Summary
Warning: Spoilers for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour #1!The original Red Ranger has named which of thePower Rangersmay be even better than him. Many fans would consider Jason Lee Scott to be the best andmost powerful Power Ranger ever, but there’s at least one Ranger who Jason ranks above himself. One conversation withWild Force’sYellow Ranger, Taylor Earnhardt, suggests that Jason views her to be a better leader than him.
Mighty MorphinPower Rangers: Darkest Hour#1 – written by Melissa Flores, with art by Simona Di Gianfelice – finds Taylor hesitant to leaving the Earth for an off-planet final battle with Dark Specter, not wanting to leave Jason and her other allies behind. In response, Jason praises Taylor as"an amazing captain."
While some fans might argue that Jason still ranks asPower Rangers’greatest leader, at the very least, Taylor is Jason’s ideal vision for what a leader for the Power Rangers should be.
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Original Red Ranger Jason Praises Wild Force’s Taylor As A “Great Leader”
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour#1 by Melissa Flores, Simona Di Gianfelice, Raúl Angulo, Jose Enrique Fernandez, and Ed Dukeshire
Taylor Earnhardt’s return toPower Rangershas shown her to be headstrong, cunning, a team player, and above all else, brave - many of the same characteristics that made Jason a great leader.
Taylor Earnhardt ranks among themost underrated leaders inPower Rangershistory, and one of the rare instances where the leader of the team wasn’t the Red Ranger. She would take a step back and become second-in-command once Cole did join the team as the Red Ranger, but it all amounted to further Taylor’s character development at the end of the day. More recently, she’s resurfaced in theMighty Morphincomics during thefinal “Darkest Hour” arcas the last survivor of theWild Forceteam not captured by Dark Specter.
On Earth, she’s worked closely witha post-retirement Jason Lee Scottto train local everyday citizens who volunteered to join the battlefield against Dark Specter. Speaking of the battlefield,Taylor joins the rest of the Ranger survivors in the final battle against Dark Specter in another dimension, where she plays a significant role in defeating Dark Specteronce and for all.Taylor Earnhardt’s return toPower Rangershas shownher to be headstrong, cunning, a team player, and above all else, brave - many of the same characteristics that made Jason a great leader.
Considering that they share the same leadership qualities, it’s easy to see why Jason has warmed up to Taylor so strongly.
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Considering that they share the same leadership qualities, it’s easy to see whyJason has warmed up to Taylorso strongly, not just because they’ve worked together. However, the moment is bigger than just Jason praising a teammate. What makes this moment so big is thatit solidifies an underrated leader as one of the best leaders when the opinion comes from arguably the best leader inRangershistory. That’s high praise, and as such, Taylor Earnhardt, a name that isn’t echoed often enough in thePower Rangersfranchise is further legitimized.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour#1is available now from BOOM! Studios.
