(March 1992)

Marvel, 1985 Series
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Volume
2
Price
2.25 USD; 2.70 CAD; 1.10 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Epic Comics
Brand
Epic Comics; Marvel
Editing
Marc McLaurin (credited as Marcus McLaurin) (editor); Tom Daning (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

First issue with better paper, fewer ads, more comics and higher price.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

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

Genre
humor; sword and sorcery
Characters
Groo; Rufferto

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sergio Aragonés (plot); Mark Evanier (plot, dialogue)
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Letters
Stan Sakai

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mark! Aren't you going to put on you hat?
Characters
Sergio Aragonés; Mark Evanier; Tom Luth; Stan Sakai

Indexer Notes

Introduction to the new format on inside front cover.

The Supreme General (Table of Contents: 2)

Groo the Wanderer / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; sword and sorcery
Characters
Groo; Rufferto
Synopsis
Groo tries to become supreme general and succeeds, which turns out not to be such a good idea.

Indexer Notes

Division of writing credit from Mark Evanier via the GCD Errors list, September 2009.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Groo Grams / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Mark Evanier
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Aaron Crozler, Rodrigo Ribeiro, Chris Young, Steven Ranzoni and Shaun Charney.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

[Groo and Rufferto] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés

Genre
humor; sword and sorcery
Characters
Groo; Rufferto

Indexer Notes

Illustration on inside back cover page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Rufferto / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sergio Aragonés
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
Tom Luth

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; sword and sorcery
Characters
Rufferto
Synopsis
Rufferto on thin ice.

Indexer Notes

The very first one-page gag featuring Rufferto.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Groo the Wanderer
  2. 1. ["Mark! Aren't you going to put on you hat?"]
  3. 2. The Supreme General
    Groo the Wanderer
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Groo Grams
  5. 4. Statement of Ownership
  6. 5. [Groo and Rufferto]
    Groo the Wanderer
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Rufferto
This issue was modified by, among others
  • mcomics
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore