The Tick #3 [Second Printing]
(November 1989)

New England Comics, 1988 Series
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Price
2.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
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Indicia / Colophon Publisher
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Brand
NEC New England Comics Press
Barcode
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Editing
George Suarez

Issue Notes

Comic went through 6 printings; 2nd Nov. 1989 $2.25 price; 3rd April 1990 $2.25 price; 4th July 1991 $2.75 price; 5th Aug. 1993 $2.75 price; 6th Mar. 1998 $2.95 price; Each individual printing added a different colored border and the tag "Encore Presentation!" to the original cover art. First three printings of the comic contain an 8 page brochure stapled in for Ninja World.
This issue is a variant of The Tick (New England Comics, 1988 series) #3. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Tick / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ben Edlund
Inks
Max Banks
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
The Tick; Oedipus; Ninjas
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Tick (New England Comics, 1988 series) #3 [Second Printing] Cover Thumbnail for The Tick (1988 series) #3 Cover Thumbnail for The Tick (1988 series) #3 [Fourth Printing] Cover Thumbnail for The Tick (1988 series) #3 [Seventh Printing]
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Night of a Million-Zillion Ninja (Table of Contents: 1)

The Tick / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Ben Edlund
Pencils
Ben Edlund
Inks
Max Banks
Letters
Bob Polio
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
The Tick; Oedipus [Oedipus Ashley Stevens]; Reginald Stevens; Amanda Stevens; Shing (Flashback); Ninjas; The District Manager
Synopsis
Tick tries to help Oedipus keep the Thorn of Oblivion out of the hands of a horde of Ninja (even though she stole it from them in the first place), but they get trapped in Oedipus' house and forced to attend her parent's dinner party.
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Keywords
Thorn of Destiny

Indexer Notes

Oedipus is a parody of Marvel's Elektra. Tick quick quip of the month: "Ninjas aren't dangerous. They're more afraid of you than you are of them..."

[Back Cover] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Tick / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ben Edlund
Inks
Max Banks
Colors
?
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Arthur
Reprints
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Tick
  2. 1. Night of a Million-Zillion Ninja
    The Tick
  3. 2. [Back Cover]
    The Tick
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