Panic
#12
(December 1955-January 1956)
EC,
1954 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Entertaining Creations Inc.
- Brand
-
EC An Entertaining Comic
- Editing
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein) (editor); Marie Severin (credited) (color editor); Bill Gaines (credited as William M. Gaines) (managing editor)
[no title indexed]
Panic / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
in Panic (Russ Cochran, 1984 series) #2 (1984), #2 (1984) - in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #12 (December 1999)
-
Charlie Chinless
TV Dept. / T.V. Dept. / Television Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Jack Mendelsohn
- Pencils
- Bill Elder (signed as
ELDER) - Inks
- Bill Elder (signed as ELDER)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Charlie Chinless; Number One Son [also as Margo, the circus singer]; unnamed midget (cameo, death); Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Girl (a real dog); Mona (circus snake charmer); Ahbed (circus fortune teller, death); Mr. South (villain, circus manager)
- Synopsis
- Charlie is called to the circus grounds to investigate the death of a sideshow midget, just one of many mysterious happenings that threaten to shut the circus down.
- Reprints
- in Panic (Russ Cochran, 1984 series) #2 (1984)
- in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #12 (December 1999)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #18 - The Million Year Picnic and Other Stories (January 2017) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
Indexer Notes
Parody of TV show "Charlie Chan".
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Cozy Kitchen Home Recipes
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Reprints
- in Panic (Russ Cochran, 1984 series) #2 (1984)
- in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #12 (December 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
Parody of cooking newspaper column.
House Hunting!
The American Scene Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Panic (Russ Cochran, 1984 series) #2 (1984)
- in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #12 (December 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
The Heartaches of Joliet's Groans!
Syndicated Comic Strip Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Nick Meglin (story); Al Feldstein (script)
- Pencils
- Bill Elder (signed as Stan Duck Elder)
- Inks
- Bill Elder (signed as Stan Duck Elder)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Joliet Groans; Eva Groans (Joliet's sister); Pop Groans (Joliet and Eva's father); Lewis L. John (a miner, Eva's love interest, cameo); Professor Fuller Numerals (Math teacher, cameo); Morbid Junebank (Pop's nurse); Irving (Texas oil man); Rip Scurvy; Desmond (Scurvy's butler, cameo)
- Synopsis
- Pop is worried sick that neither of his daughters have been able to have a successful romance.
- Reprints
- in Panic (Russ Cochran, 1984 series) #2 (1984)
- in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #12 (December 1999)
- in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #18 - The Million Year Picnic and Other Stories (January 2017) [Reprinted in black and white.]
-
Indexer Notes
Parody of comic strip "The Heart of Juliet Jones".
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
The Entertainment Box
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- in Panic (Russ Cochran, 1984 series) #2 (1984)
- in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #12 (December 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
Non-parody discussion of music business.
'S a Tragic Air Command
Movie Dept. / Movies Dept. / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (signed as
Wood) - Inks
- Wally Wood (signed as Wood)
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Jim Wroten
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Reprints
- in Panic (Russ Cochran, 1984 series) #2 (1984)
- in Panic (Gemstone, 1997 series) #12 (December 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
Parody of movie "Strategic Air Command".
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Panic -
1.
Charlie Chinless
TV Dept. / T.V. Dept. / Television Dept. -
2.
Cozy Kitchen Home Recipes
-
3.
House Hunting!
The American Scene Dept. -
4.
The Heartaches of Joliet's Groans!
Syndicated Comic Strip Dept. -
5.
The Entertainment Box
-
6.
'S a Tragic Air Command
Movie Dept. / Movies Dept.
This issue was modified by, among others
- mcomics
- Chris Boyko
- Craig Delich
- Bill Devine
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jason Sacks
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- Tom Vincent
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