Blue Ranger

Few characters capture the early-'90s pop-culture lightning-in-a-bottle moment quite like Blue Ranger, who burst onto the comics page in 1994 courtesy of creators Don Markstein and Gray Morrow in Hamilton Comics' Saban's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #1 — right at the height of the franchise's cultural peak. A Modern Age hero through and through, Blue Ranger stands shoulder-to-shoulder with an iconic ensemble: Pink Ranger, Yellow Ranger, Black Ranger, and Red Ranger are constant companions across these pages, along with Billy Cranston. Spread across nearly two and a half decades of publication history and appearing most prominently in Hamilton's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers titles — including the Ninja Rangers / VR Troopers crossover run — Blue Ranger represents a genuinely collectible slice of licensed comics history from an era when the Power Rangers were absolutely everywhere. With 29 catalog appearances and a debut issue that carries key-issue appeal, this is a character worth seeking out for any fan with a soft spot for the franchise's comic book chapter.