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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published March 1991
Cover Price 2.75 USD (first printing)
Pages 36
Editing George Suarez
Notes Comic has a number of reprintings. 2nd Printing: September 1995, 2.75 USD, 3.75 CAD, Green highlights around the word "Tick" in the title logo.

Cover Details - "Enter: The Chainsaw VIgilante"

Characters The Tick; Arthur; Chainsaw Vigilante
Genre superhero; humor
Pencils Ben Edlund
Inks Dave Garcia
Letters Typeset
Notes Wraparound cover

1 page The Tick credits

Genre superhero; Humor
Pencils Ben Edlund
Inks Dave Garcia
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover. Panel form interior story, indicia and credits.

20 page The Tick story "Road Trip"

Characters The Tick; GUESTS: Arthur; Mystic Order of Arachnid Vigilance Members; Chainsaw Vigilante; Civic-Minded Five [Oddman; Mr. Envelope; Feral Boy; Radio King]
Synopsis The Tick and Arthur prepare to leave The City but are accosted by the Tick's fellow escaped insane asylum inmates who have come to worship him; Arthur drives and the Tick navigates as the duo head for New York but our hero has a little trouble with the map (starting with the fact that it is a 1959 edition); After countless miles of driving all over creation, Arthur insists that they do the unthinkable--ask for directions; The Chainsaw Vigilante cuts his way through the rest of the Civic-Minded Five and sets his sights on the Tick and Arthur.
Genre superhero; humor
Script Ben Edlund
Pencils Ben Edlund
Inks Dave Garcia
Letters Bob Polio
Notes Although the story technically has no "coloring" there are flat red colors showing the Tick and Arthur's progress on their map throught the issue; Tick Quick Quip of the Month: "Imagine, a society based on me and my groundbreaking alternative lifestyle! Something like that would be worth any price! Even ten bucks!"

Half page text article "Arachnida"

Synopsis Ben Edlund discusses how the car used in this issue by Tick and Arthur is based on his friends real life vehicle.
Script Ben Edlund
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
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Half page text article "Editorially Speaking"

Synopsis Discussion on the lateness of NEC books, and a promise that NEC will do better in 1991.
Script George Suarez
Letters typeset

8 page The Tick letters page "Tick Talk"

Pencils Various
Inks Various
Letters Typeset
Reprinted There are 8 pages of letters including 5 pages printing direct handwritten copies of fan letters as well as drawings and photos.

1 page The Tick Mart promo (ad from the publisher)

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Notes Inside back cover.