Years ago in an unknown land, there's a King Tick whose life or death or whatever will result in the fall of his kingdom. Or maybe it will usher in a glorious new age. Apparently, this was some idea of Ben Edlund's that was hinted at during his initial run on The Tick but never came to pass until now.
Then we go back to land of Tick and Artie. This is an actual tick and an actual moth who are the heroes of the insect world. I own the Tick and Artie series, I just haven't gotten around to reading it yet.
In between these alternate tales of The Tick, we've got a couple of regular universe stories. One involves Tick, a massive appetite for food AND justice and a hapless pizza guy. The other involves Tick being the best man at Rubber Duck's wedding to Bee. We get RD's origin story and some wedding rehearsal insanity. It is the classic type of Tick story I would expect from NEC.
AS I said, the wedding story was the best of all four. The first tale would have been better enjoyed if I understood the backstory a little more. The middle stories were okay. The pizza guy story had some funny moments but the art was amateurish for a NEC publication. The Tick and Artie story was amateurish but that's the point as the series is supposed to be thought up as a child would if they had to create adventures of a superhero dressed as a tick and a moth. Plus, it was a one-pager and not meant to be very thought provoking.
Based on the awesome cover, this issue was a little disappointing. Especially since this FCBD offering was supposed to build interest in the new Tick series that was debuting at about the same time as the annual comic lovers event.
Yah- it's a free Tick comic book. Boo- it's not the best one ever offered by NEC. Not by far.
But as I feel about it like I feel with the band Queen, the worst song of theirs is better than no song at all. Just sub the word comic book in place of song.
Rating: 6 out of 10 stars.
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