The Superhero Dictionary

Tick (Ben Edlund)

Big, blue, and nigh-invulnerable, The Tick always saves the day (sometimes involuntarily) so that he may deliver a quixotic moral lesson in the end. The Tick has sworn to protect The City from evil no matter what form it takes.

tick

noun

any of a family of wingless, bloodsucking arachnids, including many species that transmit diseases, and are usually parasitic on humans, cattle, sheep, etc., by using a barbed proboscis

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Also See:

Lamprey
Leech
Maggott
Parasite

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