Umbrella Academy Apocalypse Suite
Graphic Novel Summary:
In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by 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.
Umbrella Academy is the comics debut of Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance!
This volume collects the first six-issue series, as well as out-of-print short stories, and an expanded sketchbook section featuring work by Ba, Jean, and Way.
FC, 192 pages, TPB, 6' x 9'
Codes: MAR080049 SEP080025 1-59307-978-8 1593079788
- Price:
$17.95$14.36- Artist:
- Gabriel Ba
- Artist:
- Dave Stewart
- Author:
- Gerard Way
- Cover Artist:
- Gabriel Ba
- Estimated Ship Date:
- December 17, 2008
- In Stock?
- Can be backordered, expected to ship in 7-20 days
- Lists:
- 2008 Eisner Winners
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Customer Reviews
This is one of the strangest, and most random comics I have read in a long time. It throws you into a world that makes almost no sense with a through line held together by a time traveling 10 year old. But to be honest, it is quite an interesting little story, I always enjoy reading a story that I can’t predict, and I never knew what was coming in this one.
2 pts.