"The Music of Murkos"

Groo Special #1, October 1984 ($2.00) (Eclipse Comics)

Poem:
"Sorry, no poem"

Moral:
"Sorry, no moral."

Story Summary: Some little monkeys capture Groo and a lot of young girls. They make the girls sing, but Groo want's to free the girls, and make some music instruments for the monkeys to use. Groo's plan goes wrong and he ends up killing all the monkeys.

Mark Evanier: Scrivener

Note: The first Groo story Sergio Aragonés started on. Took him seven years... (1977 - 1984)

Reprinted in: The Groo Chronicles #4 (Marvel/Epic), The Groo Chronicles (HardCover, Graphitti Designs)

Known Characters Appearing: Groo.

"The Swords of Groo"

Groo Special #1, October 1984 ($2.00) (Eclipse Comics)

Poem:
"When Groo was but a child,
He was altogether wild,
With a thirst for battle said to be uncanny.
And when he was but a boy,
Someone gave him a toy,
A play knife with which he promptly killed his nanny.

Though the act was accidental,
It was somewhat monumental,
For the lad had just selected his career.
In the years ahead, he'd wander,
Over here and over yonder,
And he'd slay whatever people happened near.

Now, it's not much of a living,
Folk can be so unforgiving,
When you've killed their friends and loved ones by the hordes.
A barbarian gets lonely,
When he's by his one and only,
But he's not alone when he is with his swords."

Moral:
"Sorry, no moral."

Story Summary: A story about how Groo got his swords. of young girls. The story is about mixed identity, which leaves Groo with two Godly swords.

Mark Evanier: Linguistitian

Note: A second story in the same comic book.

Reprinted in: The Groo Chronicles #6 (Marvel/Epic), The Groo Chronicles (HardCover, Graphitti Designs)

Known Characters Appearing: Groo, The Sage, Taranto.

"The Dragon and the Maiden"

Groo Special #1, October 1984 ($2.00) (Eclipse Comics)

Poem:
"Sorry, no poem."

Moral:
"Sorry, no moral."

Story Summary: Groo tryes to save a maiden, captured by a dragon, but when Groo slays the dragon, it falls on the maiden and crunches her... Groo made his first "err..."

Mark Evanier: "Sorry, no Evanier."

Note: A four page story. The first published Groo story. Groo's first thought is: "Oh well!..". Originally published in: Destroyer Duck #1 (Eclipse Comics)

Reprinted in: The Groo Chronicles #2 (Marvel/Epic), The Groo Chronicles (HardCover, Graphitti Designs)

Known Characters Appearing: Groo.

Quotes from The Sage:

"None roam so far as the mindless in search of the right words!"

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