'The Umbrella Academy' review: Season 1 takes us back in time, but what does it spell for the future of the series?

With the first season of 'The Umbrella Academy' having aired, what entails our heroes now that they failed to stop the apocalypse?

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

The years 2018-2019 has seen the superhero genre meeting acceptance like never before and any layman would question the sheer amount of superhero series and movies that grace our screens today. But the genre is persistent and throws as many, if not all well-known, and lesser-known heroes into the limelight, forcing viewers to accept their presence as the norm.

'The Umbrella Academy' is one of the lesser-known superhero stories to grace the small-screens this February, and though new viewers may be confused as to the story's premise, 'The Umbrella Academy' writers have done excellent work in keeping the story and characters canonical to the graphic novel series from which it originated.

 

Robert Sheehan (Klaus Hargreeves) and Aidan Gallagher (Number 5) in 'The Umbrella Academy'. (Source: IMDB)
Robert Sheehan (Klaus Hargreeves) and Aidan Gallagher (Number 5) in 'The Umbrella Academy'. (Source: IMDB)

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