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Issue: The Tick #1

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Publication Date: April 1991

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Issues: #1 of 13 Issues (54 Printings)

Title:

Variant: 5th Printing

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

New England Comics

Brand:

Indicia Publisher:

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume:

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN:

Price: $2.75 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (3 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): George Suarez

Notes: Comic has 9 printings:
One distinguishing feature is the color of the background behind The Tick. Only the first and eighth printings share a background color. All the rest are distinct.
1st print: Black background, $1.75 cover price
2nd print: Red background $1.95 price
3rd print: Yellow-green background $1.95 price
4th print: Orange background $2.25 price
5th print: Pink background with white bubbles $2.75 price
6th print: Red background with white bubbles $2.75 price
7th print: White background with red bubbles $2.75 price
8th print: Black background $2.75 price and 10th anniversary logo
9th print: Blue background $2.95 price
Second print and beyond have 4 extra story pages that do not appear in the 1st print.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color cover; black & white interior

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US

Paper Stock: newsprint

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Content Items (5 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Ben Edlund

Inker(s): Ben Edlund

Colorist(s): Ben Edlund ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, superhero

Feature(s): The Tick

Character(s): The Tick

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Ben Edlund

Penciller(s): Ben Edlund

Inker(s): Ben Edlund

Letterer(s): Bob Polio

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, superhero

Feature(s): The Tick

Character(s): The Tick (1st appearance); Clark Oppenheimer (1st appearance); VILLAINS: Ninjas

Synopsis: 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.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 27

Notes: Tick quick quip of the month: "I...AM...NOT...A...ROACH. I AM A TICK. In fact I...uh...I've never seen a roach in my life!!!"

How to Draw The Tick

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Ben Edlund

Penciller(s): Ben Edlund

Inker(s): Ben Edlund

Letterer(s): Ben Edlund

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, superhero

Feature(s): The Tick

Character(s): The Tick

Synopsis: One page art lesson on how to draw The Tick with accompanying oval.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Story does not appear in the 1st printing.

The Tick

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Ben Edlund

Penciller(s): Ben Edlund

Inker(s): Ben Edlund

Letterer(s): Ben Edlund; Typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, superhero

Feature(s): The Tick

Character(s): The Tick

Synopsis: The Tick escapes from the asylum.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes: From New England Comics Newsletter #14 (July-Aug. 1986) and 15 (Sept.-Oct. 1986)

Miscellaneous

Pages: 3

Notes: Story does not appear in the 1st printing; This is a very early (and rather rough) try at The Tick by Edlund that appeared in the New England Comics Newsletter #14 and 15 which predate The Tick #1.

Back Cover

Illustration on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Ben Edlund

Inker(s): Ben Edlund

Colorist(s): Ben Edlund ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, superhero

Feature(s): The Tick

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1