Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	December 1988
Cover Price	$1.75
Pages	36
Editing	George Suarez
Notes	Comic went through 6 printings; 2nd Nov. 1989 $2.25 price; 3rd April 1990 $2.25 price; 4th July 1991 $2.75 price; 5th Aug. 1993 $2.75 price; 6th Mar. 1998 $2.95 price; Each individual printing added a different colored border and the tag "Encore Presentation!" to the original cover art. First three printings of the comic contain an 8 page brochure stapled in for Ninja World.

Cover Details

Characters	The Tick; Oedipus; Ninjas
Genre	superhero; humor
Pencils	Ben Edlund
Inks	Max Banks
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Comic went through 6 printings; 2nd Nov. 1989 $2.25 price; 3rd April 1990 $2.25 price; 4th July 1991 $2.75 price; 5th Aug. 1993 $2.75 price; 6th Mar. 1998 $2.95 price; Each individual printing added a different colored border and the tag "Encore Presentation!" to the original cover art. First three printings of the comic contain an 8 page brochure stapled in for Ninja World.

Characters	FEATURE: The Tick; GUESTS: Oedipus [Oedipus Ashley Stevens]; Reginald Stevens; Amanda Stevens; Shing (Flashback); VILLAINS: Ninjas; The District Manager
Synopsis	Tick tries to help Oedipus keep the Thorn of Oblivion out of the hands of a horde of Ninja (even though she stole it from them in the first place), but they get trapped in Oedipus' house and forced to attend her parent's dinner party.
Genre	superhero; humor
Script	Ben Edlund
Pencils	Ben Edlund
Inks	Max Banks
Letters	Bob Polio
Notes	Oedipus is a parody of Marvel's Elektra. Tick quick quip of the month: "Ninjas aren't dangerous. They're more afraid of you than you are of them..."