Amazon will be bringing the satirical superhero the Tick back to life on the small screen. The Tick is the big blue crime fighter that never takes anything seriously and — along with his sidekick Arthur — fights the forces of evil. It is a comic series that was meant to be the ultimate satire of superheroes. The characters in the comics and in this show are meant to mimic and poke fun at the seriousness of comic book characters as a whole.

The character had a successful cartoon series in the mid-90s that was followed by a short-lived attempt at a live-action TV series in 2001 with Patrick Warburton as the Tick, but unfortunately it never got past nine episodes. Check out a clip from the 2001 show below:

Showrunner and creator Ben Edlund seems to be confident that the new show will learn from the mistakes of the first incarnation. Where any adaptation of The Tick has always taken a campy approach and taken the satire up to the maximum, this new Amazon pilot will be more grounded.

That being said, it doesn't mean that The Tick will be dark and brooding; quite the opposite. After watching the pilot I can tell you that this show is standing right on the edge of campy satire. It has silly moments and comedy to make you smile, but it is also grounded by a dark backstory for Griffin Newman's Arthur. Arthur suffers from schizophrenia after his father was killed by the show's main antagonist, The Terror. It gives The Tick a lot of heart and makes you fall in love with Arthur and his tragic life. Arthur seems to represent the dark tone of the show, and The Tick played by the talented Peter Serafinowicz — who you will recognize from Guardians of the Galaxy — is there to bring it back to its satirical roots.