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Rumor has lost her voice--the source of her power. Spaceboy has eaten himself into a near-catatonic state, while Number Five dives into some
shady dealings at the dog track and the Kraken starts looking at his littlest brother as the key to unraveling a mysterious series of massacres
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Goodreads Author Introduction. The team is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved
mentor Pogo. So it's a great time for another catastrophic event to rouse the team into action. Trouble is—each member of the team is distracted
by some very real problems of their own. The White Violin is bedridden due to an unfortunate blow to the head. Rumor h The team is despondent
following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo.
Rumor has lost her voice—the source of her power. Spaceboy has eaten himself into a near-catatonic state, while Number Five dives into some
shady dealings at the dog track and the Kraken starts looking at his littlest brother as the key to unraveling a mysterious series of massacres…all
leading to a blood-drenched face-off with maniacal assassins, and a plot to kill JFK! Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. More Details Original Title.
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really liked it Shelves: spec-fi-i-guess. In ths second volume a more complex, and more tangible plot sees further exploration of No. The concept
and reality remains strong and the plotting and characterisation have improved. The art was also better, mainly because all of the characters were
humanoid, so there was no need for abstract drawings of the non conventional antagonist, like in volume 1.
If I could criticise one thing that really bothers me, it is that the story lines still continue to move too quickly, at the expense of good characterisation
and dialogue. View 2 comments. May 28, C. Drews added it Shelves: graphic-novel , read I hoped this one would have more info on where S2 of
the show might go? But it actually had more of the plot they put in S1 so that at least made sense. And ok I realise it's unfair to compare the two
mediums because, for starters, they're different authors and storylines.
I like dark things, and I like them to be treated with the weight that they deserve. Not like yep and i'm done!!! Not like this. Plus there are no
female characters with prominent parts, the storyline doesn't really make sense, and idfk what's going on. View all 4 comments. May 07, Dan
Schwent rated it really liked it Shelves: cool-covers , comics-to-upload , comics. In this, the second Umbrella Academy collection, Spaceman has
eaten himself into obesity, Kraken has gotten a bit more obsessive, White Violin is in the hospital and paralzyed since the previous volume, and
Number Five, after some shenanigans at the dog track, goes back in time to prevent himself from preventing the Kennedy assassination Where else
would you see a character travelling back in time to prevent his older self fr In this, the second Umbrella Academy collection, Spaceman has eaten
himself into obesity, Kraken has gotten a bit more obsessive, White Violin is in the hospital and paralzyed since the previous volume, and Number
Five, after some shenanigans at the dog track, goes back in time to prevent himself from preventing the Kennedy assassination Where else would
you see a character travelling back in time to prevent his older self from protecting Kennedy?
There are laughs but also thought provoking moments. The Umbrella Academy is a slightly more sophisticated rendition of the X-Men. Picture the
X-Men being three times as dysfunctional and wearing domino masks and British schoolboy outfits and there you go. View all 8 comments. Jun
02, mark monday rated it really liked it Shelves: comicon.
View all 7 comments. Jan 23, Devann rated it it was ok Shelves: c-dl , t-graphic-novel , a-adult , 0-abandoned-series , star , g-superheroes. It
pains me to continue to rate this series so low, but I just feel like he took SO MANY cliches and tropes and mashed them all together and it really
doesn't work, both in terms of making sense plot-wise and in making me care about any of the characters beyond their stereotypical archetype.
Apr 18, Layla Between the Lines rated it it was amazing Shelves: read-in First of all, The Umbrella Academy series on Netflix really surprised me.
I wasn't expecting it to be anything amazing but I ended up finishing the whole show in a day. Anyway, this second volume was pretty great and
I'm looking forward to the next season of the show. Jul 17, Calista rated it really liked it Shelves: , genre-fantasy , series-complete , comics-
graphic-novel , genre-horror-gothic , want-to-own , i-dark-horse , lgbtq , series , bage-young-adult.
I read the 1st volume a while back and I thought it was good, but confusing and not great. I then saw the new show on Netflix recently and it made
sense of that 1st story. Some content from this book was also put into the Netflix series. Anyway, all this to say, I thought this volume was much
better and it made more sense. It wasn't as disjointed as the first one was, I felt. I'm glad I read this. The Netflix series is even better than these
books. It's a case where the show is better than the bo I read the 1st volume a while back and I thought it was good, but confusing and not great.
It's a case where the show is better than the book. I do wonder if the 2nd series will deal more with the volume or put new content up. Something
wild blowing my mind, the writer, Gerard Way was the lead vocalist for 'my Chemical Romance'. Like no way. That is some talent to be in 2
mediums. I'm impressed. The Kennedy assassination is the key of this book.
Number 5 was sent to kill him and instead he is protecting him from being hurt. So now, a kid version of Number 5 from the past is sent to defeat
his older self and finish the job he was paid to do. Number 5 is a hit man. The rest of the academy is sent to stop the young Number 5 and protect
the president. I have to say, I like the gayer Klaus in the show than in the comics.
He's not as flamboyant. It's too bad. Klaus was a crazy ball mess, but plenty fun. I keep trying to review the story and jump to the show. Ok, this
is a great graphic novel and it's better and more coherent than the 1st volume. Read this to be ready for the next season of the show. I will now
search out volume 3 to read ASAP. Dec 14, Bradley rated it it was amazing Shelves: graphic-novels , fantasy , sci-fi , shelf. Like the first volume, I
was delighted to see how close the TV show followed the source material. But unlike the first volume, it's a lot more solid and interesting on its
own. The Kenedy assassination was still better in the live-action, but I really loved the sequence here. And that doesn't begin to say anything about
the mindfuquery of the correcting timelines. An Internet preview was released on November 2, , on the Dark Horse website. The story was
colored by Dan Jackson and lettered by Jason Hvam. 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".
It is included in the Apocalypse Suite collection. 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 " The second volume of Dark Horse Presents an
anthology comic book, which was the first comic ever published by Dark Horse appears monthly exclusively online on the social networking
website MySpace for free.
The comic book also features stories for the series Sugarshock! The story begins with The Kraken on top of a moving car occupied by criminals.
The cars occupants, a driver, a man in the passenger seat with a Tommy gun , a Gypsy fortune teller in the back seat, and a little girl in the back
seat are all aware that The Kraken is on top of the vehicle. After The Kraken stabs the top of the car, the fortune teller, who is holding a green
crystal ball , orders the man in the front to shoot The Kraken, who manages to escape injury. When the girl in the back says that she wants to go
home, the fortune teller tells her she can as soon as her father pays the ransom. The Kraken punches the man with the gun through the window,
prompting the fortune teller to order the driver to slam the brakes.
The Kraken and the man with the gun are ejected from the car, the latter going through the windshield. The driver then indiscriminately shoots at
the clothing store with the Tommy gun. The Kraken emerges on top of the car behind the fortune teller and demands the release of the girl. She
pulls out another cartomancy card with 'devil'. The driver shoots at The Kraken, who jumps towards him and punches him.
The knocked-out man falls to the ground. The fortuneteller, still defiant, tells The Kraken not to produce his blade or else she will drop the green
crystal ball, which she claims holds the life of the girl she is holding hostage. She claims that if it drops the girl will die. The Kraken throws his knife
at the fortune teller's shoulder and she drops the crystal ball, which shatters on the ground. The fortune teller is shocked to see that the girl is still
alive and is surprised by a punch delivered by The Kraken. The next scene shows the fortune teller being arrested who is hysterically saying that
the girl should have died. Inspector Lupo a character similar to Commissioner Gordon of Batman thanks The Kraken for saving the mayor's
daughter.
The Kraken reaches into the back seat of the fortune teller's car and produces a crystal ball, identical to the one that was destroyed. He hands it in
to the Inspector and tells him that it's "Something important. Take care of it. The story takes place thirteen years ago, during the group's teenage
years. The Monocle is giving a long and boring speech to Diego The Kraken and Vanya The White Violin , who are in a punk rock band called
Prime 8's, in which Vanya plays the guitar, Diego plays the bass guitar, and an ape called "Body" plays the drums.
The Monocle dislikes the band's music and the name of their debut album I Don't Wanna Kill the President , saying that this gives The Academy
bad publicity. He gives Vanya a plane ticket to Paris, where she is supposed to study "real" music classical , however, he is simply trying to
separate Vanya from Diego. In his room, Diego convinces Vanya to play one last gig that night at a bar, and then with the money they would earn,
they could run away from the Umbrella Academy to tour with the band. They agree to meet at the gig that night. At the bar, people are screaming
to hear the Prime 8's, but Diego hasn't shown up yet.

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problems of their own. The White Violin is bedridden due to an unfortunate blow to the head.
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More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Umbrella Academy, Vol. Mar 29, Baba rated it really liked it Shelves: spec-fi-i-guess. In ths
second volume a more complex, and more tangible plot sees further exploration of No. The concept and reality remains strong and the plotting and
characterisation have improved. The art was also better, mainly because all of the characters were humanoid, so there was no need for abstract
drawings of the non conventional antagonist, like in volume 1.
If I could criticise one thing that really bothers me, it is that the story lines still continue to move too quickly, at the expense of good characterisation
and dialogue. View 2 comments. May 28, C. Drews added it Shelves: graphic-novel , read I hoped this one would have more info on where S2 of
the show might go? But it actually had more of the plot they put in S1 so that at least made sense. And ok I realise it's unfair to compare the two
mediums because, for starters, they're different authors and storylines. I like dark things, and I like them to be treated with the weight that they
deserve. Not like yep and i'm done!!! Not like this. Plus there are no female characters with prominent parts, the storyline doesn't really make
sense, and idfk what's going on.
View all 4 comments. May 07, Dan Schwent rated it really liked it Shelves: cool-covers , comics-to-upload , comics. In this, the second Umbrella
Academy collection, Spaceman has eaten himself into obesity, Kraken has gotten a bit more obsessive, White Violin is in the hospital and
paralzyed since the previous volume, and Number Five, after some shenanigans at the dog track, goes back in time to prevent himself from
preventing the Kennedy assassination Where else would you see a character travelling back in time to prevent his older self fr In this, the second
Umbrella Academy collection, Spaceman has eaten himself into obesity, Kraken has gotten a bit more obsessive, White Violin is in the hospital
and paralzyed since the previous volume, and Number Five, after some shenanigans at the dog track, goes back in time to prevent himself from
preventing the Kennedy assassination Where else would you see a character travelling back in time to prevent his older self from protecting
Kennedy?
There are laughs but also thought provoking moments. The Umbrella Academy is a slightly more sophisticated rendition of the X-Men. Picture the
X-Men being three times as dysfunctional and wearing domino masks and British schoolboy outfits and there you go. View all 8 comments. Jun
02, mark monday rated it really liked it Shelves: comicon. View all 7 comments. Jan 23, Devann rated it it was ok Shelves: c-dl , t-graphic-novel ,
a-adult , 0-abandoned-series , star , g-superheroes. It pains me to continue to rate this series so low, but I just feel like he took SO MANY
cliches and tropes and mashed them all together and it really doesn't work, both in terms of making sense plot-wise and in making me care about
any of the characters beyond their stereotypical archetype. Apr 18, Layla Between the Lines rated it it was amazing Shelves: read-in First of all,
The Umbrella Academy series on Netflix really surprised me. I wasn't expecting it to be anything amazing but I ended up finishing the whole show
in a day.
Anyway, this second volume was pretty great and I'm looking forward to the next season of the show. Jul 17, Calista rated it really liked it Shelves:
, genre-fantasy , series-complete , comics-graphic-novel , genre-horror-gothic , want-to-own , i-dark-horse , lgbtq , series , bage-young-adult. I
read the 1st volume a while back and I thought it was good, but confusing and not great. I then saw the new show on Netflix recently and it made
sense of that 1st story. Some content from this book was also put into the Netflix series. Anyway, all this to say, I thought this volume was much
better and it made more sense. It wasn't as disjointed as the first one was, I felt. I'm glad I read this. The Netflix series is even better than these
books.
It's a case where the show is better than the bo I read the 1st volume a while back and I thought it was good, but confusing and not great. It's a
case where the show is better than the book. I do wonder if the 2nd series will deal more with the volume or put new content up. Something wild
blowing my mind, the writer, Gerard Way was the lead vocalist for 'my Chemical Romance'.
Like no way. That is some talent to be in 2 mediums. I'm impressed. The Kennedy assassination is the key of this book. Number 5 was sent to kill
him and instead he is protecting him from being hurt. So now, a kid version of Number 5 from the past is sent to defeat his older self and finish the
job he was paid to do. Number 5 is a hit man.
The rest of the academy is sent to stop the young Number 5 and protect the president. I have to say, I like the gayer Klaus in the show than in the
comics. He's not as flamboyant. It's too bad. Klaus was a crazy ball mess, but plenty fun. I keep trying to review the story and jump to the show.
Ok, this is a great graphic novel and it's better and more coherent than the 1st volume. Read this to be ready for the next season of the show. I will
now search out volume 3 to read ASAP. Dec 14, Bradley rated it it was amazing Shelves: graphic-novels , fantasy , sci-fi , shelf. Like the first
volume, I was delighted to see how close the TV show followed the source material. But unlike the first volume, it's a lot more solid and interesting
on its own. The Kenedy assassination was still better in the live-action, but I really loved the sequence here.
And that doesn't begin to say anything about the mindfuquery of the correcting timelines. Fewer twists, but it made up for it with some impact.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I need to stop waiting so long to write reviews because I can't remember what I wanted to say. This was also confusing,
more so than the first one. Vaguely traumatizing. Quite concerning. That's it. That's the review. Aug 10, Mizuki rated it it was amazing. Review for
vol. Pre-review: I'd seen this book in the library, and now I need to get my hands on it. Actual review starts here: Let's assassinate JFK! Let's do
time-travel! Let's nuke the entire planet! There really are a lot of excitement going on in this volume, and the artwork, the character designs are as
awesome as always, plus the talking-monkeys really are damn interesting! Let's rock n' roll! I can't wait to read the next volume! Mar 19, Tina
Haigler rated it really liked it Shelves: graphic-novel.
That was much better than the first one. Full review to come :. May 08, Chad rated it it was amazing Shelves: I like how Way weaves all these plot
threads that seem to have nothing to do with one another into a cohesive story by the end of the arc. It feels like a Vertigo book with ADD. I do
have to wonder when Way is going to let something nice happen to the cast. Just when you think how could this get any worse for this family, Way
drives them even deeper to despair. But I guess that's also part of the series' subversive charm because this book is still a lot of bat-shit crazy, over
the top fun. Jul 28, Jenny Reading Envy rated it liked it Shelves: graphic-novels-or-comics , hoopla , sci-fi-fantasy , read , ebooks , sword. The
next season of Umbrella Academy comes out soon so I caught up with the family in Hoopla. This one centers around the JFK assassination for a
very important reason!
I didn't connect well with this one, maybe it's too focused on a character that I don't like much, maybe it's the silly cartoon head characters Teen
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Read More was successful. 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 " The second volume of Dark Horse Presents an anthology comic book,
which was the first comic ever published by Dark Horse appears monthly exclusively online on the social networking website MySpace for free.
The comic book also features stories for the series Sugarshock! The story begins with The Kraken on top of a moving car occupied by criminals.
The cars occupants, a driver, a man in the passenger seat with a Tommy gun , a Gypsy fortune teller in the back seat, and a little girl in the back
seat are all aware that The Kraken is on top of the vehicle. After The Kraken stabs the top of the car, the fortune teller, who is holding a green
crystal ball , orders the man in the front to shoot The Kraken, who manages to escape injury. When the girl in the back says that she wants to go
home, the fortune teller tells her she can as soon as her father pays the ransom. The Kraken punches the man with the gun through the window,
prompting the fortune teller to order the driver to slam the brakes. The Kraken and the man with the gun are ejected from the car, the latter going
through the windshield.
The driver then indiscriminately shoots at the clothing store with the Tommy gun. The Kraken emerges on top of the car behind the fortune teller
and demands the release of the girl. She pulls out another cartomancy card with 'devil'. The driver shoots at The Kraken, who jumps towards him
and punches him. The knocked-out man falls to the ground. The fortuneteller, still defiant, tells The Kraken not to produce his blade or else she will
drop the green crystal ball, which she claims holds the life of the girl she is holding hostage. She claims that if it drops the girl will die. The Kraken
throws his knife at the fortune teller's shoulder and she drops the crystal ball, which shatters on the ground. The fortune teller is shocked to see that
the girl is still alive and is surprised by a punch delivered by The Kraken.
The next scene shows the fortune teller being arrested who is hysterically saying that the girl should have died. Inspector Lupo a character similar
to Commissioner Gordon of Batman thanks The Kraken for saving the mayor's daughter. The Kraken reaches into the back seat of the fortune
teller's car and produces a crystal ball, identical to the one that was destroyed. He hands it in to the Inspector and tells him that it's "Something
important. Take care of it. The story takes place thirteen years ago, during the group's teenage years. The Monocle is giving a long and boring
speech to Diego The Kraken and Vanya The White Violin , who are in a punk rock band called Prime 8's, in which Vanya plays the guitar, Diego
plays the bass guitar, and an ape called "Body" plays the drums.
The Monocle dislikes the band's music and the name of their debut album I Don't Wanna Kill the President , saying that this gives The Academy
bad publicity. He gives Vanya a plane ticket to Paris, where she is supposed to study "real" music classical , however, he is simply trying to
separate Vanya from Diego. In his room, Diego convinces Vanya to play one last gig that night at a bar, and then with the money they would earn,
they could run away from the Umbrella Academy to tour with the band. They agree to meet at the gig that night. At the bar, people are screaming
to hear the Prime 8's, but Diego hasn't shown up yet. The owner of the bar demands to see the band playing at that moment or he'll send another
band on, so Body decides to quit the band and say goodbye to Vanya. Vanya, upset at being let down by Diego, is walking down the street and
passes by a shop selling TVs.
The news is shown about a gang arrested by The Umbrella Academy, which they did with the help of Diego. Vanya walks away and gets into a
taxi. The driver asks, "Going somewhere important? A spinoff series titled Tales from the Umbrella Academy was announced in

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Res. I like dark things, and I like them to be treated with the weight that they deserve. Not like yep and i'm done!!! Not like this. Plus there are no
female characters with prominent parts, the storyline doesn't really make sense, and idfk what's going on.
View all 4 comments. May 07, Dan Schwent rated it really liked it Shelves: cool-covers , comics-to-upload , comics. In this, the second Umbrella
Academy collection, Spaceman has eaten himself into obesity, Kraken has gotten a bit more obsessive, White Violin is in the hospital and
paralzyed since the previous volume, and Number Five, after some shenanigans at the dog track, goes back in time to prevent himself from
preventing the Kennedy assassination Where else would you see a character travelling back in time to prevent his older self fr In this, the second
Umbrella Academy collection, Spaceman has eaten himself into obesity, Kraken has gotten a bit more obsessive, White Violin is in the hospital
and paralzyed since the previous volume, and Number Five, after some shenanigans at the dog track, goes back in time to prevent himself from
preventing the Kennedy assassination Where else would you see a character travelling back in time to prevent his older self from protecting
Kennedy?
There are laughs but also thought provoking moments. The Umbrella Academy is a slightly more sophisticated rendition of the X-Men. Picture the
X-Men being three times as dysfunctional and wearing domino masks and British schoolboy outfits and there you go. View all 8 comments. Jun
02, mark monday rated it really liked it Shelves: comicon. View all 7 comments. Jan 23, Devann rated it it was ok Shelves: c-dl , t-graphic-novel ,
a-adult , 0-abandoned-series , star , g-superheroes. It pains me to continue to rate this series so low, but I just feel like he took SO MANY
cliches and tropes and mashed them all together and it really doesn't work, both in terms of making sense plot-wise and in making me care about
any of the characters beyond their stereotypical archetype.
Apr 18, Layla Between the Lines rated it it was amazing Shelves: read-in First of all, The Umbrella Academy series on Netflix really surprised me.
I wasn't expecting it to be anything amazing but I ended up finishing the whole show in a day. Anyway, this second volume was pretty great and
I'm looking forward to the next season of the show. Jul 17, Calista rated it really liked it Shelves: , genre-fantasy , series-complete , comics-
graphic-novel , genre-horror-gothic , want-to-own , i-dark-horse , lgbtq , series , bage-young-adult.
I read the 1st volume a while back and I thought it was good, but confusing and not great. I then saw the new show on Netflix recently and it made
sense of that 1st story. Some content from this book was also put into the Netflix series. Anyway, all this to say, I thought this volume was much
better and it made more sense. It wasn't as disjointed as the first one was, I felt. I'm glad I read this. The Netflix series is even better than these
books. It's a case where the show is better than the bo I read the 1st volume a while back and I thought it was good, but confusing and not great.
It's a case where the show is better than the book. I do wonder if the 2nd series will deal more with the volume or put new content up. Something
wild blowing my mind, the writer, Gerard Way was the lead vocalist for 'my Chemical Romance'. Like no way. That is some talent to be in 2
mediums. I'm impressed. The Kennedy assassination is the key of this book. Number 5 was sent to kill him and instead he is protecting him from
being hurt. So now, a kid version of Number 5 from the past is sent to defeat his older self and finish the job he was paid to do. Number 5 is a hit
man. The rest of the academy is sent to stop the young Number 5 and protect the president.
I have to say, I like the gayer Klaus in the show than in the comics. He's not as flamboyant. It's too bad. Klaus was a crazy ball mess, but plenty
fun. I keep trying to review the story and jump to the show. Ok, this is a great graphic novel and it's better and more coherent than the 1st volume.
Read this to be ready for the next season of the show. I will now search out volume 3 to read ASAP. Dec 14, Bradley rated it it was amazing
Shelves: graphic-novels , fantasy , sci-fi , shelf. Like the first volume, I was delighted to see how close the TV show followed the source material.
But unlike the first volume, it's a lot more solid and interesting on its own. The Kenedy assassination was still better in the live-action, but I really
loved the sequence here. And that doesn't begin to say anything about the mindfuquery of the correcting timelines.
Fewer twists, but it made up for it with some impact. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I need to stop waiting so long to write reviews because I can't
remember what I wanted to say. This was also confusing, more so than the first one. Vaguely traumatizing. Quite concerning. That's it. That's the
review. Aug 10, Mizuki rated it it was amazing. Review for vol. Pre-review: I'd seen this book in the library, and now I need to get my hands on it.
Actual review starts here: Let's assassinate JFK! Let's do time-travel! Let's nuke the entire planet!
There really are a lot of excitement going on in this volume, and the artwork, the character designs are as awesome as always, plus the talking-
monkeys really are damn interesting! Let's rock n' roll! I can't wait to read the next volume! Mar 19, Tina Haigler rated it really liked it Shelves:
graphic-novel. That was much better than the first one. Full review to come :. May 08, Chad rated it it was amazing Shelves: I like how Way
weaves all these plot threads that seem to have nothing to do with one another into a cohesive story by the end of the arc.
It feels like a Vertigo book with ADD. I do have to wonder when Way is going to let something nice happen to the cast. Just when you think how
could this get any worse for this family, Way drives them even deeper to despair. But I guess that's also part of the series' subversive charm
because this book is still a lot of bat-shit crazy, over the top fun. Jul 28, Jenny Reading Envy rated it liked it Shelves: graphic-novels-or-comics ,
hoopla , sci-fi-fantasy , read , ebooks , sword. The next season of Umbrella Academy comes out soon so I caught up with the family in Hoopla.
This one centers around the JFK assassination for a very important reason! I didn't connect well with this one, maybe it's too focused on a
character that I don't like much, maybe it's the silly cartoon head characters That's pretty cool.
May 21, Gabrielle rated it really liked it Shelves: fantasy , own-a-copy , reviewed , graphic-novels , read-in , speculative-fiction. Much, much
better than the first "Umbrella Academy" story, this is where the admittedly interesting characters created by Way are finally developed! But they
won't have much of a choice shaking off their funk when their mysterious brother Number Five is being pursued by a Much, much better than the
first "Umbrella Academy" story, this is where the admittedly interesting characters created by Way are finally developed! But they won't have much
of a choice shaking off their funk when their mysterious brother Number Five is being pursued by a couple of masked psychopaths and must save
them by going back in time to commit the most notorious assassination in history Sure, that sounds like way too much stuff going on at the same
time, but I admit that to my surprise, Way actually pulls off this rather ambitious and convoluted story.
The pacing works really well, the story hangs together perfectly and the members of the Umbrella Academy finally get enough backstory for their
actions to make sense. I think I still prefer the Netflix series, but I must say, I hope they use this story line in season 2! A fun, violent and often
hilarious story of time-travel and emo superheros. Which is fine, I can sort of turn my brain off and read for the plot but it keeps me from getting
connected the way I do to the characters in the Netflix series. Anyway, season one of the show appears to be a mix of volumes 1 and 2. Really
wanted to enjoy this series but none of the characters seem more than 2D cut outs. The plot is as nonsensical and messy as always, feeling like a
bad acid trip of sorts. This is where I part with this series. Also in Umbrella Academy. Also by Gerard Way. About Gerard Way Gerard Way is a
singer, songwriter, and comic book writer who is perhaps best known as the lead singer of the band My Chemical Romance.
Product Details. Inspired by Your Browsing History. Mob Psycho Volume 5. Gerard Way and Shaun Simon. Batman: The Long Halloween.
Hiroshi Seko. Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition. To Your Eternity 2. Yoshitoki Oima. Spike Chunsoft and Kyousuke Suga. Stjepan Sejic. Akira
Volume 1. Katsuhiro Otomo. Faith Erin Hicks. Attack on Titan: Colossal Edition 2. Hajime Isayama. Gleipnir 1. Land of the Lustrous 1. Haruko
Ichikawa. Aliens: Infiltrator.
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