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The Candyman's iconic hook and bees are introduced in the story with Helen and other characters.

He looked, thought, almost ridiculous with his bloodstained motley and the hint of rouge on his jaundiced cheeks. His jacket was patchwork and his trousers are the same. His wild eyes are glittering as if their irises are set with rubies. He was bright to the point of gaudiness: His flesh was a waxy yellow.

Fantasy Tales artist John Stewart's own image in the book's illustration deviates from the author's words – giving us a beastly man in silhouette with wild hair and a far more elaborate hook hand than was shown in the later films but in the pages, Candyman is described thus: The character originated in Clive Barker's short story, " The Forbidden", published in volume five of Barker's six-volume Books of Blood anthology collection. The character is played by Tony Todd in Candyman (1992), Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995), and Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999) Todd reprises the role in Candyman (2021), a sequel of the original 1992 film, with additional forms – souls brought into the Candyman "hive" – Sherman Fields (played by Michael Hargrove), William Bell, Samuel Evans, George Stinney, James Byrd Jr., Gil Cartwright (played by Cedric Mays), and Anthony McCoy (played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II).

In the film series, he is depicted as an African-American man who was brutally murdered for a forbidden 19th-century interracial love affair he returns as an urban legend, and kills anyone who summons him by saying his name five times in front of a mirror. The character originated in Clive Barker's 1985 short story, " The Forbidden".