The City

The City is a fictional location featured in The Tick multimedia franchise. It is quite possibly the most un-creative name for a locale ever devised. It first appeared in The Tick #1 in June 1988.

The City is an otherwise unnamed city located in an unnamed state somewhere in the United States. Probably. Hell, it might even be located somewhere in Canada for all anybody knows. Definitely an English-speaking country to be sure.

The City is home to a wide variety of bizarre and well-meaning super-heroes, as well as a slew of dastardly mean-spirited and all-around naughty super-villains. It is believed by some that The City is a veritable dumping ground for superhero rejects who are not powerful, resourceful, mentally stable or intelligent enough to serve as a protector of larger more important cities.

The primary protector of The City is the Tick - an escaped mental patient who is well-nigh invulnerable who stares out across The City that he has sworn to stare out over like some deposed tyrant or malefic god. Aiding the Tick in his ongoing crusade against injustice is his little fat moth buddy Arthur, who wears a costume and harness that enables him to fly. Other heroes of note who have operated in The City include the somewhat competent American Maid and the completely self-obsessed Die Fledermaus. Even the lower depths of The City has its own protector in the form of Sewer Urchin.

Among the various villains who have plagued the City, you will find Chairface Chippendale, Mr. Mental, the Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight, El Seed and the rampaging Dinosaur Neil.