[3] Gröss was born in the Dayton suburb of Kettering, Ohio, on January 27, 1947, and was a comic book fan from childhood.

[3] After graduation, Gröss worked at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio as a live set designer and created art for on-camera graphics for 3 years.

[3] Gröss joined The Cincinnati Post as a staff artist and cartoonist, eventually becoming the art director as illustrator and page designer.

In 1988, he created the Latina mutant Murciélaga She-Bat, part of the REIKI team in Robo Warriors.

[6] Dærick Gröss painted interior art for 12 issues of an adaptation of the Anne Rice Vampire Lestat Series published by Innovation Comics.

[11] Gröss made caricatures of celebrities starring in shows for the Kenley Players from the 60s to the 80s, which appeared on the front covers of the programs.

[12] Gröss illustrated The Guide to Getting it On, an educational sexual manual written by psychoanalyst and author Paul Joannides.