The Commission Handbook: A Complete Commission Guide to Temporal Anomalies is an official companion book to the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy. It is an in-universe guidebook to the Temps Commission, written by Auggie Fletcher with notes by his supervisor, Margot Archfield.
The book contains information on Commission procedures and equipment, profiles on Commission personnel, and dossiers on the members of the Umbrella and Sparrow Academies. Also included throughout are letters from the office of the Founder.
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From the world of Netflix's Umbrella Academy comes The Commission Handbook, an officially licensed, in-universe guide to protecting the space time continuum.
Umbrella Academy: The Commission Handbook gives fans of Netflix's hit show—based on the Eisner Award–winning Dark Horse comic book series and produced by USG—a chance to step into the shoes of a Commission agent. This secret organization is well known to the show's fan-favorite character Number Five, a former Commission agent/assassin who regularly references this guide for the skills necessary to ensure the continuity of Earth's timeline.
Designed to look and feel like an in-universe object, readers will learn about the hazards of time travel, including the symptoms of paradox psychosis; gain insight into the roles of analyst, special operations, and Infinite Switchboard operator; and read in-depth dossiers on the members of the Umbrella and Sparrow Academies.
Continuity Errors[]
- In Viktor's dossier, his birthplace is given as Saint Petersburg, Russia. However, in a promotional image for Season Three, Viktor's suitcase has a Moscow sticker on it (implying that he was born in Moscow).
- Auggie writes that Tatiana practiced aerobic gymnastics. In the show, Tatiana practiced swimming.