The Tick #8 [first printing]

(July 1990)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Tick / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ben Edlund

Inks:

Dave Garcia

Letters:

typeset

Characters:

The Tick

Reprints:

• in The Tick (New England Comics, 1988 series) #8 [later printings] (March 1992)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Tick illustration, indicia and credit information.

A Matter of Cosmic Import...And Other Stories... (Table of Contents: 2)

The Tick / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script:

Ben Edlund

Pencils:

Ben Edlund

Inks:

Dave Garcia

Letters:

Bob Polio

Genre:

humor; superhero

Characters:

The Tick; Arthur; Man-Eating Cow; Red Eye; Dr. Edward Robelord; Dot; VILLAINS: Two Goons

Synopsis:

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.

Reprints:

• in The Tick (New England Comics, 1988 series) #8 [later printings] (March 1992)
• in The Tick: The Complete Edlund (New England Comics, 2008 series) (December 2008)

Indexer Notes

Tick Quick Quip of the Month: "Hey, don't knock crazy. The Romans were crazy, and they got all the girls."

Red Eye (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Reprints:

• in The Tick: The Complete Edlund (New England Comics, 2008 series) (December 2008)

Indexer Notes

8-page comic insert, included only in first printings.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Tick Talk / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Synopsis:

Letters page contains an excerpt of a letter by crazed Tick fan Sam Ismail requesting an "uncut" copy of The Tick #2 and punctuated by 83 hand written pages of the word "Please".

Reprints:

• in The Tick (New England Comics, 1988 series) #8 [later printings] (March 1992)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

The Tick Mart / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Back Cover] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Tick / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:

Ben Edlund

Inks:

Dave Garcia

Colors:

?

Genre:

superhero; humor

Characters:

Chainsaw Vigilante

Reprints:

• in The Tick (New England Comics, 1988 series) #8 [later printings] (March 1992)
• in The Tick: The Complete Edlund (New England Comics, 2008 series) (December 2008)