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Original Essays | November 5, 2009

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The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite

by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba and Dave Stewart

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Publisher Comments:

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.

This volume collects the first six-issue series, as well as out-of-print short stories, and an expanded sketchbook section featuring work by Bá, Jean, and Way.

Review:

"[F]lawless...stylish, imaginative..." Newsarama

Synopsis:

Gerard Way, of My Chemical Romance, makes his comics writing debut in this outrageous superhero epic that Grant Morrison called, "An ultraviolet psychedelic sherbet bomb of wit and ideas. The superheroes of the 21st century are here at last..."

Product Details

ISBN:
9781593079789
Author:
Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba and Dave Stewart
Publisher:
Dark Horse Comics
Illustrator:
Ba, Gabriel
Illustrator:
Stewart, Dave
Author:
Dark Horse
Author:
Way, Gerard
Author:
Dark Horse
Subject:
Super Heroes
Subject:
Robots
Subject:
Graphic Novels
Subject:
Heroes
Series:
Umbrella Academy
Series Volume:
01
Publication Date:
July 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Young adult
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
9 x 6 in

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