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Originally Posted by KachoOn

I think it's less about the music and the genre itself as far as most of the designs go. But more importantly, probably just an excuse to have an insane amount of what if bat variants. Hard to believe Todd didn't create this comic series.

While im in the minority of liking this wave and the metal figures, i do hope for bat variants like the mindhunter or the bat who frags

I think it obviously has 0% to do with the music and 100% about the fashion the metal genre inspired. The deathmetal Batman looked like Gene Simmons holding an axe guitar. Todd is clearly obsessed with the style with how he created the Spawn characters. The chains, spikes, crosses, and demonic symbology. I already wrote what I thought these new characters look like in the post above. They are almost identical to many heavy metal bands and the nod to David Bowie's lightning on the face is quite obvious. The metal Wonder Woman fig looks like she was ripped straight out of Heavy Metal 2000, albeit with more clothing so it'll not offend parents. It matters not if Todd didn't create this comic, he's obviously very on board with it and prefer to push this toyline forward over many others. I'm sure Mindhunter and Batman who Frags are on the way my friend. They totally fit Todd's taste.