The Tick #4 [Fifth Printing]
(March 1992)

New England Comics, 1988 Series
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Volume
?
Price
2.75 USD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
?
Brand
?
Barcode
?
Editing
George Suarez

Issue Notes

Comic has at least 8 printings but only the first 3 have the poster insert; 2nd Dec. 1989 $2.25 price; 3rd June 1991 $2.75 price (has an alternate red cover with an image of The Tick and had a low print run); 4th Oct. 1991 $2.75 price (5th Anniversary "Amy" copies with a print run of 500); 5th March 1992 $2.75 price; 6th (Unknown publishing data); 7th 1996 $2.75 price (10th Anniversary bullet on cover); 8th Mar. 1998 $2.95 price.
This issue is a variant of The Tick (New England Comics, 1988 series) #4. There exist further variants:

A Big Fight (Table of Contents: 1)

The Tick / comic story / 28 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]; Arthur; Paul the Samurai; Reginald Stevens; Amanda Stevens; Shing; Ninjas (villains); The District Manager (villain); Sagin (villain)
Synopsis
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.
Reprints
Keywords
Japan; Ninja World; Thorn of Destiny

Indexer Notes

Tick Quick Quip of the Month: "What is this, a CONVENTION? Can't a guy wreak havok in privacy?"

[Poster Insert] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Tick / insert or dust jacket / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils
Ben Edlund
Inks
Max Banks

Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
The Tick

Indexer Notes

Centerfold poster of an interior splash page (a small Tick is menaced by the looming City).

[Back Cover] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Tick / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Max Banks
Inks
Max Banks
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Amanda Stevens
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. A Big Fight
    The Tick
  2. 2. [Poster Insert]
    The Tick
  3. 3. [Back Cover]
    The Tick
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