Description
** Soon to be a live-action series on Netflix! **
In an inexplicable all over the world event, forty-seven unusual children were spontaneously born to women who’d up to now shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was once, “To save the world.”
These seven children form the Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional circle of relatives of superheroes with ordinary powers. Their first adventure on 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 swiftly dies, these disgruntled siblings reunite just in time to save the world once again.
• This volume collects the first six-issue series, in addition to 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 probably the most 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!