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The Umbrella Academy is a comic book written by Gerard Way with art by Gabriel Bá, cover art by James Jean, colors by Dave Stewart and letters by Blambot's Nate Piekos. The six-issue limited series was released by Dark Horse Comics, the first issue making its premiere on September 19, 2007. It won the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Finite Series/Limited Series. A second series The Umbrella Academy: Dallas followed in 2008
Main story
The members of the Umbrella Academy, a disbanded group of superheroes, reunite after the death of their adoptive father, "Sir Reginald Hargreeves". Hargreeves, an alien disguised as a famous entrepreneur, collected the members of the Umbrella Academy shortly after their birth and trained them to save the world from an unspecified threat. After his death, the members carry on his plan to save the world.
Characters
The Academy
The Monocle (Sir Reginald Hargreeves)
An alien disguised as a wealthy entrepreneur and world renowned scientist, he adopts the members of The Umbrella Academy at birth. Inventor of the televator, the levitator, the mobile umbrella communicator, and Clever Crisp cereal. Olympic gold medalist for fencing, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for his work in the cerebral advancement of the chimpanzee. He was very cold in his raising of the children in that he refused to let the children call him father, instead preferring to be called The Monocle. Also when speaking to the children he addressed them by their number, which he gave them in order of usefulness to him.
00.01 Spaceboy (Luther Hargreeves)
The leader of The Umbrella Academy. As a child he possessed the ability of super-strength, however, after a disastrous expedition to Mars, the Monocle had to transplant his head onto the body of a martian gorilla. His powers are enhanced physical strength and resilience. His martian gorilla body can withstand the vacuum and cold of space so long as he has a helmet on. He often uses a jet-pack and his weapon of choice is a ray-gun. After his career with The Umbrella Academy he moved to the Moon and lived at the Annihilation Control outpost. On the moon, Luther is attended to by a robotic butler of sorts named Ben. As revealed on the Dallas storyline, Spaceboy and The Boy (Number Five) are twin brothers.
00.02 The Kraken (Diego Hargreeves)
The reckless and rebellious member of the group, described by The Monocle as “an insolent brat.” He has the ability to hold his breath indefinitely and has demonstrated a strong affinity for knife-throwing. He and Luther have a very clear rivalry and Diego seems unwilling to take orders from Luther. He is much more of a Batman-like superhero in that he goes on regular patrols and can be seen taking down drug dealers. In his teenage years he was the bass player in a band called the Prime8s, with Body (Inspector Lupo's assistant), and Vanya Hargreeves. It appears that Diego harbors a secret love for his adopted sister, Vanya. It is yet to be seen how The Kraken lost his right eye, but he has no sight in his right eye and wears an eye-patch when not wearing his mask, which has a blacked out right eye.
00.03 The Rumor (Allison Hargreeves)
Described as narcissistic. She has the ability to instantly alter reality by lying. After her career with The Umbrella Academy, she married her boyfriend Patrick and had a daughter named Claire. The couple has since divorced. She is romantically linked to her adopted brother, Spaceboy, however their love for each other is not consummated as Spaceboy sees himself as somewhat of a monstrosity due to his martian-gorilla body. She has a cybernetic left hand, as Dr. Terminal devoured her original hand when she was a child, though in "Dallas" when she goes in and gets vocal surgery, her arm is no longer drawn as if it were mechanical, showing that her arm had also been fixed.
00.04 Séance (Klaus Hargreeves)
Showcases a fretful, morbid temperament, his powers are levitation, telekinesis, and the ability to contact the dead, although his powers only work when he is not wearing shoes. He has the words "Hello" and "Goodbye" tattooed on his palms, and it has been theorized by Mr. Pogo that he's been taking drugs since he was a teenager. In "Dallas", Klaus is seen holding a Vietnamese baby, which he later reveals to be his, to the surprise of Luther. Handing it to an elderly woman before leaving in the televator, he thanks her for taking care of the baby, to which she responds: "Where you are going is no place for kids, the baby is safer here." Before leaving in the televator, Klaus apologizes to the woman, saying: "Really sorry about what happened to its mother." The conversation was in Vietnamese, implying that he learned it during the three years he ran a strip club named "Spookies". Klaus had been killed by Cha-Cha and Hazel in "Dallas", but was rejected from both Heaven and Hell, and later noted that it did not matter when a member of the Hargreeves family was shot in the head.
00.05 The Boy
Disappeared at the age of ten and reappears in his childhood form 20 years into the future. 00.05 appears to be capable of traveling forward through time under his own power, although he was forced to spend decades in the future trying to prove the possibility of backwards time-travel before he was able to achieve it. He was shown to have aged normally in the distant future, but regressed back to his youth in transit. He is now stuck in this ten year old body. 00.05 claims to have read accounts of the Academy's immediate future and their connection to an apocalypse. He worked with the Temps Aeternalis while trying to go back in time to warn his adoptive brothers and sisters about the apocalypse. He was taught to perform "microjumps" in time, allowing him to move faster than the eye can see. As revealed on the Dallas storyline, Spaceboy (Number One) and The Boy are twin brothers. In the same storyline, he acquired a puppy whom he named Mr. Pennycrumb.
00.06 The Horror (Ben Hargreeves)
Possesses monsters under his skin from other dimensions(i.e. tentacles have come out of his stomach area; this is the only display of his powers thus far). Is deceased, but no information regarding his death is given. There is a memorial statue of him located in the front of the Academy. Even though he's been dead since before the start of the series, he's been portrayed as a member of The Umbrella Academy, appearing as his statue counterpart, or in visions.
00.07 The White Violin (Vanya Hargreeves)
The most estranged member of the group, Vanya originally showcases no particular powers, other than an interest in music. Vanya is known to have written a book detailing her life with the Academy and her decision to leave. According to The Conductor, leader of the Orchestra Verdammten, she's the most powerful of the Umbrella Academy. In her early childhood, The Monocle suppressed her powers and kept her on medication to keep them that way, but they were eventually released by The Conductor which ended up driving her mad. She is capable of releasing destructive waves of force using her violin which can be strong enough to cut someones throat or destroy an entire building with one note.
Others
Inspector Lupo – A police officer, detective and friend of The Umbrella Academy.
Abhijat – The Monocle’s bodyguard and assistant. He also serves as the pilot of the Minerva.
Dr. Pogo – A talking chimp associated with The Monocle. Spaceboy's best friend growing up at the Academy. He is killed by Vanya when she is turned into the White Violin.
Mrs. Hargreeves (Grace Hargreeves) - Referred to as "Mom" by the members of the Academy. While the Monocle is shown in a portrait in the first issue, with a woman beside him, this is apparently not the children's "Mom," who shows up in the second issue and appears to be an only partially animate plastic mannequin. Little information is given as to her origins.
Hazel and Cha-Cha - A pair of extremely violent assassins working for the Temps Aeternalis. They both wear brightly colored cartoon character masks, exhibit maniacal and psychopathic behavior, and have a love of sweets. They die in the Dallas storyline when The Séance possesses Cha-Cha, first killing Hazel and then himself.
Prima parte soon.
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