An ongoing, episodic prose comic from which the pictures are summoned by the magic of words, Goon Squad is set in a 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, Volume 2: Without Sin is composed of A Star in Strange Ways, Holy Fool, Dead Man Tells Tale, A Brief History of the Goon Squad, Tale of Terror, and Pomona Island, as well as an introduction read by the author.