The Umbrella Academy: Plan B is the fourth comic miniseries in the superhero comic series The Umbrella Academy. It is written by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, illustrated by Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics starting in 2025. The story sees the titular team come face-to-face with their counterparts, the Sparrows, and learn of their connections to their origins.
Publication history[]
Gerard Way began working on Vol. 4 some time around September 2019.[1] On July 29, 2020, he shared in an interview with Forbes that Vol. 4 would be entitled The Umbrella Academy: Sparrow Academy. Way stated that it would finally start to address what happened to the other children born on the same day as the Umbrella Academy siblings.[2] As suggested by the title, it will feature the Sparrow Academy, introduced as the Sparrows in Volume 3.
On February 18, 2025, Variety revealed the fourth volume would be renamed to The Umbrella Academy: Plan B.
Issues[]
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After the mass release of The City's greatest foes and the chaos that followed in Hotel Oblivion, the Umbrella Academy face their most fearsome challenge to date – their other brothers and sisters.
Known only as The Sparrows, they share a different connection to Sir Reginald Hargreeves and Mom. No one knows how to hurt each other more than family, and this powerful, ruthless brood will spare no brutality in favor of their sole objective — control, and the obedient glare that comes with it. |
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References[]
| The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse Comics) | |||
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| Main characters | Spaceboy • The Kraken • The Rumor • The Séance • Number Five • Vanya Hargreeves | ||
| Supporting characters | Dr. Phinneus Pogo • Mom • The Horror • Inspector Lupo • Dr. Zoo | ||
| Villains | Sir Reginald Hargreeves • Doctor Terminal • The Murder Magician • Orchestra Verdammten • Temps Aeternalis (Carmichael • Hazel • Cha-Cha) • John Perseus X • Medusa • The Sparrows • Mr. Calhoun | ||
| Story arcs | Apocalypse Suite • Dallas • Hotel Oblivion • Plan B | ||
| Spin-offs | Hazel and Cha Cha Save Christmas • You Look Like Death | ||