Groo: Hell on Earth #3
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Publisher Description
They said it would be a cold day in Hell before Groo did something intelligent. Well, he didn't, but it is anyway. Icebergs are melting or going south for the winter. Volcanoes are erupting. Rains are raining. It's starting to look like the end of the world and amazingly, it isn't Groo's fault. (Well, some of it is.) Blame the award-winning team of Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier, along with letterer Stan Sakai and colorist Tom Luth. That's right: the same guys who've been doing Groo for a quarter of a century. Sooner or later, they're bound to get it right.
Celebrating 25 years!
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Aragones's dimwitted barbarian, Groo, has been comically messing up for nearly 30 years, and he hasn't learned a thing in all that time. This new adventure finds Groo and his loyal dog, Rufferto, facing war, global warming and the general ineptness of politicians. Aragones molds these serious themes into a sardonic commentary. The setting is an undefined time resembling the Middle Ages, and pollution from weapons' factories leads to the threat of climate change as well as imminent war. Groo falls through a factory ceiling, creating a makeshift chimney that releases the pollution, which eventually drifts to the neighboring kingdom, alerting them to the increase in weapons production, setting off an even larger war. The story switches between Groo, haphazardly commanding an army in search of the enemy, and the Sage, Groo's intellectual friend, traversing the world to persuade people of the dangers of climate change. Similar setups lead to some repetitiveness and a flagging story, but Aragones's distorted, comical character designs and signature background details keep the tale engaging.
