The Chroma-Tick

NEC Press is best known for their highly successful and popular black-and-white series, The Tick. The company grew at an exponential pace in the late 1980s and early 1990s. As the fan base for the nigh-invulnerable blue guy grew, so did the NEC bank accounts. In 1992, NEC decided to share the wealth and reprint the early issues of “The Tick” in color so that Tick fans could enjoy the series fully. The new series was entitled, “The Chroma-Tick.”

Issues would often feature updated artwork and new articles by the Tick’s creator, writer, and penciler, Ben Edlund. Each issue also offered cards, posters, and other paraphernalia for the fans.

Jump to issue:

#1

Feb 1992

Cover: $3.95

W: Ben Edlund · A: Ben Edlund

Reprints The Tick #1 in color; Trading cards

6 copies from $3.99
#2

Jun 1992

Cover: $3.95

W: Ben Edlund · A: Ben Edlund

Trading cards

8 copies from $3.00
#3

Aug 1992

Cover: $3.50

W: Ben Edlund · A: Ben Edlund

Reprints

5 copies from $3.50
#4

Regular cover

Oct 1992

Cover: $2.95

W: Ben Edlund · A: Ben Edlund

2 copies from $4.00
#4 Variation A

Perot Cover A

Oct 1992

Cover: $2.95

W: Ben Edlund · A: Ben Edlund

Reprints The Tick #4 in color

3 copies from $2.25
#4 Variation C

Bush Cover C by Ben Edlund

Oct 1992

Cover: $3.50

W: Ben Edlund · A: Ben Edlund

1 copy for $1.92
#5

Oct 1993

Cover: $2.95

W: Ben Edlund · A: Max Banks

Reprints The Tick #5 in color

2 copies from $4.50
#6

Jun 1993

Cover: $3.50

W: Ben Edlund · A: Ben Edlund

Includes trading card

3 copies from $3.00
#7

Sep 1993

Cover: $3.50

W: Ben Edlund · A: Ben Edlund

Reprints The TIck #7 in color

1 copy for $3.50
#8

Nov 1993

Cover: $3.50

W: Ben Edlund · A: Ben Edlund

Reprints The Tick #8 in color

5 copies from $4.00
#9

Jan 1994

Cover: $3.50

W: Ben Edlund · A: Ben Edlund

Reprints The Tick #9 in color

1 copy for $3.50