

Nearly a decade later, the team disbands, but when Hargreeves unexpectedly dies, these disgruntled siblings reunite just in time to save the world once again. Their first adventure at the age of ten pits them against an erratic and deadly Eiffel Tower, piloted by the fearsome zombie-robot Gustave Eiffel. These seven children form the Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers.

Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children when asked why, his only explanation was, "To save the world."

In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-three extraordinary children were spontaneously born to women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy.
