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The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1 Paperback – Bargain Price, June 24, 2008
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- Print length192 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherDark Horse
- Publication dateJune 24, 2008
- Dimensions0.5 x 6.5 x 10 inches
- ISBN-101593079788
- ISBN-13978-1593079789
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Join The Academy!Start the New York Times best selling and Eisner Award winning series from the beginning. 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." |
Catch Up With The Show!Catch up with the source material for the hit Netflix Show which drew over 45 Million viewers. With a second season currently filming see what inspired the show people are raving about |
Get The Latest Volume!Check out the first new Umbrella Academy entry in 10 years with Hotel Oblivion. Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance, Doom Patrol) and Gabriel Bá (Two Brothers, Casanova) have earned awards and accolades on their separate projects, and finally return to their breakout 2007 hit, for the latest chapter in the bizarre lives of their former teen superhero team. |
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Get The Library Hardcover Edition Of Apocalypse SuiteCheck out the gorgeous Hardcover edition of the first volume, Apocalypse Suite. Packed full of extra stories and sketchbook sections, this is sure to please fans and bookshelves everywhere. |
Get The Library Hardcover Edition Of DallasFor the first time in over a decade check out the Hardcover edition of Dallas! In addition to collecting the original comic series this edition comes in a beautiful hardcover with extra stories and sketchbook section with notes from the creative team. |
Writer Gerard WayThe lead singer and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance, Gerard is also an accomplished writer having written the Eisner Award Winning series Umbrella Academy, as well as The Fabulous Life of The Killjoys for Dark Horse and Doom Patrol for DC Comics. |
Artist Gabriel BáMultiple Eisner Nominee and Winner Gabriel has worked on some of the biggest and best series in comics including Umbrella Academy, Two Brothers, Casanova, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, The B.P.R.D, and Daytripper. |
The Umbrella Academy Volume 1: Apocalypse Suite | The Umbrella Academy Volume 2: Dallas | The Umbrella Academy Volume 3: Hotel Oblivion | The Umbrella Academy Library Edition Volume 1: Apocalypse Suite | The Umbrella Academy Library Edition Volume 2: Dallas | |
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Get the books behind the breakout Netflix show The Umbrella Academy! | Seven children form The Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. Nearly a decade after their first mission, the team disbands these disgruntled siblings must reunite just in time to save the world once again. | The Umbrella Academy is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own. Trouble is--each of them is distracted by their own problems but must fend off a blood-drenched face-off with maniacal assassins, and a plot to kill JFK. | Now, just a few years after Hargreeves's death, his Umbrella Academy is scattered. The best-selling superhero series returns, stranger than ever--And their past is coming back to hunt them. Features an introduction by Eisner winner Jeff Lemire | This Deluxe Oversized Hardcover collects the complete first series, Apocalypse Suite, plus short stories "Mon Dieu!" and "But the Past Ain't Through with You” and an expanded 50-page sketchbook section with work by Way, Bá, James Jean, and Tony Ong. | This Deluxe Oversized Hardcover collects the complete second series, Dallas, plus short story "Anywhere but Here" and an expanded 36-page sketchbook featuring work by by Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá, designer Tony Ong, and Superman's pal Jim Lee. |
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- Publisher : Dark Horse; First Edition (June 24, 2008)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 192 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1593079788
- ISBN-13 : 978-1593079789
- Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 0.5 x 6.5 x 10 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #44,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Gerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and comic book writer who was the lead vocalist and co-founder of the American alternative rock band My Chemical Romance from its formation in September 2001 until its split in March 2013. His debut solo album Hesitant Alien was released on September 30, 2014. He also wrote the comic mini-series The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys and the Eisner Award-winning comic book The Umbrella Academy.
Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Stuart Sevastos (My Chemical Romance @ McCallum Park (5/2/2012)) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
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So, I have to admit, I was strangely surprised when I bought this.
Having watched at least seven episodes of Umbrella Academy season one, I was expecting it to be almost exactly like the show. That was only my fault, as I didn’t realize until I re-read the packaging that the Netflix series is only BASED on the comic. My bad.
However, even with the TV show still in my mind, it was an AMAZING read, and now I have to buy Volume Two. After watching the show, it was a bit of a shock to see the difference in how the characters looked, for instance: Diego is blonde in this, Allison has purple hair in this, and Klaus is so pale it looks as though he’s seen a ghost (pun intended). The personalities haven’t changed much, though, and the general plot line is the same, an apocalypse with Vanya as the instigator. Five is still an adorable little psycho, Klaus still a witty junkie, and Luther still has a hero-complex. The art is superb, it’s crisp and clear, and I just WISH I could draw that well. It would probably be a even better read with My Chemical Romance playing in the background, or even some somber violin solos.
All in all, it’s amazing whether you’re new to the Umbrella Academy or if you’ve watched the TV show, but if you’re looking for something that’s exactly like the TV show, you won’t find it. Remember that the TV show is only BASED off the comic, so of course it’s going to be different. I don’t understand the people who say “Oh, the TV show is better, this isn’t as good”, because they are both incredibly beautiful in their own way. So if you’ve watched the show before you’ve read the comic, keep that in mind, and if you haven’t seen either and are reading the comic first, remember that their will be a few significant changes in the show.
I love it, and am now holding metaphorical guns to all of my friends and trying to get them to read this. Will have to buy Volume Two now!
Many people are comparing this to the Netflix series and finding themselves either disappointed or confused, and that's because the tv series took a very different approach with the material. The core plot beats are there, but the world-building, characters, and overall design got chopped up and tossed around like a fruit salad because the Apocalypse Suite arc is short and probably did not have enough content to fill a 10-episode season.
The comic for Apocalypse Suite is wild, as the world-building and tropes lean way heavier on the sci-fi / superhero aspects of those kooky concepts that harken back to the 50's and 60's of comic ideas, with a touch of noir. The tv series pulls way back on a lot of this, either for budgeting reasons or style approach. It's not until S3 of the tv show where you're really starting to feel more of the same tone alignment with the comics, but the tv series is basically its own story now.
The characters are also different to some degree, both personality-wise and in their design. In Apocalypse Suite, Luther is direct and has a stronger leadership presence. I find him to be WAY more palatable in the comics.
Allison & Klaus are also different to their tv counterparts. Allison has an overt passive-aggressive ruthlessness to her in this arc. Klaus is super chill, not afraid of his powers, nor does his 'recreational activities' seem to hamper his connection to them either. Mileage may vary with people on whether they find that to be a good or bad thing.
Vanya (comic) has a way more dynamic design near the end, and the use of the violin as the material component for their powers should have stayed in S2 & S3 of the show because that would have made Viktor (tv show) way more balanced and interesting on the power scale.
Number Five is probably the only character in the group that maintained a relatively consistent transport from comic to tv show, both in character design and personality. In Apocalypse Suite, he's more of a harbinger of the apocalypse plot as opposed to the entire driving force like in the tv show. The Umbrellas are all pulling their weight in some capacity, which balances out Five's involvement in teaming up with Pogo as more of the strategist duo for the team.
I would have to say that, personally, the comic definitely beats the show's S1 only because the characters are way better balanced. The arc is short, and there's not a lot of time for everyone to muddle around wallowing in their trauma. Their family issues crop up fast to keep up with the pace of the panels. The dysfunctional family aspect is still there, but all of the characters are actively working toward the same goal, just in a hodgepodge cliquish sort of way: Luther teams up with Allison, and Klaus. Diego goes it alone. Five is working with Pogo on the science and strategy issues, etc.
As far as Apocalypse Suite the COMIC is concerned, I enjoyed it. Because I went in knowing it was not going to be the same experience; and it wasn't. I appreciate both the comic and the show for different reasons because they are different experiences.
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Reviewed in Brazil on August 20, 2022
Pedí la versión de pasta blanda, no tuvo ningún defecto, aunque si me preocupo por algunas reseñas que había leído.
La historia es super interesante, y bueno, tiene detalles que la serie no menciona tan a fondo,asi que es un super regalo para fans de Gerard Way o de Umbrella Academy.
Reviewed in Mexico on April 8, 2021
Pedí la versión de pasta blanda, no tuvo ningún defecto, aunque si me preocupo por algunas reseñas que había leído.
La historia es super interesante, y bueno, tiene detalles que la serie no menciona tan a fondo,asi que es un super regalo para fans de Gerard Way o de Umbrella Academy.