The Umbrella Academy
| The Umbrella Academy | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly, every third Wednesday |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date(s) | September 19, 2007 - 2013 |
| No. of issues | 15 (12 Including 3 short stories) |
| Main character(s) | Sir Reginald Hargreeves Spaceboy The Kraken The Rumor The Séance The Boy The Horror The White Violin |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Gerard Way |
| Written by | Gerard Way |
| Artist(s) |
Gabriel Bá James Jean (cover illustrations for series 1 only) |
| Letterer(s) | Jason Hvam (Internet preview only) Nate Piekos |
| Colorist(s) | Dave Stewart |
| Collected editions | |
| The Apocalypse Suite | ISBN |
| Dallas | ISBN |
The Umbrella Academy is a comic book series created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. The first six-issue limited series, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite, was released by Dark Horse Comics, the first issue making its premiere on September 19, 2007. It won the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Finite Series/Limited Series. A second series, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas, followed in 2008. The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion, and a proposed fourth series, are in development. A television series was announced to be in development in July 2015.
The Umbrella Academy initially takes place in an alternate history where John F. Kennedy was never assassinated, and is primarily set in 1977 (the year of writer Way's birth), which is treated as the present. The titular team are described as a "dysfunctional family of superheroes". In the mid-20th century, at the instant of the finishing blow in a cosmic boxing match, 43 superpowered infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy (it is hinted by a character implied to be God that they are collectively a modern-day incarnation of the Messiah). Sir Reginald Hargreeves a.k.a. The Monocle, an extraterrestrial disguised as a famous entrepreneur, adopts the surviving seven children, and prepares them to save the world from an unspecified threat as the Umbrella Academy. In Apocalypse Suite, the team disbanded and failed to stay in contact with each other until they were reunited upon the news of Hargreeves' death, and subsequently reformed the team after one of their own number became a supervillain.
An alien disguised as a wealthy entrepreneur and world-renowned scientist. He adopts the members of The Umbrella Academy at birth. Inventor of The Televator, The Levitator, The Mobile Umbrella Communicator, and Clever Crisp cereal. Olympic gold medalist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for his work in the cerebral advancement of the chimpanzee. He was very cold in his raising of the children in that he refused to let the children call him father, instead preferring to be called The Monocle. Also when speaking to the children, he addressed them by their number, which he gave them in order of usefulness to him.
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