Starting in 2010, NEC has released one Free Comic Book Day (first Saturday in May) helping of The Tick almost every year, excluding 2012. The FCBD Tick issue of 2010 was a colored reprint of Ben Edlund's The Tick #1 from the original run, which was also printed as a free Halloween ComicFest issue in 2017.
NEC has given away a free comic book edition of The Tick almost every year since 2010, except for 2012.  The 2010 Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) issue was a colored reprint of Ben Edlund's The Tick #1 from the original run, which was also released as a free comic book at Halloween ComicFest in 2017.