOS)

Ken M