Category:Groot (Earth-616)/Appearances

Appearances

 * Tales to Astonish Vol. 1, No. 13 (November 1960) -- First Appearace in the story "I Challenged... Groot"
 * Where Monsters Dwell, No. 6 (November 1970) -- Reprint of Groot's first appearance
 * Weird Wonder Tales, No. 19 (December 1976) -- Reprint of Groot's first appearance
 * Marvel Swimsuit Special No. 2 (1993) -- Groot looks on as Aurora and Northstar frolic on Monster Island
 * Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl No. 1 (December 1995)
 * Nick Fury's Howling Commandos No. 2 (January 2006) -- Groot is re-discovered and captured by a unit of SHIELD's super-natural strikeforce, the Howling Commandos
 * Nick Fury's Howling Commandos No. 4 (March 2006)
 * Nick Fury's Howling Commandos No. 5 (April

Alternate Groots

 * Incredible Hulk Vol. 2, Annual No. 5 (1976) -- Xemnu creates robotic replicas of five monsters (including Groot) to battle the Hulk
 * Sensational Spider-Man No. -1 (July 1997) -- Nightmare conjures several monsters (including a replica of Groot) to torment a sleeping Peter Parker

Chronology
(Grouped by title when possible)
 * Tales to Astonish Vol. 1, No. 13 (November 1960)
 * Reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell No. 6 (November 1970)
 * Also reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales No. 19 (December 1976)
 * Sensational Spider-Man No. -1 (July 1997) -- Peter Parker's nightmare of Groot and other monsters
 * Incredible Hulk Vol. 2, Annual No. 5 -- Xemnu sends five robot replicas of famous monsters against the Hulk
 * Marvel Swimsuit Special No. 2 (1993) -- while probably not canon, it does show Groot alive and on Moster Island instead of in the Negative Zone, which meshes better with his later story.
 * Nick Fury's Howling Commandos (2006-), issues 2,4,5 -- Groot is re-discovered, then captured by the Howling Commandos (of SHIELD Area 13). He later joins them.