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Tick (1988) 3rd Printing comic books

  • Issue #1
    Tick (1988) 3rd Printing 1
    Published Jun 1989 by NEC.

    This is a 3rd printing as noted on the inside indicia. Written by Ben Edlund. Art and cover by Ben Edlund. The Tick arrives straight from the nuthouse and into The City where he decides to be a superhero. After having a tussle with ninjas and being run over by a train, he is no closer to realizing his lofty goals. One page art lesson on how to draw The Tick by Ben Edlund. 7.5-in. x 10.5 in. 40 pgs., B&W. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

  • Issue #2
    Tick (1988) 3rd Printing 2
    Published Jun 1989 by NEC.

    This is a 3rd printing as noted on the inside indicia. Written by Ben Edlund. Art and cover by Ben Edlund. The Tick gets a job as a crossword editor and assumes a secret identity. Will he succeed at his job or will he become a major nuisance to his co-workers? 7.5-in. x 10.5 in., 36 pgs., B&W. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

  • Issue #4
    Tick (1988) 3rd Printing 4
    Published Jun 1991 by NEC.

    This is a 3rd printing as noted on the inside indicia. Written by Ben Edlund. Art and cover by Ben Edlund and Max Banks Tick and Oedipus are attacked at her parents' dinner party by a group of ninjas; After Oedipus is injured, Tick has a crisis of sanity and decides the best thing to do is destroy Ninja World; Which he does; Conflict ensues over the Thorn of Destiny and Tick comes close to losing it until Arthur shows up to make sense of a few things; Paul the Samurai trails his enemy Sagin from Japan and prepares to take him down with a loaf of deadly French bread. Centerfold poster of an interior splash page. 7.5-in. x 10.5 in., 44 pgs., B&W, $2.75. Cover price $2.75.

  • Issue #7
    Tick (1988) 3rd Printing 7
    Published 1992 by NEC.

    This is a 3rd printing as noted on the inside indicia. Written by Ben Edlund. Art and cover by Ben Edlund and Dave Garcia. Sallying forth on a quest for Pez, The Tick ends up helping a gum-shoe detective take on a bevy of hideous criminals as well as a pit full of man-eating alligators and cows, all in a bid to keep their leader, Chairface Chippendale, from writing his name on the moon; The Tick adopts his in-famous and little plagiarized battle cry--"SPOON!" 7.5-in. x 10.5 in., 36 pgs., B&W. $2.75. Cover price $2.75.

  • Issue #8
    Tick (1988) 3rd Printing 8
    Published 1992 by NEC.

    This is a 3rd printing as noted on the inside indicia. Written by Ben Edlund. Art and cover by Ben Edlund and Dave Garcia. The Tick is struck on the head with what looks to be a meteor but turns out to be sediment from Utah. Arthur and Tick have dinner with Art's sister, but their repast is interrupted by two goons shooting at them. After Man-Eating Cow lends a...uh...an udder in dispatching the villains, Tick decides that he and Arthur will leave for New York to fight real crime and leave their bovine companion to patrol The City in their stead. Tick reads. 7.5-in. x 10.5 in., 36 pgs., B&W. $2.75. Cover price $2.75.