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The Umbrella Academy
Promotional artwork
Publication information
Publisher	Dark Horse Comics
Schedule	Every third Wednesday (series 1–2)
Format	Limited series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	September 19, 2007[1] – 2009 October 3, 2018 – present
No. of issues	24 (19 plus 4 short stories and a one shot issue)
Main character(s)	Luther Hargreeves Allison Hargreeves Diego Hargreeves Klaus Hargreeves Five Hargreeves Ben Hargreeves Vanya Hargreeves
Creative team
Created by	Gerard Way[4]
Written by	Gerard Way[2]
Artist(s)	Gabriel Bá James Jean (cover illustrations for series 1 only)[3]
Letterer(s)	Jason Hvam (Internet preview only)[2] Nate Piekos
Colorist(s)	Dave Stewart (cover illustrations for series 1 & 2 only)[3] Nick Filardi (current)[3]
Collected editions
The Apocalypse Suite	ISBN 978-1-59307-978-9 [5]
Dallas	ISBN 978-1-59582-345-8 [6]

The Umbrella Academy is an American 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,^[7] was released by Dark Horse Comics between September 14, 2007, and February 20, 2008.^[1] It won the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Finite Series/Limited Series. A second series, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas, followed in 2008. After a hiatus the series returned in 2018 with The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion released between October 3, 2018, and June 12, 2019.

A television adaptation premiered on Netflix in February 2019.^[8] In 2019, Dark Horse Comics signed a collaboration with Studio71 to make a card game based on The Umbrella Academy.^[9]

Synopsis[edit]

Plot summary[edit]

The titular team of The Umbrella Academy is described as a «dysfunctional family of superheroes».^[10] In the mid-20th century, at the instant of the finishing blow in a cosmic wrestling match, 43 superpowered infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy at the start of the day. Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a.k.a. The Monocle, an extraterrestrial disguised as a famous entrepreneur, adopts seven of the children and prepares them to save the world from an unspecified threat as the Umbrella Academy. In Apocalypse Suite, the team disbands and falls out of contact until they meet on the news of Hargreeves’s death, and subsequently reunite when one of their own numbers becomes a supervillain.

Characters[edit]

The Academy is led by The Monocle (Sir Reginald Hargreeves), an alien disguised as a wealthy entrepreneur and world-renowned scientist. He adopts 7 of the 43 babies born that day who become the members of The Umbrella Academy, namely, Spaceboy (Luther Hargreeves), The Kraken (Diego Hargreeves), The Rumor (Allison Hargreeves), The Séance (Klaus Hargreeves), The Boy (Number Five), The Horror (Ben Hargreeves), and The White Violin (Vanya Hargreeves).

Influences

Way has stated that the biggest influence on this piece of work is his favorite writer, Grant Morrison and their work on Doom Patrol with DC Comics. He has also stated that Pat McEown of ZombieWorld: Champion of the Worms was a big influence on his work. Way has said that Edvin Biuković is his all-time favorite artist and that «his Grendel Tales are like my bible to draw from».^[4]

Main series[edit]

Volume 1: Apocalypse Suite[edit]

The Umbrella Academy is a team of superpowered children who fight evil for much of their childhoods under the tutelage of their guardian and mentor, Dr. Reginald Hargreeves. But the team breaks up, and nine years later, the estranged members are reunited by the death of the only parental figure they’ve ever known, and the rise of a new and terrible threat.

Volume 2: Dallas[edit]

The Umbrella Academy faces a number of catastrophic events and the death of a close ally. When a new threat emerges concerning a cabal of assassins, it is up to the Academy to combat the threat, but each member is distracted with their own problems.

Volume 3: Hotel Oblivion[edit]

In 2009, Gerard Way revealed the title of the third series entitled The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion.^[11] It was hinted that this could be the return of Dr. Terminal, as referenced by Spaceboy saying «no one could escape from the Hotel» (in Apocalypse Suite issue No 3). Dark Horse originally announced Hotel Oblivion to be released sometime during 2010, but this did not transpire.^[12]

Gerard Way commented^[13] about the uncertainty of The Umbrella Academy’s future, stating that it would be a «really long time» before a release of Hotel Oblivion, as he planned to move away from comics «indefinitely» once the Killjoys series is complete, to focus his attention on his musical career. Way expressed to return to the comics «when it’s right». Later in December 2013^[14][15][16] Way confirmed that he and Gabriel Bá were to work on both Hotel Oblivion and the fourth installment of The Umbrella Academy during 2014.^[14][17]

Dark Horse finally released Hotel Oblivion in 2018, with Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá returning.^[18] The first issue of Hotel Oblivion was released on October 3 the same year and the series ended with issue #7 on June 12, 2019. The series was released in full with additional material on September 17 in the same year.^[19]

Volume 4: Sparrow Academy[edit]

In July 2020, Gerard Way revealed that Vol. 4 would be titled The Umbrella Academy: Sparrow Academy. While this story has not yet been released in print, it is the main plot line in season three of the show.^[20]

Short stories[edit]

A first short preview story of the series was released on November 2, 2006, on the Dark Horse Comics website.^[2] The first printed story was «…But the Past Ain’t Through With You», which appeared in the 2007 Dark Horse Comics Free Comic Book Day issue.^[3] Another story, «Safe & Sound», was published in July 2007 in Dark Horse Presents online on MySpace.^[21]

«Mon Dieu!»[edit]

An Internet preview was released on November 2, 2006, on the Dark Horse website. The story was colored by Dan Jackson and lettered by Jason Hvam.^[2] It is included in the Apocalypse Suite collection. The story is only two pages long and contains two main characters, The Séance, appearing as an adult, and Number Five. A time-travel machine causes the Séance to briefly experience life as a Medieval French military commander.

«…But the Past Ain’t Through With You.»[edit]

The first printed story of the series, the title is a line from the B-side track «Kill All Your Friends» by Way’s band, My Chemical Romance («And you can sleep in a coffin, but the past ain’t through with you»). «…But the Past Ain’t Through with You», appeared in the 2007 Dark Horse Comics Free Comic Book Day issue, released on May 5. It is included in the Apocalypse Suite collection. The comic book also features the début of Pantheon City written by Ron Marz and illustrated by Clément Sauvé and Zero Killer written by Arvid Nelson and illustrated by Matt Camp.^[3]

The story begins with Spaceboy, The Rumour, and The Séance finding The Rumour’s body in an alley. The killer seems to be the ‘Murder Magician’ and his Assistant, who has hypnotized everyone at a talk show. The villains are defeated and the secret is uncovered. The Rumour had been sneaking out to meet up with a juggler and lying about going to the library. Her powers created a double that went to the library; this one was taken and slain. It’s revealed the Monocle worked with the Magician to kill the copy to teach Rumour ‘a lesson’. At the bottom of the final page, it states «… Some of the characters you have enjoyed today may or may not be living and/or dead by the next episode», hinting that The Horror dies soon after.

«Safe & Sound»[edit]

“Safe & Sound» is an eight-page story published in the first issue of the second volume of Dark Horse Presents in July 2007. The second volume of Dark Horse Presents (an anthology comic book, which was the first comic ever published by Dark Horse) appears monthly exclusively online on the social networking website MySpace for free. The title comes from a song Gerard Way worked on with Japanese rock singer Kyosuke Himuro for the movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete. The comic book also features stories for the series Sugarshock!, written by Joss Whedon and illustrated by Fábio Moon (Gabriel Bá’s twin brother) and Samurai: Heaven and Earth, written by Ron Marz and illustrated by Luke Ross.^[21]

The story begins with The Kraken on top of a moving car occupied by criminals. The credits on the page say «Safe & Sound / featuring The Kraken / Formerly of the Umbrella Academy». The cars occupants, a driver, a man in the passenger seat with a Tommy gun, a Romani fortune teller in the back seat, and a little girl in the back seat are all aware that The Kraken is on top of the vehicle. After The Kraken stabs the top of the car, the fortune teller, who is holding a green crystal ball, orders the man in the front to shoot The Kraken, who manages to escape injury. When the girl in the back says that she wants to go home, the fortune teller tells her she can as soon as her father pays the ransom. The Kraken punches the man with the gun through the window, prompting the fortune teller to order the driver to slam the brakes. The Kraken and the man with the gun are ejected from the car, the latter going through the windshield. The driver then indiscriminately shoots at the clothing store with the Tommy gun. The Kraken emerges on top of the car (behind the fortune teller) and demands the release of the girl. She pulls out another cartomancy card with ‘devil’. The driver shoots at The Kraken, who jumps towards him and punches him. The knocked-out man falls to the ground. The fortuneteller, still defiant, tells The Kraken not to produce his blade or else she will drop the green crystal ball, which she claims holds the life of the girl she is holding hostage. She claims that if it drops the girl will die. The Kraken throws his knife at the fortune teller’s shoulder and she drops the crystal ball, which shatters on the ground. The fortune teller is shocked to see that the girl is still alive and is surprised by a punch delivered by The Kraken. The next scene shows the fortune teller being arrested who is hysterically saying that the girl should have died. Inspector Lupo (a character similar to Commissioner Gordon of Batman) thanks The Kraken for saving the mayor’s daughter. The Kraken reaches into the back seat of the fortune teller’s car and produces a crystal ball, identical to the one that was destroyed. He hands it in to the Inspector and tells him that it’s «Something important. Take care of it».

«Anywhere But Here»[edit]

Dark Horse released the eight-page short story on their MySpace, and is also included in the Dallas collections and the MySpace Dark Horse Presents Volume 2 in 2009, collecting the online stories from MySpace Dark Horse Presents #7–12.

The story takes place thirteen years ago, during the group’s teenage years. The Monocle is giving a long and boring speech to Diego (The Kraken) and Vanya (The White Violin), who are in a punk rock band called Prime 8’s, in which Vanya plays the guitar, Diego plays the bass guitar, and an ape called «Body» plays the drums. The Monocle dislikes the band’s music and the name of their debut album I Don’t Wanna Kill the President, saying that this gives The Academy bad publicity. He gives Vanya a plane ticket to Paris, where she is supposed to study «real» music (classical), however, he is simply trying to separate Vanya from Diego. In his room, Diego convinces Vanya to play one last gig that night at a bar, and then with the money they would earn, they could run away from the Umbrella Academy to tour with the band. They agree to meet at the gig that night. At the bar, people are screaming to hear the Prime 8’s, but Diego hasn’t shown up yet. The owner of the bar demands to see the band playing at that moment or he’ll send another band on, so Body decides to quit the band and say goodbye to Vanya. Vanya, upset at being let down by Diego, is walking down the street and passes by a shop selling TVs. The news is shown about a gang arrested by The Umbrella Academy, which they did with the help of Diego. Vanya walks away and gets into a taxi. The driver asks, «Going somewhere important?» Vanya answers, «Yeah, anywhere but here».

Tales from the Umbrella Academy[edit]

A spin-off series titled Tales from the Umbrella Academy was launched with a one-shot issue «Hazel and Cha-Cha Save Christmas» written by Gerard Way and Scott Allie with art by Tommy Lee Edwards on November 20, 2019.^[22] Dark Horse released a six-issue miniseries, You Look Like Death, written by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon with art by I.N.J. Culbard. The first issue was released on September 16, 2020 and the miniseries ended on February 24, 2021.^[23]

The hardcover edition includes an additional short story entitled «Seance» not published elsewhere.

Collected editions[edit]

The Umbrella Academy is collected in trade paperbacks and limited edition hardcovers. The hardcover editions have larger pages and a few more extra features.

Title	Release Date	Material collected	Extras	ISBN
The Umbrella Academy
The Umbrella Academy – Volume 1: The Apocalypse Suite	June 18, 2008 (TPB) November 19, 2008 (HC)	The Apocalypse Suite #1–6 «Mon Dieu!” «…But the Past Ain’t Through with You”	Sketchbook ʟɪᴍɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴇᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ ʜᴀʀᴅᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ: Expanded sketchbook Signed tip in sheet	9781593079789 (TPB) 9781595821638 (HC)
The Umbrella Academy – Volume 2: Dallas	September 30, 2009 (TPB) September 30, 2009 (HC)	Dallas #1–6 «Anywhere But Here”	Sketchbook ʟɪᴍɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴇᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ ʜᴀʀᴅᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ: Expanded sketchbook	9781595823458 (TPB) 9781595823441 (HC)
The Umbrella Academy – Volume 3: Hotel Oblivion	September 17, 2019 (TPB)	Hotel Oblivion #1–7	Sketchbook Limited edition hardcover	9781506711423 (TPB)
Tales from the Umbrella Academy
You Look Like Death: Tales from the Umbrella Academy – Volume 1	2021 (TPB)	You Look Like Death #1–6	Sketchbook Forward from Robert Sheehan ʟɪᴍɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴇᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ ʜᴀʀᴅᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ: Expanded sketchbook 8 page short story «Seance» Slipcase by Tony Ong	9781506719108 (TPB) 9781506725987 (HC)

In other media[edit]

Television[edit]

A film version of The Umbrella Academy was optioned by Universal Studios, but never produced. The Umbrella Academy was instead developed into a television series rather than the original film, produced by Universal Cable Productions.^[8] Netflix had greenlit a live-action series adaptation of The Umbrella Academy in 2017, which premiered on February 15, 2019, with Steve Blackman serving as showrunner, and Way as an executive producer.^[24][25] The first season adapted the Apocalypse Suite storyline from the comics, focusing on a time-displaced Number Five traveling from the future to warn his siblings of the impending apocalypse.

The series was renewed for a second season, which was released on July 31, 2020.^[26][27] The second season focuses on the Umbrella Academy being sent back to the early 60’s but each being separated and living new lives that lead up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The series was renewed for a third season, premiering June 22, 2022. The third season focused on the Umbrella Academy trying to stop a paradox created by them arriving in an alternate timeline, along with a new group of superheroes called the Sparrows.

Card game[edit]

In June 2019, Dark Horse Comics announced a collaboration with Studio71 to make a card game based on The Umbrella Academy.^[9]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• The Umbrella Academy on Instagram
• The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• The Umbrella Academy: Dallas at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• The Umbrella Academy on Myspace
• Pastorek, Whitney. «Exclusive Peek: Gerard Way’s ‘Umbrella Academy'» Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Entertainment Weekly. June 25, 2007
• Khouri, Andy. «The Umbrella Academy» #2. Comic Book Resources. September 21, 2007
• MCR side projects – The Umbrella Academy
• MDHP Volume 2 TPB

Interviews[edit]

• Gerard Way: Flexing His Writing Muscles with Umbrella Academy, Comics Bulletin, August 27, 2007
• Gabriel Bá: Shaping Umbrella Academy’s Landscape, Comics Bulletin – Gemma Milroy, September 11, 2007
• Gerard Way: Broadening Comics’ Audience with Umbrella Academy, Comics Bulletin – Gemma Milroy, November 26, 2007
• The Umbrella Academy: Superhero kids in a class of their own, Sequential Tart, October 1, 2007
• Umbrella Academics: Way & Allie Talk Umbrella Academy #3, Comic Book Resources, November 19, 2007
• Comic Geek Speak: Episode 327 – Gerard Way Interview, Comic Geek Speak, November 16, 2007
• Apocalypse Suite: Way talks Umbrella Academy, Comic Book Resources, April 22, 2008
• An interview about The Umbrella Academy: Dallas, Newsarama, September 22, 2008
• Comics Done Gerard’s Way: Umbrella Academy Unfurls…, Geek Monthly Magazine by PJ Hruschak, November 2008, pp. 72–74.

Reviews[edit]

• Sunday Slugfest – The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1 (of 6) Review and #3, Comics Bulletin
• The Umbrella Academy Dallas Spanish Review @ kopodo

Short stories[edit]

• “Mon Dieu!” (Internet preview)
• “Safe & Sound”
• «Anywhere But Here»

The Umbrella Academy
Promotional artwork
Publication information
Publisher	Dark Horse Comics
Schedule	Every third Wednesday (series 1–2)
Format	Limited series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	September 19, 2007[1] – 2009 October 3, 2018 – present
No. of issues	24 (19 plus 4 short stories and a one shot issue)
Main character(s)	Luther Hargreeves Allison Hargreeves Diego Hargreeves Klaus Hargreeves Five Hargreeves Ben Hargreeves Vanya Hargreeves
Creative team
Created by	Gerard Way[4]
Written by	Gerard Way[2]
Artist(s)	Gabriel Bá James Jean (cover illustrations for series 1 only)[3]
Letterer(s)	Jason Hvam (Internet preview only)[2] Nate Piekos
Colorist(s)	Dave Stewart (cover illustrations for series 1 & 2 only)[3] Nick Filardi (current)[3]
Collected editions
The Apocalypse Suite	ISBN 978-1-59307-978-9 [5]
Dallas	ISBN 978-1-59582-345-8 [6]

The Umbrella Academy is an American 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,^[7] was released by Dark Horse Comics between September 14, 2007, and February 20, 2008.^[1] It won the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Finite Series/Limited Series. A second series, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas, followed in 2008. After a hiatus the series returned in 2018 with The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion released between October 3, 2018, and June 12, 2019.

A television adaptation premiered on Netflix in February 2019.^[8] In 2019, Dark Horse Comics signed a collaboration with Studio71 to make a card game based on The Umbrella Academy.^[9]

Synopsis[edit]

Plot summary[edit]

The titular team of The Umbrella Academy is described as a «dysfunctional family of superheroes».^[10] In the mid-20th century, at the instant of the finishing blow in a cosmic wrestling match, 43 superpowered infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy at the start of the day. Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a.k.a. The Monocle, an extraterrestrial disguised as a famous entrepreneur, adopts seven of the children and prepares them to save the world from an unspecified threat as the Umbrella Academy. In Apocalypse Suite, the team disbands and falls out of contact until they meet on the news of Hargreeves’s death, and subsequently reunite when one of their own numbers becomes a supervillain.

Characters[edit]

The Academy is led by The Monocle (Sir Reginald Hargreeves), an alien disguised as a wealthy entrepreneur and world-renowned scientist. He adopts 7 of the 43 babies born that day who become the members of The Umbrella Academy, namely, Spaceboy (Luther Hargreeves), The Kraken (Diego Hargreeves), The Rumor (Allison Hargreeves), The Séance (Klaus Hargreeves), The Boy (Number Five), The Horror (Ben Hargreeves), and The White Violin (Vanya Hargreeves).

Influences

Way has stated that the biggest influence on this piece of work is his favorite writer, Grant Morrison and their work on Doom Patrol with DC Comics. He has also stated that Pat McEown of ZombieWorld: Champion of the Worms was a big influence on his work. Way has said that Edvin Biuković is his all-time favorite artist and that «his Grendel Tales are like my bible to draw from».^[4]

Main series[edit]

Volume 1: Apocalypse Suite[edit]

The Umbrella Academy is a team of superpowered children who fight evil for much of their childhoods under the tutelage of their guardian and mentor, Dr. Reginald Hargreeves. But the team breaks up, and nine years later, the estranged members are reunited by the death of the only parental figure they’ve ever known, and the rise of a new and terrible threat.

Volume 2: Dallas[edit]

The Umbrella Academy faces a number of catastrophic events and the death of a close ally. When a new threat emerges concerning a cabal of assassins, it is up to the Academy to combat the threat, but each member is distracted with their own problems.

Volume 3: Hotel Oblivion[edit]

In 2009, Gerard Way revealed the title of the third series entitled The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion.^[11] It was hinted that this could be the return of Dr. Terminal, as referenced by Spaceboy saying «no one could escape from the Hotel» (in Apocalypse Suite issue No 3). Dark Horse originally announced Hotel Oblivion to be released sometime during 2010, but this did not transpire.^[12]

Gerard Way commented^[13] about the uncertainty of The Umbrella Academy’s future, stating that it would be a «really long time» before a release of Hotel Oblivion, as he planned to move away from comics «indefinitely» once the Killjoys series is complete, to focus his attention on his musical career. Way expressed to return to the comics «when it’s right». Later in December 2013^[14][15][16] Way confirmed that he and Gabriel Bá were to work on both Hotel Oblivion and the fourth installment of The Umbrella Academy during 2014.^[14][17]

Dark Horse finally released Hotel Oblivion in 2018, with Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá returning.^[18] The first issue of Hotel Oblivion was released on October 3 the same year and the series ended with issue #7 on June 12, 2019. The series was released in full with additional material on September 17 in the same year.^[19]

Volume 4: Sparrow Academy[edit]

In July 2020, Gerard Way revealed that Vol. 4 would be titled The Umbrella Academy: Sparrow Academy. While this story has not yet been released in print, it is the main plot line in season three of the show.^[20]

Short stories[edit]

A first short preview story of the series was released on November 2, 2006, on the Dark Horse Comics website.^[2] The first printed story was «…But the Past Ain’t Through With You», which appeared in the 2007 Dark Horse Comics Free Comic Book Day issue.^[3] Another story, «Safe & Sound», was published in July 2007 in Dark Horse Presents online on MySpace.^[21]

«Mon Dieu!»[edit]

An Internet preview was released on November 2, 2006, on the Dark Horse website. The story was colored by Dan Jackson and lettered by Jason Hvam.^[2] It is included in the Apocalypse Suite collection. The story is only two pages long and contains two main characters, The Séance, appearing as an adult, and Number Five. A time-travel machine causes the Séance to briefly experience life as a Medieval French military commander.

«…But the Past Ain’t Through With You.»[edit]

The first printed story of the series, the title is a line from the B-side track «Kill All Your Friends» by Way’s band, My Chemical Romance («And you can sleep in a coffin, but the past ain’t through with you»). «…But the Past Ain’t Through with You», appeared in the 2007 Dark Horse Comics Free Comic Book Day issue, released on May 5. It is included in the Apocalypse Suite collection. The comic book also features the début of Pantheon City written by Ron Marz and illustrated by Clément Sauvé and Zero Killer written by Arvid Nelson and illustrated by Matt Camp.^[3]

The story begins with Spaceboy, The Rumour, and The Séance finding The Rumour’s body in an alley. The killer seems to be the ‘Murder Magician’ and his Assistant, who has hypnotized everyone at a talk show. The villains are defeated and the secret is uncovered. The Rumour had been sneaking out to meet up with a juggler and lying about going to the library. Her powers created a double that went to the library; this one was taken and slain. It’s revealed the Monocle worked with the Magician to kill the copy to teach Rumour ‘a lesson’. At the bottom of the final page, it states «… Some of the characters you have enjoyed today may or may not be living and/or dead by the next episode», hinting that The Horror dies soon after.

«Safe & Sound»[edit]

“Safe & Sound» is an eight-page story published in the first issue of the second volume of Dark Horse Presents in July 2007. The second volume of Dark Horse Presents (an anthology comic book, which was the first comic ever published by Dark Horse) appears monthly exclusively online on the social networking website MySpace for free. The title comes from a song Gerard Way worked on with Japanese rock singer Kyosuke Himuro for the movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete. The comic book also features stories for the series Sugarshock!, written by Joss Whedon and illustrated by Fábio Moon (Gabriel Bá’s twin brother) and Samurai: Heaven and Earth, written by Ron Marz and illustrated by Luke Ross.^[21]

The story begins with The Kraken on top of a moving car occupied by criminals. The credits on the page say «Safe & Sound / featuring The Kraken / Formerly of the Umbrella Academy». The cars occupants, a driver, a man in the passenger seat with a Tommy gun, a Romani fortune teller in the back seat, and a little girl in the back seat are all aware that The Kraken is on top of the vehicle. After The Kraken stabs the top of the car, the fortune teller, who is holding a green crystal ball, orders the man in the front to shoot The Kraken, who manages to escape injury. When the girl in the back says that she wants to go home, the fortune teller tells her she can as soon as her father pays the ransom. The Kraken punches the man with the gun through the window, prompting the fortune teller to order the driver to slam the brakes. The Kraken and the man with the gun are ejected from the car, the latter going through the windshield. The driver then indiscriminately shoots at the clothing store with the Tommy gun. The Kraken emerges on top of the car (behind the fortune teller) and demands the release of the girl. She pulls out another cartomancy card with ‘devil’. The driver shoots at The Kraken, who jumps towards him and punches him. The knocked-out man falls to the ground. The fortuneteller, still defiant, tells The Kraken not to produce his blade or else she will drop the green crystal ball, which she claims holds the life of the girl she is holding hostage. She claims that if it drops the girl will die. The Kraken throws his knife at the fortune teller’s shoulder and she drops the crystal ball, which shatters on the ground. The fortune teller is shocked to see that the girl is still alive and is surprised by a punch delivered by The Kraken. The next scene shows the fortune teller being arrested who is hysterically saying that the girl should have died. Inspector Lupo (a character similar to Commissioner Gordon of Batman) thanks The Kraken for saving the mayor’s daughter. The Kraken reaches into the back seat of the fortune teller’s car and produces a crystal ball, identical to the one that was destroyed. He hands it in to the Inspector and tells him that it’s «Something important. Take care of it».

«Anywhere But Here»[edit]

Dark Horse released the eight-page short story on their MySpace, and is also included in the Dallas collections and the MySpace Dark Horse Presents Volume 2 in 2009, collecting the online stories from MySpace Dark Horse Presents #7–12.

The story takes place thirteen years ago, during the group’s teenage years. The Monocle is giving a long and boring speech to Diego (The Kraken) and Vanya (The White Violin), who are in a punk rock band called Prime 8’s, in which Vanya plays the guitar, Diego plays the bass guitar, and an ape called «Body» plays the drums. The Monocle dislikes the band’s music and the name of their debut album I Don’t Wanna Kill the President, saying that this gives The Academy bad publicity. He gives Vanya a plane ticket to Paris, where she is supposed to study «real» music (classical), however, he is simply trying to separate Vanya from Diego. In his room, Diego convinces Vanya to play one last gig that night at a bar, and then with the money they would earn, they could run away from the Umbrella Academy to tour with the band. They agree to meet at the gig that night. At the bar, people are screaming to hear the Prime 8’s, but Diego hasn’t shown up yet. The owner of the bar demands to see the band playing at that moment or he’ll send another band on, so Body decides to quit the band and say goodbye to Vanya. Vanya, upset at being let down by Diego, is walking down the street and passes by a shop selling TVs. The news is shown about a gang arrested by The Umbrella Academy, which they did with the help of Diego. Vanya walks away and gets into a taxi. The driver asks, «Going somewhere important?» Vanya answers, «Yeah, anywhere but here».

Tales from the Umbrella Academy[edit]

A spin-off series titled Tales from the Umbrella Academy was launched with a one-shot issue «Hazel and Cha-Cha Save Christmas» written by Gerard Way and Scott Allie with art by Tommy Lee Edwards on November 20, 2019.^[22] Dark Horse released a six-issue miniseries, You Look Like Death, written by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon with art by I.N.J. Culbard. The first issue was released on September 16, 2020 and the miniseries ended on February 24, 2021.^[23]

The hardcover edition includes an additional short story entitled «Seance» not published elsewhere.

Collected editions[edit]

The Umbrella Academy is collected in trade paperbacks and limited edition hardcovers. The hardcover editions have larger pages and a few more extra features.

Title	Release Date	Material collected	Extras	ISBN
The Umbrella Academy
The Umbrella Academy – Volume 1: The Apocalypse Suite	June 18, 2008 (TPB) November 19, 2008 (HC)	The Apocalypse Suite #1–6 «Mon Dieu!” «…But the Past Ain’t Through with You”	Sketchbook ʟɪᴍɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴇᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ ʜᴀʀᴅᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ: Expanded sketchbook Signed tip in sheet	9781593079789 (TPB) 9781595821638 (HC)
The Umbrella Academy – Volume 2: Dallas	September 30, 2009 (TPB) September 30, 2009 (HC)	Dallas #1–6 «Anywhere But Here”	Sketchbook ʟɪᴍɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴇᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ ʜᴀʀᴅᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ: Expanded sketchbook	9781595823458 (TPB) 9781595823441 (HC)
The Umbrella Academy – Volume 3: Hotel Oblivion	September 17, 2019 (TPB)	Hotel Oblivion #1–7	Sketchbook Limited edition hardcover	9781506711423 (TPB)
Tales from the Umbrella Academy
You Look Like Death: Tales from the Umbrella Academy – Volume 1	2021 (TPB)	You Look Like Death #1–6	Sketchbook Forward from Robert Sheehan ʟɪᴍɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴇᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ ʜᴀʀᴅᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ: Expanded sketchbook 8 page short story «Seance» Slipcase by Tony Ong	9781506719108 (TPB) 9781506725987 (HC)

In other media[edit]

Television[edit]

A film version of The Umbrella Academy was optioned by Universal Studios, but never produced. The Umbrella Academy was instead developed into a television series rather than the original film, produced by Universal Cable Productions.^[8] Netflix had greenlit a live-action series adaptation of The Umbrella Academy in 2017, which premiered on February 15, 2019, with Steve Blackman serving as showrunner, and Way as an executive producer.^[24][25] The first season adapted the Apocalypse Suite storyline from the comics, focusing on a time-displaced Number Five traveling from the future to warn his siblings of the impending apocalypse.

The series was renewed for a second season, which was released on July 31, 2020.^[26][27] The second season focuses on the Umbrella Academy being sent back to the early 60’s but each being separated and living new lives that lead up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The series was renewed for a third season, premiering June 22, 2022. The third season focused on the Umbrella Academy trying to stop a paradox created by them arriving in an alternate timeline, along with a new group of superheroes called the Sparrows.

Card game[edit]

In June 2019, Dark Horse Comics announced a collaboration with Studio71 to make a card game based on The Umbrella Academy.^[9]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• The Umbrella Academy on Instagram
• The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• The Umbrella Academy: Dallas at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• The Umbrella Academy on Myspace
• Pastorek, Whitney. «Exclusive Peek: Gerard Way’s ‘Umbrella Academy'» Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Entertainment Weekly. June 25, 2007
• Khouri, Andy. «The Umbrella Academy» #2. Comic Book Resources. September 21, 2007
• MCR side projects – The Umbrella Academy
• MDHP Volume 2 TPB

Interviews[edit]

• Gerard Way: Flexing His Writing Muscles with Umbrella Academy, Comics Bulletin, August 27, 2007
• Gabriel Bá: Shaping Umbrella Academy’s Landscape, Comics Bulletin – Gemma Milroy, September 11, 2007
• Gerard Way: Broadening Comics’ Audience with Umbrella Academy, Comics Bulletin – Gemma Milroy, November 26, 2007
• The Umbrella Academy: Superhero kids in a class of their own, Sequential Tart, October 1, 2007
• Umbrella Academics: Way & Allie Talk Umbrella Academy #3, Comic Book Resources, November 19, 2007
• Comic Geek Speak: Episode 327 – Gerard Way Interview, Comic Geek Speak, November 16, 2007
• Apocalypse Suite: Way talks Umbrella Academy, Comic Book Resources, April 22, 2008
• An interview about The Umbrella Academy: Dallas, Newsarama, September 22, 2008
• Comics Done Gerard’s Way: Umbrella Academy Unfurls…, Geek Monthly Magazine by PJ Hruschak, November 2008, pp. 72–74.

Reviews[edit]

• Sunday Slugfest – The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1 (of 6) Review and #3, Comics Bulletin
• The Umbrella Academy Dallas Spanish Review @ kopodo

Short stories[edit]

• “Mon Dieu!” (Internet preview)
• “Safe & Sound”
• «Anywhere But Here»

The Umbrella Academy
Genre	Action Drama Science fantasy Superhero
Created by	Steve Blackman
Based on	The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá
Developed by	Jeremy Slater
Starring	Elliot Page Tom Hopper David Castañeda Emmy Raver-Lampman Robert Sheehan Aidan Gallagher Mary J. Blige Cameron Britton John Magaro Adam Godley Colm Feore Justin H. Min Ritu Arya Yusuf Gatewood Marin Ireland Kate Walsh Genesis Rodriguez Britne Oldford
Composers	Jeff Russo Perrine Virgile
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	30 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Gerard Way Gabriel Bá Jeremy Slater Scott Stuber Beau Bauman Mike Richardson Keith Goldberg Peter Hoar Jeff F. King Jermey Webb Steve Blackman Jesse McKeown
Producers	Kevin Lafferty Sneha Koorse Jamie Neese Jason Neese Ted Miller Steve Wakefield D.J. Carson
Production locations	Toronto, Ontario Hamilton, Ontario
Cinematography	Neville Kidd Craig Wrobleski
Editors	Jon Dudkowski Timothy A. Good Amy Duddleston Wendy Tzeng Todd Desrosiers Brian Beal Amanda Panella Franklin Peterson Amy Bostrom Miklos Wright
Running time	40–60 minutes
Production companies	Borderline Entertainment (seasons 1 and 2) Irish Cowboy (season 3) Dark Horse Entertainment Universal Content Productions[a]
Distributor	NBCUniversal Syndication Studios Netflix
Release
Original network	Netflix
Picture format	4K UHDTV 2160p
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original release	February 15, 2019 – present

The Umbrella Academy is an American superhero television series based on the comic book series of the same name written by Gerard Way, illustrated by Gabriel Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics. Created for Netflix by Steve Blackman and developed by Jeremy Slater, it revolves around a dysfunctional family of adopted sibling superheroes who reunite to solve the mystery of their father’s death and the threat of an imminent apocalypse. The series is produced by Borderline Entertainment (season 1–2), Irish Cowboy (season 3), Dark Horse Entertainment, and Universal Content Productions. Netflix gave seasons 1 and 2 a TV-14 rating, while season 3 received a TV-MA rating.

The cast features Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Cameron Britton, Mary J. Blige, John Magaro, Adam Godley, Colm Feore, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, Marin Ireland, Kate Walsh, Genesis Rodriguez, and Britne Oldford. The adaptation began development as a film optioned by Universal Pictures in 2011. It was eventually shelved in favor of a television series in 2015, before being officially greenlit by Netflix in July 2017. The series is filmed in Toronto and Hamilton, both of which are located in Ontario.

The first season was released on Netflix on February 15, 2019. In April 2019, Netflix reported that 45 million households had watched season one during its first month of release, thus becoming one of the most-streamed series of the year. That same month, following the success of the first season, the series was renewed for a second season, which was released on July 31, 2020.^[1][2] In November 2020, the series was renewed for a third season, which was released on June 22, 2022.^[3][4] In August 2022, the series was renewed for a fourth and final season.^[5]

All three seasons received positive reviews from critics, and the series has received a number of accolades, including six Emmy nominations.

Premise[edit]

The Umbrella Academy is set in a universe where 43 women around the world give birth simultaneously at noon on October 1, 1989, although none had shown any sign of pregnancy until labor began. Seven of the children are adopted by eccentric billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves and turned into a superhero team that he calls «The Umbrella Academy.» Hargreeves gives the children numbers rather than names, but their robot-mother, Grace, later names six of them: Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Ben, and Vanya.^[6] Reginald puts six of the children to work fighting crime but keeps Vanya apart from her siblings’ activities, claiming she demonstrates no powers of her own.

The first season is set in the present day, where Luther is part ape and has lived on the Moon for four years, Allison is a famous actress, Vanya is a violinist, Klaus has a drug addiction, Five disappeared sixteen years earlier, Ben, now deceased, is a ghost able to converse only with Klaus, and Diego has become a vigilante. The estranged siblings learn that Reginald has died and gather for his funeral. Five returns from the future, revealing that a global apocalypse is imminent, but is chased by time-travelling Commission operatives Hazel and Cha-Cha. The reunited siblings try to uncover the secrets behind Reginald Hargreeves’ life and their dysfunctional relationships are strained. They band together to try to prevent the impending apocalypse.^[7]

The second season sees the siblings scattered in Dallas at different times in the early 1960s (as a result of the events of the first season), establishing lives for themselves. Five arrives there on November 25, 1963, minutes before a nuclear doomsday that is linked to JFK not being assassinated, but with the help of Hazel manages to travel back ten days. Five is hunted by a trio of Swedish assassins but finds his siblings, who have all made new lives, and attempts to reunite them in order to stop this new apocalypse.^[8]

In the third season the siblings realize their actions in the past created a new timeline and returning to 2019 is vastly different where they have been replaced by another Hargreeves superhero group adopted by Reginald, dubbed «The Sparrow Academy». They also have to find a way to stop a kugelblitz from consuming and destroying the universe created as a result of the grandfather paradox the siblings caused through their time-travel.

Cast and characters[edit]

Main[edit]

• Elliot Page^[b] as Viktor/Vanya Hargreeves / The White Violin / Umbrella Number Seven, a meek violinist, alienated from his siblings as he has no apparent supernatural abilities, who writes a damning tell-all book about his childhood. In reality, he can convert sound waves into physical force, an ability his father suppressed with drugs as he considered it too powerful and dangerous to control. The character is known as Vanya and referred to as female until he comes out as a transgender man in the third season, going then by Viktor and using he/him pronouns after the change. This change corresponds with Page’s own transition in real life.^[11][12] T.J. McGibbon and Alyssa Gervasi portray the character as a teenager and a 4-year-old, respectively.
• Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves / Spaceboy / Umbrella Number One, an astronaut with super strength who lived on the Moon for four years on a mission from his father. He was severely injured during a mission and is the only sibling who did not leave the team. To save his life, Reginald injected him with a serum derived from a gorilla that turned his upper body into that of a non-human gorilla.^[13] In seasons 1 and 2, he secretly harbors romantic feelings for Allison, which fade in season 3 when he falls in love with Sloane. Cameron Brodeur portrays a younger Luther.
• David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves / The Kraken / Umbrella Number Two, a rebellious troublemaker with a mild telekinetic ability to curve the trajectory of moving objects, including knives and bullets.^[14] His jealousy of Luther for his father’s affections led to him becoming a vigilante after leaving the Umbrella Academy. He starts a relationship with Lila in season 2 and has conceived a child with her by season 3. Blake Talabis portrays a younger Diego.
• Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves / The Rumor / Umbrella Number Three, a celebrity actress and mother with the ability to control minds and bend reality with the phrase «I heard a rumor…». In season 3 she discovers she can now control minds without needing the phrase in moments of intense anger. Prior to her first marriage before season 1 she was romantically interested in Luther and it is hinted that these feelings are continued in season 1. In season 2 she marries Raymond Chestnut.^[13][15] Eden Cupid and Jordana Blake portray Allison as a teenager and a 4-year-old, respectively.
• Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves / The Séance / Umbrella Number Four, a flamboyant drug and alcohol addict possessing the ability to communicate with the dead and temporarily make them corporeal — he uses this ability to connect with Ben. In season 3, he discovers he also has the power of immortality and can thus revive himself and heal his own wounds after being killed, and even recreate his body if it is obliterated.^[13] Dante Albidone portrays a younger Klaus.
• Aidan Gallagher as Five Hargreeves / The Boy / Umbrella Number Five, a boy with the ability to jump through space and time. After traveling to the future he ended up in a post-apocalyptic world, unable to get back. He survived on his own for decades before being recruited into The Commission, a secretive agency that keeps track of the established timeline of the world, finding and eliminating those who would threaten it. He eventually betrayed them in order to get back to his time (2019) to warn his family of the impending apocalypse.^[13] Returning to his time in the pilot episode causes him to revert to his 13-year-old body, played by Gallagher. Jim Watson plays an adult Five and Sean Sullivan portrays an elderly Five.
• Mary J. Blige as Cha-Cha (season 1),^[16] a Commission agent partnered with Hazel, she is «[a]ll-business» and the more sociopathic and ruthless of the two assassins who puts work above all else.^[17][18]
• Cameron Britton as Hazel (season 1; guest season 2), Cha-Cha’s partner, a fellow assassin who is disillusioned with his life as an agent and plans to leave the Commission after falling in love with doughnut store-owner, Agnes.^[19] In season 2, an elderly Hazel appears to Five in 1963 to help him prevent doomsday.
• John Magaro as Leonard Peabody / Harold Jenkins (season 1), Vanya’s love interest in season 1. As a child, he was an admirer of the Umbrella Academy and begged to join, since he was born on the same day but was the result of a normal pregnancy, and in his childhood was publicly humiliated and rejected by Reginald. He later discovers Reginald’s diary, detailing Vanya’s potential, and inserts himself into her life with the goal of manipulating her into discovering and using his powers. However, Vanya kills him after discovering his ruse.^[20] Jesse Noah Gruman portrays a younger Harold.
• Adam Godley as Phinneus Pogo, an intelligent chimpanzee who is Reginald’s close assistant. Godley provides the voice and facial performance capture, while Ken Hall serves as body-double for the motion capture to play the character on set.^[19][21][22] In season 2, a younger version of Pogo appears in 1963, who is treated like a son by Reginald and Grace.
  • Godley also portrays Pogo in the season 3 alternative timeline, where he left the Sparrow Academy because he grew disillusioned with Reginald, and became a tattoo artist.
• Colm Feore as Sir Reginald Hargreeves / The Monocle, the Umbrella Academy’s adoptive father and a billionaire industrialist who died in 2019 in suicide, leading to the planned reunion of his children.^[19] In the alternate timeline, he is revealed to still be alive, having founded the Sparrow Academy after disliking the Umbrella Academy in 1963 and deciding to adopt different children instead.
• Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves / The Horror / Umbrella Number Six (season 2;^{[23][non-primary source needed]} recurring season 1), who can summon tentacled horrors from his body. Ben is deceased, but appears regularly to Klaus and helps him occasionally. Ethan Hwang portrays a younger Ben.
  • Min also portrays Ben Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Two (season 2–present), an alternate version of Ben who, like his Umbrella counterpart, was adopted by Reginald alongside five other children. This Ben is still alive in 2019 as a member of the Sparrow Academy, with no memory of the Umbrella Academy.^[24]
• Ritu Arya as Lila Pitts (season 2–present),^[25] Diego’s love interest and The Handler’s adopted daughter who is revealed to be one of the super-powered children born on the same day. Her powers allow her to mirror someone else’s. In season 3, she is pregnant with her and Diego’s child. Raya Korah and Anjana Vernuganan portray Lila as a teenager and a 4-year-old, respectively.
• Yusuf Gatewood as Raymond Chestnut (season 2; recurring season 3),^[25] Allison’s second husband and a civil rights activist in 1963. At the end of season 3, he becomes the father of Allison’s daughter in the reset universe.
• Marin Ireland as Sissy Cooper (season 2; guest season 3),^[25] Vanya’s love interest who takes her in when Vanya arrives in the 1960s and is hit by her car. She is also Harlan’s mother and trapped in an abusive marriage with Carl.
• Kate Walsh as The Handler (season 2; recurring season 1; special guest season 3), the head of the Commission and Five’s former boss.^[26] The Handler is also Lila’s adopted mother, as she used the Commission to kill her parents and claim Lila for herself to use her powers. Walsh makes a speaking-only cameo in season 3 episode 7 in form of a letter to Lila.
• Genesis Rodriguez as Sloane Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Five (season 3), a member of the Sparrow Academy with the ability to manipulate gravity, who falls in love with Luther and later marries him.^[24]
• Britne Oldford as Fei Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Three (season 3), a member of the Sparrow Academy with the ability to control crows. She is blind and uses the crows as her eyes to spy on others.^[24]

Recurring[edit]

• Sheila McCarthy as Agnes Rofa (season 1), Hazel’s love interest. She is the owner, waitress, and baker at Griddy’s Doughnuts. Agnes died from cancer before the events of season 2 after 20 years with Hazel.
• Jordan Claire Robbins as Grace Hargreeves / Mom, a robot who acted as the mother of the Umbrella Academy children and has an especially close bond with Diego. She was built by Reginald after Vanya used her power to attack several nannies. A human version of Grace was Reginald’s girlfriend in 1963.^[27]
  • Robbins also portrays Grace in the alternate timeline, where she serves as a maid to the Sparrow Academy, but she gets corrupted by the Kugelblitz and sees it as a god.
• Ashley Madekwe as Detective Eudora Patch (season 1), Diego’s former romantic partner who is killed by Cha-Cha.
• Peter Outerbridge as The Conductor (season 1), the leader of the orchestra for which Vanya plays.
• Rainbow Sun Francks as Detective Chuck Beaman (season 1), Eudora’s colleague.
• Matt Biedel as Sgt. Dale Chedder (season 1), Eudora’s colleague.
• Cody Ray Thompson (season 1) and Calem MacDonald (season 2) as Dave Katz, Klaus’ lover during the Vietnam War whom he meets in season 1 when time-traveling, and later visits his younger self in 1963 prior to their meeting.
• Patrice Goodman as Dot (season 2; guest seasons 1 and 3), a case manager for the Commission.
• Ken Hall as Herb (season 2; guest seasons 1 and 3), an analytics specialist for the Commission.
• Kevin Rankin as Elliott (season 2), a conspiracy theorist who encounters and aids the Hargreeves in 1963.
• Kris Holden-Ried as Axel (season 2), the leader of a trio of Swedish triplet assassins working for the Commission.
• John Kapelos as Jack Ruby (season 2), a famous gangster in Dallas who employs Luther as his bodyguard.
• Stephen Bogaert as Carl Cooper (season 2), Sissy’s abusive husband and Harlan’s neglectful father.
• Raven Dauda as Odessa (season 2), owner of a Black beauty salon in South Dallas who takes Allison in when she arrives in 1961.
• Dewshane Williams as Miles (season 2), Raymond’s friend and fellow civil rights activist.
• Jason Bryden as Otto (season 2), one of the triplet assassins.
• Tom Sinclair as Oscar (season 2), one of the triplet assassins.
• Justin Paul Kelly (season 2; guest season 3) and Callum Keith Rennie (season 3) as Harlan Cooper / Lester Pocket, Sissy and Carl’s eight-year-old son, who is nonverbal and has an unspecified disability. He is neglected by his father and finds a surrogate second parent in Vanya. After Vanya saves him from drowning, he receives his own powers. In season 3, Harlan has aged into an elderly man who has learned to speak but still struggles to control his unwanted powers.^[19]
• Dov Tiefenbach as Keechie (season 2), a devoted member of Klaus’ cult in 1963.
• Robin Atkin Downes as A.J. Carmichael (season 2), a talking goldfish who is the leader of the Commission board until Five kills him in order to obtain passage back to 2019.
• Mouna Traoré as Jill (season 2), a member of Klaus’ cult with whom Ben falls in love in the 1960s.
• Justin Cornwell as Marcus Hargreeves / Sparrow Number One (season 3), a member and leader of the Sparrow Academy with superhuman strength who is killed by the Kugelblitz.
• Jake Epstein as Alphonso Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Four (season 3), a physically scarred and injured member of the Sparrow Academy with the ability to reflect any physical harm back to his opponents. He is killed by Harlan after trying to murder the Umbrella Academy.
• Cazzie David as Jayme Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Six (season 3), a member of the Sparrow Academy with the ability to spit hallucinogenic venom. She is killed by Harlan after trying to murder the Umbrella Academy.
• Javon «Wanna» Walton as Stanley «Stan» (season 3), a twelve-year-old boy posing as Diego and Lila’s son at Lila’s request, who is later killed by the Kugelblitz.
• Julian Richings as Chet Rodo (season 3), the eccentric manager of the Hotel Obsidian.

Episodes[edit]

Season 1 (2019)[edit]

Season 2 (2020)[edit]

Season 3 (2022)[edit]

Season 4[edit]

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

A film version of the comic book series The Umbrella Academy was optioned by Universal Studios. Originally, screenwriter Mark Bomback was hired to write the screenplay; Rawson Marshall Thurber reportedly replaced him in 2010.^[29] There had been little talk of the film from that time. In an interview with Newsarama at the 2012 New York Comic Con, Way mentioned that there have been «good talks» and a «really good script», but that it was «kind of up to the universe».^{[citation needed]}

On July 7, 2015, it was announced that The Umbrella Academy would be developed into a television series produced by Universal Cable Productions, rather than an original film.^[30] On July 11, 2017, it was officially announced that Netflix had greenlit a live-action series adaptation of The Umbrella Academy with Way and Bá acting as executive producers, to premier in 2019.^[31][32] Jeremy Slater wrote the script for the pilot episode, and Steve Blackman serves as showrunner.^[31] The first season of The Umbrella Academy was released on Netflix on February 15, 2019.^[33][34][35]

On April 2, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season, which was released on July 31, 2020.^[36][37] It was also confirmed that the second season would consist of ten episodes, like the first season.^[38] The season release date remained unknown until May 18, 2020, when a teaser trailer concept was released where the main cast danced to «I Think We’re Alone Now» by Tiffany.^[39] Steve Blackman confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that he wanted to stay close to the content of the comics.^[16] On June 26 it was revealed that the series would be taking place at the 1960s in Dallas, due to the time travel from the end of the previous season.^[40]

On November 10, 2020, Netflix renewed the series for a third season, which was released on June 22, 2022.^[3][4] While the series initially had a «TV-14» rating for its first two seasons, the maturity rating was increased to «TV-MA» for its third season, mainly due to an increase in profanity.^[41]

In June 2022, Blackman revealed that, should the series get renewed for a fourth season, it would most likely serve as the end to the series. Although he did not rule out the possibility of Netflix pursuing further installments.^[42] In August 2022, Netflix renewed the series for a fourth and final season, with Jesse McKeown serving as co-showrunner with Blackman.^[5]

Writing[edit]

In June 2022, it was revealed, according to series creator Steve Blackman, that the Season 3 scripts were complete when Elliot Page called him to share the news of his transition, with Blackman feeling it was «very important» that he and Page collaborate on incorporating Viktor’s transition into the existing scripts. This led to Thomas Page McBee, who previously worked with Page on 2019’s Tales of the City, being brought onboard to ensure that the storyline where Viktor comes out as trans was handled with care and respect.^[43][44]

Casting[edit]

On November 9, 2017, Netflix confirmed that Elliot Page^[b] had joined the cast and that he would play Vanya Hargreeves (now Viktor Hargreeves), also known as the White Violin.^[45] On November 30, 2017, it was revealed that Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan and Aidan Gallagher had joined the cast as the rest of the Hargreeves siblings.^[46][47] On February 12, 2018, Netflix announced that Academy Award nominee Mary J. Blige would appear in the series as the sadistic time-travel assassin Cha-Cha. Colm Feore joined the cast as Sir Reginald Hargreeves, the adoptive father of the siblings, on February 16, 2018, alongside Cameron Britton, Adam Godley and Ashley Madekwe.^[48][49] On February 28, 2018, it was announced that John Magaro has been cast as a series regular character.^[50]

In January 2020, Justin H. Min and Kate Walsh were promoted to series regulars for the second season, following their recurring roles in the first season.^[23][51][52] On September 10, 2019, Netflix announced that three additional actors — Ritu Arya, Marin Ireland and Yusuf Gatewood — would join the cast.^[53][54] On October 17, 2019, John Kapelos announced that he would be joining the recurring cast as Jack Ruby, the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald.^[55] On January 11, 2021, it was announced that Justin Cornwell, Britne Oldford, Genesis Rodriguez, Cazzie David, and Jake Epstein joined the cast as part of the Sparrow Academy for the third season.^[56] In January 2022, Javon Walton revealed in an interview he joined the cast in an undisclosed role for the third season.^[57]

Filming[edit]

Principal photography for the first season began on January 15, 2018, in Toronto. Gerard Way’s Instagram account shared an illustration by Fabio Moon of the cast and crew doing the first table read of the script in Toronto. Way also revealed a picture of the first day on the set.^[58] Additional filming took place in Hamilton, Ontario.^[59]

The theatre scene of Vanya performing was filmed at the Elgin Theatre and the Winter Garden Theatre. Mazzoleni Concert Hall was used to represent the theatre’s exterior. The exterior of the mansion was filmed at a building in Hamilton, while the interiors were filmed in studio. The Joey & Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre was filmed for an outside scene and LIUNA Station was used for a bank robbery scene. A laboratory at the University of Toronto was filmed to represent the Meritech Prosthetics building.^[59][60][61] The filming concluded on July 18, 2018.^[62]

Filming for the second season began on June 16, 2019. Like the previous season, it was filmed in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, despite the series taking place in Dallas, Texas.^[63][64] Exterior shots, including scenes in Dealey Plaza, were taken in Dallas.^[65] Filming concluded on November 23, 2019.^{[66][non-primary source needed]}

Filming for the third season began on February 7, 2021,^[67][68] and concluded on August 28, 2021.^[69][70]

Filming for the fourth season is due to begin in February 2023.^[71]

Visual effects[edit]

Visual effects for the series are handled by SpinVFX,^[72] Weta Digital,^[73] Folks VFX,^[74] Soho VFX, Pixomondo, Deluxe VFX, Digital Film Tree, BOT VFX, Studio 8, Exceptional Minds and MARZ.^[75]

VFX supervisor Everet Burrell confirmed that he used traditional art techniques for early concept art and referenced great actors with iconic faces.^[76] Burrell called Weta Digital, who previously worked for the rebooted Planet of the Apes series, to develop the visual effects for the character of Pogo. Ken Hall provided the motion capture for Pogo using a gray suit to later make additions to his captures to create the CGI of the chimpanzee, with Adam Godley making the facial expressions and voice acting of the character.^[77]

SpinVFX confirmed that they delivered at least 563 shots for the series. To make the effects of the show, the team required a series of complex effect simulations, creature development, and massive destructions.^[78]

For the effects of Number Five jumping through time and space, Burrell wanted to make the effects look organic, and liquidy, representing how much time and the world bends around him when he jumps, and how quick it should be. For these effects, he used more than 30 frames in the first episodes, however with the progress of the series, this reduced to only 10 frames.^[79] To that footage, the team iterated on several kinds of spatial jump effects, all the way from heavy distortion to subtler images. The visual effects team started with some R&D tests. At the end, the final effect, called the «jelly vision», was used to make the series, with Burrell expressing: «as if you’re pushing your hand through a jelly membrane, just for a few seconds, and then it pops. It’s really, really subtle, but you get a little bit of texture, you get a little bit of striations, almost like the universe is bending as he does his spatial jumps.»^[80]

In an interview with Burrell he confirmed that to develop the sequences where time is frozen, they took several background shots on location before returning to their stage to shoot the dialogue between Five and The Handler in front of a green screen. They called this effect «Three-Strip» in honor of the Technicolor process used in the 1930s.^[81]

The second season used 400 shots from the Folks VFX Montreal team under the guidance of VFX supervisor Laurent Spillemaecker to create time portal effects seen throughout the season, particularly Five’s special ability. Meanwhile, Spillemaecker’s crew recreated events surrounding JFK’s fateful Dallas visit, while including The Umbrella Academy’s superpower interactions. Pictures and references from the 1960s were provided to create and later to be used as digital matte paintings and CG environments, to transform Canada into the show’s setting, 1960s Dallas.^[82][83]

The opening scene of the second season, where the siblings fight the Soviets on a Dallas street, was the most complicated to do, being nearly completely CGI. It was realised on a 360 degree bluescreen backlot set which was 15 feet tall and 200 feet by 60 feet. The only real things that were not made of CGI, were the tank, soldiers, cast and the rubble on the ground. The set was LiDAR scanned so that the director, Sylvian White could walk around using a VR edition of the iPad. They used a Phantom running at 700 frames per second on a camera stick. The scene was also divided in seven parts, beginning with Number Five’s arrival at 1963, and concluding before Diego’s first lines. For safety reasons the crew could not fire the AK-47s at Diego so they were forced to do multiple passes.^[84][75]

Music[edit]

The show’s score albums were released for seasons 1 and 2. Jeff Russo was hired to compose the show’s score.^[85] During an interview he revealed that the he «needed to use a subtle hand with the score» and that they «wanted the score to be thematic, by not trying to push too much on the weird and too much on the horrific aspect of the show and the story».^[86]

Reception[edit]

Audience viewership[edit]

On April 16, 2019, Netflix announced that the series had been streamed by over 45 million viewers on its service within its first month of release, with people at least having watched 70% percent of one episode of the series.^[87][88][89] It was the third most popular TV series on Netflix in 2019.^[90] On September 3, 2020, Netflix revealed the show broke numerous records in viewerships, following the second season debut. During the second season first week, the show was the most watched television series show on Netflix, being atop of the Nielsen ratings and thus confirming that 3 billion minutes of the show’s two seasons were viewed.^[91][92][93] On October 21, 2020, Netflix published the Nielsen ratings and revealed that the show’s second season was streamed by over 43 million viewers in its first 28 days. It made it the 6th most watched show of that year, falling behind shows like The Queen’s Gambit and Ratched.^[94][95][96]

Critical reception[edit]

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 76% of 93 critic reviews are positive for the first season, with an average rating of 7.2/10. Critics’ consensus on the website reads, «The Umbrella Academy unfurls an imaginative yarn with furtive emotion and an exceptionally compelling ensemble, but the series’ dour sensibility often clashes with its splashy genre trappings.»^[97] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the season a score of 61 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating «generally favorable reviews».^[98]

For the second season, Rotten Tomatoes identified 91% of 89 reviews as positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website’s critics consensus states, «Proof that time can heal almost all wounds, The Umbrella Academy‘s exhilarating second season lightens its tonal load without losing its emotional core, giving the super siblings room to grow while doubling down on the time traveling fun.»^[99] The season garnered a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 from 12 critics on Metacritic, signifying «generally favorable reviews».^[100]

For the third season, Rotten Tomatoes reported a 91% approval rating with an average rating of 7.6/10, based on 46 reviews. The website’s critics consensus reads, «The Umbrella Academy unfurls a bit beyond a manageable scope in this overstuffed season, but there remains all the gonzo creativity and resonant character relationships that fans enroll for.»^[101] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 74 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating «generally favorable reviews».^[102]

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See also[edit]

• Civil rights movement in popular culture

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This article is about the Umbrella Academy from the Dark Horse comics. You may be looking for the Umbrella Academy from the Netflix series.

The Umbrella Academy is a group of superpowered individuals formed by Sir Reginald Hargreeves. The team is composed of seven of the forty-three children born simultaneously without explanation in 1950.

History

«Tusslin’ Tom» Gurney wrestles a Space-squid from Rigel X-9, taking it out with a move known as the «atomic flying elbow.»

Forty-three babies are born simultaneously with no explanation or previous pregnancy from their mothers.Sir Reginald Hargreeves travels across the world trying to find these babies, locating and adopting seven of them. He holds a press conference about it and then vanishes from the world to train the babies in secret, discovering that all have great abilities that can be used to face great threats. Not one has a similar power, with one having superhuman strength, another able to manipulate objects in flight, another able to manipulate reality by lying, one with the ability to channel the dead and move objects with his mind, one able to time-travel, another with tentacles that emerge from his stomach, and one with destructive capabilities channeled through playing music. Hargreeves gives them numbers to keep track of them (Number One, Number Two, etc) and begins training them to become the greatest superheroes the world had ever seen, under the name of Umbrella Academy.

Hargreeves discovers that Number Seven’s abilities are far too powerful and dangerous to be controlled. He begins to lie to her that she has no powers and feeding her depressants to dim her powers

Hargreeves creates Mom to act as caretaker for the children and name them (Number One became Luther Hargreeves, Number Two became Diego Hargreeves, etc).

November 1

The Vietnam War begins.

During the Academy’s training, Number Five insists on being to travel far into the future, which Hargreeves refuses, telling him he could never return, as backwards time travel is impossible. Bitter at this, Five traveled twenty years into the future and does not return, just as Hargreeves predicted. Later that same day, the Academy fights the Eiffel Tower, which has activated now that Gustave Eiffel’s work on it is completed. The Tower rockets into space, leaving Paris and Earth alone.

The Academy become world famous and well-renowned superheroes, even gaining the respect of the United States Government.

John F. Kennedy is elected president of the United States of America.

November 23

An assassination attempt on President Kennedy’s life is thwarted by a killer from the future.

An unknown force caused the Abraham Lincoln statue located in the Lincoln Memorial to come to life and begin attacking Washington, D.C.. The Umbrella Academy fought it off, with Number Three using her powers of reality manipulation to create a giant statue of John Wilkes Booth, who killed the real Abraham Lincoln. The Booth statue shot the Lincoln statue and then ran away, with police officers hot on his tail.

At the same time as the statue disaster was happening, President Kennedy met with the Monocle about an impending missile crisis. Kennedy gives Hargreeves the detonator to the entire country’s nuclear arsenal and trusts him to use it if need be.

Hargreeves constructs a massive prison for all the villains the Academy has captured over the years, an offworld facility known as Hotel Oblivion and managed by a being known only as the Scientific Man.

Dr. Terminal becomes a supervillain, always searching for food to power his harness, which stops a disease he has called Einstein Syndrome from ending his life.

The Academy fight Dr. Terminal for the first time, and he kidnaps Allison and cuts off her left arm to ingest to continue slowing his Einsteinien Syndrome. Luther defeats Terminal, and he is sent to Hotel Oblivion, but leaves behind a set of robots called the Terminauts, knowing the Academy will eventually split up and reform again, programming them to attack the City on this reunion. Allison’s arm is replaced by a robotic one, outwardly indistinguishable from the original.

Luther becomes the youngest person ever to go to space when he takes a trip to Mars with Phinneus Pogo, an assistant of Hargreeves. While there, the two encounter Martian Apes, and while Luther manages to kill one of them, he is so badly injured by them that Hargreeves is forced to graft his head onto the body of the deceased Ape, which Hargreeves cybernetically enhanced. This adventure earns Luther the nickname «Spaceboy», which he then adopts for future missions.

Kraken, and Vanya secretly form a rock band known as the Prime 8’s with their friend Body.

Hargreeves finds out about the band and shuts it down, sending Vanya to a private music school and putting Diego on double duty.

Rumor lies about going to the library, accidentally creating another version of herself that was at the library. The Murder Magician finds this other Rumor and kills her, and soon after the Academy take down him and his assistant. Hargreeves is revealed to have engineered the whole thing to teach Allison a lesson, and the Murder Magician is sent to Hotel Oblivion.

Ben dies out on a mission. The circumstances are very unclear, even to the other Academy members.

The Kraken develops a close working relationship with Inspector Lupo and Body, who is now a cop.

Hargreeves sends Luther to the Moon, where a base is constructed for him to better protect the world from threats. While there, Luther constructs a robot called Ben to help him do tasks and keep him company.

Hargreeves dies of a heart attack.

Allison, Luther, Diego, and Klaus, return home to mourn him. The Terminauts reactivate and start causing chaos in the City, causing the reunited Academy to face them. There they meet up with Vanya, who tries telling them of the plans of the Orchestra Verdammten, who tried to convince Vanya to use the powers Hargreeves told her she didn’t have to end the world. Her siblings refuse to listen, and Vanya returns to the Orchestra, insisting they let her help them end the world. They unlock her powers with Hargreeves’ notes, transforming her into the White Violin. Vanya and the Orchestra perform a piece written by their leader, the Conductor, known as the Apocalypse Suite. The piece shatters the Moon, causing pieces of it to land all over Earth and wipe out all life.

From 1960, long-lost Number Five arrives in the City, just a few days after the world ends, and begins to take advantage of his free reign in the smoldering wasteland, before realizing just how bad this was, and that he must return to 1960, the day the Eiffel Tower went berserk, and prevent this from ever happening.

After 50 years alone in the apocalyptic wasteland, Five finally calculates the formula for backwards time travel, and attempts to travel back to 1960.

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