Check out the New York Times best selling comics series before the new season of Umbrella
Academy debuts July 31st 2020 on Netflix! In an inexplicable worldwide event forty-three
extraordinary children were spontaneously born to 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 Gabriel Bá James Jean and Gerard
Way. • "Flawless…stylish imaginative."-Newsarama • Listed as one of the 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!
