To Everything (Turn Turn Turn) There is a Season
Calendar Man was created in 1958 by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff. The character made seven appearances from 1958 to 1996. In 1996 Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale rewrote him for the Long Halloween where he played a major role in the murder mystery. His real name is Julian Day. For most of his existence in the Batman mythos Calendar Man was essentially a gimmick character, committing larceny according to days of the week, holidays, and seasons. He morphed into a supervillain with super weapons used to pull heists, and then built elaborate traps to kidnap victims for ransom. Loeb rewrote him as a Hannibal Lector type of character. This idea of him being a high functioning sociopath, a dangerous mastermind with an obsession with dates helped resurrect the character and save him from being forever a joke character, like Kite Man , the Polkadot Man, and Crazy Quilt. This version of Calendar Man was also used in the Batman Arkham games, which painted him as a very dangerous adversary, cont...