CALENDAR MAN
Real Name: Julian Day
Class: Human technology-user
Occupation: Criminal, former stage magician
Group Affiliation: formerly Misfits, Time Foes
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Gotham City
First Appearance: Detective Comics I #259 (September, 1958)
Powers: Calendar Man was an accomplished inventor, relying on his special equipment and weaponry to carry out his crimes, which were always based on different calendar events suck as days, seasons, holidays or months.
History: (Detective Comics #259) - Calendar Man arrived in Gotham City posing as Maharajah the Magician in order to surreptitiously commit crimes. He based his crimes on the changing seasons, wearing a different outfit for each job. He foolishly challenged Batman in public, and the Caped Crusader soon brought him down.
(Batman: The Long Halloween #3) - Calendar Man shaved his head and had the months of the year tatooed around his forehead. Batman and Commissioner Gordon visited Calendar Man at his cell in Arkham. Gordon offered him a commuted sentence if he assisted them in catching the serial killer Holiday, who also committed calendar themed crimes. Calendar Man refused to help, but he told them he believed there were two killers, a man and a woman.
(Batman: The Long Halloween #8) - Batman questioned Calendar Man about the Holiday killings a second time. The only thing he told Batman was that he was afraid people would forget about Calendar Man with Holiday on the loose.
(Batman: The Long Halloween #12) - Batman once again asked Calendar Man about the Holiday killings. Calendar Man correctly guessed that Holiday’s next target would be gangster Sal Maroni.
(Batman: The Long Halloween #13) - Harvey Dent freed a number of Arkham inmates, but elected not to help Calendar Man escape his cell.
(Batman I #312) - Calendar Man planned a crime spree based on the days of the week and their etymology. On Monday he wore a moon helmet that projected magnetic waves and robbed the Gotham Planetarium of stamps hand-canceled by astronauts during a lunar visit. On Tuesday he dressed as the Norse god Tyr and robbed Gotham’s Museum of Military Antiques with an electrified sword. On Wednesday he dressed as Wotan and robbed the Metropolitan Museum. He rode off in an eight-wheeled cycle based on Wotan’s steed Sleipnir, but Batman finally caught up with him. Calendar Man separated the cycle from the chassis when Batman jumped aboard, and Batman lept from it just in time to save his own life. On Thursday Calendar Man robbed the Van Dyke Art Gallery dressed as Thor, stealing a painting titled Storm King. Batman confronted his and doged a blow from his hammer. Calendar Man’s helmet produced ultrasonic thunder that damaged Batman’s inner ear and the villain fled. Gordon saw how badly Batman was injured and urged him to let the GCPD handle Calendar Man, saying they’d get him on Sunday because the target was obvious, the golden obelisk of the sun god Ra. Back at home Bruce was examined by Dr. Dundee, who told him he needed bedrest or he would risk his inner ear damage becoming permanent. Alfred assured him he’d make sure Bruce got the rest he needed, and in kept a close eye on him, making sure he left the Calendar Man to the police. On Friday Calendar Man robbed a society wedding as Frigga, goddess of love. On Saturday he dressed as Saturn, god of agriculture and robbed an ecology benefit rally. Bruce’s business partner Lucius Fox met with him, insisting he’d handle the Dennison Merger by himself, telling Bruce he was taking the Western Sun Express to Central City. Bruce weakly objected, but Lucius reminded him he hired him so he wouldn’t have to think about business. Something clicked in Bruce’s head, and he snuck out of his apartment. As Batman he caught Calendar Man boarding the Western Sun Express. He knew the villain would be a fool to go after the sun obelisk, the obvious target, and would use Sunday as a day of rest. Calendar Man tried to flee across the traintracks, but Batman threw a batarang at a switching signal, which swung in Calendar Man’s face, knocking him cold.
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(Batman: Shadow of the Bat #7) - Calendar Man teamed up with Cat-Man, Killer Moth and later Chancer to pull off a triple kidnapping.
(JSA #28) - Nevada; Calendar Man went to Roulette's House to attend one of her gladiatorial contests. He was among the crowd of villains that watched members of the JSA forced to fight each other.
(Outsiders III #4 (BTS)) - The Outsiders fought and defeated Calendar Man during one of their early missions.
Comments: Created by Bill Finger & Sheldon Moldoff.
Calendar Man received a profile in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #4.
Calendar Man's appearance in Detective Comics I #259 was reprinted in Batman I #176.
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