The New York Times bestselling comics series that was the inspiration for The Umbrella Academy on Netflix!
In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-three extraordinary children were spontaneously born to women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, "To save the world."
These seven children form the Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. Their first adventure at the age of ten pits them against an erratic and deadly Eiffel Tower, piloted by the fearsome zombie-robot Gustave Eiffel. Nearly a decade later, the team disbands, but when Hargreeves unexpectedly dies, these disgruntled siblings reunite just in time to save the world once again.
• This volume collects the first six-issue series, as well as out-of-print short stories and an expanded sketchbook section featuring work by Gabriel Bá, James Jean, and Gerard Way.
• "Flawless…stylish, imaginative."—Newsarama
• Listed as one of the Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens by the Young Adult Library Service Association (YALSA).
• Amazon.com's #1 Graphic Novel of 2008!
• A New York Times bestseller!
This felt quite... haphazard? There seemed to be a bit of a lack of coherency, and there were things that either seemed not to fit, or just weren't explained well enough. The members of the Umbrella Academy are all supposed to have powers, with Vanya standing out because of her lack thereof, but they were not particularly well developed, with Allison's being the most obvious one. I also found Vanya's defection abrupt, as it was only Diego who saw her and told her to leave, and yet she proceeded to go join a group that she knew would end the world.
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