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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published October 1991
Cover Price 2.75 USD (first printing); 3.35 CAD (first printing)
Pages 36
Editing George Suarez
Notes Comic has at least 4 printings: 1st Printing: October 1991, 2.75 USD, 3.35 CAD 2nd Printing: April 1996, 2.75 USD 3rd Printing: 1996 2.75 USD, 10th Anniversary bullet on cover 4th Printing: January 1998, 2.95 USD

Cover Details

Characters The Tick; Arthur; The Monolith; Crazed Villagers
Genre superhero; humor
Pencils Ben Edlund
Inks Dave Garcia
Letters Typeset

1 page The Tick promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis Inside front cover. Advertisement for Chroma-Tick #1 in first printing. This may be different in later printings.
Pencils Ben Edlund
Inks Dave Garcia

29 page The Tick story "Some Obstacles and a Partial Resolution"

Characters FEATURE: The Tick; GUESTS: Arthur; Chainsaw Vigilante; Red Eye; VILLAINS: The Monoloth; Crazed Villagers; Portugese Man-O-War; Jelly Boy
Synopsis Tick wraps up his battle with Chainsaw Vigilante and he and Arthur hit the road again; Tick discovers that his meteor is inhabited by tiny aliens; Arthur picks up the nefarious hitchhiker Red Eye and Tick tries to annoy him enough that he will leave the car without killing them; Pulling into Monolith, Kentucky, our heroes are captured by villagers who want to put them through gruesome scientific experimentation at the behest of the, well, of the big Monoloth that resides in the town.
Genre superhero; humor
Script Ben Edlund
Pencils Ben Edlund
Inks Dave Garcia
Letters Bob Polio
Notes Tick Quick Quip of the Month: "You're pretty uppity for a sidekick, Pal. Watch it, or I'll start calling you Artie, or...or Something Lad!"

Half page text article "Arachnida"

Script Ben Edlund
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Half page text article "Editorially Speaking"

Script George Suarez
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Notes Bottom half is an ad for the Rockin' Bones title by NEC.

2 page Tick Talk letters page

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1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Tick Back Issues"

Pencils Ben Edlund
Inks Dave Garcia
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Notes Inside back cover. Tick back issues for sale by NEC.

1 page The Tick illustration "Back Cover"

Characters The Tick; Crazed Villager
Genre superhero
Pencils Ben Edlund
Inks Dave Garcia