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So fun fact time:

The FENIX Skybase was designed with the intention that it could turn into a giant robot. While obviously scrapped (I’m assuming because there was no room in the budget of either the toyline or the show), I remember someone suggesting it probably would’ve appeared here to take on the Deadmans base.

Speaking of which, the writers confirmed that the reason the Deadmans have a UFO is that it’s actually the spaceship Giff came to Earth on thousands of years ago. The only reason he (and all the “demons/devils” born from his DNA) are referred to as “demons/devils” (depending on the subs) is presumably because the people back then had no other frame of reference for “unearthly creature of immense power”. Kinoshita said in retrospect, he should’ve made a bigger deal out of it (and switched over to calling the creatures born from using the Vistamps “Giffkind”)

Julio: It’s Julio and…

Aguilera: (unmotivated) Aguilera’s…

Both: Deadmans Stamp Navi

Julio: And today’s Vistamp is… this one.

Wolf!

Deadmans Up! Pushing up self! Moonlit night pain! Wolf!

Julio: With the power of this Wolf Vistamp, I can contract with my inner demon and become the Wolf Deadman. It gives me primal power and expert marksmanship.

Aguilera: Sure, just tell them your full skill set. Add another few years onto our jail sentences,why don’t you?

Hiromi: Currently, you’re at 37 with that last remark.

Julio: Anyway, this Vistamp was chosen by me from learning about this guy.



Julio: Colonel Bakarashin Iinodevitch Zol, former member of the Nazi Party and head of Shocker’s Asian branch. He joined Shocker following the Nuremberg Trials condemning him as a monster, and was transformed into the Golden Wolfman. He was defeated by Kamen Rider Hayato Ichimonji in the middle of his Human Wolf operation. But his legacy was continued years later by his disciple General Monster.



Aguilera: How do you know so much about him? Is he your grandpa or something?

Julio hesitates. Nearby, “Wakabayashi” watches.

“Wakabayashi”: Those fools. Still, it would be prudent to discuss my own inspiration behind my choice in Vistamps.



“Wakabayashi”: General Black, former bodyguard to Tsar Nicholas before he deserted following the Oktober Revolution, joining with he esoteric Buddhist group Geldam to continue a campaign of terror in Africa. They were later approached by the Great Leader, who transformed them into his new organisation Gel-Shocker. There, he eventually became the monster HiruChameleon, with the power to drain blood from the living to revive defeated monsters and to turn invisible. Eventually, his plot to defeat Hongou by freezing his transformation circuits was thwarted due to Ichimonji’s return from Europe and their subsequent teamwork saw the fall of Black and Gel-Shocker, along with the Great Leader. Or so they thought…



“Wakabayashi”: Just as they thought I was dealt with. But in the next instalment, I’ll be back…