Joe Magarac is presented to readers as having been the protagonist of tales of oral folklore told by steelworkers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which later spread throughout the industrial areas of the Midwestern United States.
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Joe Magarac was born in a 1931 Scribner's magazine article by Owen Francis, who said he heard the story from Croatian immigrant steelworkers in Pittsburgh area steel mills.
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Joe Magarac stories were told in many industrial cities of the Midwest, though his home was always Pittsburgh.
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Joe Magarac has been depicted as a patron saint for steelworkers.
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Joe Magarac was reputed to be able to do the work of 29 men, because he worked 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
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Joe Magarac lived at Mrs Horkey's boarding house and was physically made of steel.
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Joe Magarac was allegedly born inside—or on the outside of—an ore mountain and rose out of an ore mine to help steelworkers.
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Joe Magarac would appear at critical moments to protect steelworkers, for example to stop the falling of a 50-ton crucible on a group of steelworkers.
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Joe Magarac won the beautiful Mary Mestrovich's hand in marriage in a weight-lifting contest, but he allowed her to marry her true love Pete Pussick.
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Whether Joe Magarac is still living often rests on his ability to change from steel into human form.
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Large statue of Joe Magarac pouring molten steel is a prominent landmark in the city of Steelport in Saints Row: The Third.
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