The Umbrella Academy is preparing for its third season, and while plot details remain unknown, the character posters hint at a major Five change that will benefit the character. The superhero genre has seen a variety of stories and characters in recent years, both on the big screen and on TV/streaming, and one of the most successful titles has been The Umbrella Academy. Created by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, The Umbrella Academy is a comic book series that made the transition to streaming in 2019 thanks to Netflix, becoming one of the platform’s most popular titles.
The Umbrella Academy follows the Hargreeves, seven kids who were born on the same day, at the same time, to women who weren’t pregnant when the day began, as well as other 36 kids around the world. After hearing about this curious event, scientist and billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves set out to adopt as many of those babies as he could but he only got seven. As they started to develop superpowers, Reginald trained them and formed The Umbrella Academy, sending them on different missions to fight different criminals. However, as Reginald wasn’t a good father, the Hargreeves ended up parting ways over time, and the first one to leave the team was Five (Aidan Gallagher), who has the ability to teleport through space and time.
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During the first 13 years of his life, Five had only used his powers to teleport from one place to another, so one day, he had the idea of time-traveling, which Reginald quickly shut down by telling him he hasn’t tamed his own ability yet. Feeling underestimated by his own father, Five left and started jumping to future years, until he arrived at a
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