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  • Issue #1
    Tick (1988 1st Printing) 1
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4341395001
    • Water spotting.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    (2nd Edition) inside cover. This is a first printing of Tick #1, but Tick #1 reprints the serially numbered Tick Special Edition (1st appearance) w/minor changes. NOTE: This is a 1st Printing. 1st printings do not have a 2nd or later printing notice in indicia. Written by Ben Edlund. Art and cover by Ben Edlund. The Tick arrives straight from the nuthouse and into The City where he decides to be a superhero; After having a tussle with ninjas and being run over by a train, he is no closer to realizing his lofty goals. One page art lesson on how to draw The Tick by Ben Edlund. 36 pgs., B&W. $1.75. Cover price $1.75.

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    $175 1988 New England Comics THE TICK # 1 CGC 9.0 1st Print Off White To White Pages
    $260 THE TICK #1 - CGC 9.4 - 1st Print RARE HTF WHITE Pages KEY Indie Copper Age
    $300 The Tick #1 Comic Book 1988 - CGC 9.6 White Pages - Rare High Grade
    $495 The Tick #1 SS CGC 9.6 Auto Patrick Warburton 1st Print Signature

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  • Issue #1
    Tick Tock Tales (1946) 1
    • 2" Cumulative spine split. Slightly brittle pages.

    Art by Phil De Lara and others. Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. Cute bears Koko and Kola, who are paintings on a high-chair by day, reveal themselves to Raymond, the boy they live with. Hawk Sure The Detective gets held up at gunpoint. Spanky and Clarence compete for a busboy job at a restaurant. Stamping Around With Koko & Kola; Koko and Kola; Tommy Thrimble; Hawk Sure The Detective and Whatsis; Spanky; Benny The Burglar; Goofus the Gopher. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #1
    Tick Big Blue Destiny (1997) 1

    Cover by Eli Stone. "Fear No Art (Unless It's Out to Get You!)", script and art by Eli Stone; Arthur drags The Tick to a museum where the big blue one tries to fight off a heavy case of boredom but finally gets some action when The Impressionist attempts to make off with the newest piece of art on display, the Venus de Mayo (a jar of mayonnaise with a tiny statue inside). Arachnida article by Eli Stone, art by Stone; Eli explains why he is doing the book instead of Ben Edlund and puts the current series in Tick context. 36 pgs., B&W. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

  • Issue #1
    Chroma Tick (1992) 1
    Published Feb 1992 by NEC.
  • Issue #1
    Tick Karma Tornado (1993) 1
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4385801003

    Cover pencils by Christopher McCulloch, inks by Jeff Whiting. "Challenge Of Champions!", script by Ben Edlund (plot) and Christopher McCulloch (plot; script), pencils by Bille Neville, inks by Dave Garcia; The Tick is spirited away to a planet to compete in an interplanetary sports contest! Dairyland Tick; Trading card insert. "On With The Show, This Is It!" article by Bob Polio and Ben Edlund; An interview with Tick creator Ben Edlund featuring photos of Edlund by himself and with Jeff Smith and Dave Sim. "Bill Neville The Artist Speaks!!" bio with art by Neville. 40 pgs., B&W. Cover price $3.25.

  • Issue #1
    Tick Heroes of the City (1999) 1
  • Issue #1
    Tick and Arthur (1999) 1

    Wang//Baker Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #1
    Tick Luny Bin (1998) 1
    Published Oct 1998 by NEC.

    Big Blue Destiny # 7. Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #1B
    Tick Color (2001) 1B
    Published Jan 2001 by NEC.

    By Silvia, Sandroni, & Toyoshima. After 14 years, it's finally here at last... the first-ever, all-new, all-color continuing bimonthly Tick comic book series! Bearing the classic The Tick logo, and starting with a new #1 issue, The Tick Color series will feature all-new stories of The Tick and his entire Universe in full-length, four-color stories. The Tick Color series will appear every two months throughout the year 2001. Which works out great since 2001 is the year that The Tick's new live-action TV series debuts on Fox television! The Tick appearing in full color is a momentous occurrence in our world ? but it's also an earth-shaking event in The Tick Universe! As you might expect, the transition to color does not escape The Tick's notice! In the first issue, The Tick chases the villainous Thrakkorzog to the alien's other-dimensional homeworld, only to discover that Thrak's dimension is awash in color! After a dramatic battle, The Tick escapes back to Earth through a handy inter-dimensional "portal." But unknown to the hero, with his return back to Earth, The Tick has unwittingly exposed his own universe to an all-powerful comic book force: "The Power of Full Color!" The Tick comes to realize exactly "how blue" he really is. His universe, along with everybody and everything in it, becomes fundamentally changed ? permanently! This issue ships with two variant covers by series artist Marc Sandroni, shipped in equal quantities. FC, 32pg Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #1
    Tick Circus Maximus (2000) 1

    by Sean Wang This comic is the updated edition of The Tick's Giant Circus of the Mighty, which was the original "encyclopedia" of the Tick universe. The four issues of this new series will cover nearly three hundred different "entities" ? heroes, villains, organizations, buildings, "ordinary people"? who have appeared in any Tick universe comic between 1986 and 1999. Each article will feature newly revised text accompanied with updated artwork. Lots of new artwork and classic scenes from the original comics. b&w, 32pg (1 of 4)" Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #1
    Tick (2009- NEC) 1

    Written by Benito Cereno. Art by Les McClaine. The Tick returns in an all-new, continuing comic series! The Tick enjoys the Christmas season with Arthur and his super-hero pals. But among the present is one from a super-villain! Look for this all-new series into 2010 with all-new tales of Tick-ish adventures! Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #1A
    Tick (2017 NEC) 1A
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4385800015

    Written by Cullen Bunn and JimmyZ Johnston. Art and Cover by Douglas Paskiewicz. Amazon is bringing The Tick back to TV this summer! And NEC is bringing The Tick back to comics in August with an all-new continuing color series! Written by Cullen Bunn (Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, X-Men Blue, Harrow County) and drawn by Douglas Paszkiewicz (Arsenic Lullaby), The Tick and Arthur confront the dire menaces of ninjas and murder clowns, while also flashing back to blasts from The Tick's heretofore unexplored past! Join us for fun as Bunn imprints The Tick with his own creative style of storytelling! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #1B
    Tick (2017 NEC) 1B

    Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Cullen Bunn and JimmyZ Johnston. Art and Cover by Douglas Paskiewicz. Amazon is bringing The Tick back to TV this summer! And NEC is bringing The Tick back to comics in August with an all-new continuing color series! Written by Cullen Bunn (DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE, X-MEN BLUE, & HARROW COUNTY) and drawn by Douglas (Arsenic Lullaby) Paszkiewicz, The Tick and Arthur confront the dire menaces of ninjas and murder clowns, while also flashing back to blasts from The Tick's here-to-for unexplored past! Join us for fun as Bunn imprints The Tick with his own creative style of story-telling! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

  • Issue #1
    Tick Big Xmas Trilogy (2002) 1

    The Tick and his friends celebrate Christmas this year in blazing style with a three-issue Tick Christmas spectacular trilogy... and all three issues will ship on the same day! The covers, by fan-favorite Sean Wang, form a gorgeous panoramic three-part "triptych" and feature most of the heroes, villains, and supporting characters who have appeared in The Tick's 16-year history! Racked together, the three issues of The Tick's Big Xmas Trilogy are sure to be the most eye-catching covers on store racks in November and December! The story is appropriately "epic" for a three-part Christmas extravaganza! In it, the Tick, the Yuletide season's favorite son, discovers that the Christmas Spirit appears to be on the wane in The City this year. He decides to boost the supply of Christmas cheer by staging a Christmas Pageant, and getting everyone involved. Even The City's costumed super-villains agree to participate, although with Chairface Chippendale and The Terror highlighting the "evil cast," it may not just be seasonal good will at work! A saga too big for one comic ? heck, too huge even for two comics! ? The Tick's Big Xmas Trilogy is a tale of such breathtakingly epic scope that it requires three whole issues to relate ? which makes a lot of sense since it's a trilogy! #1?FC, 32pg $3.95 #2?FC, 32pg $3.95 #3?FC, 32pg $3.95 Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #1A
    Tick Days of Drama (2005) 1A

    Tick Days of Drama is a full-sized, standard comic, but it has a mini Tick Day of Drama #0 ( 2.25-in. x 3.5-in., 8 pages, full color) attached to the cover. Tick Days of Drama by Griffith, Garcia, and Atkinson. The Tick and Arthur return to The City, only to find that all the local superheroes are gone! Evidently, they've all moved to another "cooler" city, Blissburg, a gated community where the town government caters to costumed do-gooders: clean streets, nice homes, low taxes, and most importantly, easy-to-beat super-villains whose crimes can be scheduled like a golf match! Each issue has an 8-page all-new four-color mini-comic attached to the cover! 40pgs, FCSRP: $4.95 Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #1B
    Tick Days of Drama (2005) 1B

    Comic without the mini-comic. Tick Days of Drama by Griffith, Garcia, and Atkinson. The Tick and Arthur return to The City, only to find that all the local superheroes are gone! Evidently, they've all moved to another "cooler" city, Blissburg, a gated community where the town government caters to costumed do-gooders: clean streets, nice homes, low taxes, and most importantly, easy-to-beat super-villains whose crimes can be scheduled like a golf match! Each issue has an 8-page all-new four-color mini-comic attached to the cover! 40pgs, FCSRP: $4.95 Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #1C
    Tick Days of Drama (2005) 1C

    Special Edition Variant Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #1
    Tick Special Edition (1988) 1
    • Paper: White
    • Slab: Significant inner well scuff(s)
    • Manufactured With "No 03506" Printed on Interior Front Cover.
    • Label #2141406004
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    1st comic book appearance of the Tick; Ben Edlund story and art. 1 thru 5,000 serially numbered copies. Cover price $1.50.

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    $800 The Tick Special Edition #1 CGC GRADED 9.4 1st appearance of the Tick in comics
    $800 The Tick Special Edition #1 CBCS GRADED 9.2 1st appearance of the Tick in comics
    $1,000 The Tick Special Edition #1 1988 Graded CBCS 9.8 White pages 1st Tick Appearance
    $1,700 The Tick Special Edition 1 1988 Cgc 9.8 White pages Marvel Comic 1st Tick

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  • Issue #1
    Tick's Giant Circus of the Mighty (1992) 1
  • Issue #1
    French Ticklers (1989) 1

    Cover by Moebius. Edited by Randy Lofficier and Jean-Marc Lofficier. Stories by Moebius, Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian, Jean-Marc Lelong, Christian Binet, Andre Franquin, and Daniel Goossens. A Kitchen Sink Press anthology presenting popular French cartoonists in English, including several Moebius stories and some of the earliest translations of Dupuy and Berberian, later of Monsieur Jean fame. 24 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #1
    Tick (1988) 2nd Printing 1
    Published Mar 1989 by NEC.
    • Paper: White
    • Second Printing
    • Label #4449480022
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Paper: White
    • Second Printing.
    • Label #4438534025
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    This is a 2nd printing as noted on the inside indicia. Written by Ben Edlund. Art and cover by Ben Edlund. The Tick arrives straight from the nuthouse and into The City where he decides to be a superhero. After having a tussle with ninjas and being run over by a train, he is no closer to realizing his lofty goals. One page art lesson on how to draw The Tick by Ben Edlund. 7.5-in. x 10.5 in. 40 pgs., B&W. $1.95. Cover price $2.75.

  • Issue #1B
    Tick's Golden Age Comic (2002) 1B

    by Silvia, Garcia, Kazybrid, & Atkinson Printed in extra-wide Golden Age format on special stock, with extra-heavy covers. NEC's goal is to honor the classic comics of the war years (1941-1945), so they're offering two different covers each in the classic style of the Golden Age. Tick creator Ben Edlund has established in the original Tick comics that The Tick Universe has a Golden Age, during which the the forces of good engaged the forces of bad in a global conflagration known as "The Second World War." In The Tick's Golden Age Comic #1 the previously unknown Golden Age Tick and Golden Age Arthur go to war! Expect a titanic fist-fest in a tale so huge that it requires multiple chapters to relate! The scope is truly epic as the action moves from coast-to-coast and sea-to- shining-sea! The pages of this book-length extravaganza include many supporting features, including spoof ads and back-up features. Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #1
    Tick (2017 NEC) Halloween Comicfest 1

    In honor of this year's Halloween ComicFest, NEC Press offers this special re-presentation of Ben Edlund's legendary first issue of The Tick, in a Halloween ComicFest Special Edition! The complete original first comic book appearance of The Tick, as it originally hit the stands in 1988, but now in full color! 32 pages.

  • Issue #1A
    Tick 20th Anniversary Special Edition (2007) 1A

    Cover by SImon Bisley. by Various Includes original new work by tick creator Ben Edlund! The Tick celebrates 20 years of comic crime-fighting with a blockbuster jam-packed jam-fest special issue featuring 1- and 2-page contributions by over 30 renowned comic book professionals! The print run will be split and shipped equally in two cover versions: one by the legendary master Simon Bisley (shown here) and the other, a 'top secret' cover by equally masterful Arthur Suydam! Celebrate two decades of adventures featuring everybody's favorite Big Blue Crime-fighter (and his not-so-big sidekick, Arthur)! Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #1B
    Tick 20th Anniversary Special Edition (2007) 1B

    Cover by Arthur Suydam. by Various Includes original new work by tick creator Ben Edlund! The Tick celebrates 20 years of comic crime-fighting with a blockbuster jam-packed jam-fest special issue featuring 1- and 2-page contributions by over 30 renowned comic book professionals! The print run will be split and shipped equally in two cover versions: one by the legendary master Simon Bisley (shown here) and the other, a 'top secret' cover by equally masterful Arthur Suydam! Celebrate two decades of adventures featuring everybody's favorite Big Blue Crime-fighter (and his not-so-big sidekick, Arthur)! Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #1
    Tick's Big Romantic Adventure (1998) 1
  • Issue #1
    Tick's Big Tax Time Terror (2002) 1

    by Griffith, Crate, & Toyoshima Yes, The Tick is way overdue for squaring his accounts with the government. The urgent demands of a super-hero life is no excuse for being late with your taxes. Share the terror as The Tick confronts the ultimate challenge, a menace beyond the power of even ten super-powered do-gooders. Chill and thrill to this cold sweat nightmare of the Tax Man! One shot. b&w, 32pg Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #1
    Tick (1988) 3rd Printing 1
    Published Jun 1989 by NEC.

    This is a 3rd printing as noted on the inside indicia. Written by Ben Edlund. Art and cover by Ben Edlund. The Tick arrives straight from the nuthouse and into The City where he decides to be a superhero. After having a tussle with ninjas and being run over by a train, he is no closer to realizing his lofty goals. One page art lesson on how to draw The Tick by Ben Edlund. 7.5-in. x 10.5 in. 40 pgs., B&W. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.

  • Issue #1
    Tick (1988) 4th Printing 1
    Published Dec 1989 by NEC.
    • Paper: White
    • Fourth Printing
    • Label #4075552008
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    This is a 4th printing as noted on the inside indicia. Written by Ben Edlund. Art and cover by Ben Edlund. The Tick arrives straight from the nuthouse and into The City where he decides to be a superhero. After having a tussle with ninjas and being run over by a train, he is no closer to realizing his lofty goals. One page art lesson on how to draw The Tick by Ben Edlund. 7.5-in. x 10.5 in. 40 pgs., B&W. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

  • Issue #1
    Tick Comic Con Extravaganza (2007) 1

    by Sean Wang The 'Super Duper Comic Con' is in town and The Tick and Arthur are invited guests to this gala event! But it's The Tick who is swamped by scores of fans and TV producers while Arthur gets ignored as 'just a sidekick.' The Tick even meets the wrestler-turned-actor named 'The Gun Show' who has been chosen to portray him on a Tick TV series! With all of this attention directed towards The Tick, his envious super-hero friends - including even Arthur - contemplate expelling him from their super-team! Is it possible that Arthur also been bitten by the green-eyed-monster and has turned on The Tick? Could this be the beginning of a TV series for 'The Tick' but the end for the duo known as 'The Tick and Arthur?' Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #1
    Tick Incredible Internet Comic (2001) 1

    By Gabe Crate. Born on the internet, but now brought to readers in glorious color on the printed page, this comic offers two excellent, all-new full color adventures of The Tick with heavy focus on his sidekick, Arthur! In the opening tale, The Tick celebrates Arthur's birthday by shopping for a present. But unbeknownst to The Tick, the store he visits is secretly owned and operated by his arch-nemesis Toy De Force, nefarious vendor of murderous playthings! In the main story, The Tick and Arthur are having company over for dinner: Arthur's "other" sister Alice and her husband, Errol. Errol just happens to be a millionaire -- not to mention a self-styled super-villain! Does Arthur get along with his brother-in-law? Well, when The Tick asked this question, Arthur answered in terms The Tick could understand: "Tick, the Slot Jockey of Doom is my arch-enemy!" Having an arch-enemy in the family can only happen in the world of The Tick! Full color. Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #1
    Tick Special Edition Reprise (1996) 1

    Special reprise edition published May 1996. New outer cover black Special Reprise #1. Inner cover is the same as the first printing of the special edition. Serially numbered from 5001 to 14000. Reprints 1st Tick comic book appearance. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #1
    Tick's Big Father's Day Special (2000) 1

    by Griffith, Crate, & Toyoshima Kid Tick is a boy who dreams of being The Tick's sidekick. He wears a homemade Tick costume with the words "Kid Tick" scrawled across the cheap plastic Tick mask. Kid Tick shows up at Arthur's apartment as an enthusiastic, naïve, hero- worshipping... kid! The Tick is flattered by the attention, but Arthur isn't so sure about Kid Tick's ambitions. Does Kid Tick have a secret agenda? Does he even know what "agenda" means? Are The Tick and Arthur about to encounter one of their most implacable and dangerous enemies? Find out here in the first-ever Tick Father's Day Special! (It's about time!) b&w, 32pg Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #1
    Tick's Big Mother's Day Special (2000) 1

    by Clay Griffith This comic may have the answers to all the questions you've been asking about The Tick and his Mom! Does the Tick have a Mom? Well, yes, he does. Why do "The Devolved Ticks" think The Tick is their Mom? Does The Tick have any maternal instincts? Does Author's mom approve if his super-hero career? Will The Tick's Big Mother's Day Special #1 make the ultimate Mother's Day gift for your Mom? Well, then how about you? Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #1
    Tick's Big Year 2000 Spectacle 1

    by Griffith, Crate, & Toyoshima Chairface Chippendale decides that the only way to stop The Tick is with another Tick. He figures two Ticks will both be so eager to confront the villain that they will obstruct and hinder each other, producing a situation of complete chaos! If two Ticks lead to chaos... four Ticks operating on the same planet will lead to complete anarchy ? the perfect situation for super-villainous success! And Chairface has the right weapon to use: the Devolution Materializer, which can make perfect duplicates of The Tick. Well, not quite perfect. The problem with the Devolution Materializer is that it makes "devolved" duplicates. That means the "Ticks" it produces are "devolved" versions of The Tick ? primitive, rough, crude, downright "uncivilized." How will a modern, civilized, couth Tick deal with his primitive, uncivilized, uncouth "devolved" copies? And what happens when other eager super-villains get their hands on the Devolution Materializer? Read the entire exciting story in The Tick's Big Year 2000 Spectacle #1! b&w, 32pg" Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #1A
    Tick's Massive Summer Double Spectacle (2000) 1A
  • Issue #1C
    Tick's Massive Summer Double Spectacle (2000) 1C

    Fox TV Group photo cover of the cast. Green and purple border. Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #1
    Introducing the Tick (2002) 1

    by Silvia, Kazybrid, & Atkinson The Tick is the guest of honor on The City's new hit for the new TV season, Is THIS Your Life?! While a parade of special guest-stars and dramatic reenactments of dramatic stuff delights the audience and guests, something is seriously amiss at the television studio. And we don't just mean "a miss" ? like that klieg light that just "a-missed" The Tick's head! And who exactly is that massively-muscled guy lurking in the shadows?! A great story for new and long-time Tick fans alike, the origins and history of The Tick, are explored, including more previously untold facts about The Tick's early days. It's a special one-shot issue of The Tick that, along with an exciting new story, provides an excellent introduction to The Tick for the legions of new fans who will pour into comic stores after watching the new Fox TV live-action Tick series premieres! FC, 32pg $3.95 Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #1
    Tick and Artie (2002) 1

    By Anonymous. From its genesis on the Internet, this collection of strips spoofs the spoof as the first-ever parody of The Tick! Like The Tick's Big Internet Comic, NEC first ran these on their website, and now collects them into a real, live, hard copy! But wait, there's more! They've adding a whole new, never-before-seen Tick & Artie story! Tick & Artie features the antics of The City's Park's more miniscule members. Tick is, well, a real tick with delusions of being a super-hero. Guided by his trusty moth friend Artie (a real moth), Tick strives to protect weaker insects everywhere; to be a paragon of the exo-skeletal community; and to not eat the bugs he's trying to save! Who's this guy "Evil?" Find out in Tick & Artie #1! FC, 32pgs. Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #1
    Tick Big Blue Destiny (1997) Wicked Keen Edition 1

    Special serially numbered edition of 12,000. $4.95 cover price with gate fold cover Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #1
    Tick Circus Maximus Update 2003 1

    Accompanying the Circus Maximum Giant Edition, this all-new comic updates the giant "Tick Encyclopedia" right through all Tick comics published into the beginning of 2003. Between the Giant Edition and the Update 2003, Tick fans will have all the info they need on every character who has appeared from 1986 to 2003! SC $3.95 Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #1-REP
    Tick The Naked City TPB (1996 NEC Edition) 1-REP

    NEC Edition - 2nd and later printings. Collects Tick (1988) #1-6 - - Says "NEC" in upper left corner of cover. Story and art by Ben Edlund. The first all-color Tick book! This new trade paperback collects the first six issues of The Tick comic book in full color for the benefit of fans of the TV show and those who just plain like their comics in color! Softcover, 176 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

  • Issue #1
    Tick's Big Back to School Special (1998) 1
  • Issue #1
    Tick's Big Red 'n' Green Christmas Spectacle (2001) 1

    by Clay and Susan Griffith; art by Dave Garcia It's the Christmas season in The City, The Tick's very favorite time of year! But a villainous six-shooting scoundrel by the name of Crime Cowpoke is hijacking every toy in The City. Can The Tick and Arthur save the city's children from socks and underwear as Christmas gifts this year!? Introducing: Cowboy Hero, the rootin'-tootin-est cowboy star ever to appear on stage and screen! Find out only in The Tick's Big Red-n-Green Christmas Spectacle #1! FULL COLOR, 32pg $3.95 Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #1
    Tick's Big Summer Annual (1999) 1

    by Silvia, Crate, & Toyoshima The first-ever Tick annual! It¹s a ³battle royale² when The Tick¹s mortal enemy, Barry Hubris, (³the other Tick²) tries to soften up his arch-nemesis by setting The Tick to do battle with the Chainsaw Vigilante. But Chainsaw plays patsy for no super-body, be it hero or villain! Chainsaw takes on Barry, while The Tick waits in the wings to fight the winner. The action takes place in a packed stadium leaving ³nowhere to run² for any of these guys! Watch the heavy machinery fly as these three heavy-weights break stuff mightily! b&w, 32pg$3.50" Cover price $3.50.

  • Issue #1
    Tick's Big Summer Fun Special (1998) 1
  • Issue #1-1ST
    Bloom County Tales too Ticklish to Tell TPB (1988) 1-1ST

    1st printing. By Berke Breathed. Introduction by Milhail Gorbachev. A Bloom County book. Softcover, (Horizontal Format) 10-in. x 8 1/2-in., 122 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $7.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Osborn on Osborn HC (1982 Ticknor and Fields) 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Text and art by Robert Chesley Osborn. Foreword by Garry Trudeau.

    The drawings of Robert Osborn, one of America's most admired artists and satirists, have provided trenchant comment on the American scene for the past four decades. His keen intuitive sense, coupled with the distinctive line from his brush, has added a dimension to the happenings of our time.

    The ingredients of an Osborn drawing are, in various combinations, humor, indignation, motion, and satire -- not to mention artistry. Now, in this revealing book about himself, he shows what makes up the man and the artist.

    Combining a candid text, personal photographs, and a wealth of pictures, Osborn on Osborn is a striking retrospective of Osborn's total output, from his earliest efforts, to serious paintings, to the evolution of his own unique style.

    Osborn went from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to Yale, then to Europe to study art; and he suffered pangs of failure as a painter. Only after his Dilbert training-manual cartoons saved hundreds of lives during World War II did his capacities as a drawer begin to receive deserved recognition -- in such magazines as Harper's, Life, Look, Esquire, Vogue, Time and the New Republic, as well as in numerous newspapers and books.

    This is a man with strong loves and hates. He loves Matisse, Miro, Mozart, automobiles and airplanes, duck shooting and trout fishing. He hates war, smoking, Mussolini, and the deterioration of quality in America.

    This is also a man with a tremendous sense of enjoyment. Osborn writes as he draws -- with humor, compassion, and insight -- and his extraordinary personality and delight in life shine through this self-portrait.

    Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 190 p[ages, PC/PB&W.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Ticket Full Disclosure SC (2009) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Scott Boyter. Foreword by Daryl "Razor" Reaugh. Written by a P1 for the P1s, Full Disclosure is the completely true story of the Marconi Award-Winning Dallas/Ft. Worth, sports talk radio station - 1310 The Ticket. Includes candid interviews with the on air personalities, both past and presnet, that have made The Ticket one of the most beloved features of the Dallas/Ft. Worth scene. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 282 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustartions and photos). Cover price $16.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Ticking HC (2005 Top Shelf) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Story and art by Renée French. At birth, Edison Steelhead takes his mother's life and his father's deformed face. Secreted away by his father to be raised in a remote island lighthouse, Edison relates to his surroundings in the only way he knows how - by capturing them in his sketchbook. Able to find beauty in even the most grotesque of things, Edison embraces his own unsettling appearance and sets out to confront the rest of the world. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 216 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.