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Issue: Groo Special #1
Publication Date: October 1984
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagEclipse
Brand: Eclipse Comics [in box]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Eclipse Enterprises
On Sale Date: 10/09/1984
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Originally meant to be published by Pacific Comics before they went out of business. Then picked up by Eclipse Comics, who published this expanded version. The series then moved to Epic Comics. On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #58.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One-Shot
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In16
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
Indicia
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Groo
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGroo der Wanderer #5 published January 1985
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGroo - Svärdbäraren #[nn] published January 1989
as Groo svärdbäraren [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Groo Chronicles #4 published September 1989
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGroo der Wanderer #5 published January 1985
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Introduction, explaining the publishing history of this Special, including Groo art by Sergio Aragonés.
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The Swords of Groo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Groo the Wanderer; Sage (cameo); Taranto
Synopsis: The story of how Groo got his swords.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGroo der Wanderer #5 published January 1985
as Viel Achz, viel Uff und noch mehr Bluff! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGroo der Wanderer #5 published January 1985
as Die Musik von Murkos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGroo - Svärdbäraren #[nn] published January 1989
as Groo och hans svärd [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGroo - Svärdbäraren #[nn] published January 1989
as Markos och musiken! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Groo Chronicles #6 published February 1990
as The Swords of Groo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mark Evanier; Sergio Aragonés
First Line: One day in January of 1984, ...
Synopsis: A short introduction strip, featuring Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragonés discussing the early Groo strips reprinted on the following pages.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Music of Murkos!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Groo the Wanderer
Synopsis: Groo shows a village of simians how to make musical instruments.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Groo Chronicles #4 published September 1989
as The Music of Murkos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sergio Aragonés; Chakaal; Groo; The Sage; Taranto; The Witch of Kaan; Princess Bella; Prince Canica
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGroo der Wanderer #5 published January 1985
as Groo Papierfiguren [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Groo Chronicles #5 published October 1989
as cut-out pages [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGroo der Blahbar #2 published January 1990
as Groo Papierfiguren [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGroo der Blahbar #1 published January 1990
as Groo Papierfiguren [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGroo der Blahbar #3 published January 1990
as Groo Papierfiguren [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGroo der Blahbar #4 published January 1991
as Groo Papierfiguren [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Groo the Wanderer
Synopsis: Groo battles a large lizard to save a damsel in distress.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDestroyer Duck #1 published February 1982
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4

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