As much as I enjoyed the recent Power Rangers seasons, some of my favorite stories in recent years have come from the comics. It is interesting to compare them to the TV shows, particularly regarding canon. For example, Amy Jo Johnson’s Power Rangers: The Return series ignored the events of Zeo and everything else that came after MMPR season 3, with the story featuring an alternate version of what happened to the original Power Rangers. The comics, be they from the main continuity or not, have allowed Power Rangers to revisit characters and fix mistakes from the past.

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Zeo Yellow Tanya Will Be Revisited In An Power Rangers Comic Book

Several Power Rangers Actors Are Working With BOOM! Studios

Following Amy Jo Johnson’s collaboration with BOOM! Studios, Screen Rant exclusively revealed that several other cast will work with the publisher in all-new stories that will highlight their respective characters. The list of Power Rangers actors working with BOOM! Studios include Amy Jo Johson, Walter Emanuel Jones, David Yost, Steve Cardenas, and Nakia Burrise, the last of which had been away from the franchise since Turbo. Tango, the artist who will be working with Burrise on the Tanya-centered comic book, described it as a “small glimpse into Tanya’s future as a seasoned Ranger.”

Tany was introduced as a child toward the end of Mighty Morphin season 3, during which the Power Rangers were looking for the Zeo crystals across time and space. Tanya’s introduction was meant to set up her as the new Yellow Langer leading to Power Rangers Zeo given that Aisha’s actress Karan Ashley was not going to remain on the show. Once Billy decided to retire as a Power Ranger, the remaining Zeo crystal was given to Tanya, now the Zeo Yellow Ranger. After the shift into Turbo, Tanya remained as the Yellow Ranger.

Yellow Ranger Tanya Never Appeared In Power Rangers Again After Turbo

Tanya Last Appeared In 1997’s “ing The Torch"

Tanya never appeared in another Power Rangers TV show or movie after Turbo. The character had previously appeared in Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, which remains the only TV-canon Power Rangers movie. Even though the original Zeo team had become Turbo Rangers in the film, their run on this new season did not last too long. Power Rangers chose not to renew the contracts of the main cast, which is why all of the Turbo Rangers but Justin left the season midway through it. Tanya was replaced by Ashley, who would also become the In Space Yellow Ranger.

I always found it disappointing that, of all the Zeo Rangers who exited the show, Tanya was the only character to not ever be revisited. Adam returned shortly after Turbo in Power Rangers in Space – he would also return years later in "Once A Ranger" and Once & Always. Tommy continued to be a major part of the franchise between cameos and his Dino Thunder run, whereas Kat came back more recently for “Dimensions in Danger” and Once & Always. Although Rocky was never a Turbo Ranger, he was from that same generation and also returned a couple of times since then.

Power Rangers’ New Tanya Story Can Finally Make A Fan-Favorite Zeo Theory Canon

Were Adam And Tanya Supposed To Be A Couple?

Adam and Tanya were often hanging around together in Zeo and Turbo, leading many to theorize that they were supposed to become a couple. It is unclear whether there were any concrete plans of making Adam and Tanya a couple, but they did have great chemistry and delivered some of the best interactions in Zeo and Turbo. Whereas Adam appeared three times after Turbo, Tanya’s fate on the TV canon remains unknown. When describing her comic book, Burrise teased that it will tell “Whatever happened to Tanya and Adam.”

Interestingly, Power Rangers: Once & Always heavily implied that Tanya eventually regained her Zeo powers since Zeo Yellow was one of the Power Rangers kidnapped by Robot Rita. That said, considering that the comics will most likely be self-contained stories set in different chronologies like Power Rangers: The Return, it is difficult to predict what will happen. Regardless, I’m excited to have a new Tanya story in the comics after the series failed to revisit the character. Though not as iconic as Mighty Morphin, the Zeo/Turbo era will always be one of my favorite Power Rangers phases.

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Power Rangers Turbo

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Release Date

April 19, 1997

Directors

David Winning, Shuki Levy

Writers

Douglas Sloan

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  Jason David Frank
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  Blake Foster
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  Johnny Yong Bosch
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  Nakia Burrise

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Power Rangers Turbo is the fifth season of the Power Rangers franchise, airing in 1997. The season follows the continuing adventures of the Turbo Rangers as they battle the evil space pirate Divatox and her sister, Rygog. Meanwhile, the Rangers face personal struggles and lineup changes as they work together to save the world from destruction.

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Power Rangers

Seasons

1

Streaming Service(s)

Pluto TV

Creator(s)

Haim Saban, Shuki Levy

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