12 Unfairly Hated DC Comics Characters

12. Calendar Man

The raw material of Calendar Man's concept is just the worst. When he first showed up (in 1958, which is surprisingly early), his focus was the seasons of the year. Later, he switched to the days of the week and donned a cape covered with numbers. It’s no good.

On the other hand, most every Batman villain has a kind of pathetic hang-up. That’s what makes them so great and so sad in their own individual ways. Riddler can’t resist the allure of puzzles, Two-Face plans every evil deed around the number two. What’s so wrong about a guy who fixates on holidays or dates?

Calendar Man got a great Hannibal Lecter-like makeover in “The Long Halloween,” which went a long way towards making him a legitimate Bat-foe. And he’s downright creepy in the “Arkham” games.

Ultimately, Julian Day takes the obsessive archetype of the Batman villain to its extreme conclusion, in that his criminal career is committed to something extremely lame. And that's what makes him kind of great.