Rare Comic: Groo and The Glut

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Жыл бұрын

I didn't know about this comic until I started making these Groo videos a couple years ago. I quickly got myself a copy, but I've been sitting on it too long. It's time to share, the potentially rarest (most un-read / unfamiliar) Groo comic out there!
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Videos about Groo the Wanderer from Mad Magazine Writer and Cartoonist Sergio Aragonés. Comic Book artist Mark Evanier, Stan Sakai (who makes Usagi Yojimbo comics) and Tom Luth who is the colorist of the comics. Marvel comics used to publish Groo the Wanderer under the Epic Comics brand for artist owned comics. Before that Pacific Comics and Eclipse Comics published Groo the Wanderer. After Marvel Comics, Groo went to Image Comics for a year and for the longest time, Groo is published by Dark Horse Comics. Rufferto is Groo's Dog, Conan the Barbarian and Tarzan of the Apes have had crossover comics with Groo too.
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@garlock696 Жыл бұрын

This is why they need to do comprehensive hardcovers so they can gather up all this random stuff! If I end up having to do custom binds, I will hunt down this issue of Wizard, violently rip out the three pages, & stick them in with the appropriate book! Great video as always!

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason! A lot of this sort of material was collected years ago in the Groo Chronicles set. But there are still a few rarities out there to search out. 😀

@garlock696 Жыл бұрын

@@GrooTube Yeah, I have the 6 issues of Groo Chronicles with the Destroyer Duck story, Epic Illustrated, etc. I used to have the S&N hardcover but was forced to sell it for monetary concerns. :( It's my fondest wish that we get all of Groo collected in hardcovers, but I'll do it myself if I have to!

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

I’d love to see it if you do! 😀

@ooshiemaniac5188 8 ай бұрын

There are enough groo short stories in other publications that they could definitely make a seventh chronicle of groo

@GrooTube 8 ай бұрын

That’s a great idea! I want it!

@iwritechecksatthegrocerystore Жыл бұрын

It’s funny how all the early issues of Groo are basically like $5 a pop on eBay but all the later issues are basically impossible to find haha

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

That’s right! But take a look at my video from last week on how many comics were sold, and you see why. So few of them were printed. 😀 But every once in a while you can find a good deal, keep looking! 😀 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g9F-ja5qy7Gdgn0.html

@aresaurelian Жыл бұрын

Sound investment advice right there in Wizard magazine.

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

Ha! Who knows? I want “investing” in 1998. 😉

@alexianemp 11 ай бұрын

I don't have every Groo rarity, but I do have this one. I sometimes picked up Wizard magazine in those days if they had some content I was interested in. What a great story! Sergio and Mark at their best! However, I don't have that awseome bookmark you have! I'll need to hunt one of those down, for sure!

@GrooTube 11 ай бұрын

I never would have thought to buy a “comics magazine” back in the day. But I’m glad to have it now! 😀 oh and that bookmark was a gift from a great Groo-Friend. Check out one of the early Groo Mail videos to see more of it. 😀

@reliabletoasters Жыл бұрын

The Groo Crew really saying the quiet parts out loud in this one.

@reliabletoasters Жыл бұрын

I think one of the things I always appreciate about Groo is that there is some sort of moral to the story.

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

I like that there was always a moral too. But I like a moral that winks at you more than the kind that simply push forward (often worthy) agendas.

@michaelemond7315 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this with us. I feel like such a mendicant for not knowing about it before.

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

Ha! Glad to share the Groo goodness! 😀

@Blas4ublasphemy Жыл бұрын

So cool, thanks for this rare content!

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

You are welcome… Of course the real thanks should go to Sergio! Never the less, glad you enjoyed it! 😀

@dominicbui4234 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Didn’t know this existed. I’m such a mendicant.

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

Aren’t we all a little bit of a mendicant? 😉

@KevBell1701 Жыл бұрын

Another fantastic episode! I had never even heard of 'Groo and the Glut', but what a hilarious send-up of the comic collecting industry! Like you, I'm kind of surprised that Wizard published it, but very glad they did! Thank you for sharing! Also, has there ever been any updates on the Groo card game reprint reported on last year?

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

Hey Kevin, thanks! So, yes, I did talk to the guy at SJG. There has been a delay, and they launched the Kickstarter for the other game without the Groo game last week. He says they still plan on releasing it but don’t have a date yet. 🙁

@bobby_the_ps2 Жыл бұрын

Always a treat while I'm waiting to be able to pick up my copies of Gods Against Groo. Definitely gonna have to looks for this issue of Wizard though just for this three pager. Bought an issue of Fantagraphics "Threat!" Last year just for an old Usagi one page comic ad I found amusing.

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

Yeah! I’m still looking to get the Usagi with Groo in it. 😀

@rufferto5429 Жыл бұрын

Hey there! I think the rarest Groo is in Dark Horse Extra #42 (December 2001); a Sunday Funnies format promotional publication by Dark Horse. Wizard #78 is a close second to be sure.

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

I think you’re right! (You always are, GG!) I’m still working on getting a copy of that for myself. 😉

@leehamilton7788 Жыл бұрын

You have a Groo book mark Wow

@gamegroo Жыл бұрын

At 4:15 there was a secret Sergio, Stan, and Mark.

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

Of course there was! Didn’t I mention it? Oops! 😀 Hey, I like your profile picture, where’d you get it? 😉

@gamegroo Жыл бұрын

@@GrooTube well it’s a long story… I was getting bored of the icon I used to have so I was looking for some cool Groo icons and I had an idea that I could use the C64 Groo Character you made and since it fit my name Game & Groo I just loved it! I also used the Rufferto one too. I hope you don’t mind but it really looks good on me!

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

No problem at all! 😀

@leehamilton7788 Жыл бұрын

What?!? Need this one

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

Here comes the big rush to eBay, right?! 😉 Hope you find one at a fair price, and that it’s not “Just one more for the glut.”

@NotaWizard Жыл бұрын

96-97 was when Marvel went bankrupt the first time. With the 90s comic & trading card boom (which is what Wizard capitalised on) turning certain creators into rockstars (who in turn created companies like Image), and with seemingly every comic company wanting to set up their own distribution company, the whole industry kinda collapsed in on itself. The book Comic Wars by Dan Raviv is well worth the read for some of the historical context. The folk who started CGC (the original comic slabbing company) have turned their attentions to video games in the last few years, and some press around this has implied that they colluded with Heritage Auctions to falsely inflate the values of the first video game slabs to create a market and demand. In a twisted irony, you talking about this comic appears to be generating some buzz on eBay judging by the comments. 😂

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

I find your last comment hilarious, that I could cause anything to happen on eBay with this video. 🤪 But I will do my best to find Raviv’s Comic Wars. It sounds like it World be a great insight into those years. Thanks again WIZ. PS: your profile picture instantly makes me think C64 with the colours and font. 😉

@NotaWizard Жыл бұрын

@@GrooTube Yes, that is from a c64. :) You can see the full image it was cropped from on my profile. hehe

@shayneshobbies Жыл бұрын

I don't have that bookmark. Dang.

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

Isn’t it a nice bookmark?! Hey, you might be able to scoop one up cheap, while everyone else is looking for a copy of Wizard #78!

@shayneshobbies Жыл бұрын

@@GrooTube Yeah, I already have Wizard #78 and lots of other rare stuff, but there's always something else out there. That's what makes collecting fun and frustrating.

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

I want to make a video on collecting some day. For example, there’s no way I could try to purchase every Groo thing that I don’t have, so I focus on certain portions of Groo collectables… and also things I just can’t resist. 😉

@luckybrandon Жыл бұрын

Did you mean 1998 at 0:04?

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

Yup! Totally meant 1998! Whoops! 😉

@luckybrandon Жыл бұрын

@@GrooTube ok because when I ironically raced over to eBay to snatch up my copy of this super rare Groo comic, I couldn’t find a 1988 issue of Wizard #78. There was only the 1998 issue with the same cover. Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing something 😛

@GrooTube Жыл бұрын

Ha! Great! Happy bidding! 😀