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Religion: manifestly non-religious 
Name: Circus Charlie
Alter Ego: Charlie
Other Names: "Coicus Cholly"
Classification:
villain
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: Batman (vol. 1) #2 (Summer 1940): "Joker Meets Catwoman"
Creators: Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos
Number of Appearances: 1
Teams/Affiliations: Crime Syndicate, Inc.
Enemy of: Commissioner Gordon
Occupation: gangster
Gender: male
Note: masqueraded as Batman
Circus Charlie worked with the Crime Syndicate, Inc. when he masqueraded as Batman in a successful effort to draw police guards away from the hospital where the Joker was being treated. The police chased the man they thought was Batman and left their posts surrounding the hospital. The other criminals of the Crime Syndicate were then able to abscond with the Joker. Circus Charlie led police on quite a chase for a while, but eventually they shot him and killed him.
Speaking in a heavy "gangland accent," one of Circus Charlie's cohorts in the Crime Syndicate referred to him as "Coicus Cholly." (This is how the name appeared in a dialogue box in panel 3 on page 8. The accent-altered pronunciation of the name might have been less ambiguously rendered as "Soicus Cholly." This change in the first letter of the word based on "Circus", however, may have made it even more difficult for a casual reader to recognize who the speaker was referring to.)
Batman (vol. 1) #2 (Summer 1940): "Joker Meets Catwoman"
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- https://www.comics.org/issue/879/
- http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=27999