Combo Rangers
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Combo Rangers is a series of Webcomics created in 1998 by Brazilian author Fábio Yabu. It is clearly based on Super Sentai series, by featuring five main rangers (Red, blue, green, pink and yellow) plus an extra, white one. Also, they are led by O Poderoso Combo (The Mighty Combo, later called Tio Combo, or Uncle Combo in English), and fight against several forms of evil. They are self-nominated as the “the ones who fight in the name of love and justice”. They have won the HQ Mix Award three times. [1]
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[edit] History
The story is set in a fictional city called Cidade City (literally “City City”). The city is located in a fictional universe called "Yabuverso" (literally "Yabuverse"). Initially, Combo was the responsible for saving the city and the world from all kind of evil, but his powers were harming his health, so he was forced to retire. Therefore, he has recruited five kids (all of them were about nine years old) to battle against General Monte, who was coming from space. As time passes in the real world, so does the time in the story, meaning that all the characters grew up. In the last season, they were featured as teenagers. Also, beyond being superheroes, they have also to handle with school, home and family, while trying to keep their superheroes lives in secret. They are not the only superheroes, though: they are members of ASH, the Associação de Super-Heróis (Superheroes Association), which is home to several other people loyal to the mission of saving the world. The series was featured on the net until 2003, when it was cancelled. The series was also printed as comics in 2000. In 2004, Yabu decided to stop writing the comic, to focus only on his book “Princesas do Mar” (Princesses of the Sea). The book has been a success and therefore Yabu has released two sequels. Since the last edition of the comic, Yabu has not said anything about continuing to write the Combo Rangers series.
[edit] Seasons
[edit] On the net
- Combo Rangers (25 chapters, plus a special)
- Como Ranger Zero (25 chapters)
- Combo Rangers Revolution (14 chapters, incomplete)
[edit] Printed as comics
- Combo Rangers (12 Chapters, printed by Editora JBC)
- Combo Rangers (10 Chapters, printed by Panini Comics)
[edit] Characters
[edit] Abilities
The Combo Rangers battles are based on hand-to-hand combat. They can also fire shots by the edge of their index fingers, using the "bang bang" gesture (like Yusuke Urameshi in Yu Yu Hakusho). Later on the series, they earn the ability to fly. Basically, their power works by simply multiplying their human forces many times.
