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Batman Does His Own Kamen Rider Decade Story From DC Comics
Kenny Porter, Baldemar Rivas, and Alejandro Sanchez created a short story for Batman: Urban Legends #7 last month, The Batman With No Name. And it has generated plenty of fan discussion and interrogation.
Specifically commentary that it is a Kamen Rider Decade story in disguise, and published by DC Comics. Kamen Rider is a Japanese series of TV programmes films, and manga, created by Shotaro Ishinomori, generally features a motorcycle-riding superhero with an insect motif who fights supervillains.The franchise began in 1971 with the Kamen Rider television series, which followed college student Takeshi Hongo and his quest to defeat the world-conquering Shocker organization. Its popularity has grown; the original series spawned television and film sequels and launched the Second Kaiju Boom on Japanese television during the early 1970s, impacting the superhero and action-adventure genres in Japan.[
Kamen Rider Decade was a Kamen Rider show where the main character could transform into the heroes of the past decade of Kamen Rider. And in the story, the Batman With No Name actively transforms into different Batman from the past.
Kamen Riders are known for their belts, known as "Drivers," which let them transform, Teh Batman With No Name has a "Legacy Driver" belt. While the "Mode Change: Dark Knight!" just an echo of "Kamen Ride: Kabuto!"
And the writer, Kenny Porter is clearly a Kamen Rider fan on social media.
The Tsundoku Zone has a video that sequences a number of these events… and the writer of the comic seemed to approve!
BATMAN URBAN LEGENDS #7 CVR A FRANCESCO MATTINA
(W) Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Various (A) Max Dunbar, Various (CA) Francesco Mattina
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