Darkest Hour #1

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour #1 caps off eight years' worth of Power Rangers stories with an action-packed, emotion-heavy finale. But the final page serves as a reminder that even if this is an ending, the legacy of the Power Rangers will never truly die. Read Full Review

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour #1 reminds us that healing may leave complications, things and people shattered can be rebuilt but not necessarily restored, and children often forge different paths than their elders. Read Full Review

After an 8-year journey that set a quite high bar for what Power Rangers could be and the stories it could tell, it's finally time to bring that larger-than-life saga to an end. That conclusion occurs in the much anticipated Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour #1, and it was never going to be easy landing this eight-year flight in a truly satisfying way. That said, the team of Melissa Flores, Simona Di Gianfelice, Raul Angulo, Jose Enrique Fernandez, Ed Dukeshire, and editors Allyson Gronowitz and Kenzie Rzonca managed to somehow make that happen while also delivering a few unexpected moments that will undoubtedly stay with you, especially if you've been here since the beginning. Read Full Review

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour #1 delivers a satisfying ending to the epic story Melissa Flores, Simona Di Gianfelice, and company created. More importantly, the scale of this finale hit on what the payoff needed to be for the eight-year journey we've experienced from all the creative teams that worked on this franchise under BOOM! Studios. It all further highlights why this entire run something that all Power Rangers' fans should experience. Read Full Review

Beautifully illustrated but the story falls completely flat. This epic just fizzled out in the middle and never recovered for the bombastic ending that was expected. This could be the reason why this issue came out exactly one week after the last. A largely forgettable story and a lackluster ending does not lead to a good comic. Read Full Review

Despite two years of build-up, this final issue feels like a rushed and lackluster effort to just get over the finish line. Read Full Review

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Aug 16, 2024

This ends Darkest hour and an era as well. I have a feeling from what I've heard that a lot of readers are making this their jumping off point, so I doubt whatever Boom has in store that the Ranger books will be as successful as this run. All in all it was a satisfactory end but feels a bit rushed. There seem to be a lot of loose ends here. Like whether Jason will regain his connection to the grid, What will happen to Rita, as it seems she's in a state far from plotting to marry Zedd to regain power and what of Zedd's own Ranger power just to name a few. I'm not too happy with how Boom led us on with their big "This is the end of it all" then suddenly "Fooled you. We're rebooting this Fall." I hate when comic publishers do that. It's a marketing gimmick I won't be pulled into though. I think even though despite all the unresolved things that this is where I'll depart. After 8 years of this being one of the finer comic series around it's how I prefer to remember it. I'd recommend this most as a jumping off point. It really is the closest thing to satisfactory closure we'll probably get more