The Umbrella Academy: Everything You Need To Know

11. What Is The Umbrella Academy?

The Umbrella Academy is an Eisner Award-winning Dark Horse comic series created by My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way. The series is made up of three volumes called Apocalypse Suite, Dallas, and Hotel Oblivion. There are also 4 accompanying short stories.

The story takes place in an alternate history where John F. Kennedy was never assassinated and is primarily set in 1977. At one point, forty-three infants are born to random women who were not pregnant before the day started. Seven of these miracles are adopted by billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves, who prepares them to save the world, and each of them possesses a unique superpower, ranging from super-strength to time travel.

The live-action series will follow the members of the dysfunctional family of superheroes who will work together to solve their father’s mysterious death, but the estranged family can't help but fall back into the same behavior that caused them to separate in the first place. And then there is the imminent threat of a global apocalypse.

Spaceboy, The Kraken, The Rumor, The Séance, The Boy, and Vanya will be played by an all-star cast in the highly anticipated Netflix series, which debuts February 15, 2019 and hails from Fargo producer Steve Blackman.