Panic #12
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Charlie Chinless," a 1955 EC Comics standout, the eccentric detective Charlie is summoned to a troubled circus where a sideshow midget’s sudden death adds to a string of eerie incidents threatening to close the big top for good. Written by Jack Mendelsohn and brought to life with sharp, surreal flair by Bill Elder on art and inks, with color by Marie Severin and letters by Jim Wroten, the story blends noir tension with EC’s signature twisty unease. The cover, a striking piece by Jack Davis, captures the circus’s unsettling atmosphere in bold, expressive lines.
In "Charlie Chinless," a weary detective named Charlie is summoned to a troubled circus where a sideshow midget’s sudden death has set off a chain of odd occurrences. With rumors swirling and the big top on the verge of closing, Charlie must untangle the truth behind the strange happenings—before the whole show collapses.
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Reprinted in Panic #2 (1984), Panic #12 (1999), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #18 (2017), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #39 (2026)
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