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The Tick is an American comic series whose main character was designed by Ben Edlund in 1986 as a parody of comic superheroes . Originally a mascot for a Boston comic book chain , The Tick became its own comic series in 1988.

Characters

Tick

Almost invulnerable superhero in a blue beetle suit who protects “the city”. Yet he feels pain.

Arthur

He used to work as an accountant and is the superhero's sidekick . He has no superpowers of his own, but he is very brave and draws his strength from his sophisticated suit. Arthur is Jewish and has a sister named Dot.

terror

Villain and adversary who escapes deadly situations. He is at least 150 years old.

publication

Between 1988 and 1993 twelve volumes of comic were published before Ben Englund discontinued the series and continued in the animated series produced from 1994.

  • The Tick 1, Special Edition, March 1988, limited edition of 5,000 copies
  • The Tick 1, June 1988
  • The Tick 2, "High Rise Hijinx", Special Edition, June 1988, limited edition of 3,000 copies
  • The Tick 2, "High Rise Hijinx," September 1988
  • The Tick 3, "Night of a Million-Zillion Ninja," December 1988
  • The Tick 4, "A Big Fight," April 1989
  • The Tick 5, "Early Morning of a Million Zillion Ninjas," August 1989
  • The Tick 6, "Villains, Inc." November 1989
  • The Tick 7, “Spoon!” February 1990
  • The Tick 8, "A Matter of Cosmic Import ... and Other Stories ...", July 1990
  • The Tick 9, "Road Trip," March 1991
  • The Tick 10, "Some Obstacles and a Partial Resolution," October 1991
  • The Tick 11, "Two Strange Warm Men and the City of Their Dreams," August 1992
  • The Tick 12, "One Man's Treasure ... is Also Another Man's Treasure," May 1993

Adaptations

The Tick became popular in 1994 through an animated series of the same name on Fox . To accompany the series, a computer game was created in the same year and a board game in 1996. In Germany, the animated series came from October 1995 under the title Der Tick on television. The series was broadcast every Sunday at 10:15 am as part of the children's program on Pro Sieben and was repeated several times on other channels until 2004.

In 2001, a short-lived live-action television series was created with Patrick Warburton in the lead role. The series was produced by Barry Josephson .

Since 2016, the television series The Tick has been produced with the participation of Ben Edlund and is published as a video on demand offer. Peter Serafinowicz as Tick and Griffin Newman as his assistant Arthur can be seen in the main roles .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Tick # 1 on the Grand Comics Database
  2. ↑ a b The Tick Characters. In: GameSpot . Retrieved October 17, 2017 .
  3. ↑ The Tick in the Internet Movie Database (English) (1994–1996)
  4. ^ The Tick (1994). In: MobyGames . Retrieved October 17, 2017 .
  5. ↑ The Tick: Hip Deep in Evil! (1996). In: BoardGameGeek . Retrieved October 17, 2017 .
  6. ↑ The Tick (1994–1996). In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved October 17, 2017 .
  7. ↑ ProSieben - Trailer Der Tick + Die Pinguine-Gang (October 3rd, 1995) on YouTube
  8. ↑ The Tick in the Internet Movie Database (2001)
  9. ↑ TV Spielfilm, issue 18/2017, page 201
  10. ↑ The Tick in the Internet Movie Database (2017)