An ongoing, episodic "prose comic" from which the pictures are summoned by the magic of words, Goon Squad is set in an alternate version of modern-day Manchester. Its biggest divergence from the real city is that it - along with most other large urban centers - has a team of superheroes to protect it against unusual threats with which the conventional forces of law and order would have problems.

Goon Squad: Year One offers three action-packed volumes in a single collection:

Goon Squad, Vol. 1: Special Talents

• "The New Girl"
• "Nightclubbing"
• "By the Water, by the Grave"
• "Changes"
• "No-No Dojo"
• "Exterminating Angel"

Goon Squad, Vol. 2: Without Sin

• "A Star in Strange Ways"
• "Holy Fool"
• "Dead Man Tells Tale"
• "A Brief History of the Goon Squad"
• "Tale of Terror"
• "Pomona Island"

Goon Squad, Vol. 3: Old Enemies

• "Life During Wartime"
• "Red Wolf, Red Wolf, Does Whatever a Red Wolf Can"
• "Shadow of the Vivisector"
• "The Man from Switzerland"
• "The End of the Year Show"