The first Kamen Rider series created by Shotaro Ishinomori alone. Franchise co-creator/former producer Tôru Hirayama was involved early in production (and was in a conference with Toei Studios executives and a group of fans, to discuss ideas for a new Kamen Rider movie, which instead resulted in this series), but was ultimately uncredited. This may also explain the lack of Gorgom having henchmen (which were a staple of Hirayama's in all past entries). Instead, in a few cases, Black fights multiple clones of one monster, as was the case in the first episode.
Black is the first Kamen Rider to forgo wearing the characteristic muffler (scarf), worn by all past Riders. He is also the first with a sleek armored look (in this case, almost form-fitting), which would be the case for pretty much all Riders created since.