The release date for the English version of 'The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite' by
Gerard Way is Jul 2008. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Forty-seven remarkable infants spontaneously delivered to mothers who had not previously shown any symptoms of pregnancy occurred in an unexplained global occurrence. When asked why he adopted seven of the kids, millionaire scientist Reginald Hargreeves only had one answer: "To save the world."
The Umbrella Academy is a dysfunctional superhero family with strange talents made up of these seven kids. When they are 10 years old, Gustave Eiffel, a terrifying zombie-robot, controls the unpredictable and lethal Eiffel Tower, which they must battle in their first expedition. The crew splits up almost ten years later, but as Hargreeves passes away suddenly, these estranged brothers get back together just in time to rescue the planet once again.
Gathering: Apocalypse Suites 1–6 from The Umbrella Academy; moreover, unpublished short tales and a redesigned sketchbook section with pieces by Gabriel Bá, James Jean, and Gerard Way