All Time Greatest Graphic Novels (in no particular order) #97 - The Umbrella Academy

Gerard Way (W), Gabriel Bá (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart

In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by 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.
# Umbrella Academy is the comics debut of Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance!
# This volume collects the first six-issue series, as well as out-of-print short stories, and an expanded sketchbook section featuring work by Bá, Jean, and Way.
# "...flawless...stylish, imaginative..."-NEWSARAMA

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