Dates
- Cover date
- June 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (9)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original editionSource ↗
- 2nd printing
2nd Edition
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - 4th printing
Fourth Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - 3rd printing
Third Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - 5th printing
Fifth Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - 6th printing
Sixth Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - 7th printing
Seventh Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - 8th printing
Eighth Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - Ninth PriningThis edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Untitled · 27 pages
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.
- How to Draw The Tick · 1 pages
One page art lesson on how to draw The Tick with accompanying oval.
- The Tick · 3 pages
The Tick escapes from the asylum.
Reprinted in
The Tick: The Complete Edlund (2008), The Tick Omnibus (1990), The Chroma-Tick (1992), The Tick Reprise Special Edition (1996), The Tick: The Naked City (1996), The Tick: Halloween Comicfest 2017 (2017)