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  <title><![CDATA[The Tick: The Naked City]]></title>
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  <default_description>Bulging muscles, immense jaw, and a battle cry of &quot;Spoon!&quot;--it's none other than The Tick, a strange and seemingly invulnerable force for good in the world. A thoroughly enjoyable parody of superhero comics, this book offers a complete re-telling of all The Tick's adventures in The City. Color illustrations throughout.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">7</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1996</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ben Edlund]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 11 13:05:09 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 18 17:38:34 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved the TV series and the same over-the-top speechifying and satire about everything related to our favorite superheroes like secret identities, the fierceness (and chronic overuse of) ninjas, and great villain names and motivations.  The Tick is sheer awesomeness!]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Apr 30 01:37:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I give it 5 stars for being one of the most humorous graphic novels I've read. You almost expect to find Mel Brooks name as a contributor to the story.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Jan 07 21:40:22 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 07 21:43:53 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the beginning of a vastly underrated little comic that went on to somehow spawn both a superior animated Saturday Morning program <em>and</em> a prime-time live-action show (both of which were as underappreciated as the comic.  And yet, the wretched and loathesome <em>Family Guy</em> lives on...go figure).  T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11939671">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59050968">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who likes The Tick]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jun 24 15:48:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>Umpteen</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[&quot;The City calls to me... It cries to me of it's need.&quot;]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Sep 11 17:33:47 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 11 17:37:04 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This cartoon show came out when I was in high school and I loved it.  I wish they aired them on some channel.  I never knew there was an original before the show though until I was browsing another users shelves.  <br/><br/>This was my 911th book which I realized after was added on 9/11 (08).  Wei...]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty good beginning story that I never knew existed until I found it at a thrift shop. By the last section it was already transitioning into regular comic book form and already not quite as cool, but the whole introductory story shines.]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Spoons.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Mrs. Cotton's book collection.]]></recommended_by>
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  <date_added>Wed Jan 09 15:15:54 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 09 16:51:56 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Back in my childhood, the Tick was a hero to me.<br/>Mainly because he LOVES spoons. That's pretty much all I talked about.<br/><br/>I love the Tick.<br/><br/>My favorite super hero, next to Dracula.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Apr 05 15:40:39 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Avoid the countless, waterd-down spin-offs - the orginal tick is priceless, brilliant comic parody.  Spoooooon!  Not in the face, not in the face!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not in the face, not in the face!<br/><br/>Really? Is there any better hero's catch phrase than that? I think not!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pure and utter genius.]]></body>
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