Ten years can change everything. Careers, relationships, priorities…even what it means to be a hero. In that vein, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers will officially return with a bold new direction. Here, the original team reunites not as teenagers with attitude, but as adults carrying the weight of the lives they’ve built since the last time they answered the call.
Officially launching on June 3, the new series (from writer Marguerite Bennett and artists Andrew Lee Griffith and Phillip Sevy) picks up in a world that has moved on without the Rangers…until a terrifying new threat forces them all back to the Command Center. At the center of it all is Rita Rabiosa, a chilling evolution of the franchise’s most iconic villain, and a mystery that cuts across dimensions and legacy alike.
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Before the first issue hits shelves, readers will get an early glimpse during Comics Giveaway Day this Saturday (May 2), where a special #0 issue sets the stage with stories spanning the very Morphin Grid. It’s a clear signal of intent: This is both a fresh starting point and a celebration of everything Power Rangers has been.
To get an inside look at the relaunch, I spoke to Bennett on what it means to revisit these characters after a decade apart, how adulthood reshapes their identities, and why this relaunch leans just as hard into emotional truth as it does into morphoenomenal action. There’s nostalgia here, but also something more reflective and, at times, even more complicated.
Because going back isn’t just about remembering who you were…it’s about confronting who you’ve become.
AIPT: This relaunch jumps forward 10 years and reunites a very different team. What excited you most about exploring the Power Rangers as adults instead of teens?
Marguerite Bennett: For all of us who grew up with Power Rangers, I really wanted to explore how our lives have grown and changed into adulthood, as much as the Rangers. It’s a lot harder to be a Ranger when you have bills to pay, rent to earn, relationships to maintain! Children get aspirational heroes, but adults have to figure that out for themselves. There was so, so much to play with.
AIPT: Growing up, what was your relationship like with the Power Rangers, and how did that shape your approach to writing these characters now
MB: My brother and I would watch Power Rangers at 6 a.m. before school as our mom was getting ready; I cannot describe to you the infusion of energy in two little kids running around the house, pretending to be robot dinosaurs. It was a huge bonding experience for us, and he was the first person I told when I took the job.
AIPT: Each Ranger now has a distinct career path. How did you approach matching their professions to who they were back in the original series?
MB: Kimberly and Trini’s careers came directly from their departures in the original series, but for Jason, with his leadership qualities…I simply could not picture him doing anything other than guiding and working with kids. When you’re little, those coaches and teachers mean so, so much to you, second to your own parents. They are your real-life heroes. Jason choosing something less glamorous, but far more meaningful, made my heart ache in a way that rang true. And Zack, I think, had the most practical urge to protect as many people from real-world villainy as possible. He sacrificed the ability to connect with others more intimately in order to make broader, systemic reforms – he’s taken the world on his shoulders, all for us.
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AIPT: There’s a natural question hanging over this premise. After 10 years apart, are these still the same heroes, or has time changed what being a Ranger means to them?
MB: Forgive me, I can only answer with witch-cackling and the sly wriggling of eyebrows.
AIPT: Without spoiling anything, what can you tease about Rita Rabiosa and how she connects to the legacy of Rita Repulsa?
MB: She is a Rita from another dimension, and in the way she is and isn’t our Rita, the Rangers in her dimension are and aren’t our Rangers. This Rita is coming for revenge…and her motives are horrifying.
AIPT: The idea of returning to the Command Center feels iconic. What does that space represent in this new era, both for the characters and for you as a storyteller?
MB: I wanted to evoke that feeling of returning to your childhood bedroom or playground after you’ve been an adult out in the world. It feels so much smaller when you’re grown, but so sacred, too. It hurts a little to come back. But you also know that you are who you are because this is where you grew.
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AIPT: Your work often balances character depth with big, high-concept stakes. How do you approach that balance in a world as action-driven as Power Rangers?
MB: Thank you kindly! The big thing was I wanted this book to be fun. New fans, old fans, fans who are eight or fans who have eight-year-olds – I wanted this to be a great big revival tent. The world is an unsettling place right now, and I wanted us to have a laugh and remember that as long as there have been villains, there have been heroes, too. Teamwork will make the dream work. Always has, always will.
AIPT: Andrew Lee Griffith is your collaborator on this series. What does he bring to the tone and energy of this relaunch that makes it feel fresh?
MB: Andrew’s take is much closer to the original series in its ’90s Americanization – his sensibilities take us back to that era and look like the comics we grew up reading. But they don’t stop there – we begin with that nostalgia, and launch up and through the most insane splashes and morphenomenal fights. I bought a splash page from the moment the ink was dry – you’re not gonna believe how this man draws Zords.
AIPT: Fun one: if the team had to fight a monster based on their current day jobs, what’s the weirdest or funniest monster you’d want to throw at them?
MB: Oh, honey – we’re sure as sugar doing that plot. ;D
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