Calendar Man
Calendar Man | |
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Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Detective Comics #259 (September 1958) |
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Alter ego | Julian Gregory Day |
Species | Human |
Team affiliations |
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Notable aliases | Calendar Killer |
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Calendar Man (Julian Gregory Day) is a
The character made his live-action debut as a cameo in the DC Extended Universe film The Suicide Squad (2021), portrayed by Sean Gunn.[3]
Publication history
Calendar Man first appeared in Detective Comics #259 (September 1958) and was created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff.[4] He returned after twenty years to plague Batman again in Batman #312 (June 1979).[5]
Fictional character biography
Criminal career
Calendar Man is fascinated by dates and calendars, due to an obsession with important dates and trauma surrounding important holidays.[6] His crimes always have a relationship to the date that they are committed. The theme may be related to what day of the week it is or to a holiday or to a special anniversary on that date; he will plan his crime around that day. He often wears different costumes which correspond to the significance of the date, though he does have a main costume which has various numbers (meant to represent days on a calendar) sprouting from the shoulders.[4]
He next appears in
This issue also marked the first appearance of his most commonly known "calendar cape" costume. His next appearance in
His best-known modern appearance is in the miniseries
Calendar Man teams up with
In Week 20 of the weekly series 52, a radio broadcasts a message saying that Calendar Man was left tied up for the cops in Gotham City, even though there is no Batman. It is revealed the new heroine, Batwoman, was responsible for his capture.[12]
The New 52
In 2011, DC rebooted their continuity. In this universe, Julian Day is a mob enforcer for The Squid. While he is popular among his colleagues for his brute strength, he abuses and neglects his young child, Aden. However, when Batman goes looking for weaponry being sold by the Squid, he encounters Aden, who tells him his father’s location. Batman assumes the persona of
DC Rebirth
In DC Rebirth, Calendar Man is a permanent inmate of Arkham Asylum. When Batman hid Psycho-Pirate in Arkham, Bane came for him and tore through the asylum and defeated all its inmates, who Batman had freed to weaken Bane. Eventually, Bane confronted Calendar Man, but instead of fighting him, Calendar Man stated that everything was just a loop and that all of this was pointless as Bane would never win.[16]
Powers and abilities
Calendar Man is a successful inventor, capable of designing the machinery needed to deploy his various schemes. His talents aid him as he pursues his obsession with quirks of the calendar, carefully planning and theming his crimes around
In other media
Television
- A character based on Calendar Man named Calendar Girl appears in The New Batman Adventures episode "Mean Seasons", voiced by Sela Ward.[20][21][22] A former supermodel, she was fired after turning 30, leading her to develop body dysmorphic disorder and wearing a mask under the belief that she is hideous despite her normal appearance. Additionally, she plans her crimes around the four seasons, with a different costume and weapons corresponding to each.
- Calendar Man appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by Jim Piddock.[23] In his most notable appearance in the episode "Legends of the Dark-Mite!", Bat-Mite summons Calendar Man and upgrades him into Calendar King, giving him the power to conjure monsters and henchmen themed after various holidays, before having him fight Batman. After the henchmen and Calendar King are defeated, Bat-Mite restores the latter and sends him away.
- Calendar Man was discussed to appear in Gotham, though this never came to pass.[24]
- Calendar Man appears in Harley Quinn, voiced by Alan Tudyk. This version is married, the father of a young boy, and a member of the Legion of Doom.
Film
- Calendar Man makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in The Batman Vs. Dracula.
- Calendar Man makes a non-speaking appearance in The Lego Batman Movie.
- Calendar Man appears in Batman: The Long Halloween, voiced by David Dastmalchian.[25]
- Calendar Man makes a cameo appearance in Belle Revepenitentiary.
Video games
- Calendar Man appears in Batman: Arkham City, voiced by Maurice LaMarche. This version is obese, has a slightly shorter right leg, forcing him to wear a brace and platform shoe, and sports calendar-like scars on his head. After being imprisoned in the eponymous Arkham City mega-prison, he occupied the Solomon Wayne Courthouse, trapping anyone who entered and killing them on the next holiday before Two-Face and his gang seized the courthouse and locked Calendar Man in a glass cell in the basement. After defeating Two-Face, Batman can speak to Calendar Man. If the player speaks with him on New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, Saint Patrick's Day, April Fools' Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Independence Day, the Feast Day of Saint Roch, Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day, Calendar Man will relate a story about a crime he committed on that specific day.[27] If the player returns to the courthouse after hearing all twelve stories, Calendar Man will have escaped, leaving one of Two-Face's henchmen hanging from the ceiling of his cell. If the player sets the date of the gaming console to December 13, 2004 (the date Arkham developer Rocksteady Studios was founded) and visits Calendar Man, he will speak about his origins with Batman, concluding with "I was there at your beginning, and I will be there at your end."[28] If the player visits Calendar Man as Catwoman, he will bring up an incident involving both her and the Falcone family and imply that Carmine Falcone might be her father.
- Calendar Man makes a minor appearance in Blackgate Penitentiary on Christmas Eve, during which he frees Calendar Man in appreciation of the act of doing so on a holiday.
- Calendar Man makes a minor, non-speaking appearance in Batman: Arkham Knight. After his identity is revealed, Bruce Wayne arrives at Wayne Manor, where a crowd has gathered. Calendar Man appears within them as they watch the manor explode, fulfilling the promise he made in Arkham City.[29] Additionally, it is revealed in a Riddler Story that Calendar Man had a plan in place to strike on Halloween, but was forced to abort it due to the Scarecrow's attack on Gotham.
- Calendar Man appears as an unlockable playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced by Jim Pirri. This version is a member of the Legion of Doom.
Miscellaneous
- An older, wheelchair-bound Calendar Man appears in the Hush.
- Calendar Man appears in issue #12 of the Batman: The Brave and the Bold tie-in comic.[32]
- Calendar Man makes a minor appearance in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic as an inmate of Arkham Asylum.[33][34]
- The Batman: Arkham incarnation of Calendar Man appears in the Solomon Grundy over the course of a week while he kidnaps a newborn baby and poisons several people. While Batman rescues them, the Scarecrowforces Calendar Man to abandon his plot to kill Batman.
- Calendar Man appears in the Injustice 2 prequel comic as a member of the Suicide Squad.[38][39]
See also
- List of Batman Family enemies
References
- ISBN 9780345501066.
- ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.
- ^ Dick, Jeremy (July 15, 2021). "Sean Gunn Is Calendar Man in New The Suicide Squad Character Trailer". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- ^ OCLC 213309017.
- ISBN 978-1893905788.
- ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
- ^ "The Best & Worst Batman Villains". ign.com. 19 October 2019.
- ^ "15 Batman Villains That Deserve Their Movie Due". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2015-07-18.
- ^ Team Titans #14 (Nov 1993)
- ^ 80 Page Giant Batman Special Edition #3 (July 2000)
- ^ Superman (vol. 2) #160
- ^ 52 Week Twenty. DC Comics.
- ^ All of this is depicted in Detective Comics (Vol 2.) Annual.
- ^ Seen in the Detective Comics instalment of Future’s End.
- ^ Channel 52 is mostly seen during the majority of the Villains Month storylines.
- ^ Batman (vol. 3) #19
- ISBN 0-02-538700-6. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Batman: Rebirth #1. DC Comics.
- Mean Seasons"
- ^ "Batman: The Animated Series: "Mean Seasons"". 18 February 2013.
- ^ "BATMAN Reanimated – 'Mean Seasons' is Social Commentary with Dinosaurs — Nerdist".
- ^ "Batman the Animated Series Episodes Ranked from Worst to First". Collider. March 2019.
- ^ "Interview". Collider.com. 2008-08-18. Archived from the original on 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ^ cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/gotham-calendar-man-villain/
- ^ "'Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One' Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ^ "New The Suicide Squad Teaser Reveals First Look at Calendar Man". 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "ComicsAlliance Tests Out the 'Batman: Arkham City' Video Game". Comicsalliance.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-29. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
- ^ Hernandez, Patricia (November 17, 2014). "It Took Three Years For People To Find This Arkham City Easter Egg". Kotaku. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
Turns out, if you set your PC to the date December 13th, 2004, you trigger special Calendar Man dialogue—which you can see in the clip above. The date seems random, but players speculate that it's tied to a very special date. That's the year that the developer behind the game, Rocksteady, was founded after all.
- ^ Hernandez, Patricia (July 1, 2015). "Batman: Arkham Knight's True Ending Has A Cool Easter Egg". Kotaku. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ^ Batman Beyond #3 (July 2010)
- ^ Batman Beyond #3 (August 2010)
- ^ Batman: The Brave and the Bold #12
- ^ Injustice: Gods Among Us #15
- ^ Injustice: Gods Among Us #16
- ^ Batman: Arkham Knight #29
- ^ Batman: Arkham Knight #30
- ^ Batman: Arkham Knight #31-32
- ^ Injustice 2 #1
- ^ Injustice 2 #2