The Legendary Roz Raven/Volume 1

The Legendary Roz Raven - Volume 1 is the first volume of the Fantendo - Drive series, "The Legendary Roz Raven", released in late 2017. The series and the main character, Reese III/Roz Raven, are a homage to tokusatsu shows such as Kamen Rider and Super Sentai, though definitely taking more inspiration from the former. The Legendary Roz Raven was originally meant as an anniversary series for Fantendo, and while its delays prevented it from being so, it still features an incredible amount of references to the Fantendoverse and its many species.

Characters

Main Characters

• Reese III - A clone of Supreme Overlord Reese who defected and became the masked hero known as Roz Raven, RIII loves helping people in need and is a very kindhearted person, bonding with people in very short time, however, this also has lead him to get into trouble, and the terrible actions he's done under Supreme Overlord Reese's bidding lay in the back of his head. RIII is on a quest to collect all of the Memory Gears before Supreme Overlord Reese does. (Memory Gear Count: 2 - Omega Raven Auto, Beorn Manual).
• Khaleya - A Missyntile (a crocodile alien species from the New Fantendoverse) who quickly forced herself as RIII's sidekick. Khaleya is sassy, brash and a bit aggressive, she's also not very trusting of people which is a stark contrast to RIII, only joining him at first to be able to gain some of his glory and fame, however she soon learns that trusting nobody but yourself doesn't lead to anything good. (Memory Gear Count: 0)
• Supreme Overlord Reese - A Reese from another universe who's a dark conqueror, conquering many planets and galaxies until the destruction of his home universe, now he currently resides in a base floating through many universes along with a sizeable, yet very small in comparison to his previous army size, army, hoping to get all of the Memory Gears in order to regain his power. (Memory Gear Count: 2 - Diabolus Manual, Human Auto).
• Reese 22 - The second clone of Supreme Overlord Reese, originally known as Reese II until he was killed by Reese III, now he lives, but lacks a soul and is 85% mechanized. Reese 22 now lacks any emotion except intense loyalty towards Supreme Overlord Reese and determination to stomp over anyone who gets in his way. (Memory Gear Count: 3 - Dylin Manual, Narobii Manual, Catalyst Manual).
• Leah II - A clone of Neotendo's Leah Needlenam, Leah II is devoted to Supreme Overlord Reese and obssesed with murdering RIII, to the point where she will actually refuse to work on plans if it means she'll miss the chance of potentially killing RIII. Despite her insanity, she's very skilled at mechanics and has a decent knowledge of medicine. Leah II is insanely obssesed with RIII's friend Khaleya, her hate for him stems from seeing him as "competition", no matter how many times RIII states that he's not interested in Khaleya. (Memory Gear Count: 0).

Minor Characters

• Neotendoverse Leah Needlenam - A now deceased friend of RIII who worked under Supreme Overlord Reese along with him, but when RIII started having thoughts about defecting, she did too and helped RIII escape the Neotendoverse at the cost of being caught and murdered by Supreme Overlord Reese, something that still haunts RIII to this day. Leah Needlenam was really passionate about mechanics and was known to be determined and hotheaded, though still a kind person at heart.
• Monkey • Trip Katzenjammer - A member of the intergalactic warrior Sudanima's Zodiac Killers, Trip is a jack of all trades with a variety of abilities thanks to his Memory Gears. (Memory Gear Count: 12 - Monkey Automatic, Dragon Manual, Snake Manual, Ox Manual, Goat Automatic, Dog Manual, Tiger Manual, Rat Manual, Pig Manual, Chicken Manual.)

Summary

The story revolves around Reese III/Roz Raven and Khaleya's quest to obtain all of the Memory Gears, in the process travelling to every corner of the New Fantendoverse and having to fight the "Death Generals" sent by Supreme Overlord Reese along the way. Each Issue is divided into Episodes which each have their own self-contained narrative, usually revolving around Roz Raven having to fight a Death General in a monster-of-the-week format, however, each one also moves forward an overarching story.

Trivia

• The episodic format is a clear reference to Kamen Rider and Super Sentai's episodic story format.
• The Memory Gears are also a pretty big reference to Kamen Rider, specifically Kamen Rider W's Gaia Memories.
• Khaleya is the same species Ronnie Pepper is and Doomulus Grime was before being turned into a Doomuli.