Volume 1. "This volume reprints the comic book series: The umbrella academy: apocalypse suite issues #1-6, and the story from the 2008 Free comic book day book, published by Dark Horse Comics. This volume also includes: The umbrella academy short story originally featured on darkhorse.com"--T.p. verso.
Summary:
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....
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