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The Tick

★ 7.4 1994 · 1990s 3 seasons FOX, Comedy Central, Fox Kids

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Synopsis

Attention Evil-doers! The Tick is here, and he’s wearing the blue tights of justice! Together with his trusty moth-costumed sidekick Arthur, The Tick keeps the streets of The City safe from a rogue’s gallery of hilariously malevolent villains. So grab a snack, put your feet up and get ready to laugh and cheer as everyone’s favorite brawny hero swats evil on the snout with the rolled-up newspaper of goodness!

Cast & Crew

Townsend Coleman

Townsend Coleman

The Tick (voice)

Rob Paulsen

Rob Paulsen

Arthur (voice)

Kay Lenz

Kay Lenz

American Maid (voice)

Cam Clarke

Cam Clarke

Die Fledermaus (voice)

Jess Harnell

Jess Harnell

Sewer Urchin (voice)

Trivia about The Tick

The character became popular and the store financed a black-and-white comic book series, with the first issue released in June, 1988, and subsequently reprinted at least nine times through the next decade, including later editions with additional content.

The Tick has been well received as a comic book character.

Empire magazine ranked him as the 28th-greatest comic book character of all time, stating that the Tick is a lovable lunk, given to overly dramatic declarations on behalf of justice.

Wizard magazine rated him as the 187th-greatest comic book character of all time.

In 1986, eighteen-year-old cartoonist Ben Edlund created the Tick as a mascot for a newsletter of the Brockton (Massachusetts) store New England Comics, where he was a frequent customer.

Edlund expanded this into stories, beginning with the three-page tale "The Tick" in New England Comics Newsletter #14–15 (July–August – September–October 1986), in which the hero escapes from a mental institution.