By James White | Posted 21 Jul 2016

The Tick is really back, people! And Peter Serafinowicz is really playing him. This is not a drill. After the last attempt to make a live-action TV series in 2001, Ben Edlund is bringing the character back for a new show on Amazon. Check out the logo above and a couple of other images lower down the page.

In this incarnation of the story, usual Tick sidekick Arthur Everest (here played by Griffin Newman) is convinced that his city is in the control of a global super villain everyone else believes to be dead. But what is a powerless accountant to do when all around him think he's crazy? He'll need the help of The Tick, a strange blue superhero who, when we meet him here, is suffering from memory loss issues. But not, from the looks of the picture below, a talcum powder shortage to help him get into costume.

Set in a world where superheroes are everywhere, Edlund's new Tick will hopefully bring back the same level of humour and lurking darkness we've come to love from the character. The likes of Jackie Earle Haley, Valorie Curry and Brendan Hines also appear, the latter seen below as the hero known as Superian being interviewed by Whoopi Goldberg at the bottom of the page.

The new Tick will be up against other Amazon shows in the company's latest pilot season, kicking off August 19. Viewers will be able to review and vote on shows including Jean-Claude Van Damme action spoof Jean-Claude Van Johnson and Kevin Bacon comedy I Love Dick.