<p>An ongoing episodic “prose comic” from which the pictures are summoned by the magic of words <i>Goon Squad</i> 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.</p><p><i>Goon Squad: Year One </i>offers three action-packed volumes in a single collection:</p><p><i>Goon Squad Vol. 1: Special Talents</i></p><p style='margin-left: 20px;'>“The New Girl”<br>“Nightclubbing”<br>“By the Water by the Grave”<br>“Changes”<br>“No-No Dojo”<br>“Exterminating Angel”</p><p><i>Goon Squad Vol. 2: Without Sin</i></p><p style='margin-left: 20px;'>“A Star in Strange Ways”<br>“Holy Fool”<br>“Dead Man Tells Tale”<br>“A Brief History of the Goon Squad”<br>“Tale of Terror”<br>“Pomona Island”</p><p><i>Goon Squad Vol. 3: Old Enemies</i></p><p style='margin-left: 20px;'>“Life during Wartime”<br>“Red Wolf Red Wolf Does Whatever a Red Wolf Can”<br>“Shadow of the Vivisector”<br>“The Man from Switzerland”<br>“The End of the Year Show”</p>