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Issue: The Tick Big Blue Destiny #1
Publication Date: October 1997
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Issues: #1 of 5 Issues
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Publisher: FlagNew England Comics
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On Sale Date: (not set)
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Pages: 36
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Price: $2.95 USD
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Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): George Suarez (Publisher)
Disclose Notes: Comic comes in 4 formats; Indexed is the "Keen" Edition; Also published is the "Wicked Keen" Edition with a die-cut cover by the same artist; "Wicked Keen" Edition also comes in a limited run of 500 with the same art but no die-cut feature; Comic also published in ashcan size with a painted cover by the same artist.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
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Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): The Tick; Arthur
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Pages: 1
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Fear No Art (Unless It's Out to Get You!)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): The Tick (feature); Arthur (guest); Dr. Bowlingame (guest); The Stinkin' Foot of Fate (guest); The Impressionist (villain); Tuthe (cameo); Knale (cameo); Klaw (cameo) (all three are winged lawyers)
Synopsis: Arthur drags The Tick to a museum where the big blue one tries to fight off a heavy case of boredom but finally gets some action when The Impressionist attempts to make off with the newest piece of art on display, the Venus de Mayo (a jar of mayonnaise with a tiny statue inside).
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Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Tick quick quip of the month: "If that's art then art is dirty and weird!" (after being shown a urinal attached to the wall and told it is a work of modern art).
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Eli explains why he is doing the book instead of Ben Edlund and puts the current series in Tick context.

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