Horror

This article is about the horror from the Dark Horse comics. You may be looking for Ben Hargreeves from the Netflix series.

The Horror
Real Name	Ben Hargreeves
Aliases	00.06 Number Six The Horror
Relatives	Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Adoptive father) Mom (Adpotive mother) Luther Hargreeves (Adoptive brother) Diego Hargreeves (Adoptive brother) Allison Hargreeves (Adoptive sister) Klaus Hargreeves (Adoptive brother) Number Five (Adoptive brother) Vanya Hargreeves (Adoptive sister)
Affiliation	Umbrella Academy
Biographical information
Date of birth	1950
Date of death	1970s
Physical description
Species	Human (ghost)
Gender	Male
Hair color	White
Other information

"You've got so much you can offer this world. More than I can, anymore. It's coming. You better be ready"

—The Horror's cryptic message to the Séance^[src]

Ben Hargreeves (00.06 The Horror) possesses monsters under his skin from other dimensions. He is deceased, but no information regarding his death is given. There is a memorial statue of him located in the front of the Academy. Even though he's been dead since before the start of the series (but after the Murder Magician affair), he's been portrayed as a member of The Umbrella Academy ever since, appearing as either his statue counterpart or as images of him alive.

In ''The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite'', Rumor stands beneath his statue, talking to Spaceboy of how everyone blames him for what happened to Ben, although no one knows for sure what happened the day he presumably died.

His statue was destroyed by the White Violin near the end of the Apocalypse Suite story.

Biography

Early life

The child that would become Ben Hargreeves was born at the same time as forty-two other extraordinary children. As a baby, he was adopted by the world-famous scientist and entrepreneur Reginald Hargreeves with the express intention of training them to save the world. Ben lived at the special academy set up by Hargreeves to train the children.

Designated as Number Six by Hargreeves, Ben had the ability to channel eldritch creatures from another dimension through a portal under his skin, most often displayed as tentacles emerging from his stomach. Growing up, he had a naive and enthusiastic nature that led to him being easily manipulated. Sir Reginald found Ben's abilities to be fascinating but gruesome and had to learn to suppress a feeling of nausea in order to study the condition further.

The Umbrella Academy

Ten years after their adoption, the Umbrella Academy made their public debut to counter the threat posed by the Zombie-Robot Gustave Eiffel and the rampaging Eiffel Tower in Paris. Ben was part of the team during the battle, using his abilities to save Klaus from the Eiffel Tower's inner workings. The battle ended with the death of Eiffel and the launching of the Eiffel Tower into space. After the mission, Ben joined the others having celebratory ice cream.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Monster Summoning: Horror was able to channel interdimensional beasts through his body.
  • Eldritch Tentacles: These appeared as green tentacles of various lengths which emerged from his torso.

Appearances

• The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite
• The Umbrella Academy: Dallas
• The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion

Notes and references