Summary

Warning : Spoilers for Ranger Academy # 4!BOOM ! studio continues to solidify Dark Specter as the Thanos of thePower Rangersfranchise . go out back to in - universe funnies release nearly a decade ago and - in plot line - dating back to thousand - yr - old baleful warningsfrom the show ’s most iconic villain , Dark Specter has been craft as the overarching villain of the dealership , presiding over every evil scheme from the beginning , even beforePower Rangers in Space .

Ranger Academy#4 – by Maria Ingrande Mora , Jo Mi - Gyeong , Fabiana Mascolo , and Ed Dukeshire – paint a motion-picture show of Dark Specter ’s major impact on the past and future of the franchise . set up by Zordon , Ranger Academy is a school that operates in the distant futurity and be to train the Rangers of the hereafter , as overseen by Rangers of the preceding likeSPD’spotentially immortal Commander CrugerandMighty Morphin’soriginalBlue Ranger in a perfect newfangled part .

As Ranger Academy cadet embark on their latest challenge , readers teach how Dark Specter ’s name still evokes dread century in the future .

Imagery of Jason the Red Ranger from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Dark Specter’s Crimes Have Left An Impact On Future Generations Of Rangers

InRanger Academy#4 , in lodge to earn the rightfulness to Morph for the first time , a crop of students from the Academy begin their first tryout , on the homeworld of the Bandorian Monks , the major planet Chromia . As the educatee trek through their journey , they take a minute to pillow , ahead of what is to come , and decide to pass the time with ghost stories . Theo jump things off by alluding to a story about Dark Specter , suggesting that the loss leader of the United Alliance of Evil infiltrated their school day several years prior .

Lindy doubts that such an attempt would be possible , under the impression that the shoal is as secure as it can be . Meanwhile , freshman Sage ponders out loud who Dark Specter is to begin with . Rather than explicate , Theo pronounce the story about him is"too long"for a cantonment story . “Too long"might be a subtle computer address to the12 - month " Darkest Hour " storylinecurrently on-going , where Dark Specter is traveling different timelines – the preceding , present , hereafter , and alternate reality – to build his Dark Army .

Dark Specter is Officially the Thanos of Power Rangers

Dark Specter ’s timeline hopping into the time to come is likely when he would have infiltrate Ranger Academy . These panels really call up home how much Dark Specter has been established as the Thanos of thePower Rangersuniverse , not only because of his shock on different meter periods , but his encroachment on dissimilar comics . For years , Dark Specter has had his presence feel in multiplePower Rangerscomic serial , either foreshadowed by name or , in this pillowcase , preceding over storylines instantly , much like Thanos in the MCU at the height of his villainy .

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Featured Image: White Ranger (foreground) with villain Dark Specter looming in the background

Ranger Academy #4, future Power Rangers of Ranger Academy tell ghost stories

Ranger Academy #4, future Power Rangers of Ranger Academy speak about Dark Specter

Dark Specter’s new comic book form (foreground); the original monsterous TV version of Dark Specter (background)

Main cover for Ranger Academy #4

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