Power Rangers Green #2 continues the newest series focusing on the most iconic Power Ranger, Tommy Oliver. This Old Man Logan-like story has shown us a Tommy Oliver who is the Last Ranger of the world. It is a world where Tommy is not the character we remember him as. It is a very different Power Rangers story with more of the sci-fi fantasy aspect of the franchise being tapped into. How will things go next for Old Man Tommy Oliver? Let’s find out with Power Rangers Green #2.
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer: Pallie Paul Allor
Artist: Gustaffo Vargas
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
POWER RANGERS GREEN #2 SOLICITATION
“Trouble strikes as Tommy and his ragtag crew face a deadly new enemy!
Alpha finds himself in a pickle while Tommy and team are on the road. And elsewhere, Tommy must make a heroic stand to save as many innocent people as he can when a town comes under attack.
With pressure at an all-time high, can he live up to the promise of his old self against the raging Red Censer?” – BOOM! Studios
REVIEW
Much like its debut issue, Power Rangers Green #2 lacks a major missing piece to fully buy into the story it is trying to present. That missing piece is that the world doesn’t feel lived in as much as it tries to present. There is just a missing life to this post-apocalyptic setting that is just not clicking. It does not help that this version Tommy Oliver may be the least interesting version of the character we’ve gotten.
A lot of the problems that Power Rangers Green has faced in these first two issue comes down to the history of the world we are in. While we get the danger presented much better in Power Rangers #2 it isn’t by a whole lot. The action just doesn’t have a life to it because we are missing the important historical piece of this world.
Now it is understandable with where we find this old man Tommy Oliver we don’t get all the details since he is so closed off. But Pallie Paul Allor writing isn’t doing its job of making you want to find out that history through the dialogue we are given. There isn’t that motivation presented to look underneath to find these clues. Without that the world just does not have a lived in feel like it is trying to present.
This also makes the action sequences we do get with Tommy and Goldar running away from the Red Censer just lack life. Even as we see some citizens from the town they are in running away it does nothing to help with the sense of urgency.
All of this comes down to how Power Rangers Green #2, like its predecessor, is afraid to tap into the franchise. With the world that is presented there would be plenty of opportunities for Allor to utilize aspect from different Power Rangers series. But it almost feels like Allor is just using Tommy Oliver and the Power Rangers name to sell his own post-apocalyptic story that he pitched to BOOM! Studios but was told to make it a Power Rangers comic.
The only hope that we do have is given to us in the end with a tease of Tommy talking about his life as the Last Power Ranger. This is something that Power Rangers Green needs to desperately address to help elevate this story to what it could potentially be. The entire story can easily turn around by giving us these details about the history of this universe.
Not helping Power Rangers Green #2 is Gustaffo Vargas artwork. Vargas art style is simply not a fit for this comic book. It constantly feels like Vargas is clashing with the post-apocalyptic tone of the story while managing the fantastic Power Rangers elements. There is a lack of comfort that the art style has that just feels like it is battling itself to find its identity.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Power Rangers Green #2 is a messy follow-up to the debut issue of this series. The comic book constantly feels like it is clashing with itself in trying to find its identity. The post-apocalyptic setting that Pallie Paul Allor and Gustaffo Vargas is just not working. The only hope is that the tease of diving deeper into this version of Tommy Oliver’s character will help create an investment in the story that these first two issues have failed to create.
Story Rating: 3 Night Girls out of 10
Art Rating: 3 Night Girls out of 10
Overall Rating: 3 Night Girls out of 10
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