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Tick (character), the Glossary

The Tick is a superhero created by cartoonist Ben Edlund in 1986 as a newsletter mascot for the New England Comics chain of Boston-area comic book stores.^[1]

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American superheroes
Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability
Mascots introduced in 1986
Superhero comedy
Tick (comics)

Accountant

An accountant is a practitioner of accounting or accountancy.

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An action figure is a poseable character model figure made most commonly of plastic, and often based upon characters from a film, comic book, military, video game or television program; fictional or historical.

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Amazon (company)

Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American multinational technology company, engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

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Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime (styled as prime) is a paid subscription service of Amazon which is available in various countries and gives users access to additional services otherwise unavailable or available at a premium to other Amazon customers.

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Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video, or simply Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service of Amazon offered both as a stand-alone service and as part of Amazon's Prime subscription.

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American comic book

An American comic book is a thin periodical originating in the United States, on average 32 pages, containing comics.

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Arachnid

Arachnids are arthropods in the class Arachnida of the subphylum Chelicerata.

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Battle cry

A battle cry or war cry is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members of the same combatant group.

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Beat 'em up

A beat 'em up (also known as brawler and, in some markets, beat 'em all) is a video game genre featuring hand-to-hand combat against a large number of opponents.

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Ben Edlund

Ben Edlund (born September 20, 1968) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, television producer, and television director. Tick (character) and Ben Edlund are Tick (comics).

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Berkley Books

Berkley Books is now an imprint of the Penguin Group.

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Board game

Board games are tabletop games that typically use.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Brockton, Massachusetts

Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population was 105,643 at the 2020 United States census.

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Carl's Jr.

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Cerebus the Aardvark

Cerebus (also Cerebus the Aardvark) is a comic book series, created by Canadian cartoonist Dave Sim, which ran from December 1977 until March 2004.

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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated trauma to the head.

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Columbia TriStar Television

Columbia TriStar Television, Inc. (abbreviated as CTT) was an American television production and distribution company that was active from 1994 to 2002.

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Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an American adult-oriented basic cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan.

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Comic book

A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes.

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Cult following

A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to some person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium.

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Da Capo Press

Da Capo Press is an American publishing company with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Dave Sim

Dave Sim (born 17 May 1956) is a Canadian cartoonist and publisher, known for his comic book Cerebus, his artistic experimentation, his advocacy of self-publishing and creators' rights, and his controversial political and philosophical beliefs.

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David Burke (American actor)

David Burke (born June 18, 1967) is an American television actor.

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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Dotdash Meredith

Dotdash Meredith (formerly The Mining Company, About.com and Dotdash) is an American digital media company based in New York City.

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Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.

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DVD-Video

DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVDs.

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Empire (magazine)

Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Media Group.

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Fox Interactive

Fox Interactive was an American video game publisher based in Los Angeles, California.

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Freeform (TV channel)

Freeform is an American basic cable channel owned and operated by ABC Family Worldwide, a sub-division of the Disney Entertainment business segment and division of the Walt Disney Company.

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IGN

IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.

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Jetix

Jetix (stylized in all caps) was a children's entertainment brand owned by The Walt Disney Company.

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Lethargic Lad

Lethargic Lad is a protagonist in the comic strip of the same name, created by Greg Hyland sometime in the late 1980s.

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List of The Tick characters

This article details the characters found in all four versions of The Tick. Tick (character) and List of The Tick characters are American comics characters and Tick (comics).

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Liz Vassey

Elizabeth Leigh Vassey (born August 9, 1972) is an American actress.

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Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the property of The Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023.

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Mascot

A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, sports team, society, military unit, or brand name.

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Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, branded as MassArt, is a public college of visual and applied art in Boston, Massachusetts.

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another.

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Micky Dolenz

George Michael Dolenz Jr. (born March 8, 1945) is an American musician and actor.

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Milk caps (game)

Milk caps is a children's game played with flat circular cardboard milk caps.

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Moth

Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies.

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Néstor Carbonell

Néstor Gastón Carbonell (born December 1, 1967) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter.

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A newsletter is a printed or electronic report containing news concerning the activities of a business or an organization that is sent to its members, customers, employees or other subscribers.

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Parcae

In ancient Roman religion and myth, the Parcae (singular, Parca) were the female personifications of destiny who directed the lives (and deaths) of humans and gods.

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Parody

A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.

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Patrick Warburton

Patrick Warburton (born November 14, 1964) is an American actor.

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Peter Serafinowicz

Peter Szymon Serafinowicz (born 10 July 1972) is an English comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter.

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Psychiatric hospital

Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, or behavioral health hospitals are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, major depressive disorder, and others.

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Reno, Nevada

Reno is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border.

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Rob Paulsen

Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films.

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Roman mythology

Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans, and is a form of Roman folklore.

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Saturday-morning cartoon

"Saturday-morning cartoon" is a colloquial term for the original animated series and live-action programming that was typically scheduled on Saturday and Sunday mornings in the United States on the "Big Three" television networks.

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Sidekick

A sidekick is a slang expression for a close companion or colleague who is, or is generally regarded as, subordinate to those whom they accompany.

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Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Tick (character) and Spider-Man are comics adapted into animated series and comics adapted into television series.

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Spider-Man (1994 TV series)

Spider-Man, also known as Spider-Man: The Animated Series, is an American superhero animated television series based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name.

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Superhero

A superhero or superheroine is a stock character who typically possesses ''superpowers'' or abilities beyond those of ordinary people, is frequently costumed concealing their identity, and fits the role of the hero; typically using their powers to help the world become a better place, or dedicating themselves to protecting the public and fighting crime.

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Superhuman strength

Superhuman strength is a superpower commonly invoked in fiction and other literary works, such as mythology.

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Superman

Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Tick (character) and Superman are American comics characters, comics adapted into animated series, comics adapted into television series and Male characters in advertising.

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Taco Bell

Taco Bell Corp. is an American multinational chain of fast food restaurants founded in 1962 by Glen Bell (1923–2010) in Downey, California.

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The Tick (1994 TV series)

The Tick is an American animated television series adaptation of the New England Comics satirical superhero the Tick. Tick (character) and the Tick (1994 TV series) are Tick (comics).

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The Tick (2001 TV series)

The Tick is an American sitcom based on the character Tick from the comic book of the same title and starring Patrick Warburton as the title character. Tick (character) and the Tick (2001 TV series) are Tick (comics).

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The Tick (2016 TV series)

The Tick is an American television series created for Amazon Prime Video by Ben Edlund, based on his comic book character of the same name. Tick (character) and the Tick (2016 TV series) are Tick (comics).

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The Tick (video game)

The Tick is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed by Software Creations, released by Fox Interactive and distributed by FoxVideo in 1994. Tick (character) and The Tick (video game) are Tick (comics).

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Toon Disney

Toon Disney was an American multinational pay television channel owned by Disney Branded Television, a subsidiary of Disney-ABC Television Group.

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Townsend Coleman

Townsend Putnam Coleman III (born May 28, 1954) is an American voice actor who has performed in many animated series and TV commercials beginning in the early 1980s.

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Trading card

A trading card (or collectible card) is a small card, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or real) and a short description of the picture, along with other text (attacks, statistics, or trivia).

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Wally Pfister

Walter C. Pfister (born July 8, 1961) is an American director and former cinematographer, who is best known for his work with filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. (doing business as Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) is the home entertainment distribution arm of the Walt Disney Company.

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Wizard (magazine)

Wizard or Wizard: The Magazine of Comics, Entertainment and Pop Culture (previously titled Wizard: The Guide to Comics and Wizard: The Comics Magazine) was a magazine about comic books, published monthly in the United States by Wizard Entertainment from July 1991 to January 2011.

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Zander Cannon

Alexander Cannon (born November 1, 1972) is an American cartoonist, known for his work on books such as Top 10, Smax and Kaijumax.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick_(character)

Also known as List of The Tick Related Merchandise, List of The Tick merchandise, Man-Eating Cow, Mighty Blue Arachnid of Justice, New England Comics, Nick Soapdish, The City (The Tick), The Comet Club, The Seven of Hearts (comics), The Tick, The Tick (character), The Tick (comic book), The Tick (comics), The Tick And Arthur, The Tick Comic Book, Tick (comics).

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Tick (character), the Glossary

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See also

American superheroes

Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability

Mascots introduced in 1986

Superhero comedy

Tick (comics)

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