The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite
| The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite | |
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Trade paperback cover.
Art by Gabriel Bá. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | September 19, 2007 - February 20, 2008 |
| Number of issues | 6 |
| Main character(s) | Spaceboy Vanya Hargreeves 00.05 The Kraken Scéance Pogo The Conductor Sir Reginald Hargreeves Dr. Terminal |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Gerard Way |
| Artist(s) |
Gabriel Bá James Jean (covers) |
| Letterer(s) | Jason Hvam (Internet preview only) Nate Piekos |
| Colorist(s) | Dave Stewart |
| Creator(s) | Gerard Way |
| Collected editions | |
| The Apocalypse Suite | |
The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite is the first comic book limited series of The Umbrella Academy, created and written by musician Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. The series ran for six issues from September 2007 to February 2008. James Jean provided cover art for this series only. A trade paperback was released on June 18, 2008.
The first issue, "The Day the Eiffel Tower Went Berserk", was released on September 19, 2007. The inside front cover features notes made by Sir Reginald Hargreeves on his seven adopted children, numbered by usefulness.
The Umbrella Academy, is a group of 7 superpowered children born to women that had shown no signs of pregnancy, adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a space alien who poses as a wealthy inventor who raises them as superheroes. At 10 years old, the umbrella academy; Luther (#1), Diego (#2), Allison (#3), Klaus (#4), Ben (#6) and Vanya (#7), stop an attack on Paris resulting in the Eiffel tower taking off into space, 20 years later, the umbrella academy splits up, and they all fail to stay in touch with each other after the disappearance of #5, who remained unnamed, and the death of #6. #1, the former leader of the team, now being a transplanted human head into the body of a Martian Gorilla receives a phone call, finding out about the death of Sir Reginald Hargreeves, and returns to the academy, to find his brother #5, who went missing 20 years before, still physically aged 10.
The second issue, "We Only See Each Other At Weddings And Funerals", was released on October 17, 2007.
The next day, #1 reunites with his sister, #3, who's got the power to alter reality with her lies, and reveals that has recently divorced, has a daughter, and for whom #1 had a crush on as a child, they then reunite with #4, who's got the ability to communicate with the dead, and then with #2, the rebel member of the team, who's got a superhuman accuracy and ability with combat using knifes. After Sir Reginald Hargreaves's funeral, they talk to #5, who reveals he figured out how to travel to the future when they were 10, he found that the apocalypse had happened and spent the next 60 years trying to return to warn the rest. He states that the end of the world began 3 days after Sir Reginald Hargreaves's death. In the city, #7, the estranged member of the family, who never showed any ability other than skills to play violin, goes to the Icarus Theater and is offered to join the Orchestra Verdament, a group of musicians who claim they can destroy the world by playing the "Apocalypse Suite;" #7 however, refuses to do so.
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