<P> The Tick is an American web comedy television series based on the character The Tick from the comic book of the same name . Its pilot premiered on Amazon Video on August 25, 2017 along with 5 other episodes as a "half - season" with episodes 7 - 12 airing February 23, 2018 to "curb binge watching". </P> <P> The Tick is a nigh - invulnerable superhero in a blue tick costume who arrives in The City to help combat crime, and uncover the mysterious figure behind the city's underworld . He befriends (or may have been imagined into existence by) a nervous and mild - mannered young man called Arthur who becomes his sidekick: They come to realize that an apparently long - dead supervillian called "The Terror" may still be pulling the strings in the city's underworld . </P> <Ul> <Li> Peter Serafinowicz as The Tick </Li> <Li> Griffin Newman as Arthur Everest </Li> <Li> Valorie Curry as Dot Everest </Li> <Li> Brendan Hines as Superian </Li> <Li> Yara Martinez as Miss Lint </Li> <Li> Scott Speiser as Overkill </Li> <Li> Jackie Earle Haley as The Terror </Li> </Ul> <Li> Peter Serafinowicz as The Tick </Li>

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