Comic Review: Godzilla vs. Might Morphin Power Rangers #1 (IDW Publishing/BOOM! Studios)

Rita Repulsa has been defeated at the hands of the Power Rangers multiple times, and this time she wants to change that.

Discovering an ancient artifact, she decides to teleport to another universe where the likes of the Rangers could never follow her. Little did she realize that she would confront a new enemy, Godzilla, and lure the Power Rangers into the mix.. Surrounded by Kaiju, and other forces, all kinds of chaos ensues and it’s up to the Power Rangers to stop Rita, that’s if they can survive their battle with the King of Monsters to do so!

Cullen Bunn writing a crossover featuring the Power Rangers and Godzilla is not something that anyone would have expected to be handled by him, but he does a fantastic job at nailing the essentials of the power rangers, focusing on the core team, and their established world. That said, storywise, Bunn seamlessly and plausibly crafted a story that makes sense for a crossover between these two worlds to happen that works. Bunn doesn’t need to fill in anyone on who the Power Rangers are, and makes it easy to figure out who the players are, providing readers that are new to the team and Godzilla an easy jump on point for new fans and established. The plot is entertaining and while the dialogue has its sense of cheese (fitting to Power Rangers), it doesn’t wear out its welcome.

Freddie Willaims ll is no stranger to illustrating some of the best crossovers of the last decade. To have chosen him to do this crossover between pop culture icons of another arena makes him the perfect choice to illustrate this book. Williams layouts paired with Andrew Dalehouse’s color work make the art visually dynamic and zestful, exuding all sorts of cool, amplifying what makes the Power Rangers and Godzilla so cool. Johanna Nattalie is the letterer of the book and does a good job pairing the lettering choices with the art, making the verbal action more prominent. Sometimes it could be jarring with some of the three-dimensional lettering, but for a book such as this, it works.

If you’re a fan of classic Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the super sentai genre, Godzilla, kaiju, or cool crossovers that are fun and fitting to the properties involved, without being buried in so much continuity, and easy to follow, this is the book for you. I recommend picking this book up and adding it to your pull list for new comic book day.