Groo the Wanderer #9 - Video Review by 80s Comics

Welcome back to 80s Comics. Maybe you were having a lousy day in our horrible dystopian apocalyptic nightmare, but guess what — it’s about to get a whole lot better because I’m here to review Groo the Wanderer issue number nine from November of 1985. And this is another really fun issue of Groo the Wanderer with a message. That’s right. We’re going to learn something while laughing at other people’s misfortune.

Groo the Wanderer. Everyone suffers except Groo. Actually, he kind of suffers too, but he at least returns in the next issue. Pigs and apples. Pigs and apples. What can Groo teach us this time I love the artwork. There’s so much detail in here. Sergio Aragonés is just… gosh, he’s good. And look — Oreos. I like Oreos. Before they needed to be double‑stuffed and fancy, they were just Oreos in a maze. And the glass of milk, which is like the monolith from 2001 except creepier because it’s a giant glass of milk. You have to admit, 2001 would be a very different movie if there was a giant glass of milk on the moon.

Hey look, one of those transforming watches. I love those things. I’ll cut that out after I shoot this. So what’s going on here Well, Groo is starving to death. That kind of sucks. He’s wandering the lands with his friend — who he knows becomes a king or something later in an upcoming issue — and then they stumble upon this town which is rich with apples. Groo’s like, “Awesome, I’m gonna eat some apples.” But no. He can’t eat the apples because the apples are sacred. They cannot be eaten. Sacred. Groo doesn’t even know what that word means. That’s right — they can’t be eaten, so this guy offers them a smell of a piece of sugar.

This is such a funny issue. They travel to another town and discover it filled with pigs that they also cannot eat because the pigs are sacred. Groo must have meat. Starving and pissed off around the campfire, the sage gives Groo an idea. I love that shot.

There is a worm in my front. Nice coloring there. If Groo starts a war, then he can eat the apples and the pigs after all of the people kill each other. “I will eat your share of the pigs and apples for you, Groo.” Solving problems by turning idiot townspeople against each other. Groo does something smart. So the people with the pigs can eat the apples, and the people with the apples can eat the pigs.

Everyone wins until everyone dies. Isn’t that always how it is Love that shot up there. What do we learn What’s the moral of the story What is the message What do we take away from Groo the Wanderer that makes us better people

I’m not sure what’s more exciting here — the Magnavox portable TV or that calligraphy marker set. They both look pretty good. What we learn is that starting a war… to eat… is a recipe for a great Groo the Wanderer comic book. Issue number nine — highly recommended by 80s Comics.

See you next time.