Fanboy Black History #22: The Black Power Ranger

We end our first week of FanBoy Black History by going back... all the way back to 1993, in order catch the first sighting of #22, the Black Power Ranger. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers were the American equivalent to the Japanese Super Sentai superhero franchise. Fusing cheesy live-action scenes with even cheesier Godzilla-style monster mayhem, the Power Rangers were trailblazers for the Japanese kid collectables invasion that continued with Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh. The Black Power Ranger is extraordinary, because unlike the classic Voltron series, which had no diversity in it's cast, Zack showed youngsters that heroes can come in any color.