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Issue: The Tick #1
Publication Date: June 1988
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Issues: #1 of 13 Issues (56 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 1st Printing
Rating:
Publisher: FlagNew England Comics
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: New England Comics Press
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Comic has at least 9 printings each with a different color background behind The Tick (1st print is black); 2nd March 1989 $1.95 price Red background; 3rd June 1989 $1.95 price Yellow background; 4th Dec. 1989 $2.25 price Orange background; 5th April 1991 $2.75 price Pink background with white bubbles; One of the later printings is from March 1998 $2.95 price Blue background; Information on other printings is unavailable at this time but welcome; Second print and beyond have 4 extra story pages that do not appear in the 1st print.
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): The Tick
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): The Tick (1st appearance); Clark Oppenheimer (1st appearance); Ninjas (villains)
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
In Content Item: FlagThe Tick Reprise Special Edition #1 published May 1996
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 27
Disclose 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!!!"
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How to Draw The Tick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): The Tick
Synopsis: One page art lesson on how to draw The Tick with accompanying oval.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Story does not appear in the 1st printing.
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The Tick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
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
Disclose 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.
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Back Cover

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Tick Reprise Special Edition #1 published May 1996
as Original Back Cover to The Tick #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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