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.
@@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
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
@@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 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
I have officially absorbed one of my new favorite comics! I actually felt really bad for Calendar Man after hearing his backstory! And seeming him so overjoyed was amazing! Not only that but the comic was so creative and unique in it's approach to things!
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 👍.
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 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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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 RU-vidr talk about the more obscure side of the genre and seeing the medium pushed to its limit like this!
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.
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.)
So according to Mixawhatshisname we the readers have only slightly more power than he by simply purchasing and reading DC media funding his very existence.
1:35 You had me, I was primed to slap that skip button. Thought you was setting up a sponsor segment. Just want you to know, I'll never buy snake oil from RU-vid. If it's a sponsor on YT I will not buy it off of principle. This is how much I fkn hate ads
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.
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
It's always a gamble what the volume of your videos will be at, some are so low and others start with a jumpscare 😂. real shit tho love the vids, been binging em o7
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.
this comic is actually awesome! i love how much the 4th wall is absolutely destroyed, and the writers choosing Calendar Man for this is also odd, but i love him so i’m not complaining, and it fleshes him out more and gives him a chance to shine. DC needs to do more stuff like this for other “silly” villains to give them a chance to be really interesting and an actual threat to the hero(es).
