The Terror (The Tick Amazon series)

The Terror is the main antagonist of the first season of the Amazon series The Tick.

Role
The Terror is an elderly supervillain who is apparently immortal given that he had lived for countless centuries. Throughout his career, he embarked on a campaign of terror, razing several cities among other atrocities. For instance, he once personally murdered the family of Mads "Murph" Murphy's - aka Cat-Man-Dude's - family when the authorities disclosed his secret identity. This tragedy led to the passing of the 28th amendment which prohibited authorities from revealing the secret identities of superheroes to the public. Sometime after these murders, the Terror murdered the superhero team the Flag Five by using a weaponized version of syphilis to destroy their eyes. He only leaves Straight Shooter alive, crippling him instead. When the Flag Five's ship accidentally kills the father of a young Arthur Everest, the Terror laughs at the boy's misfortune before taking his ice cream. Around this time, the Terror meets a young woman named Janet who would later become Miss Lint. He makes her his protégé, giving her power-controlling bracelets. The Terror is seemingly killed by his archenemy Superian.

Despite his alleged demise, many characters, including Arthur, believe that the Terror was not only still alive, but that he was running crime from the underground. The Terror does return to the spotlight by forcing Miss Lint to murder his minion Ramses, and slits a man's throat in front of a live audience. His plan this time around was to kill his hated foe Superian. Upon learning that his only weakness was a substance called "Big Bismuth," the Terror abducts an innocent man, injecting him with the substance, thus causing him to grow to gargantuan size. He then set the Very Large Man (as he was referred to by the media) into the City, hoping to lure Superian. However, once Superian confronts him, the Terror plans on detonating a bomb within the Very Large Man, which would not only kill Superian, but it would also wipe out a huge portion of the city, which would result in the death toll of the thousands.