GROOT’s ROOTS: A Tree-Mendous History of the Guardian of the Galaxy

Posted By 13th Dimension on Aug 2, 2014 | 11 commentsI am Groot.—UPDATED 5/1/17: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is out this week! Time to revisit this terrific piece by John DiBello, first published when the original GOTG arrived in theaters. It’s as timely now as it was then.——By JOHN DiBELLORight now in movie theaters, audiences are wowing to the most wooden performance even seen in a major motion picture — yes, more wooden than Disney’s Pinocchio! It’s the character who’s been constantly growing even though he’s still a bit green —Groot of Guardians of the Galaxy!But how did this giant herbaceous warrior sprout? Where’d he grow from? In short, wooden you like to know the origin of Groot?Let’s step back to the age of grand monsters from alien worlds attacking our civilization in short but terrifying comic book stories. This is the Atlas Age (named after Martin Goldman’s newsstand distribution and publishing company) of comics Journey into Mystery, Tales to Astonish, Strange Tales, an...