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'The Umbrella Academy' is a great, tragic story of a very sad group of children who are victims of what was done to them when they had no power to change the outcome. Then they got the power to change the future or the past. Then they lost their minds. Only by coming together could they defeat a threat from one of their own that could also destroy the world. Great, great stuff with memorable character, Shakespearean level tragedy, black humor, cynicism and heroics a plenty. This is what the X-men should have evolved into.

 

The main protagonists of the comic are the titular team, who are described as a "dysfunctional family of superheroes." In the mid-20th century, at the instant of the finishing blow in a cosmic boxing match, 43 superpowered infants are born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy. Sir Reginald Hargreeves a.k.a. The Monocle, an extraterrestrial disguised as a famous entrepreneur, adopts the surviving seven children, and prepares them to save the world from an unspecified threat as The Umbrella Academy. Years after the team disbanded, Hargreeves dies, leading The Umbrella Academy to reunite and carry on saving the world against an unlikely villain.

 

The Umbrella Academy is a comic book series created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. The first six-issue limited series, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite, was released by Dark Horse Comics, the first issue making its premiere on September 19, 2007.It won the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Finite Series/Limited Series. A second series, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas, followed in 2008. The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion, and a proposed fourth series, are in development.

  

The animation is not that great but you get a real flavor for the spirit of the comic book. Tell me this concept wouldn't work on HBO or AMC? We need a dark superhero story and here is a great one ready to be adapted to the television screen.