(January 1986)

Marvel, 1985 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Epic Comics; Marvel
Printer
Printed in U. S. A.
Editing
Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor); Jo Duffy (credited) (associate editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (consulting editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Groo the Wanderer / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sergio Aragonés (signed as Aragonés)
Inks
Sergio Aragonés (signed as Aragonés)
Colors
Tom Luth

Genre
humor; sword and sorcery
Characters
Arcadio; Groo; Minstrel
Reprints

A Hero's Task! (Table of Contents: 1)

Groo the Wanderer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Sergio Aragonés (credited) (co-plot); Mark Evanier (credited) (co-plot, dialogue)
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés (credited)
Inks
Sergio Aragonés (credited)
Colors
Tom Luth (credited)
Letters
Stan Sakai (credited)

Genre
humor; sword and sorcery
Characters
Arcadio; Groo; Minstrel; King Kanda; Princess Alaja Wolverton
Synopsis
Arcadio and Groo must reverse a spell on a village that renders the people hideous and the food rancid.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Division of writing credit from Mark Evanier via the GCD Errors list, September 2009.
Joke Credit: Mark Evanier is credited in the issue as Lyrist.
The name of the princess is a nod to Basil Wolverton, the artist known for his comical grotesque drawings of people.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Groo Grams / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mark Evanier (credited as Mark Evanier and as M. E.)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from John Gay, Phillip A. Watson, Arron Garlick, Clen Harrison and Joe Briskov. Includes list of names from letter writers whose letters they didn't have room for. Tim Murphy, Howard Sirotk, Ira Ward, Steve Gearhart, Irv Belmont, Scott Long, Them Bones, Hyong Y. Kim, Ernie Boffa, Herman Cuervos, Ivy Sagansky, David Cornell, Dean Konop, Eugene Ames, Nick Zaromatidis, Matt Gill, Eric James Baich, Sean Crawford, Shaune Turpin, Albert Hubbart Garth Highsmith and Eddie Wilson. Responses credited as M. E., whole page as Mark Evanier.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Groo the Wanderer
  2. 1. A Hero's Task!
    Groo the Wanderer
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Groo Grams
This issue was modified by, among others
  • CuRT
  • mcomics
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore