# Joe Golem > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Joe_Golem > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Joe_Golem.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Golem > Source revision: 1354729490 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Novel and comic book series created by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden}} {{Infobox graphic novel| |title=Joe Golem |image=Joe_Golem_and_the_Drowning_City_(St_Martins_Press_edition).jpg |caption=The cover for St. Martin's Press release of the original novel |publisher=[St. Martin's Press](/source/St._Martin's_Press), [Dark Horse Comics](/source/Dark_Horse_Comics) |date=March 27, 2012 (novel)
November 4, 2015 – October 2, 2019 (comics) |origlanguage=English |writers=[Mike Mignola](/source/Mike_Mignola)
[Christopher Golden](/source/Christopher_Golden) |artists=Mike Mignola (novel)
[Patric Reynolds](/source/Patric_Reynolds) (#1–10)
[Peter Bergting](/source/Peter_Bergting) (#11–20) |colorist=[Dave Stewart](/source/Dave_Stewart_(artist)) (#1–10)
[Michelle Madsen](/source/Michelle_Madsen) (#11–20) |letterer=[Clem Robins](/source/Clem_Robins) |editor=[Scott Allie](/source/Scott_Allie)
[Katii O'Brien](/source/Katii_O'Brien) }} '''''Joe Golem''''' is a novel and comic book series created by [Mike Mignola](/source/Mike_Mignola) and [Christopher Golden](/source/Christopher_Golden). It began with a promotional short story, ''Joe Golem and the Copper Girl'', followed by an illustrated novel, ''Joe Golem and the Drowning City'' in 2012, both published by [St. Martin's Press](/source/St._Martin's_Press). The series was expanded as a comic book series published by [Dark Horse Comics](/source/Dark_Horse_Comics) from 2015 to 2019. The series follows Joe, an [occult detective](/source/occult_detective) in New York City during the 1960s and '70s. The ''Joe Golem'' series is set in ''The Outerverse'', a [shared universe](/source/shared_universe) with ''Baltimore'' (a [2007 novel by Mignola and Golden](/source/Baltimore%2C_or%2C_The_Steadfast_Tin_Soldier_and_the_Vampire) and its [comic book continuation](/source/Baltimore_(comics))), and other series. ==Comics== In 2015 [Dark Horse Comics](/source/Dark_Horse_Comics) began the comic series ''Joe Golem: Occult Detective''. The first ten issues were set in the decade preceding the events of the original novel, while the next ten retell the novel. ''Joe Golem'' is a series of miniseries, with each miniseries having its own numbering, but each issue also has an ongoing overall numbering on the inside front cover. ===Issues=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" !Number
in series !Issue !Release date !Arc !Story !Art !Colors !Cover |- |colspan=8 style=background:#000000| |- |1 |#1 |November 4, 2015{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Rat Catcher #1|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/11-550/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective-1|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |rowspan=3|'''''The Rat Catcher''''' |rowspan=3|[Mike Mignola](/source/Mike_Mignola)
''and'' [Christopher Golden](/source/Christopher_Golden) |rowspan=3|[Patric Reynolds](/source/Patric_Reynolds) |rowspan=3|[Dave Stewart](/source/Dave_Stewart_(artist)) |rowspan=3|[Dave Palumbo](/source/Dave_Palumbo_(artist)) |- |2 |#2 |December 2, 2015{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Rat Catcher #2|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/11-557/Joe-Golem-2|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |- |3 |#3 |January 6, 2016{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Rat Catcher #3|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/11-561/Joe-Golem-3|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |- |colspan=8 style=background:#000000| |- |4 |#1 |February 3, 2016{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Sunken Dead #1|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/28-169/Joe-Golem-4|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |rowspan=2|'''''The Sunken Dead''''' |rowspan=2|Mike Mignola
''and'' Christopher Golden |rowspan=2|Patric Reynolds |rowspan=2|Dave Stewart |rowspan=2|Dave Palumbo |- |5 |#2 |March 2, 2016{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Sunken Dead #2|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/28-170/Joe-Golem-5|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |- |colspan=8 style=background:#000000| |- |6 |#1 |May 31, 2017{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Outer Dark #1|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/29-571/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--The-Outer-Dark-1|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |rowspan=3|'''''The Outer Dark''''' |rowspan=3|Mike Mignola
''and'' Christopher Golden |rowspan=3|Patric Reynolds |rowspan=3|Dave Stewart |rowspan=3|Dave Palumbo |- |7 |#2 |June 28, 2017{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Outer Dark #2|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/29-572/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--The-Outer-Dark-2|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |- |8 |#3 |July 26, 2017{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Outer Dark #3|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/29-573/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--The-Outer-Dark-3|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |- |colspan=8 style=background:#000000| |- |9 |#1 |December 20, 2017{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—Flesh and Blood #1|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/29-574/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--Flesh-and-Blood-1|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |rowspan=2|'''''Flesh and Blood''''' |rowspan=2|Mike Mignola
''and'' Christopher Golden |rowspan=2|Patric Reynolds |rowspan=2|Dave Stewart |rowspan=2|Dave Palumbo |- |10 |#2 |January 31, 2018{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—Flesh and Blood #2|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/29-575/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--Flesh-and-Blood-2|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |- |colspan=8 style=background:#000000| |- |11 |#1 |September 12, 2018{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Drowning City #1|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3002-382/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--The-Drowning-City-1|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |rowspan=5|'''''The Drowning City''''' |rowspan=5|Mike Mignola
''and'' Christopher Golden |rowspan=5|[Peter Bergting](/source/Peter_Bergting) |rowspan=5|[Michelle Madsen](/source/Michelle_Madsen) |rowspan=5|Dave Palumbo |- |12 |#2 |October 10, 2018{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Drowning City #2|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3002-383/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--The-Drowning-City-2|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |- |13 |#3 |November 14, 2018{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Drowning City #3|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3002-384/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--The-Drowning-City-3|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |- |14 |#4 |December 12, 2018{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Drowning City #4|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3002-385/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--The-Drowning-City-4|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |- |15 |#5 |January 9, 2019{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Drowning City #5|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3002-386/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--The-Drowning-City-5|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |- |colspan=8 style=background:#000000| |- |16 |#1 |May 15, 2019{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Conjurors #1|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3003-278/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--The-Conjurors-1|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |rowspan=5|'''''The Conjurors''''' |rowspan=5|Mike Mignola
''and'' Christopher Golden |rowspan=5|Peter Bergting |rowspan=5|Michelle Madsen |rowspan=5|Dave Palumbo |- |17 |#2 |June 12, 2019{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Conjurors #2|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3003-279/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--The-Conjurors-2|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |- |18 |#3 |July 17, 2019{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Conjurors #3|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3003-280/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--The-Conjurors-3|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |- |19 |#4 |August 14, 2019{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Conjurors #4|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3003-281/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--The-Conjurors-4|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |- |20 |#5 |October 2, 2019{{cite web|title=Joe Golem: Occult Detective—The Conjurors #5|url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3003-282/Joe-Golem-Occult-Detective--The-Conjurors-5|website=DarkHorse.com|publisher=Dark Horse Comics}} |} ===Collected editions=== The comic book series has been collected in hardcover volumes. {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" !Volume !Title !Collects !Special features !Published !ISBN |- |1 |''The Rat Catcher''
and ''The Sunken Dead'' | *''The Rat Catcher'' *''The Sunken Dead'' | *10-page sketchbook |July 20, 2016 |{{ISBNT|9781616559649}} |- |2 |''The Outer Dark'' | *''The Outer Dark'' *''Flesh and Blood'' | *10-page sketchbook |May 23, 2018 |{{ISBNT|9781506703954}} |- |3 |''The Drowning City'' | *''The Drowning City'' | *10-page sketchbook |June 19, 2019 |{{ISBNT|9781506709451}} |- |4 |''The Conjurors'' | *''The Conjurors'' | *10-page sketchbook |February 26, 2020 |{{ISBNT|9781506714134}} |} Furthermore, in October 2022 the whole series was collected in one hardcover book, the ''Joe Golem: Occult Detective Omnibus'' (ISBN {{ISBNT|9781506729084}}) with 536 pages including the back matter with covers and a sketchbook. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} Category:2012 American novels Category:2012 English-language novels Category:2015 comics debuts Category:Alternate history comics Category:American alternate history novels Category:Dark Horse Comics limited series Category:Occult detective fiction Category:Speculative crime and thriller fiction Golem, Joe Category:St. Martin's Press books Category:Comics about golems --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Joe Golem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Golem) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Golem?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.