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Issue: The Tick Reprise Special Edition #1
Publication Date: May 1996
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagNew England Comics
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 40
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $5.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): George Suarez
Disclose Notes: This is a repackaged edition of The Tick Special Edition #1 which was a reprint of the 1st issue of New England Comics The Tick #1; The original Special Edition was serially numbered from 1 to 5,000 and this Reprise is serially numbered from 5,001 to 14,000 making it a print run of 9,000.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:  
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
The Tick
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Tick Special Edition

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ben Edlund
Ben Edlund
Ben Edlund ?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
The Tick
The Tick
Reprinting
FlagThe Tick Special Edition #1 published March 1988which reprints the cover of The Tick #1, but with a white background
 
Miscellaneous
1
Tick Talk

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Suarez
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
The Tick
Reprinting
FlagThe Tick Special Edition #1 published March 1988
 
Miscellaneous
2
Discusses the Special Edition with its individual numbering as well as a short history of The Tick comic.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ben Edlund
Ben Edlund
Ben Edlund
Bob Polio
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
The Tick
FEATURE: The Tick; GUEST: Clark Oppenheimer; VILLAINS: Ninjas
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
FlagThe Tick #1 [1st Printing] published June 1988
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
27
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!!!"
Giraffe-Necked Aliens from Hell

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
The Tick
Reprinting
FlagThe Tick Special Edition #1 published March 1988
 
Miscellaneous
1
Mack Trail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ben Edlund [as Ebb Dodd]
Ben Edlund [as Jock L. Rod]
Ben Edlund [as Jock L. Rod]
Bob Polio
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
The Tick
FEATURE: Mack Trail; GUEST: The Tick
Reprinting
FlagThe Tick Special Edition #1 published March 1988
 
Miscellaneous
1
Done as a parody of a nature strip about ticks.
Credits from The Tick: The Complete Edlund (New England Comics, 2008 series) #[nn].
Original Back Cover to The Tick #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ben Edlund
Ben Edlund
Ben Edlund ?
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
The Tick
Reprinting
FlagThe Tick #1 [1st Printing] published June 1988
was Back Cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1

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