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The Goon

The Goon is a supernatural crime comic book series written and drawn by Eric Powell. The series mixes both a comical tone with scenes of violence, which pit the titular character against conventional crime villains such as mobsters and gang leaders, as well as creatures from horror and science fiction, including zombies, ghosts, ghouls, mutants, giant…

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Genre
Crime, Comedy horror
Publication date
March 1999 – present
Publisher
Avatar Press Albatross Exploding Funny Books Dark Horse Comics
Created by
Eric Powell
Format
Ongoing series
No. of issues
54

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The Goon

Nodes100
Edges99
Triples153
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02
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related to Threat creatures · 53
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related to Film · 31
The Goon → All, Blur Studio, Blur Studios, BUT, CG, Clancy Brown, Dark Horse Entertainment, David Fincher, Eric Powell, Fincher, Franky, Goon, Hollywood, It, January, July, KICKSTART, Kickstarter, Movie, NEVER
related to history · 16
The Goon → After, Albatross Exploding Funny Books, An, Avatar Illustrated, Avatar Press, Best Cellars, Cellar Comics, Dark Horse, Dark Horse Comics, Eric Powell, June, Monster Boy, Out, Powell, These, This
related to External links · 13
The Goon → ComiXologyNEWSARAMA Interview, Dark Horse Comics Archived, Eric Powell, Eric Powell July, ExploringTheMultiverse, Goon Zone, It Came Out, Kickstartervideo, Movie, Powell, The Goon Official SiteThe, Wayback Machine, Wednesday
related to Spin-offs · 9
The Goon → Brian Posehn, Buzzard, Eric Powell, Goon Year, Noir, Notable, Patton Oswalt, Tom Lennon, Volume
related to In other media · 5
The Goon → Adam, Chinatown, Eli, In Degrassi, The Next Generation
is a · 2
The Goon → hulking figure, supernatural crime comic book series written and drawn by Eric Powell
Created by · 1
The Goon → Eric Powell
Format · 1
The Goon → Ongoing series
Genre · 1
The Goon → Crime, Comedy horror

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
The GoonCreated byEric Powell1.00infobox
The GoonFormatOngoing series1.00infobox
The GoonGenreCrime, Comedy horror1.00infobox
The GoonNo. of issues541.00infobox
The GoonPublication dateMarch 1999 – present1.00infobox
The GoonPublisherAvatar Press Albatross Exploding Funny Books Dark Horse Comics1.00infobox
The GoonScheduleMonthly1.00infobox
The Goonis asupernatural crime comic book series written and drawn by Eric Powell0.90text
The Goonis ahulking figure0.90text
mobstersinstance ofwhich pit the titular character against conventional crime villains0.80text
gang leadersinstance ofwhich pit the titular character against conventional crime villains0.80text
as well as creatures from horrorinstance ofwhich pit the titular character against conventional crime villains0.80text

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