superheroes · umbrella academy · dysfunctional family · adoptive siblings · action · trauma · bickering · superpowers · ensemble cast · dark humor
October 1, 1989, noon. A global anomaly: forty-three women, none previously pregnant, give birth simultaneously. The world holds its breath. Enter Sir Reginald Hargreeves, eccentric billionaire and adventurer, whose eyes gleam with a dark, calculating purpose. He moves through the chaos, not as a savior, but as a collector, determined to locate and adopt as many of these miraculous, terrifying children as possible.