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Umbrella Academy: Single Issues #9
The Umbrella Academy: Dallas #3
As Clare Boothe Luce once said, "No good deed goes unpunished." The Séance, ego bloated from having saved the world a few months ago, finds himself strapped in for a most unpleasant ride while the team runs in four different directions--because only four of the seven Umbrella Brats are currently mobile. Clare Boothe Luce, Republican congresswoman, ambassador, and playwright, was the daughter of unmarried violinist and deserter Wm. Franklin Boothe. (The Umbrella Academy does not approve of the term "illegitimate child." Every child is legitimate; it's some parents we find to be lacking.) Through her varied career, she took on communism, sexism, and Nazism. When her friend, actress and legendary suicide Dorothy Hale, threw herself from the sixteenth floor of New York City's Hampshire House, Luce compelled art goddess Frida Kahlo to paint the shocking El Suicidio de Dorothy Hale. In 1953, President Eisenhower named Luce ambassador to Italy. When she met Pope Pius XII, Luce, ignoring America's own ethic about separation of church and state, explained the Church's moral requirement to be tougher on communism. Pope Pius replied, "You know, Mrs. Ambassador, I am a Catholic, too." Seven years later, the United States would elect its first Catholic president.
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Published October 6, 2015
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Gerard Way
229 books4,541 followersGerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and comic book writer who served as frontman, lead vocalist, and co-founder of the band My Chemical Romance from the time of its formation in 2001 until its breakup in 2013. He is the author of the Eisner Award-winning comic book series The Umbrella Academy (now a Netflix original series) and The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. In January 2014, he announced via Twitter that he and artist Gabriel Ba will begin work on Umbrella Academy Volumes 3 & 4 in late 2014/early 2015. His debut solo album Hesitant Alien was released on September 30, 2014. Way lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife Lindsey (bassist of Mindless Self Indulgence) and their daughter, Bandit.
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August 24, 2020
I can't believe how much better than the first volume this is. Dallas is fantastic, so far!
June 16, 2025
I love this series so much! It moves so chaotically fast, and it’s beautiful because of it. We left off the last issue with Klaus being kidnapped, we own this issue with Klaus attempting to use a tv and his powers to communicate with a very asleep Luthor. He is able to drag himself out of the tv waves and get right up to Luthor to yell at him to wake up…before the TV fizzles out and breaks. Hazel and Cha-Cha did not appreciate that disturbance one bit, and apparently Klaus can’t break out using his main powers because they found his Achilles’ heel…shoes. Yep, Klaus can’t wear shoes to properly use his powers. And that actually makes a ton of sense. But through all of their torture of Klaus they know he doesn’t know where Five is…and is no use to them. But he was able to give them something useful…his Dad’s nuclear bombs. A line from the first issue didn’t make sense to me until now, in exchange for helping Kennedy with the Lincoln incident, Reginald asked to talk about Kennedy’s bombs. Seems he took a few for himself, and in order to make sure five is completely dead…the two ola to use the bombs to blow up the world. So no more time for pie, goo he Agnes and especially goodbye to Klaus. They blew his brains out…right there. Wow.
It is now time for Allison to hear the missing parts from Five’s tale back through time. Turns out he didn’t hop straight from the future to the past, he got caught in between by temps aeternalis. An agency dedicated to the preservation of time through manipulation, removals, and taking anomies, like five, and putting them to work. They took five (still in his older body) and improved him through surgery. Halting his aging and augmenting his form for training. They sent him through time and using his micro jumps he became the best corrections agent they had. No one was as special as him…although some (like Hazel and cha-cha) are a lot more violent. His commanding officer, an oranda goldfish that gained the ability to speak, took special interest in his work and began training him for something bigger. He began correcting specific and important individuals, all the while being completely unaffected by murdering people. So he did some digging, and what he found would have horrified him if he had the ability to be horrified anymore because he found his DNA had been bound to histories most notorious assassin. He has become every killer.
Five: “I’m the act of change possessed a revolver. I am revolution packed into a suitcase bomb. I am every mark David Chapman and every Charlotte Corday. I am Luigi Lucheni slow-dancing with Balthasar to the tune of semi-automatics, while Gavrilo Princip masturbates in the corner with bath-tub napalm. I am all of them and so much more…because I am going to live forever.
So who better to commit the most notorious assassination of all time? Who better to kill the president of the United States of America? They just didn’t expect me to rebel…”
Well that completely explains why Kraken is so weirded out by Five, and five also continues to prove kraken right, especially with his impulsiveness, by also buying a puppy right there when he noticed how cute it looked in the window, lol. He’s not a complete sociopath, he’s still got a puppy dog at heart.
Well Luthor being shocked awake by Klaus finally got him out of that bunker, although idk how he got up the ladder. Luckily he has just the tool for tracking Klaus, which led him right to the apartment and Klaus’ dead body…and right into the cattle prod Hazel had ready to shock Luther into submission. Crap, either he’s dead or captured…neither is good for Luther.
But death may not be a bad thing for a Klaus. He woke up in a penciled world and met god, well the current embodiment of god anyway. Klaus is agnostic, so who can really be sure. But apparently god is an old timey western movie cowboy, and actually doesn’t like Klaus. Which is why he is deciding to send Klaus back…just like that, with the additional advice to kill Hazel and cha-cha ASAP and to stay off drugs. Geez, god is such a drag.
As the issue comes to an end Allison, five, and his new puppy catch a meal at a Chinese restaurant. Allusion of course doesn’t believe him as he finishes his story on how he eventually escaped. Five does admit, he did lie about one thing. His fish commander…is a Shubunkin not an Oranda. But you don’t need to hear that from five, the bowler hat wearing fish in a jar on a human body it controls decided to show up and interject to show Allison himself. Five obviously doesn’t want him here, but he isn’t getting much of a choice with the hostage his old boss has on the other end of the phone. Turns out a few of his agents have five’s biological mother hostage a few days before she gives birth to him. Now he wants five to come along and follow through on the assassination without a fuss. He also thinks Allison should come as well. But she’s a bit confused, why should she care what happens to five? Well…it turns out his mother is having twins. Hahahaha. But I also have to wonder…why didn’t they just start with this?! Why did they have to send Hazel and Cha-cha, they want five to complete a job. Are they trying to set it up to kill him once he gets back?! Have Hazel and cha-cha gone off the rails a bit with the leadership or what?!
It is now time for Allison to hear the missing parts from Five’s tale back through time. Turns out he didn’t hop straight from the future to the past, he got caught in between by temps aeternalis. An agency dedicated to the preservation of time through manipulation, removals, and taking anomies, like five, and putting them to work. They took five (still in his older body) and improved him through surgery. Halting his aging and augmenting his form for training. They sent him through time and using his micro jumps he became the best corrections agent they had. No one was as special as him…although some (like Hazel and cha-cha) are a lot more violent. His commanding officer, an oranda goldfish that gained the ability to speak, took special interest in his work and began training him for something bigger. He began correcting specific and important individuals, all the while being completely unaffected by murdering people. So he did some digging, and what he found would have horrified him if he had the ability to be horrified anymore because he found his DNA had been bound to histories most notorious assassin. He has become every killer.
Five: “I’m the act of change possessed a revolver. I am revolution packed into a suitcase bomb. I am every mark David Chapman and every Charlotte Corday. I am Luigi Lucheni slow-dancing with Balthasar to the tune of semi-automatics, while Gavrilo Princip masturbates in the corner with bath-tub napalm. I am all of them and so much more…because I am going to live forever.
So who better to commit the most notorious assassination of all time? Who better to kill the president of the United States of America? They just didn’t expect me to rebel…”
Well that completely explains why Kraken is so weirded out by Five, and five also continues to prove kraken right, especially with his impulsiveness, by also buying a puppy right there when he noticed how cute it looked in the window, lol. He’s not a complete sociopath, he’s still got a puppy dog at heart.
Well Luthor being shocked awake by Klaus finally got him out of that bunker, although idk how he got up the ladder. Luckily he has just the tool for tracking Klaus, which led him right to the apartment and Klaus’ dead body…and right into the cattle prod Hazel had ready to shock Luther into submission. Crap, either he’s dead or captured…neither is good for Luther.
But death may not be a bad thing for a Klaus. He woke up in a penciled world and met god, well the current embodiment of god anyway. Klaus is agnostic, so who can really be sure. But apparently god is an old timey western movie cowboy, and actually doesn’t like Klaus. Which is why he is deciding to send Klaus back…just like that, with the additional advice to kill Hazel and cha-cha ASAP and to stay off drugs. Geez, god is such a drag.
As the issue comes to an end Allison, five, and his new puppy catch a meal at a Chinese restaurant. Allusion of course doesn’t believe him as he finishes his story on how he eventually escaped. Five does admit, he did lie about one thing. His fish commander…is a Shubunkin not an Oranda. But you don’t need to hear that from five, the bowler hat wearing fish in a jar on a human body it controls decided to show up and interject to show Allison himself. Five obviously doesn’t want him here, but he isn’t getting much of a choice with the hostage his old boss has on the other end of the phone. Turns out a few of his agents have five’s biological mother hostage a few days before she gives birth to him. Now he wants five to come along and follow through on the assassination without a fuss. He also thinks Allison should come as well. But she’s a bit confused, why should she care what happens to five? Well…it turns out his mother is having twins. Hahahaha. But I also have to wonder…why didn’t they just start with this?! Why did they have to send Hazel and Cha-cha, they want five to complete a job. Are they trying to set it up to kill him once he gets back?! Have Hazel and cha-cha gone off the rails a bit with the leadership or what?!
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February 21, 2019
They saved the world but can they save themselves?!
Space Boy - FAT!
The Kraken - On the prowl
The Rumor - powerless after an improv thacheotomy
The White Violin - crippled by a gunshot wound to the head
Number Five - pursued across time by a league of assassins
The Séance - trapped by two sawn-off madmen wearing ridiculous animal masks and jacked up on red vines!
This could be the end of the Umbrella Academy
Space Boy - FAT!
The Kraken - On the prowl
The Rumor - powerless after an improv thacheotomy
The White Violin - crippled by a gunshot wound to the head
Number Five - pursued across time by a league of assassins
The Séance - trapped by two sawn-off madmen wearing ridiculous animal masks and jacked up on red vines!
This could be the end of the Umbrella Academy
December 31, 2024
4 / 5 ✮⋆˙
❝ Y'know, boy--the devil ain't gonna want you neither... Looks like you're goin' back ❞
I'm really enjoying these comics now. They are much funnier.
Number 5 buying a puppy it's the cutest and most boy/oldish thing he could've done. Also, it's insane that Klaus can't use his powers if he's wearing shoes... i definitely don't remember that
❝ Y'know, boy--the devil ain't gonna want you neither... Looks like you're goin' back ❞
I'm really enjoying these comics now. They are much funnier.
Number 5 buying a puppy it's the cutest and most boy/oldish thing he could've done. Also, it's insane that Klaus can't use his powers if he's wearing shoes... i definitely don't remember that
August 18, 2020
Un poco más sobre la historia de N.5 y cómo es que se convirtió en la persona que es ahora.
También un acercamiento a lo que está pasando Klaus gracias a Hazel y Cha-Cha (que por ahora siguen siendo de mis favoritos).
También un acercamiento a lo que está pasando Klaus gracias a Hazel y Cha-Cha (que por ahora siguen siendo de mis favoritos).
February 24, 2019
Who needs drugs when you have cookies and guns? –Hazel & Cha Cha Show
The cowboy... Who is he? God? Reginald? Who?
The cowboy... Who is he? God? Reginald? Who?
August 10, 2020
An improvement on the last two; this shit is so weird, even for graphic novels.
August 13, 2020
Woah--was not expecting that reveal!
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August 2, 2021
Agradecida que no pasaron tan gráfica la tortura de Klaus como la que está aquí 👁️👄👁️
April 4, 2022
disculpame COMO
May 13, 2022
Number five has a twin??!?
September 23, 2024
I'm in love with the graphic style please -
April 9, 2025
- Siempre hay un camino largo hacia el lavabo de hombres, vaquero
- ¿Que coño significa eso?
- Deja de hacer el primo y mata a esos hijos de puta... Y deja las drogad, Klaus.
POÉTICO
- ¿Que coño significa eso?
- Deja de hacer el primo y mata a esos hijos de puta... Y deja las drogad, Klaus.
POÉTICO
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