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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite 1 |
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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1 Universal |
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CGC 9.8 |
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2027947007
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The first issue, "The Day the Eiffel Tower Went Berserk", was released on September 19, 2007. The inside front cover features notes made by Sir Reginald Hargreeves on his seven adopted children, numbered by usefulness.
The Umbrella Academy, a group of seven superpowered children born to women that had shown no signs of pregnancy, are adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a space alien who poses as a wealthy inventor and who raises them as superheroes. At ten years old, the Umbrella Academy, Luther (#1), Diego (#2), Allison (#3), Klaus (#4), Ben (#6) and Vanya (#7), stop an attack on Paris resulting in the Eiffel tower taking off into space. 20 years later, the group has split up, and they all fail to stay in touch with each other after the disappearance of #5, who remained unnamed, and the death of #6. #1, the former leader of the team and whose head has been transplanted onto the body of a Martian Gorilla, receives a phone call, finding out about the death of Sir Reginald Hargreeves. He returns to the academy to find his brother #5, who went missing 20 years before, still physically aged 10.
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I’ve finally gotten serious with the Umbrella Academy series. This is the first of six issues I bought from “iwantthatauction” from ebay.
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Posted 6/29/2020 @ 11:50pm.
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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite 1 Variant Cover |
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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1 Universal |
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CGC 9.8 |
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2123086018
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Owner Comments
The first (Variant) issue, "The Day the Eiffel Tower Went Berserk", was released on September 19, 2007. The inside front cover features notes made by Sir Reginald Hargreeves on his seven adopted children, numbered by usefulness.
The Umbrella Academy, a group of seven superpowered children born to women that had shown no signs of pregnancy, are adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a space alien who poses as a wealthy inventor and who raises them as superheroes. At ten years old, the Umbrella Academy, Luther (#1), Diego (#2), Allison (#3), Klaus (#4), Ben (#6) and Vanya (#7), stop an attack on Paris resulting in the Eiffel tower taking off into space. 20 years later, the group has split up, and they all fail to stay in touch with each other after the disappearance of #5, who remained unnamed, and the death of #6. #1, the former leader of the team and whose head has been transplanted onto the body of a Martian Gorilla, receives a phone call, finding out about the death of Sir Reginald Hargreeves. He returns to the academy to find his brother #5, who went missing 20 years before, still physically aged 10.
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I had intended to wait to buy this issue, but “shawn5499” offer on ebay was too good to pass up.
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Posted 07-04-2020 @ 2:48pm
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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite 2 |
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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #2 Universal |
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CGC 9.8 |
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2027947009
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Owner Comments
The second issue, "We Only See Each Other At Weddings And Funerals", was released on October 17, 2007.
The next day, #1 reunites with his sister and childhood crush, #3, who has the power to alter reality with her lies. She reveals that she has recently divorced, and has a daughter. They then reunite with #4, who is capable of communicating with the dead, and with #2, a rebel with superhuman accuracy with throwing knives. After Sir Reginald Hargreeves' funeral, they talk to #5, who reveals he figured out how to travel to the future when they were 10, where he got stuck and he found that the apocalypse had happened; he goes on to explain that he spent the next 50 years trying to return to warn the rest. He states that the end of the world began three days after Sir Reginald Hargreeves' death. In the city, the now estranged #7, having never shown any ability beyond the violin, goes to the Icarus Theater. There she is offered a position in the Orchestra Verdammten, a group of musicians claiming they can destroy the world by playing the "Apocalypse Suite;" #7 however, refuses to join.
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I’ve finally gotten serious with the Umbrella Academy series. This is the second of six issues I bought from “iwantthatauction” from ebay.
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Posted 6-30-2020 @ 7:18pm
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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite 3 |
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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #3 Universal |
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CGC 9.8 |
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2027947010
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Owner Comments
The third issue, "Dr. Terminal's Answer", was released on November 21, 2007.
The Umbrella Academy fights the Terminauts, a group of destructive robots programmed by the academy's former nemesis, Dr. Terminal. #7 intervenes in the fight only to be saved by #2, and it is revealed that he holds a grudge against her for leaving the academy years ago. A resentful #7 returns to the Icarus Theater and joins the Orchestra Verdammten.
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I’ve finally gotten serious with the Umbrella Academy series. This is the third of six issues I bought from “iwantthatauction” from ebay.
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Posted 6-30-2020 @7:23pm
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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite 4 |
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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #4 Universal |
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CGC 9.8 |
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2027947012
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Owner Comments
The fourth issue, "Baby, I'll Be Your Frankenstein", was released on December 19, 2007.
Unexpectedly, #7 is revealed to be in fact the most powerful of all her siblings and the conductor of the Orchestra experiments with her to unleash her power. #5 and Dr. Pogo go to a café where #5 is ambushed by a mysterious group of masked men carrying laser guns, #5 easily kills them afterwards. #7 dubs herself "The White Violin" and proclaims the end of the Umbrella Academy and then the world.
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I’ve finally gotten serious with the Umbrella Academy series. This is the fourth of six issues I bought from “iwantthatauction” from ebay.
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Posted 07-01-2020 @ 7:53p.m.
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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite 5 |
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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #5 Universal |
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CGC 9.8 |
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2027947014
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Owner Comments
The fifth issue, "Thank You For The Coffee" was released on January 21, 2008.
Inspector Lupo investigates the crime scene where #5 killed the mysterious masked men, while #1 and #3 proclaim their love for each other and share a kiss. #5 finds Sir Reginald Hargreeves's monocle, which allows someone to see everything about a person, and faints. The White Violin attacks the Umbrella Academy, and Dr. Pogo dies in the process
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I’ve finally gotten serious with the Umbrella Academy series. This is the fifth of six issues I bought from “iwantthatauction” from ebay.
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Posted 07-01-2020 @ 8:04p.m.
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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite 6 |
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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #6 Universal |
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CGC 9.8 |
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2027947016
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Owner Comments
The sixth issue, "Finale" Or "Brothers And Sisters, I Am An Atomic Bomb" was released on February 20, 2008.
#1, #3, #4 and #5 prepare to stop the Apocalypse Suite. #2 tries to kill #7, but fails due to past emotions; #3 suffers a slashed throat from #7 and #1 takes her to a nearby hospital. #2, #4 and #5 continue to fight the Orchestra Verdammten, and end the fight when #5 shoots #7 in the head, although not fatally. #4 then uses telekinesis to stop meteors falling to the earth and stops the end of the world. In the epilogue, we learn that #7 remains paralyzed and #3 will never be able to talk again, thus, unable to use her powers. #1, #2, #4 and #5 return to the academy to find it destroyed, crushed by the Eiffel Tower.
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I’ve finally gotten serious with the Umbrella Academy series. This is the fifth of six issues I bought from “iwantthatauction” from ebay.
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Posted 07-01-2020 @ 8:07p.m.
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Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite nn Free Comic Book Day |
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Umbrella Academy #nn Universal |
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CGC 9.8 |
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2052113011
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Owner Comments
The first two books to my collections: Umbrella Academy Free comic Book Day FCBD Dark Horse CGC#2052113011 (purchased from jeevesw007) and a raw, ungraded copy (bought from “hopsandheroes”). Both of these books were bought on 09-17-19.
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The first printed story of the series, the title is a line from the B-side track "Kill All Your Friends" by Way's band, My Chemical Romance ("And you can sleep in a coffin, but the past ain't through with you"). "…But the Past Ain’t Through with You.", appeared in the 2007 Dark Horse Comics Free Comic Book Day issue. The comic book was released on May 5, 2007, Free Comic Book Day. It is included in the Apocalypse Suite collection. The comic book also features the début of Pantheon City written by Ron Marz and illustrated by Clément Sauvé and Zero Killer written by Arvid Nelson and illustrated by Matt Camp.
The story begins with Spaceboy, The Rumour, and The Séance finding The Rumour's body in an alley. The killer seems to be the 'Murder Magician' and his Assistant, who has hypnotized everyone at a talk show. The villains are defeated and the secret is uncovered. The Rumour had been sneaking out to meet up with a juggler and lying about going to the library. Her powers created a double that went to the library; this one was taken and slain. It's revealed the Monocle worked with the Magician to kill the copy to teach Rumour 'a lesson'. At the bottom of the final page, it states "... Some of the characters you have enjoyed today may or may not be living and/or dead by the next episode", hinting that The Horror dies soon after.
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Umbrella Academy: Dallas 1 Variant Edition |
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Umbrella Academy: Dallas #1 Universal |
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CGC 9.8 |
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2033883007
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Owner Comments
The first (Variant) issue was released on November 26, 2008.
In a flashback, the young Umbrella Academy battle the now-living statue of Abraham Lincoln as part of a deal between their adoptive father Hargreeves and President John F. Kennedy. Following the events of Apocalypse Suite, Kraken has taken more of a leadership stance on the team as Spaceboy has become morbidly obese due to depression. The Rumor, unable to use her reality-shifting powers due to the severing of her vocal cords, holds a grudge against a now-paralyzed and amnesiac White Violin. Number 5 is hunted by men in gas masks; after a battle from which Number 5 emerges the victor, a survivor manages to request the intervention of "Hazel and Cha-Cha", to which Number 5 responds with horror.
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Another offer, another grab, this time I bought this little beauty from "yoosh5492" on ebay.
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Posted 07-04-2020 # 3:10pm
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Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion 1 CBLDF Edition |
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Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion #1 Universal |
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CGC 9.8 |
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3704570001
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Owner Comments
Faced with an increasing number of lunatics with superpowers eager to face off with his own wunderkind, Sir Reginard Hargreeves developed the ultimate solution—The Umbrella Academy.
Now, just a few years after Hargreeves’ death, the members of his Umbrella Academy are scattered. Number Five is a hired gun. Stalking big game is Kraken. Rumor is dealing with the wreckage of her marriage. A rotund Spaceboy runs around the street of Tokyo. Vanya continues her physical therapy after being shot in the head—and no one wants to mention Séance.
The sad truth is their past is coming back to haunt them….
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This comic was first issued on October 3, 2018.
Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion picks up the story directly from the events of “The Umbrella Academy: Dallas.”
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I’m slowly coming back to work on my “Umbrella Academy.” Life and Covid19 have occupied my time, along with having to help family and friends.
This item was purchased from “Kaymar26” off of ebay.
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Posted 10/30/2020 @ 3:00pm central time.
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