YMMV / Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (Boom! Studios)

• Complete Monster: See here.
• Fandom Rivalry: One started to grow with fans of the main TV show. A number of comic readers, who find the show to be stagnant and too loyal to both the Neo Saban and Super Sentai formula, have completely embraced the comics, with them considering those to be the "main canon" of the franchise in their eyes, especially with all the new Rangers and how they write the original Season 1 group. A separate group either doesn't care about the comics at all or actively dislikes them and get annoyed that the TV show keeps being sidelines in the fandom. As far as the content of the comics themselves, they don't like how wildly different the established characters are or the massive changes to the lore (even if it is a different universe), feel that the comics that are supposed to take place in the show's universe are underwhelming, or simply suffer from Hype Backlash. This has extended to other parts of the fandom, with those people annoyed how half the MMPR representation in Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is based more on the comics than the show, even basing Story Mode on a comic storyline, while Hasbro's Lightning Collection figures are delving into comic-exclusive Rangers when there are still a significant number of show teams, many of which are fan-favorites, that haven't received a single figure yet.
• I Knew It!:
  • When the Dark Ranger was revealed, pretty much everyone predicted that it would be Heckyl due to the amount foreshadowing in his season that set him up to take on the powers there but those plans fell through. At Power Morphicon 2018, it was confirmed that it is Heckyl in the suit and Issue #35 would reveal how he became a Ranger.
  • Many fans correctly predicted that Lord Zedd would appear in Necessary Evil, given status quo is influenced by season two. They were also right that Rocky, Adam and Aisha would replace Jason, Zack and Trini like in the original series.
  • Matthew Cook was seen as a likely candidate regarding the new Green Ranger's identity.
• Magnificent Bitch: Rita Repulsa is reimagined here as a terrifyingly competent master manipulator. Conquering countless worlds in the name of Lord Zedd while building her entourage of loyal minions, rewarding treachery with horrific suffering and swaying Goldar to her side when he's sent to spy on her by Zedd, Rita managed to banish Zordon into a time warp before being sealed away herself. Once released in the present day Rita sets out to destroy the Rangers before she begins her conquest of Earth, quickly deducing their identities and replacing one of their friends with a Putty imposter. Retrieving the Green Power Coin and manipulating an echo of her mother into teaching her how to use it, Rita grants it to Tommy Oliver and turns him into her brainwashed servant. Even after he escapes her control Rita arranges events such that either he will be driven insane by the Green Chaos Energy, his Power Coin will be stolen by Scorpina, or the Rangers will unleash the Black Dragon in their Command Center; and later successfully uses the Green Candle to drain Tommy's Green Ranger powers. In contrast to her show counterpart's signature temper tantrums, Rita is always unfazed by failure and ready to strike back with another plot.
• Moral Event Horizon: See the page for examples.
• Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: The Dark Rangers from Season 2 of Mighty Morphin'. The show's first attempt at creating a group of evil Power Rangers is generally remembered as an embarrassment, largely because (due to budget constraints) they were just a group of teenage bullies whose costumes looked laughably cheap^note  Since they were an original concept with no basis in Super Sentai at the time, the Power Rangers production staff had to design and create their own Dark Rangers costumes on a severely limited budget. The results were about what you'd expect., and they were promptly overshadowed a few years later by the Psycho Rangers in Power Rangers in Space. But the comic book notably revisits the concept in issue #51, taking advantage of its lack of budget limitations to put a markedly different spin on it. The result is a storyline where Zedd turns his minions (including a Putty duplicate of Rita) into a new team of Dark Rangers—giving the show's OG villain team a truly memorable set of color-coded variant costumes. Most fans absolutely loved the visual design of the new Dark Rangers, particularly since the highly diverse alien physiologies of Rita and co. give them a degree of visual variety that most other Ranger teams lack.
• Unexpected Character: In the 2018 Anniversary Special, Anubis "Doggie" Cruger shows up and reveals that Astronema was one of the perpetrators of his race's genocide because they refused to fight for her and she sold them out to Emperor Gruumm as retaliation.

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