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Vampirella herself is not in this issue. Buckle in, this feels like another arc that will be very interesting to read all at once, but kinda frustrating
to read one piece at a time over several months. Provisionally recommended
to wait for the trade. $4.99

Power Rangers Infinity one-shot: Boom! Studios - No, I haven't read any
of the other Boom! series (not even the ones available on LibraryPass), but
the solicitation for this one sounded like it might stand alone and work as long as the reader had some background in Power Rangers. And for the most
part it does (it helps to know a bit about the villain of the piece,
Poisandra, but the fact she's considered lame and keeps coming back from the dead anyway is conveyed sufficiently). Interestingly, if you're looking for
a Watsonian explanation for the lack of new Power Rangers shows in the foreseeable future, Poisandra's plot can be assumed to take a while before it gets foiled. She has acquired a Plot Device that lets her reboot the Power Rangers, essentially set up a new season at will. She's looking for a team
she can actually beat, though, and since she's so pathetic she ends up just re-rolling over and over, preventing the next Power Rangers show from happening. A handful of the Rangers she created managed to escape being de-booted, and they've teamed up (as the Power Rangers Infinity) to stop her, but they're always a step behind. So that's where the story starts, with Poisandra seeking out the right sort of pathetic Power Rangers fan (at a convention, of course, where she's assumed to be a cosplayer) to help her create a team that's weak enough for even Poisandra to beat. (One of the Infinity team is from the Pride and Prejudice Rangers, and by coincidence the Sentai and Sensibility TTRPG Kickstarter just shipped.) We do get enough backstory to see that when Poisandra creates a new team, at least some of
them got to have their stories play out before being wiped, even if the
opening pages make it look like she's gotten to the point where she wipes 'em as fast as she can create 'em. Does any of this take place in the show or existing comics continuity? Almost definitely not! The framing sequence is
in a world where Power Rangers are strictly fictional, but it's not our world since the comic publisher the protagonist wants to work for is Highland
Studios rather than Boom! Studios. Yeah, the whole thing is pretty cheesy
and goes heavy on the cheap sentiment, but isn't that the true spirit of the Power Rangers? Recommended. $7.99

Expected next time I review floppies (since there might not be enough to ship again until November): Definitely Gatchaman Galactor #2 (of 4), My Adventures With Superman #5, Ultraman x Avengers #2 (as those already shipped by the first week of October), probably Fantastic Four #26, Gatchaman #4, Gatchaman Galactor #2, Vampirella #672. Charm City #4 is solicited for
October, but #3 was solicited for September and there's no sign of it,
so....


Dave Van Domelen, "Now he probably thinks I'm some sort of LOONEY."
"You ARE some sort of looney." "I don't want HIM to know that!" - Miss
Rachel and Dr. Jekyll, The Glass Scientists vol 1

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