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The Umbrella Academy - Plan B #1

In the rubble of their former home, the Umbrella Academy is attacked by another team, a team built and trained in secret, a team of Sparrows. Rather than present the group as from an alternate timeline (as was shown in the Netflix series), this group has been together for years as seven additional children born on the same day and found by Sir Reginald Hargreeves. However, this group of heroes, even as children, play a bit harder than the Academy.

Following the standard layout of previous Umbrella Academy mini-series, The Umbrella Academy - Plan B #1 gives us a flashback to an adventure as children (although this is for the Sparrows, not the Umbrella Academy) which is used to emphasize the differences between the two teams and how they were raised by a mysterious Caregiver alluded to in this first issue. What we also see is this team is far more cohesive, and far less dysfunctional, than out heroes. On, and Vanya appears to be on their side.

[Dark Horse, $4.99]

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