Having been tricked by the famed primate astronaut Ham, the Tick finds himself the caretaker of a gigantic celestial being. When he's not providing maintenance and cleaning for this force of nature, the Tick is touring the galaxy writing up travelogues. But when Tick discovers that his reports are being used less for vacationing and more as a buffet menu, his new master will take matters to explosive new heights.
If this sounds an awful lot like Silver Surfer and Galactus, well you're not very far off. Just replace Norrin Radd's Christ-figure self-righteous pitying with Tick's self-loathing (would you want to scrub out the undercarriage of a giant elemental who can't reach when he has to wipe?) and you could swear that you've been reading Lee and Kirby's Galactus Trilogy.
Sure, the plot was ripped-off from a classic Marvel story from the 1960s. And yeah- the ending of this story paints the writer into a gigantic corner. But this chapter was still pretty darn funny and the art was still far more superior than the original Edlund run.
But really, how is the Tick going to come out of this cliffhanger? I'm at the edge of my seat waiting to find out.
Worth Consuming
Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.
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