That's why they gotta stop making these Superhero and comic book stories so damn serious and realistic. You're in a fantasy world where anything can happen, go nuts. Go Crazy with the canon, transmute time and space, break it down, and built it back up Just respect and listen to the Fans will yah.
Okay, but Batman not only understanding what was going on but managing to distract him from a separate panel so he could defeat him was such an amazing big brain move.
Your giving him too much credit, calender man just distracted himself looking at the future the only thing batman understood was the pen was doing something there was no way for him to understand what calender man was doing with the panels.
@@xtreme808 my take is that batman understood that calendar man had gained some sort of premonition, especially with the massive hint that he was wearing a magic hat. So he just waited for a moment where he became distracted by his own powers and took the opportunity
@@Happy-to3tf Batman was probably still clenched and stressed by the circumstances, though. It was probably a panicked idea, risky and rushed, but ultimately paying off. I mean, Calendar Man disposed of Superman in a few seconds. Batman knew it was magic, and could guess it was premonition of some sort, but that's still gotta be rough and panic worthy.
i believe that you guys are kinda underestimating Batman to be honest due to a multitude of things that happened in the comics; long story short he can easily beat Robin in a spar by using only specific skills suited to Robin's level who was able to beat someone who can see 5 seconds into the future at all times, and also he is somehow more skilled than higher dimensional / future timeline beings, such as Karate Kid for example, or an Ares who can see all time basically and knows every single battle tactic in all of existence; yeah, somehow Batman is more skilled than that. and he even adapted and made on the fly a fighting style to counter the Batman who Laughs, someone who had all of his abilities but was much more deadly with them; the dude is a meta-human
@@willn2334 dude i just had a crazy idea. What if he was a robber and accidentally got caught in a science experiment or something gone wrong and that caused himself to live time non linearly. So he is not living his life in chronological order as his consciousness is jumping all over the place and thats the start of his obsession with calendars. The cause of his non linear consciousness is revealed down the line as not even he knows but his future selves are leaving clues to various things but he has no idea as to what.
4:45 You got a love how in universe some conspiracy theories speculated that Batman could be Bruce Wayne but the dark Knight is so good at playing the role of a carefree billionaire that almost everyone immediately came to the conclusion “Wayne is the Bat? Now that’s a load of bull.”
@@FTW1230 I mean how many billionaires do you know that are being gunned down by criminals recently It ain't easy to get to rich people, bruce wayne doesn't generally have to worry about that being too much of a threat
@@FTW1230 because killing a person doesn't give you access to their finances. Billionaires like Bruce Wayne have their money stored in multiple different places (banks, stocks, bonds, etc.) Not to mention the fact that comic Bruce Whayne does a lot for the community making choosing him as a target either in poor taste or putting you at risk of making the wrong enemies, it's just overall not worth it when robbing a bank or working with the black market is easier for them and potentially more profitable. It also helps that many of the biggest DC supervillains have different goals from just making money (money is just a means to an end for them.)
@@FTW1230 I vaguely remember some villains teaming up and kidnapping Bruce Wayne as bait to lure Batman into a trap. That '60s movie was good, it's a shame nobody can figure out who has the rights to it.
@@bigboynow7936 I don't think that exactly was enough to judge him by, and I'd argue he's higher than a C-tier villain. Would love to see him again in something
The sweet irony when Calendar Man is given the ability to see the other panels and he says, "It's real!" when he's so close to the truth that none of it is
That is no doubt the best comic book I have ever seen. I've always loved mega-powerful characters like Dr. Manhattan but that was the best depiction of being a fourth dimensional being ever.
This was a 5th Dimensional showcase as he not only stated in the video but Mxy also stating that he's from the 5th Dimension which is Imagination, but in D.C. the Fifth Dimension isn't literally the Multiverse, it's literally the Dimension that exists above Time and Space, that's why it's called the Imaginary Realm because it stretches all the way out to and beyond the Source Wall which is the end of Creation and Animal Man was even able to Recreate it using Imagination harnessed through The Red. The Dimensions like the Fourth which is the Timestream and the Fifth, they're not "Dimensions" per say but Realms that expand outside of Reality, the God Sphere even has its own Timestream called Hypertime which can end up creating Hypertime-Cubes, the Infinite Spacial Dimensions of the Multiverse are overseen by the Orrey of Worlds and The Bleed encompasses all of those Dimensions.
Yeah! I love when a underutilized or underrated character gets their day in the sun! Molecule Man in Secret Wars 2015 or when Spiderman stops holding back his power and scaring everyone. Larfaleeze seems to be a weak obsession driven recluse scares of everything until you realize he has the power of like 10,000 lanterns. Cassandra Cain beat Lady Shiva in hand to hand combat! Iceman froze the Entire world. Invisible Woman can beat Hulk and make everyone blind, Ghost Rider sent Galactus running in fear! Swamp Thing can kill anyone on Earth in seconds lol so many cool moments Emma Frost had one too I can't remember right now.
It would be so cool for this calendar man be a villain in a comic-style movie/animation like "into the spiderverse". Like imagine a plain trailer about some boring and ordinary plot with those comic frames as transitions or smth like that. Then, in the movie itself we keep watching this stylisation when suddenly Calendar man gets introduced and all hell breaks loose.
I feel this version was one of the best "I am a god now" kinda power ups, calander man is smart enough to not just burn the comic but also isn't smart enough to just instantly break batmans neck just right then and there or just straight up delete him in an instant. Had to gloat.
It's just so boring to do it that way though. The premise seems cool at first but when yo uactually do it... it's just dull. no accomplishment, no triumph, no nothing.
I mean, in France we have this since years, it's called "Imbattable" (unbeatable in French), and it's the exact same power, but pushed even further, and more for comedic prupose also. We have a vilain that can go through pages, another one that's able to litteraly destroy pages, a assistant that can cheat on perspective, a grandpa that can make his text bubbles real or a girl that experience the cases backwards.
This is probably the best depiction of "comic awareness" I've ever seen. It's still extremely powerful, but it comes with the actual caveats of being aware of what can come next, meaning you can be distracted by twists and curveballs like what happened to Calendar Man's arm. It's a sort of limited omnipotence in that the user is at the mercy of the context, setting, characters, and plot.
I always liked when comic books play with the panels and have them serve a narrative purpose. Another good example is _Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt,_ which uses the 9-panel format from _Watchmen_ to show the rigidity of the world and the protagonists rigidly structured mind. He can literally see 9 times more than everyone else.
I wouldn't say it's that OP since Calendar Man has to rely on the panels in order to win and Calendar Man needs the hat to stay on his head otherwise if you remove it he's powerless. Calendar Man is cocky and can be outsmarted. Plus he has easy weaknesses. So not that OP.
I actually really like the box power it's really creative way of giving someone reality breaking powers with out them being able to just do anything Also this reminds me of batman brave and the bold where batmite did a similar thing
@@M4x_P0w3r He can only see the past and future when he's actively looking for them, he isn't omniscient. That's how Bats got him, distracted him so he wasn't looking at what would happen next.
I love everything about this comic. Mxy's my favorite Superman villain, so it's already a winner. Mxy + and villain you'd never think to match up with him, but who absolutely works, for another. Then the irony of Calendar Man getting omniscience and omnipotence, but being held up by his small time motives and way of thinking. And of course, a good old fashioned Batman / Superman teamup. And most of all, that it's just a small, self-contained, fun story. Comics sometimes get away from the fun of having just a regular, crazy adventure without too many bells and whistles, without necessarily having to set up huge lurid events, character deaths, huge upheavals, etc.
This story would make Mr batshit crazy Grant Morrsion proud. The are diferent dimensions, it's characters break the 4th wall and gain god-like powers. It has the full package
Grant Morrison was a smarter writer and definitely paved the way for stories like this but he would be proud of a story like this because it's genuinely creative and funny. Have you read his run on Animal Man?? His powers would put Mxy to shame.
I kinda feel bad for Calendar Man not having anyone celebrate his birthday and no one remembering it especially since he was born in a world of chaos. Also I wouldn't say Calendar Man is Omnipotent since he has to rely on the objects he's given other than that awesome video 👍.
Idn if it has always been a thing since I don't know much calendar man, but the section of Batman Rebirth you mentioned says that calendar man gives birth to himself Every Year, which I thought was a cool addition revolving around the calendar. A villain that lives a lifetime within a year, and every spring he's reborn as 20 years old again. Explains why he sometimes comes off as super wise and sometimes comes off as a lunatic: he's lived more life than anybody else.
I will never forget the time I saw someone on r/batmanarkham call Calender Man "Month Master" as a joke and the ensuing realization that a victim of the Aslume came up with a name for the character that was genuinely better than his official one.
I love their powers! Vynd nearly beat the ‘Story of Superman’ (arguably strongest force of good in DC) by some craaaaazy obscure methods. Like drawing a line down the middle of Superman’s S. It went from S to $. From the hero always winning and hope always existing to being DC’s cash cow they slap on everything for profit. Even made an edgy Superman/Doomsday hybrid that parodied Thought Robot/Cosmic Armor, the more the audience (us the readers) thought it was ‘cooler’ than Superman the stronger it got. Or stabbing an infinite sided spear into four points in time simultaneously, and the spear being perceived in our dimension as a horde of heavenly angels. Imps are nuts.
Kinda sad and somewhat terrifying when you realize that little gremlin knows that we've been seeing the almost exact same stories over and over again, yet without us wanting more and kept coming back they ceased to exist
That's such a cool fourth wall breaking scheme that flows organically into the heroes winning & the villain exploiting and exploring the meta qualities. Genuinely nice comic!
Calendar man is good enough to make an animated Batman film with. Don’t have him do wacky crimes like paint streetlights, just have him be meticulous and creepy when he plans his crimes. Have Batman struggling to pinpoint his next crimes over the span of a year, so it can have every holiday and what heinous act he will do on those days.
It's funny when I was younger I had this idea for a super power. I really love the utilization of a seemingly goofy character and how it can be re-defined in an equally Captiva way
Those are my favorite kind of comics because you are actually utilizing the medium your art is on instead of seeing it as a crux or lesser than other mediums.
Oh yeah Tom King’s version of calendar man was weeeeeeird. He rebirths himself every year, which made him difficult to track down since he looked like a different person, and left different fingerprints and dna evidence.
Reminds me of the episode of Batman the Brave and the Bold where Bat Might who gave powers to him. The two even have a little commentary about the fan base.
bro imagine watching someone manipulate the space time continum right in front of your eyes and you still find a way to disarm them within only a few short panels thats a crazy batman dub
This always reminds me of a thought experiment that I think I heard but don't remember where you can imagine a world where the people want to meet you and have the means too but don't suddenly pop into your existence
Imagine if he dressed up as Batman and committed heinous crimes on “Batman Day”. Depending on if this is a continuity where people our divided on whether or not Batman is a hero, he could legitimately frame the Dark Knight. He wouldn’t even have to be convincing, just take out a few people with replica battle rings and make sure that he’s just far enough away that you can’t tell the difference between the real Batsuit and the fake.
That was highly Grant Morrison-esque. Animal Man once did the exact same think to beat a bunch of other-dimensional villains. (Of course the preceding sentence does not do the episode justice.)
I have a core memory of Batmite summoning calendar man in Batman: the Brave and the Bold and turning him into Calendar King with a spell book of holiday themed magic
I love a good 4th Wall Breaker, Gwenpool, Deadpool, She-Hulk, Bugs Bunny, Looney Tunes, and More. That's why I want to tell stories with Superboy-Prime.
@L0ST S0UL yes, but he could fit a unique Gwenpool like mold as a Troll or Fanboy who no longer likes the fantasy world he's in. He's a delusional dork that thinks he's cool and wants to be the "hero" desipte being neither, " and I think that's him at his best. "I'm awesome and The Hero"
@@WannabeWryter No... Just no, SBP is leagues above Gwenpool in every way, he started off as a Hero literally one of the people who fought Anti Monitor. Let me remind you he was like 16 when his universe was blown up and destroyed stuck inside a dimension where all he could do was rewatch the memories of his dead loved ones. The reason why he hated the fantasy world was because it wasn't his world, his parents weren't there, Laurie wasn't there, he was alone. If you think him being an jerk is him at his best then wow I guess you name is right, Character Growth is a major sort of making a character. From Hero to Villain to Hero again. People like you who really don't bother investing or reading into a character is annoying AF like seriously.
My favorite was in the Arkham series, where Calendar man said that he will be at the end of Batman, and at the end of Arkham Knight, he can be seen among the crowd at Wayne Manor before it blew up
I can imagine an animation or live action adaptation where calendar man gets these powers and breaks into the writers room to erase Batman and Superman from the story
As someone who has always liked superheros, but doesn’t really like either DC or Marvel movies and has no idea where to start with the comics, it’s nice to see a TH-camr talk about the more obscure side of the genre and seeing the medium pushed to its limit like this!
There is a french comic that i read some years ago called Mr.Invincible. It's basically what Calendar Man was doing, but on every page, and I had a blast reading those.
Gotta love when artists and writers know how to utilize their medium creatively.
That's why they gotta stop making these Superhero and comic book stories so damn serious and realistic. You're in a fantasy world where anything can happen, go nuts.
Go Crazy with the canon, transmute time and space, break it down, and built it back up
Just respect and listen to the Fans will yah.
@@WannabeWrytersome fans like serious stories
@@stuffstuff6135 Agreed, we don't want a cartoon-esk fantasy, sometimes we want a more grounded approach.
@Necro there's room for both
@@WannabeWryter well as you can see here they literally do both you just gotta look
Okay, but Batman not only understanding what was going on but managing to distract him from a separate panel so he could defeat him was such an amazing big brain move.
Your giving him too much credit, calender man just distracted himself looking at the future the only thing batman understood was the pen was doing something there was no way for him to understand what calender man was doing with the panels.
@@xtreme808 my take is that batman understood that calendar man had gained some sort of premonition, especially with the massive hint that he was wearing a magic hat. So he just waited for a moment where he became distracted by his own powers and took the opportunity
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@@Happy-to3tf Batman was probably still clenched and stressed by the circumstances, though. It was probably a panicked idea, risky and rushed, but ultimately paying off.
I mean, Calendar Man disposed of Superman in a few seconds. Batman knew it was magic, and could guess it was premonition of some sort, but that's still gotta be rough and panic worthy.
i believe that you guys are kinda underestimating Batman to be honest due to a multitude of things that happened in the comics; long story short he can easily beat Robin in a spar by using only specific skills suited to Robin's level who was able to beat someone who can see 5 seconds into the future at all times, and also he is somehow more skilled than higher dimensional / future timeline beings, such as Karate Kid for example, or an Ares who can see all time basically and knows every single battle tactic in all of existence; yeah, somehow Batman is more skilled than that. and he even adapted and made on the fly a fighting style to counter the Batman who Laughs, someone who had all of his abilities but was much more deadly with them; the dude is a meta-human
"It's national Kick-Batman's-Ass-Day!"
"And also National Almond Chocolate Day"
"THE ERASER"
@@mathunit1 "OhIt'sSoHardToBreatheInHere!"
The Condiment King!
Glad to _ketchup_ Batman!
“Kite Man!”
“I’m A kIte!”
It would be horrifying if he was able to traverse time by using a calendar.
@@willn2334 dude i just had a crazy idea.
What if he was a robber and accidentally got caught in a science experiment or something gone wrong and that caused himself to live time non linearly.
So he is not living his life in chronological order as his consciousness is jumping all over the place and thats the start of his obsession with calendars.
The cause of his non linear consciousness is revealed down the line as not even he knows but his future selves are leaving clues to various things but he has no idea as to what.
@@willn2334 lol probably
@@music79075 this would be the greatest mind fuck if you managed to incorporate time travel and/or alternate versions of this character in some way
@@music79075 Maybe he was bitten by a radioactive calendar?
@@music79075 kinda like the main character in slaughter house five
Okay but can calendar man figure out the day dad comes back with the milk?
Ooohhh good one
tomorrow... always tomorrow...
No, nobody can, not even superman 1 million
February 31
At approximately box #♾
4:45 You got a love how in universe some conspiracy theories speculated that Batman could be Bruce Wayne but the dark Knight is so good at playing the role of a carefree billionaire that almost everyone immediately came to the conclusion “Wayne is the Bat? Now that’s a load of bull.”
I’m curious why villains just don’t gun after Wayne since you know, he’s a billionaire
@@FTW1230 I mean how many billionaires do you know that are being gunned down by criminals recently
It ain't easy to get to rich people, bruce wayne doesn't generally have to worry about that being too much of a threat
@@jensennguyen02 we don't live in a world where super villians where threaten to destroy a city on a regular basis.
@@FTW1230 because killing a person doesn't give you access to their finances. Billionaires like Bruce Wayne have their money stored in multiple different places (banks, stocks, bonds, etc.) Not to mention the fact that comic Bruce Whayne does a lot for the community making choosing him as a target either in poor taste or putting you at risk of making the wrong enemies, it's just overall not worth it when robbing a bank or working with the black market is easier for them and potentially more profitable. It also helps that many of the biggest DC supervillains have different goals from just making money (money is just a means to an end for them.)
@@FTW1230 I vaguely remember some villains teaming up and kidnapping Bruce Wayne as bait to lure Batman into a trap. That '60s movie was good, it's a shame nobody can figure out who has the rights to it.
*Calendar Man* is legit a fantastic villain.. but I refuse to believe the Calendar Man in The Suicide Squad was the real one - that was awful.
What was wrong with it?
@@IfIHadMyTimeAgain It made him a jackass, he made fun of Polkadot Man for being a C-Level Villain while being a C-Level Villain!
it was just a cameo and he had one line, I'm sure if he appears again he'll be utilized better
@@bigboynow7936 I don't think that exactly was enough to judge him by, and I'd argue he's higher than a C-tier villain. Would love to see him again in something
I could believe it, Why not have Sean gunn play counter man .
The sweet irony when Calendar Man is given the ability to see the other panels and he says, "It's real!" when he's so close to the truth that none of it is
That is no doubt the best comic book I have ever seen. I've always loved mega-powerful characters like Dr. Manhattan but that was the best depiction of being a fourth dimensional being ever.
Read Gwen Pool comics
(Not spider gwen)
I concur, if you like this, gwen pool comics is exactly what you’re looking for
This was a 5th Dimensional showcase as he not only stated in the video but Mxy also stating that he's from the 5th Dimension which is Imagination, but in D.C. the Fifth Dimension isn't literally the Multiverse, it's literally the Dimension that exists above Time and Space, that's why it's called the Imaginary Realm because it stretches all the way out to and beyond the Source Wall which is the end of Creation and Animal Man was even able to Recreate it using Imagination harnessed through The Red. The Dimensions like the Fourth which is the Timestream and the Fifth, they're not "Dimensions" per say but Realms that expand outside of Reality, the God Sphere even has its own Timestream called Hypertime which can end up creating Hypertime-Cubes, the Infinite Spacial Dimensions of the Multiverse are overseen by the Orrey of Worlds and The Bleed encompasses all of those Dimensions.
Yeah! I love when a underutilized or underrated character gets their day in the sun! Molecule Man in Secret Wars 2015 or when Spiderman stops holding back his power and scaring everyone. Larfaleeze seems to be a weak obsession driven recluse scares of everything until you realize he has the power of like 10,000 lanterns. Cassandra Cain beat Lady Shiva in hand to hand combat! Iceman froze the Entire world. Invisible Woman can beat Hulk and make everyone blind, Ghost Rider sent Galactus running in fear! Swamp Thing can kill anyone on Earth in seconds lol so many cool moments Emma Frost had one too I can't remember right now.
It would be so cool for this calendar man be a villain in a comic-style movie/animation like "into the spiderverse".
Like imagine a plain trailer about some boring and ordinary plot with those comic frames as transitions or smth like that. Then, in the movie itself we keep watching this stylisation when suddenly Calendar man gets introduced and all hell breaks loose.
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I feel this version was one of the best
"I am a god now" kinda power ups, calander man is smart enough to not just burn the comic but also isn't smart enough to just instantly break batmans neck just right then and there or just straight up delete him in an instant. Had to gloat.
Wheres the fun in that
It's just so boring to do it that way though.
The premise seems cool at first but when yo uactually do it... it's just dull. no accomplishment, no triumph, no nothing.
We don't come back to see them win, we come back to see what new way they win
I love when some random villain nobody cared gets relevant in a comic, for example lord death man or kite man
Now I want Condiment King to get the Spot treatment and become a multiversal threat somehow
I mean, in France we have this since years, it's called "Imbattable" (unbeatable in French), and it's the exact same power, but pushed even further, and more for comedic prupose also.
We have a vilain that can go through pages, another one that's able to litteraly destroy pages, a assistant that can cheat on perspective, a grandpa that can make his text bubbles real or a girl that experience the cases backwards.
Comment s'appelle le comics ?
@@diakitemai8196 Ce n'est pas un comics mais une BD qui s'appelle Imbattable, c'est extrêmement inventif, et c'est tourné humour.
Who's the last girl? That sounds like Tenet and I'd love to check it out
This is probably the best depiction of "comic awareness" I've ever seen. It's still extremely powerful, but it comes with the actual caveats of being aware of what can come next, meaning you can be distracted by twists and curveballs like what happened to Calendar Man's arm. It's a sort of limited omnipotence in that the user is at the mercy of the context, setting, characters, and plot.
you should read gwenpool if you haven't yet, it takes this concept and runs with it
I always liked when comic books play with the panels and have them serve a narrative purpose. Another good example is _Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt,_ which uses the 9-panel format from _Watchmen_ to show the rigidity of the world and the protagonists rigidly structured mind. He can literally see 9 times more than everyone else.
Not exactly the same, but there’s a Riddler choose your own adventure story where the solution is to read the comic straight through
@@normalhuman9878that's actually pretty clever.
Its official... Comics just want EVERYONE to have at least one stupidly OP variant
True, but at least it's not OP for the sake of OP, it's OP for the sake of storytelling and commentary/self-awareness/playing with its own medium
It's fun though, lol
I wouldn't say it's that OP since Calendar Man has to rely on the panels in order to win and Calendar Man needs the hat to stay on his head otherwise if you remove it he's powerless. Calendar Man is cocky and can be outsmarted. Plus he has easy weaknesses. So not that OP.
It’s Mxyz’s powers, he just lent a little bit to Calendar Man. Normally Calendar Man is a Z tier villain.
Looking at you Archie Comics Sonic and Megaman.
I actually really like the box power it's really creative way of giving someone reality breaking powers with out them being able to just do anything
Also this reminds me of batman brave and the bold where batmite did a similar thing
A god amongst men was defeated by a man dressed up as a bat.
With the power of plot of armour
@@lornajames y’all don’t even know the meaning of plot armor all batman did was knock the pen out of his hand💀
Not really a God Amongst men, Calendar man had powerful objects he couldn't really properly control or understand.
@@ASS-tb3mq Ok, but if Calendar Man was able to see both the past and the future, shouldn't he have seen that coming and prevent it from happening?
@@M4x_P0w3r He can only see the past and future when he's actively looking for them, he isn't omniscient. That's how Bats got him, distracted him so he wasn't looking at what would happen next.
What a creative comic tbh
I love everything about this comic. Mxy's my favorite Superman villain, so it's already a winner. Mxy + and villain you'd never think to match up with him, but who absolutely works, for another. Then the irony of Calendar Man getting omniscience and omnipotence, but being held up by his small time motives and way of thinking. And of course, a good old fashioned Batman / Superman teamup.
And most of all, that it's just a small, self-contained, fun story. Comics sometimes get away from the fun of having just a regular, crazy adventure without too many bells and whistles, without necessarily having to set up huge lurid events, character deaths, huge upheavals, etc.
This story would make Mr batshit crazy Grant Morrsion proud. The are diferent dimensions, it's characters break the 4th wall and gain god-like powers. It has the full package
Grant Morrison was a smarter writer and definitely paved the way for stories like this but he would be proud of a story like this because it's genuinely creative and funny.
Have you read his run on Animal Man?? His powers would put Mxy to shame.
I love creative use of comics like this, makes me wonder what other things are unique to certain media?
I kinda feel bad for Calendar Man not having anyone celebrate his birthday and no one remembering it especially since he was born in a world of chaos. Also I wouldn't say Calendar Man is Omnipotent since he has to rely on the objects he's given other than that awesome video 👍.
Imagine trying to tell all your friends Batman's secret identity and they just laugh at you
It’d be fairly easy for him to prove it to them what his powers are, but you know, villains…
Idn if it has always been a thing since I don't know much calendar man, but the section of Batman Rebirth you mentioned says that calendar man gives birth to himself Every Year, which I thought was a cool addition revolving around the calendar. A villain that lives a lifetime within a year, and every spring he's reborn as 20 years old again. Explains why he sometimes comes off as super wise and sometimes comes off as a lunatic: he's lived more life than anybody else.
Nice to see the little bald guy gave him his arm back. Wasn't all bad.
I will never forget the time I saw someone on r/batmanarkham call Calender Man "Month Master" as a joke and the ensuing realization that a victim of the Aslume came up with a name for the character that was genuinely better than his official one.
I always thought the villains in the Batman games were some of their best versions, calendar man included. The heroes however, felt a little flat.
That hat didnt just allow Calendar man to look at the panels, it gave him Superman-level strength.
So he’s the DC’s version of Gwenpool. Or Gwenpool is Marvel’s version of Calendar man. Either way, neat.
Fairly different, but same enough concept, I suppose
@@gabef.218 you just havent seen Calendar Man in a one-piece
I'd say the imp is more like that. These powers or this personality aren't really the norm for calendar man
@@OK-yy6qz you mean mr. myxasxjklxaxxscx?
I love their powers!
Vynd nearly beat the ‘Story of Superman’ (arguably strongest force of good in DC) by some craaaaazy obscure methods. Like drawing a line down the middle of Superman’s S. It went from S to $. From the hero always winning and hope always existing to being DC’s cash cow they slap on everything for profit.
Even made an edgy Superman/Doomsday hybrid that parodied Thought Robot/Cosmic Armor, the more the audience (us the readers) thought it was ‘cooler’ than Superman the stronger it got.
Or stabbing an infinite sided spear into four points in time simultaneously, and the spear being perceived in our dimension as a horde of heavenly angels.
Imps are nuts.
Idk why but there's something hilarious about a villain who's gimmick is that he only commits crimes on holidays.
I remember when Calendar Man was a joke villain. I'm so glad that changed.
Ok but the “IT’S ALL IN LITTLE BOXES!” Of joy was kinda wholesome.
Breaking the fourth wall at finest. Deadpool would be jealous.
Kinda sad and somewhat terrifying when you realize that little gremlin knows that we've been seeing the almost exact same stories over and over again, yet without us wanting more and kept coming back they ceased to exist
"Didn't the internet debunk that theory already?" is the most realistic line ever put in a comic
I honestly thought how cool it’d be if calendar man was in a different universe and manifests different powers for each holiday 😂
A very creative villain really really enjoyed it
That's such a cool fourth wall breaking scheme that flows organically into the heroes winning & the villain exploiting and exploring the meta qualities. Genuinely nice comic!
Calendar man is good enough to make an animated Batman film with.
Don’t have him do wacky crimes like paint streetlights, just have him be meticulous and creepy when he plans his crimes.
Have Batman struggling to pinpoint his next crimes over the span of a year, so it can have every holiday and what heinous act he will do on those days.
I'm actually considering cosplaying as him for my local comic and/or anime cons.
Do it!!!
Don't do it!
This ended-up being pretty wholesome.
In conclusion,don't skip someone's birthday
“A whole number of things” I see what you did there.
That comic definitely gave off a classic comic book vibe, I loved it!
this comic would never get an adaptation and that's the best part of it hehe
i love learning about random characters, u should do that more. like can you talk about the black lanterns cuz they're basically dc's marvel zombies
It's funny when I was younger I had this idea for a super power. I really love the utilization of a seemingly goofy character and how it can be re-defined in an equally Captiva way
Those are my favorite kind of comics because you are actually utilizing the medium your art is on instead of seeing it as a crux or lesser than other mediums.
Even Taco Tuesday and Pizza Friday? Even June 9th?
Oh yeah Tom King’s version of calendar man was weeeeeeird. He rebirths himself every year, which made him difficult to track down since he looked like a different person, and left different fingerprints and dna evidence.
There is a Belgian superhero named "Invencible" or invincible who got the power of calender man. Check him, he is very cool
Great video!
I love that at the end he just say "Btw Calendar man also gave birth to itself".
It's funny how the best comics for two of Bat's hokiest villians (Calendar and Riddler) both have the best meta breaking comics.
Reminds me of the episode of Batman the Brave and the Bold where Bat Might who gave powers to him. The two even have a little commentary about the fan base.
those were the times when there was really good stories and comics to read by
bro imagine watching someone manipulate the space time continum right in front of your eyes and you still find a way to disarm them within only a few short panels thats a crazy batman dub
imagine if he's actually real and keeps reseting the calendar to 2020 in a loop
This always reminds me of a thought experiment that I think I heard but don't remember where you can imagine a world where the people want to meet you and have the means too but don't suddenly pop into your existence
he goes crazy on 9/11
I love this. Is not just 4 wall breaking jokes but pushing beyond that.
Sounds like the Batman version of Doctor Strange.
Correction: Calender Man is not truly omnipotent, but he is nigh-omnipotent.
Bro was scheduling fights in advance knowing full well he was winning them.
Callender man would be utterly terrifying in real life
I swear they especially save that special combination of outlandish concepts and obscure characters just for Batman / Superman.
I did not expect Matt Murdock talking to himself when I opened this video.
Imagine if he dressed up as Batman and committed heinous crimes on “Batman Day”. Depending on if this is a continuity where people our divided on whether or not Batman is a hero, he could legitimately frame the Dark Knight.
He wouldn’t even have to be convincing, just take out a few people with replica battle rings and make sure that he’s just far enough away that you can’t tell the difference between the real Batsuit and the fake.
By far the coolest way to use panels
This is the most fun a artist have we their panel plays
Calendar Man is underrated for sure, he's always been my favorite.
That was highly Grant Morrison-esque. Animal Man once did the exact same think to beat a bunch of other-dimensional villains. (Of course the preceding sentence does not do the episode justice.)
“It has to do with a whole number of things”
That was pretty early off the hop
I remember they did something similar to this in Batman: The Brave and the Bold
I legitimately thought he was just another weird criminals that’s memorised the entire calendar
Well now he has another super power. The ability to break the 4th wall.
He's so powerful and omnipotent and still just smacks people with his human limbs.
this is some next level shit than grant morrison’s animal man 4th wall
Wow! What a creative deep way to make a villain. Very well thought out.
It is in mankind's nature to continually reinvent the shenanigans involved in Homestuck
*AN Omnipotent Being
this is really creative and lovely idea.
Seems like a DC version of "Duck Amuck". Pretty neat.
I expected Batman to find a way to still beat him. 😎👍💯
It's insane how Batman thinks of ways to beat impossible odds.
That's a pretty awesome story. Great job summarizing it.
1:31 nice reflection on the lenses
There was also one time where calendar man acquired Martian Manhunters powers and Batman and MMH had to team up to stop him.
I have a core memory of Batmite summoning calendar man in Batman: the Brave and the Bold and turning him into Calendar King with a spell book of holiday themed magic
I love a good 4th Wall Breaker, Gwenpool, Deadpool, She-Hulk, Bugs Bunny, Looney Tunes, and More.
That's why I want to tell stories with Superboy-Prime.
I think SBP is one of the better 4th wall breakers, hes pretty subtle for the most part.
@L0ST S0UL yes, but he could fit a unique Gwenpool like mold as a Troll or Fanboy who no longer likes the fantasy world he's in.
He's a delusional dork that thinks he's cool and wants to be the "hero" desipte being neither, " and I think that's him at his best.
"I'm awesome and The Hero"
@@WannabeWryter
No... Just no, SBP is leagues above Gwenpool in every way, he started off as a Hero literally one of the people who fought Anti Monitor. Let me remind you he was like 16 when his universe was blown up and destroyed stuck inside a dimension where all he could do was rewatch the memories of his dead loved ones.
The reason why he hated the fantasy world was because it wasn't his world, his parents weren't there, Laurie wasn't there, he was alone.
If you think him being an jerk is him at his best then wow I guess you name is right, Character Growth is a major sort of making a character.
From Hero to Villain to Hero again. People like you who really don't bother investing or reading into a character is annoying AF like seriously.
My favorite was in the Arkham series, where Calendar man said that he will be at the end of Batman, and at the end of Arkham Knight, he can be seen among the crowd at Wayne Manor before it blew up
I can imagine an animation or live action adaptation where calendar man gets these powers and breaks into the writers room to erase Batman and Superman from the story
The power of the fourth wall
"I want to be President of Thursdays"
"Okay crazy "
this dude is legit fighting out of bouds in a game outside the invincible boundary lmao
this seems like a Jojos stand what a creative take by the writer here
There are a number of reasons I like calendar-man.
About 365 of them in fact!
As someone who has always liked superheros, but doesn’t really like either DC or Marvel movies and has no idea where to start with the comics, it’s nice to see a TH-camr talk about the more obscure side of the genre and seeing the medium pushed to its limit like this!
There is a french comic that i read some years ago called Mr.Invincible. It's basically what Calendar Man was doing, but on every page, and I had a blast reading those.