The Goon Reading Order

Published since 1998, The Goon is a famous horror comedy indie comics series written and illustrated by Eric Powell, first published by Avatar Press, then by Powell’s own Albatross Funnybooks, then by Dark Horse Comics, and now again by Albatross Funnybooks. It was a journey! But a great, funny, dark, and violent one. Goon is not a nice guy, but he is not a bad one either.

When we met The Goon, he is the enforcer for the gangster known as Labrazio. He runs his operation, collecting money and offing deadbeats, and basically being just violent with the help of his best friend/wise-cracking sidekick, Franky. In Lonely Street, The Goon and Franky must now deal with zombies raised from the dead by a Zombie Priest and more craziness.

The Goon Reading Order

Dark Horse Comics published The Goon in TPBs and Library editions, but as Albatross Funnybooks reprinted all of the first series, and published the new one, I put first the most recent editions. In the second half of the guide, I listed the old editions.

The Goon (Albatross Funybooks)

The Fist Series

Those books are collecting the old Dark Horse volumes. For more details, see the DH section below.

• The Goon Vol. 1: Bunch of Old Crap, an Omnibus
  Collects The Goon books 0-3 (The Goon: Rough Stuff, The Goon: Nothing But Misery, The Goon: My Murderous Childhood, and The Goon: Heaps of Ruination.
• The Goon Vol. 2: Bunch of Old Crap, an Omnibus
  Collects volumes 4-6. Including The Goon: Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker.
• The Goon Vol. 3: Bunch of Old Crap, an Omnibus
  Collects The Goon Volumes 7-9 with bonus material.
• The Goon Vol. 4: Bunch of Old Crap, an Omnibus
  Collects The Goon Volumes 10-12.
• The Goon Vol. 5: Bunch of Old Crap, an Omnibus
  Collects The Goon Volumes 13-15 and The Goon Noir.

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• The Goon: Lords of Misery
  A new graphic novel about what happened between the first and the new Goon series.

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The Second Series

In time to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the book, Goon & Franky return from strange adventures abroad to find a horde of unsavory characters have filled the void left in his absence from Lonely Street.

• The Goon Vol. 1: A Ragged Return to Lonely Street
  Collects The Goon (2019) #1-4.
• The Goon Vol. 2: The Deceit of a Cro-Magnon Dandy
  Collects The Goon (2019) #5-8.
• The Goon Vol. 3: Fishy Men, Witchy Women & Bitter Beer
  Collects The Goon (2019) #9-12. A stand-alone Goon tale by acclaimed creative team of writer Roger Langridge (Fred the Clown, The Muppets) and artist Mike Norton (Battle Pug, Revival).
  • Unholy Bastards vs. The Future (spin-off!)
    Smitty, Specs, Pee Wee, Charlene, Roscoe, and Kid Gargantuan in an all-new standalone adventure! 

The Goon (Dark Horse Comics)

The Old collection, getting harder and harder to find.

I. Trade Paperback Collections

• The Goon: Rough Stuff
  Collects The Goon #1–3 (originally published by Avatar Press).
• The Goon: Nothin’ But Misery
  Collects The Goon Color Special & The Goon #1–4 (self-published).
• The Goon: My Murderous Childhood (and Other Grievous Yarns)
  Collects The Goon #1–4 & The Goon Meets the Brothers Mud.
• The Goon: Heaps of Ruination
  Collects The Goon #5–8.
• The Goon: Virtue and the Grim Consequences Thereof
  Collects The Goon #9–13.
• The Goon: Wicked Inclinations
  Collects The Goon #14–18.
• The Goon: Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker
  Collects the original graphic novel.

• The Goon: A Place of Heartache and Grief
  Collects The Goon #19–23.
• The Goon: Those That is Damned
  Collects The Goon #24–27.
• The Goon: Calamity of Conscience
  Collects The Goon #28–31.
• The Goon: Death’s Greedy Comeuppance
  Collects The Goon #32–33 & The Buzzard miniseries.
• The Goon: The Deformed of Body and Devious of Mind
  Collects the stories ‘An Irish Wake’, ‘The Goon’s on Vacation’ (from Billy the Kid’s Old Timey Oddities and the Ghastly Fiend of London #1–4) & The Goon #34–37.
• The Goon: Them That Raised Us Lament
  Collects The Goon #38–41.
• The Goon: For Want of Whiskey and Blood
  Collects The Goon #41–45.
• The Goon: Occasion of Revenge
  Collects The Goon #46–49.
• The Goon: Once Upon a Hard Time
  Collects The Goon #50–53.
• Bonus. Dwight T. Albatross’s The Goon: Noir
  Collects Dwight T. Albatross’s The Goon: Noir #1–3.

II. Library Editions

This is the deluxe hardcover edition of The Goon.

• The Goon Library Volume 1
  Collects ‘Rough Stuff’, ‘Nothin’ But Misery’, ‘My Murderous Childhood (and Other Grievous Yarns)’ & ‘Heaps of Ruination’
• The Goon Library Volume 2
  Collects ‘Virtue and the Grim Consequences Thereof’, ‘Wicked Inclinations’ & ‘Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker’
• The Goon Library Volume 3
  Collects ‘A Place of Heartache and Grief’, ‘Those That is Damned’ & ‘Calamity of Conscience’
• The Goon Library Volume 4
  Collects ‘Death’s Greedy Comeuppance’, ‘The Deformed of Body and Devious of Mind’ & ‘Them That Raised Us Lament’
• The Goon Library Volume 5
  Collects ‘For Want of Whiskey and Blood’, ‘Occasion of Revenge’, ‘Once Upon a Hard Time’ & ‘The Goon Noir’

Last Updated on August 8, 2023.