( off. title ) / THE ᑌMBRELLA ACADΣMY.

The Umbrella Academy is an American comic book series created by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá. Released by Dark Horse Comics between September 14, 2007 and February 20, 2008. It was successfully adapted into a television series by Netflix. During the mid-20th century, 43 superpowered infants are born to women who show no signs of pregnancy. Sir Reginald Hargreeves, aka the Monocle, adopts seven of the children to train them to save the world from an unspecified threat. The seven children all have their own unique powers and are numbered by their usefulness according to the Monocle.