(February 2000)

Dark Horse, 2000 Series
Price
2.95 USD; 4.50 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Brand
Dark Horse; Maverick
Barcode
761568991734 00211
Editing
Scott Allie (editor); Adam Gallardo (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

Sergio Aragones (designer); Amy Arendts (designer); Mike Richardson (publisher)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
Mark Evanier
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Colors
Tom Luth
Letters
Stan Sakai

Genre
satire-parody; sword and sorcery; humor
Characters
Groo; Rufferto
Reprints

Introduction (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Mark Evanier
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Letters
typeset

Characters
Groo; Rufferto

Chapter 3 (Table of Contents: 2)

Groo the Wanderer / comic story / 12 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
satire-parody; sword and sorcery; humor
Characters
Groo; Rufferto; Pipil Khan; Etrufio; Ogamio; Relmihio; The Printer
Synopsis
Groo finds work finding news stories of disasters for the printer, by accidentally creating them. And Ogamio, second son and wizard, prepares to do battle with Groo.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Chapter 4 (Table of Contents: 3)

Groo the Wanderer / comic story / 12 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
satire-parody; sword and sorcery; humor
Characters
Groo; Rufferto; Pipil Khan; Ogamio; Relmihio; The Printer
Synopsis
While Groo fights illusions created by Ogamio, Relmihio continues to manipulate the press, and causes Ogamio to give up his quest for the throne.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Division of writing credit from Mark Evanier via the GCD Errors list, September 2009. Sergio Aragonés makes a cameo appearance as the world's first cartoonist. He wants his drawings printed in the printer's information pamphlets, but he is rejected.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Groo Grams / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Evanier
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés
Inks
Sergio Aragonés
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment with small illustration from: Gary Grossman, Dad, Rick Beckley, Daniel Bron, Ruben Arellano and Saad Azim.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 7 pages (report information)

[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
Letters
Stan Sakai

Genre
humor
Characters
Rufferto
Synopsis
Rufferto tries to imagine Groo as a husband and father.
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Groo the Wanderer
  2. 1. Introduction
  3. 2. Chapter 3
    Groo the Wanderer
  4. 3. Chapter 4
    Groo the Wanderer
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Groo Grams
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Rufferto
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore