"Shattered Grid" is a 2018 crossover comic book event published by Boom! Studios, in collaboration with Saban Brands. Based on the Power Rangers franchise by Haim Saban, it was mostly written by Kyle Higgins and Ryan Parrott through the ongoing comic series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Saban's Go Go Power Rangers to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original television series.
Publication history
In December 2017, Boom! Studios announced "Shattered Grid" as a crossover event between Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Saban's Go Go Power Rangers, which would feature teams from all eras.
The main story was mostly written by Kyle Higgins through Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, while Ryan Parrott has also written a tie-in story through Saban's Go Go Power Rangers, featuring Lord Drakkon and the Ranger Slayer as exclusive characters.
In February 2018, an online advertisement promoting the comic was broadcast, featuring Jason David Frank.
In March 2018, a promotional short film titled Power Rangers: Shattered Grid - Dark Prelude was released online, starring Frank in the role of Lord Drakkon. The film was written and directed by Higgins and produced by Locomotion Pictures, RCA Film Productions and Saban Brands.
Plot
Prelude
In an alternate universe, Tommy Oliver refused to join the Power Rangers and remained loyal to Rita Repulsa; taking the name "Lord Drakkon" after a former acolyte of Rita's. Together, they conquered Earth and killed Zordon, Jason Scott, Billy Cranston, among others. Drakkon also stole all the Power Coins from the Rangers—with the exception of Billy Cranston’s—to create his vast armies of upgraded militarized Ranger Sentries. Among these, he stole the White Ranger Power Coin for himself, fusing it together with his existing Green Ranger powers becoming a White Ranger/Green Ranger hybrid with both powers and twice the strength. He also killed Rita to form his own army, including Scorpina, Finster 5, and a brainwashed Kimberly Hart as the Ranger Slayer. To fight this threat, Zack Taylor and Trini Kwan founded "The Coinless", a resistance movement that opposes Drakkon's regime. Additionally, another Tommy from another universe and his fellow Rangers confronted him, destroying his Power Coin in the process. As they returned to their universe, Drakkon was accidentally transported with them. After his arrival, he was taken prisoner by Promethea agents.
After Promethea held Drakkon in a special top-secret containment facility for an unknown amount of time, Saba appears and tries to kill him. However, he accidentally frees Drakkon, who decapitates Saba and takes his headless sword body to escape.
Arriving in the past, the Ranger Slayer joins forces with Rita Repulsa to power the Gravezord, so she can deliver the Chaos Crystal back to Lord Drakkon.
Main story
The Time Force Rangers investigate a mysterious rift in the future, but when they get too close, their Time Force Megazord is ravaged and becomes nearly inescapable for Jen Scotts, but they manage to travel to the past. In the present, Jason and Tommy confront Promethea Director Grace Sterling for secretly hiding Lord Drakkon.
Drakkon travels back to the original Rangers' dimension and deceives Ninjor, creator of the Power Coins, into repairing his ranger powers before capturing him in a magic bottle to exploit his knowledge of the Morphin Grid. The Rangers plan their recourse while Billy expresses his desire for Trini's help in making the Black Dragon work again so they can warn the Coinless of Drakkon's return and to fortify the Command Center. Unbeknownst to the Rangers, Drakkon infiltrates the Command Center and steals the Chaos Crystal. Tommy and Kimberly try to find peace during their first date, but she rebuffs him. He starts to leave, only to be attacked by Drakkon for his Ranger energy. Jen joins Kimberly in fighting off Drakkon, but he escapes to his world while Tommy dies in Kimberly's arm. After Zordon confirms his death, the Rangers leave Tommy's body for the police.