The first book doesn’t go into too much detail about the children’s upbringing but it does make it painfully clear that none of the children felt loved or part of a true family. ![]() I used these words because Hargreeves may have adopted these children but he certainly didn’t become a family with them. Notice that I used words like “collect” and “obtain” to describe his attempts to secure the children. Hargreeves begins training them in the Umbrella Academy to become superheroes. Number Seven: Vanya – The White Violin – uses sounds to cause destruction (powers not discovered until an adult, believed to be ordinary before this)Īrtwork from The Umbrella Academy- Apocalypse Suite by Gabriel Ba A dysfunctional childhood.Number Six: Ben – The Horror – can summon tentacles from his body.Number Five: Number Five – The Boy – can displace himself in time and space (leading to being a 58-year-old man in a child’s body).Number Four: Klaus – The Seance – can communicate with the dead and temporarily reanimate them.Number Three : Allison – The Rumor – can control minds and shape reality by saying “I heard a rumor…”.Number Two : Diego – The Kraken – can hold his breath forever and can curve anything he throws.Number One : Luther – Spaceboy – superstrength plus surgically grafted onto the body of a gorilla.To make things easier the 7 children Hargreeves manages to acquire are: Their names are also leisurely revealed as the story builds. The special nature of these children is gleaned slowly throughout the book. In the end, he manages to obtain 7 of them. Adding to the mystery, Reginald Hargreeves immediately set off to collect as many of these children as possible. It’s an intriguing beginning, to say the least. This might not seem amazing, children are born every day, but in this case, none of the mothers had started the day pregnant so it really was strange. ![]() forty-three extraordinary children were born. The story begins with a rather extraordinary circumstance. An extraordinary start for The Umbrella Academy If you’re unfamiliar with the source material for the show, then you may want to check out my review. This all may sound familiar to you if you’ve been watching The Umbrella Academy series on Netflix, which is currently up to season 3 on the streaming platform. This family just happens to have superpowers! Written by Gerard Way, with art from Gabriel Ba this comic is a fascinating tale following seven extraordinary children who overcome horrible circumstances to save the world. It’s a pretty well-worn starting place for stories about families. In the Umbrella Academy – Apocalypse Suite we are introduced to a broken family reuniting in the wake of their father’s death.
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