THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY’s Final Season Promises An Epic End!

By Matthew Klein | June 12 2024 | GeneralGraphic Novels

 

Come witness the final timeline…The Umbrella Academy has been a seminal hit for Netflix since its debut in 2019 and it’s promising to go out in a blaze of glory when the final six episodes drop to the streaming behemoth on August 8th. At the end of last season, the Hargreeves had their powers taken away with a universe reset. How will they fare in this new continuity? What kind of rescue mission will they embark on as promised in this first teaser? One thing’s for certain, the show’s beating heart about found family, acceptance, and overcoming the unimaginable by utilizing the impossible will be on full display.

Based on the Dark Horse Comics series created by Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance legend) and Gabriel Bá (Daytripper) The Umbrella Academy is about a group of kids with superpowers adopted into an unconventional family who’re tasked to save the world. Simple premise? Sure. As the best stories tend to be. Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya and Colm Feore all are back for great family dysfunction and trippy action sequences.

After two years since the third season premiered on our screens let’s all savor our last journey through this universe of chances. For more about the series that inspired the show, pick up some of the graphic novels below…

The Umbrella Academy Volume 1: Apocalypse Suite
978-1-59307-978-9
The New York Times bestselling comics series that was the inspiration for The Umbrella Academy on Netflix, now on Season 3!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!
$17.99 US
On sale Jul 22, 2008
Paperback
184 Pages
Dark Horse Books

The Umbrella Academy Volume 2: Dallas
978-1-59582-345-8
The New York Times bestselling comics series that was the inspiration for The Umbrella Academy on Netflix, now on Season 3!The team is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo. So it's a great time for another catastrophic event to rouse the team into action. Trouble is—each member of the team is distracted by some very real problems of their own. The White Violin is bedridden due to an unfortunate blow to the head. Rumor has lost her voice—the source of her power. Spaceboy has eaten himself into a near-catatonic state, while Number Five dives into some shady dealings at the dog track and the Kraken starts looking at his littlest brother as the key to unraveling a mysterious series of massacres…all leading to a blood-drenched face-off with maniacal assassins, and a plot to kill JFK!• Chosen as BookExpo America's 2009 Hot Graphic Novel for Libraries and Teens!• The first volume of The Umbrella Academy has sold over 45,000 copies!• "It's the X-Men for cool people."—Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman)• 2009 Eisner Award nominations (The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite): Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá: Best Graphic Album Gabriel Bá: Best Cover Artist, Best Penciller/Inker James Jean: Best Cover Artist Dave Stewart: Best Coloring• A New York Times bestseller!
$17.99 US
On sale Oct 13, 2009
Paperback
184 Pages
Dark Horse Books

The Umbrella Academy Volume 3: Hotel Oblivion
978-1-5067-1142-3
Check out the New York Times best selling comics series before the new season of Umbrella Academy debuts July 31st 2020 on Netflix!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.Features an introduction by Eisner Award-winning creator Jeff Lemire!
$19.99 US
On sale Sep 17, 2019
Paperback
200 Pages
Dark Horse Books

Tales from the Umbrella Academy: You Look Like Death Volume 1
978-1-5067-1910-8
The first Umbrella Academy spin off series!Umbrella Academy creators Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá are joined by Way's Killjoys cowriter Shaun Simon (Collapser, Electric Century) and artist INJ Culbard (Everything, At the Mountains of Madness), for a supernatural adventure featuring the breakout character from the hit Netflix show, which returns for a second season in 2020!
$19.99 US
On sale Mar 30, 2021
Paperback
176 Pages
Dark Horse Books