Character Profiles - Villains - Calendarman
Real Name: Julian Day
Occupation: Villian
Marital Status: Single
Base of Operations: Gotham City
Height: 5Ft 11in
Weight: 169 Lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Brown
First Appearance:Detective Comics #259 (September 1958)
Created By: Bill Finger
SILVERAGE BIO:
Julian Day's usual modus operandi is to commit crimes based on events one would mark on a calendar. For instance, his first crime spree revolved around the seasons of the year, while his second focused on days of the week and his third was devoted to holidays. He has also been a member of both the Misfits and the Time Foes, and tends to wear a different costume (with differing weapons and gimmicks) for each crime.
MODERN AGE BIO:
Calendar Man is fascinated by dates and calendars – even his real name is a pun on the Julian and Gregorian calendars. 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.
Because his crimes are generally petty and often ridiculous in nature, he is notorious amongst both heroes and villains alike for being something of a joke. No one really takes him seriously, including the fans themselves. IGN went so far as to call him the worst Batman villain of all time, noting that his "name, appearance and modus operandi... command no respect." [1] Consequently, his post-Crisis appearances have been few and far between. He was once recruited by Killer Moth to form the villain team known as "The Misfits".
His best-known latter day appearance is in the mini-series Batman: The Long Halloween, where he was portrayed as a Hannibal Lecter-like figure, offering insight in Batman's search for Holiday, a serial killer who used the holidays as his M.O. Like Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, Calendar Man knew who the killer was and kept this information to himself, choosing instead to taunt the heroes with cryptic clues. He returned in that story's sequel, Batman: Dark Victory. In both stories, he was bitter that the new murderous rogues had taken the attention from him; Day feared that he was being forgotten.
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