'The Umbrella Academy' season 1: Why is Ben aka Number 6 missing from the family?
'The Umbrella Academy' became a huge success even before it first aired on TV. 'The Umbrella Academy' was first a graphic novel; the brain-child of Gerard Way, who won an Eisner-Award for his wonderfully weird graphic novel. As the story goes, 43 children were born on the same day to women who showed no signs of pregnancy and seven of them were adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, who believed they were special, and he was right in believing so. He brought them up together, calling them 'The Umbrella Academy' students.
'The Umbrella Academy' consists of Luther Hargreeves aka Number One, Diego Hargreeves aka Number Two, Allison Hargreeves aka Number three, Klaus Hargreeves aka Number four, The Boy aka Number five, Ben Hargreeves aka Number Six and Vanya Hargreeves aka Number Seven. All these unrelated family members have their own unique powers, with Vanya being placed last as their adoptive father implied that she was not special at all, but we know otherwise.