The frontman of My Chemical Romance wrote the comic series in 2007 for Black Horse Publishing
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The covers of the comic books of the series “Umbrella Academy”
It’s a bittersweet time for fans of the Netflix hit The Umbrella Academy – the Hargreeves family says their final goodbyes in the final season of the series.
Season 4 of the superhero series was released on Netflix on August 8th. The series is about a group of adopted siblings with superhuman abilities and has gained a loyal following since it first aired in 2019. The main roles are Elliot Page as Viktor/the white violin, Tom Hopper as Luther/Spaceboy, Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison/the rumor, Justin H. Min as Ben/the horror, Robert Sheehan as Klaus/the séance, Aidan Gallagher as Five/the boy and David Castañeda as Diego/the octopus.
Together, the Hargreeves siblings have traveled for several decades, averted apocalypses and survived countless near-death experiences. And it all began with a comic series of the same name by My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way.
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Way created the comics illustrated by Gabriel Bá in 2007. Initially a limited series of six issues, The Umbrella Academy was eventually expanded into several series for Dark Horse Comics (and conveniently collected into several volumes). The Umbrella Academy also inspired the spin-off series Stories from the Umbrella Academyas well as short stories within the same universe.
“I have never seen anything like this in comics The Umbrella Academy”, said Way Rolling Stone of comic books in 2019. “I’ve seen a lot of things that were committed to a continuity that’s been around for 50 years and stories that have lasted that long, but I haven’t seen anything that threw the reader in at the deep end, but instead swept them right along with the good stuff.”
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If you’ve always been curious about the show’s source material – or are a long-time reader who wants to revisit it – read on to learn more about the Umbrella Academy Comic books.
The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite
Dark Horse Books
“The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite”
The first six volumes of The Umbrella Academy tells the origin stories of the Hargreeves siblings. When 47 children are born around the world to women who previously showed no signs of pregnancy, billionaire Reginald Hargreeves adopts seven of the children, who he soon discovers have extraordinary abilities. Over the years, he trains them to master their talents, and they become known to the world as The Umbrella Academy, a team of elite superheroes.
However, the siblings’ relationship with their father was strained, and when Reginald dies, the Academy members reluctantly return home as adults – just in time to save the world once again.
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The Umbrella Academy: Dallas
After the apocalypse, the Hargreeves family must reckon with the consequences of the end of the world and the death of their beloved mentor. Each of the siblings is struggling in their own way – Rumor has lost his powers, White Violin is bedridden after a serious injury, and Spaceboy is nearly catatonic. But it turns out that the boy may have the answers to a series of mysterious massacres that occur in the next six issues of the comic, collected in this volume.
The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion
Dark Horse Books
“The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion”
Years after Reginald’s death, the Umbrella Academy is scattered across the world – Rumor is dealing with the aftermath of her marriage, the Kraken is on a mission, the Spaceboy is wandering around Tokyo, and the Boy is now a contract killer. The siblings’ troubled past finally catches up with them in the final comic book collection of the series.
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