The Man of Steel (comics) him. Byrne accepted and presented DC with his proposal. With DC agreeing with 99% of the revision, Byrne was given the go-ahead for what became "The Man of Steel". The mini-series was designed to reboot the Superman mythos using the history-altering effects of "Crisis on Infinite Earths" as an explanation. Thus, for modern comics, "The Man of Steel" is the dividing point between the previous canon of the Silver Age, and the Modern Age. The two different versions are referred to in stories soon after and by fans as "pre-Crisis" and "post-Crisis," per "Crisis on Infinite Earths" being the major
Calendar Man Calendar Man Calendar Man (real name Julian Gregory Day) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, as an enemy of the superhero Batman. Calendar Man is known for committing crimes that correspond with holidays and significant dates. He often wears costumes to correlate with the date of the designated crime. In his first debut, many readers found the character as a joke villain, but in later years, writers developed Calendar Man as a more dark, disturbed serial killer that toys with Batman. Calendar Man first appeared in "Detective Comics" #259 (Sept. 1958) and was