Meet the high key goth superheroes of Netflix's upcoming 'Umbrella Academy'
Ever since Netflix announced that it picked up Umbrella Academy, the super weird gothy superhero sibling story by My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Bá, fans of the comic and the superhero genre in general have been waiting for a first look at the TV adaptation of the famously violent and stylish books.
Now, Netflix has finally released the tiniest of sneak peeks at the wonky heroes who will star in the show, just in time for San Diego Comic Con. World, meet the Umbrella Academy:
Number One: Luther Hargreeves played by Tom Hopper
A.K.A: Spaceboy Powers: Super strength and uh...a space gorilla body. It makes sense in context (not really).
Number Two : Diego Hargreeves played by David Castañeda
A.K.A: The Kraken Powers: Can breathe underwater, real good fighter
Number Three: Allison Hargreeves played by Emmy Raver-Lampman
A.K.A: The Rumor Powers: Speech-based reality distortion, which means everything she says out loud becomes retroactively true.
Number Four: Klaus Hargreeves played by Robert Sheehan
A.K.A: Séance Powers: He can talk to the dead and kind of fly, but only if he's not wearing shoes. He also probably can't die and has further telekinetic powers.
Number Five: ??? Hargreeves played by Aidan Gallagher
A.K.A: The Boy Powers: It's probably best to wait and find out.
Number Seven: Vanya Hargreeves played by Ellen Page
A.K.A. just Vanya, unfortunately Powers: None. She plays a mean violin though.
If anyone's looking for Number Six, suffice it to say that Number Six isn't in the picture.
That leaves Umbrella Academy with six dysfunctional siblings, five of which have superpowers, few of which like each other, and a world to save. All with a distinctly Gerard Way flair! I'm not OK, are you?
Umbrella Academy premieres on Netflix in 2019.
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Alexis Nedd is a senior entertainment reporter at Mashable. A self-named "fanthropologist," she's a fantasy, sci-fi, and superhero nerd with a penchant for pop cultural analysis. Her work has previously appeared in BuzzFeed, Cosmopolitan, Elle, and Esquire.
