Written by the lead singer of My Chemical Romance, The Umbrella Academy is a story about an inexplicable worldwide event, in which forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who had 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 a special unit called 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 named Gustave Eiffel. Nearly a decade later, the team disbands, but when Hargreeves unexpectedly dies, these disgruntled siblings reunite just in time to try to save the world.
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ISBN: 9781593079789
ISBN: 1593079788
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 cm.print
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse, 2008.
General Note: "This volume reprints the comic book series The Umbrella Academy: apocalypse suite, issues #1-#6, and the story from the 2008 Free Comic Book Day book, published by Dark Horse Comics. This volume also includes The Umbrella Academy short story originally featured on darkhorse.com"--T.p.b. version.