| Issue | #4 |
| Published | April 1989 |
| Cover Price | $1.95 |
| Pages | 44 |
| Editing | George Suarez |
| Notes | Comic has at least 8 printings but only the first 3 have the poster insert; 2nd Dec. 1989 $2.25 price; 3rd June 1991 $2.75 price (has an alternate red cover with an image of The Tick and had a low print run); 4th Oct. 1991 $2.75 price (5th Anniversary "Amy" copies with a print run of 500); 5th March 1992 $2.75 price; 6th (Unknown publishing data); 7th 1996 $2.75 price (10th Anniversary bullet on cover); 8th Mar. 1998 $2.95 price. |
| Characters | The Tick; Oedipus; Arthur; Paul the Samurai; Sagin |
| Genre | superhero; humor |
| Pencils | Ben Edlund |
| Inks | Max Banks |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Comic has at least 8 printings but only the first 3 have the poster insert; 2nd Dec. 1989 $2.25 price; 3rd June 1991 $2.75 price (has an alternate red cover with an image of The Tick and had a low print run); 4th Oct. 1991 $2.75 price (5th Anniversary "Amy" copies with a print run of 500); 5th March 1992 $2.75 price; 6th (Unknown publishing data); 7th 1996 $2.75 price (10th Anniversary bullet on cover); 8th Mar. 1998 $2.95 price. |
| Characters | FEATURE: The Tick; GUESTS: Oedipus [Oedipus Ashley Stevens]; Arthur; Paul the Samurai; Reginald Stevens; Amanda Stevens; Shing; VILLAINS: Ninjas; The District Manager; Sagin |
| Synopsis | Tick and Oedipus are attacked at her parents' dinner party by a group of ninjas; After Oedipus is injured, Tick has a crisis of sanity and decides the best thing to do is destroy Ninja World; Which he does; Conflict ensues over the Thorn of Destiny and Tick comes close to losing it until Arthur shows up to make sense of a few things; Paul the Samurai trails his enemy Sagin from Japan and prepares to take him down with a loaf of deadly French bread. |
| Genre | superhero; humor |
| Script | Ben Edlund |
| Pencils | Ben Edlund |
| Inks | Max Banks |
| Letters | Bob Polio |
| Notes | Tick Quick Quip of the Month: "What is this, a CONVENTION? Can't a guy wreak havok in privacy?" |
| Characters | The Tick |
| Genre | superhero; humor |
| Pencils | Ben Edlund |
| Inks | Max Banks |
| Notes | Centerfold poster of an interior splash page (a small Tick is menaced by the looming City). |
| Characters | Amanda Stevens |
| Genre | superhero; humor |
| Pencils | Max Banks |
| Inks | Max Banks |