The Umbrella Academy
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The Umbrella Academy is an American comic book series created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. The first six-issue limited series, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite,[6] was released by Dark Horse Comics between September 14, 2007, and February 20, 2008.[7] It won the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Finite Series/Limited Series. A second series, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas, followed in 2008. After a hiatus the series returned in 2018 with The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion released between October 3, 2018, and June 12, 2019.
The Umbrella Academy | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
Schedule | Every third Wednesday (series 1–2) |
Format | Limited series |
Genre | |
Publication date | 2007–2009 2018–2019 |
No. of issues | 32 (25 plus 6 short stories and a one-shot issue) |
Main character(s) | Luther Hargreeves Diego Hargreeves Allison Hargreeves Klaus Hargreeves Number Five Ben Hargreeves Vanya Hargreeves |
Creative team | |
Created by | Gerard Way[1] |
Written by | Gerard Way[2] |
Artist(s) | Gabriel Bá James Jean (cover illustrations for series 1 only)[3] |
Letterer(s) | Jason Hvam (Internet preview only)[2] Nate Piekos |
Colorist(s) | Dave Stewart (cover illustrations for series 1 & 2 only)[3] Nick Filardi (series 3)[3] |
Collected editions | |
The Apocalypse Suite | ISBN 978-1-59307-978-9 [4] |
Dallas | ISBN 978-1-59582-345-8 [5] |
A television adaptation premiered on Netflix in February 2019.[8] In 2019, Dark Horse Comics signed a collaboration with Studio71 to make a card game based on The Umbrella Academy.[9]