I'm doing research for my volume three of Comic Book Trivia Facts and was wondering if you know of any websites that list the actual Birthday's of Superheroes? .

 DC Comics 1976 Calendar does llst many, but Mavel Heroes are not to be found anywhere, except Captain America (July 4th). Any ideas?

 I actually contacted Marvel.com with no resonse back, so I'm kind of at a crossroads.

 Any help would be appreciated!!

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  • Hi, Joseph, welcome aboard! After you posted about this, I went looking, but I didn't find much except this FB page that has a few, but more DC ones. Marvel never seemed quite as determined to designate those as DC did (and neither did much to celebrate birthdays in any event).

    And, as always with web "facts," there's no annotations for where the dates come from, so who knows how authoritative the information is? I hate places that don't annotate.

    Of course, those DC ones you've found no doubt relate to Earth-1 heroes, when DC was bigger on giving each hero an identifiable birthday and had its calendar. By now, six+ reboots later, it's hard to say if those guys were still born on those days.

    Good luck!

    -- MSA

  • The Facebook page that Mr Silver Age mentions shows Superman's birthday as February 28th.  I may be wrong, but I seem to remember that the date given by Mort Weisinger in a letter column somewhere was February 29th.  This lead to the joke that Superman had managed to remain so young-looking after many decades by having only one birthday every four years.

  • Yes, February 29th was the date--it was easy to remember as a result. We talked about it in 2017 here. And Superman has probably celebrated his birthday more often than any other character, if only because he's had so many stories in so many titles and is a fairly sociable guy.

    1007005201?profile=RESIZE_710xAlan Moore reaffirmed it in his famous "think clean thoughts, chum" story of Batman, Robin and WW's celebration at the Fortress. 

    It's possible the FB list thought it was a typo, not realizing that there occasionally is a Feb. 29th. That's why I like to get annotations for these "facts."

    I would imagine most birthdays selected have some connection to the writer or some other historical fact for the character rather than being random.

    -- MSA

  • Thanks to you both for replying!

     I did indeed find Clark Kent/Superman's Birthday listed as Feb. 28th...and also Billy Batson/Captain Marvel/Shazam as Feb. 29th!

     Just to keep you in the Superhero flow, tomorrow, Feb. 9th,1007346359?profile=RESIZE_710x is Rex Mason'/Metamorpho's Birthday (per the DC source)!!

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  • For all your help, Here's what I put in my Volume Two: The only one's a can't 100% prove, naturally, would be the Marvel Characters. The one's I listed were shown on some Fan blog's or websites. Marvel has confirmed that Peter Parker/Spider-Man is a Virgo, but nothing concrete. and I swear I read somewhere that Nick Fury's Birthday was Jan. 19th!! At any rate, for your fun and perusal, enjoy! I also seem to think that Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic Bithrday is in May...Have a great weekend! Joseph

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

    Here are the Birthdays of your favorite Characters! Many of these were found, believe it or not, in the DC Comics 1976 Calendar. Marvel is not so forthcoming…I looked in a dozen places and had trouble finding any of their Heroes Birthdays besides the few listed here!

    JANUARY

    3 - Jim Corrigan - The Spectre

    5 - Police Commissioner James Gordon

    13 – Gorilla Grodd

    16 – Wally West - The Flash

    17 – Kent Nelson – Doctor Fate

    19 – Nick Fury – Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    29 – Arthur Curry – Aquaman

    31 – Mera – Aquaman’s Queen

    FEBRUARY

    9 – Rex Mason – Metamorpho

    19 – Bruce Wayne – Batman (also listed as April 7th)

    20 – Hal Jordan – Earth’s Green Lantern

    28 – Clark Kent – Superman

    29 – Billy Batson – Shazam

    MARCH

    12 – Perry White – Superman’s Editor

    14 - Selina Kyle – Catwoman

    19 – Barry Allen – The Flash

    20 – Dick Grayson – Nightwing

    21 – Ralph Dibney – Elongated Man

    22 – Diana Prince – Wonder Woman

    27 – Lar Grand – Mon-El

    30 – Carter Hall (Katar Hol) – Hawkman

    APRIL

    3 – Jay Garrick – Golden Age Flash

    10 – Dinah Lance – Black Canary

    11 - Linda Danvers – Supergirl (also listed as May 18th)

    24 – J’ohnn J’ohnzz – Martian Manhunter

    26 – Donna Troy – Wonder Girl

    MAY

    7 – Freddie Freeman – Shazam junior

    8 – Jack Ryder – The Creeper

    20 – Zatanna – Magician

    JUNE

    9 – Captain Johnny Cloud – The Losers

    19 – Shayera Hall – Hawkgirl

    26 – Kirk Langstrom – Man-Bat

    JULY

    4 – Uncle Sam – Freedom Fighters

    4 – Steve Rogers – Captain America

    9 – Ray Palmer – The Atom

    26 – Oswald Cobblepot – The Penguin

    31 – Frank Rock – Sgt. Rock of Easy Company

    AUGUST

    10 – Boston Brand – Deadman

    16 – Jason Todd – Deceased Robin

    17 – Lois Lane – Superman’s Wife

    29 – Eel O’Brian – Plastic Man

    SEPTEMBER

    7 - Helena Wayne – The Huntress

    12 – Ted Grant – Wildcat

    23 – Barbara Gordon – Batgirl/Oracle

    28 – Lex Luthor – Archenemy Supreme

    OCTOBER

    2 – Alan Scott – Golden Age Green Lantern

    8 – Peter Parker – Spider-Man

    17 – John Stewart – Green Lantern

    28 – Janos Prohaska – Blackhawk

    NOVEMBER

    1 – Roy Harper – Speedy/Arsenal

    11 – Stephen Strange – Doctor Strange

    16 – Doctor Jonathan Crane – The Scarecrow

    19 – Franklin Richards – Fantastic Four

    21 – Kamandi – Last Boy on Earth

    25 – Storm – X-Men

    29 - James Bartholomew Olsen – Superman’s Pal

    DECEMBER

    3 – Adam Strange – Adam Strange

    7 – Harvey Dent – Two-Face

    9 – Oliver Queen – Green Arrow

    23 – Bulldozer – Easy Company

  • If Peter Parker is a Virgo, that means his birthday isn't October 8, unfortunately. I say unfortunately because it's my birthday...and I'm a Libra! Virgo runs from August 23 – September 23.

  • Very good point, which I missed!

    Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) said:

    If Peter Parker is a Virgo, that means his birthday isn't October 8, unfortunately. I say unfortunately because it's my birthday...and I'm a Libra! Virgo runs from August 23 – September 23.

  • Peter Wrexham said:

    The Facebook page that Mr Silver Age mentions shows Superman's birthday as February 28th.  I may be wrong, but I seem to remember that the date given by Mort Weisinger in a letter column somewhere was February 29th.  This lead to the joke that Superman had managed to remain so young-looking after many decades by having only one birthday every four years.

    I recall reading on the Super DC 1976 Calendar that Superman's birthday is Feb. 29, but Clark Kent's birthday is June 18, the anniversary of the day Kal-El landed on Earth. That's pre-Crisis, because post-Crisis -- post crisis photo postcrisis.gif -- Jonathan and Martha Kent found the babe in November, just before a massive snowstorm hit and kept them stranded on the farm for five months. When they were able to get out, they passed off baby Kal-El as their natural-born son.

  • Hi, Joseph! welcom photo welcomeani.gif

    I don't know if you've come across this site: The Five Earths Project. It lists the dates from the Super DC 1976 Calendar and adds whatever post-Crisis -- post crisis photo postcrisis.gif -- dates could be found. It also notes discrepancies, like two different birthdays for Bruce Wayne (so one is ascribed to Earth-1 and the other to Earth-2, naturally).

  • I ran across this site: Exclusive Infographics: Fictional Character Birthday Calendars. It has birthdays for various characters from comics, TV shows, sitcoms, movies, kid shows on PBS, novels, comic strips, genre fiction and soap operas. It is not annotated, so who knows where the information on these pages comes from. 

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