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Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion #1
The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion #1
Gerard Way & Gabriel Ba reunite! Faced with an increasing number of lunatics with superpowers eager to face off with his own wunderkind brood, Sir Reginald Hargreeves developed the ultimate solution. Now, just a few years after Hargreeves's death, his Umbrella Academy is scattered. Number Five is a hired gun, Kraken is stalking big game, Rumor is dealing with the wreckage of her marriage, a rotund Spaceboy runs around the streets of Tokyo, Vanya continues her physical therapy after being shot in the head--and no one wants to even mention Seance until issue #2. With a Netflix series soon to debut, the award-winning and best-selling superhero series returns, stranger than ever. And their past is coming back to hunt them.
24 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 3, 2018
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Gerard Way
229 books4,541 followersGerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and comic book writer who served as frontman, lead vocalist, and co-founder of the band My Chemical Romance from the time of its formation in 2001 until its breakup in 2013. He is the author of the Eisner Award-winning comic book series The Umbrella Academy (now a Netflix original series) and The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. In January 2014, he announced via Twitter that he and artist Gabriel Ba will begin work on Umbrella Academy Volumes 3 & 4 in late 2014/early 2015. His debut solo album Hesitant Alien was released on September 30, 2014. Way lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife Lindsey (bassist of Mindless Self Indulgence) and their daughter, Bandit.
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April 11, 2019
Todos los personajes que ya conocemos y adoramos están de regreso.
Regados quien sabe dónde haciendo quien sabe que.
Muchos personajes nuevos, que no sabemos que quieren, que pretenden o quienes son.
Y donde carajos esta Klaus?
A menos que si saliera y no lo notara entre tanto sin sentido, ojalá tome rumbo la historia en el siguiente Issue, porque pfff vaya revoltijo que es este.
Mi parte favorita: Ver a Vania y Allison juntas.
Regados quien sabe dónde haciendo quien sabe que.
Muchos personajes nuevos, que no sabemos que quieren, que pretenden o quienes son.
Y donde carajos esta Klaus?
A menos que si saliera y no lo notara entre tanto sin sentido, ojalá tome rumbo la historia en el siguiente Issue, porque pfff vaya revoltijo que es este.
Mi parte favorita: Ver a Vania y Allison juntas.
January 8, 2020
3.5 stars.
"You're a monster Hargreeves...
I am many things. And in this I am content."
I have no idea where any of this is going.
What does a hotel have to do with anything?
I'm kinda curious to see what Diego and Luther do together. Those two can make anything explode.
That sisterly moment between Alisson and Vanya was cute. I'm all here to see these two bond and have a nice, supportive relationship.
Will see where this goes.
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I actually finished this days ago but had forgotten to update.
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I just want to see more of the Hargreeves. Especially Vanya. That's it.
"You're a monster Hargreeves...
I am many things. And in this I am content."
I have no idea where any of this is going.
What does a hotel have to do with anything?
I'm kinda curious to see what Diego and Luther do together. Those two can make anything explode.
That sisterly moment between Alisson and Vanya was cute. I'm all here to see these two bond and have a nice, supportive relationship.
Will see where this goes.
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I actually finished this days ago but had forgotten to update.
RTC.
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I just want to see more of the Hargreeves. Especially Vanya. That's it.
October 7, 2018
I've been waiting 10 years for this new series and the first issue did not disappoint. Can't wait to see what the family gets up to next month.
December 13, 2019
Μπερδεμένο, αλλά όσα από τα στοιχεία του Umbrella Academy είχα αγαπήσει στα δύο πρώτα, βρίσκονται κι εδώ. Μου έλειψε λιγάκι ο Σεάνς, αλλά περιμένω χορταστικό τεύχος #2
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January 1, 2021This really put me in the mood for season three of the show *grabby hands*
February 21, 2019
Saw the show on Netflix so thought I'd give the book a try. I probably need to read more issues cause I didn't get much from this but still interested enough to find out more.
April 14, 2021
The first volume of The Umbrella Academy was merely an okay read for me. It had potential, yet it was lacking. The prequel I enjoyed less. I accidentally skipped the second volume before diving into this first part of Hotel Oblivion, so it’s possible that is to blame for the fact I did not enjoy this one.
As it was, I could not tell how anything was linked together. It was too all over the place for me. I know this is just the first part of the story, and things will become clearer as the story progresses, but this was not enough to get me to pick up the rest of this one. Nothing really grabbed me, and there was no desire to find out what happened next.
As I’m super picky with graphic novels, I’m going to conclude this series is not for me. I can understand the appeal, but there isn’t enough for me to be hooked.
As it was, I could not tell how anything was linked together. It was too all over the place for me. I know this is just the first part of the story, and things will become clearer as the story progresses, but this was not enough to get me to pick up the rest of this one. Nothing really grabbed me, and there was no desire to find out what happened next.
As I’m super picky with graphic novels, I’m going to conclude this series is not for me. I can understand the appeal, but there isn’t enough for me to be hooked.
October 4, 2018
A surreal and fascinating start to Umbrella Academy's long awaited return.
May 31, 2024
Volviendo a leer a la familia mas disfuncional luego de mucho tiempo... Como extrañaba esto. Recuerdo menos de lo que imaginaba.
June 16, 2025
Welcome to the hotel oblivion! At first an off handed comment in the first series, now on full display as the place where all the naughty villains of the umbrella academy are taken to be forgotten. An otherworldly waste of a planet that is overlooked by an all powerful being called the scientific man and with only one way televator access, unless you have the code, you may never leave! The hotel is first introduced to us when we go back to the past and watch as Reginald drops off the murder magician for his stay. The entire building is full of villains, each with their own room, and the building is managed autonomously by faceless bellhops. It’s literally oblivion.
In the present day we find that five has taken up contract work, which involves a lot of James Bond-esque car chases and shootouts before a lunch meeting with a potential client. This client happens to be the ousted top board member from the Perseus corporation, here to hire five to find out what is really going on in there. Later on we see five rummaging around their air ducts and trying to talk up the receptionist about their security practices…he will most definitely be back, lol.
We find that spaceboy’s journey has taken him to Tokyo, where he ended up helping a local hero with a villain that uses a giant floating sphere of tv’s to send out energy attacks. Using a vending machine drink with the heroes logo, they are able to temporarily speak each other’s languages in order to communicate. But ever present and following spaceboy is kraken! Spaceboy is actually here looking for Doctor zoo, an old friend of Reginald to help with his current weight issues. Diego is sticking around until spaceboy is done, but then he needs to come back and help the team rebuild. Speaking of the team, seems the only people still at the old academy are Allison and Vanya, and Allison is currently trying to help Vanya through the recover process to be able to walk again…it’s not going well, and their mother actually scolded Allison for not using her powers to allow Vanya to walk again. But I do have to admit I agree with Allison that it can’t be that easy, this is a long and hard process that I believe would be best for Vanya to go through. Back in Tokyo, spaceboy was able to use Doctor Zoo’s machines to get back in shape in a few hours! Then using another hero, named atomic detective, they blasted his face into a way better haircut, lol. It seems the two brothers are also here for another reason, or at least get an unusual chance, as Dr Zoo is in possession of their old team ship…the Minerva. Turns out that Abhijat has been here the entire time, leaving them after not being able to stand being around them after loosing their way. Seems they are a lot better now. But the Minerva is quite a sight, capable of interstellar flight, and with Dr Zoo’s upgrades, it is able to voyage into an unknown portion of the universe called after space. Doctor zoo is looking for answers…so is Luther…let’s work together!
Meanwhile in Wisconsin, a woman missed her bus stop, only to be woken up when the bus screeched to a halt with a dead deer in the road. Her floor manager is gonna kill her for being late, I wonder who this is. As the issue comes to a close we jump back to the hotel oblivion in the preset day. Things are awful here, there is some strange flash on the horizon (not like they are let outside anyway) and murder magician, working with, a man with a camera in his head are trying to finally break free using Reginald’s televator code that he still has stored in his head. But there is a very specific reason they are trying to break out, to get the magician’s baby away from its mother. The big thing they have to worry about is scientific man watching over everything. What a peculiar place.
In the present day we find that five has taken up contract work, which involves a lot of James Bond-esque car chases and shootouts before a lunch meeting with a potential client. This client happens to be the ousted top board member from the Perseus corporation, here to hire five to find out what is really going on in there. Later on we see five rummaging around their air ducts and trying to talk up the receptionist about their security practices…he will most definitely be back, lol.
We find that spaceboy’s journey has taken him to Tokyo, where he ended up helping a local hero with a villain that uses a giant floating sphere of tv’s to send out energy attacks. Using a vending machine drink with the heroes logo, they are able to temporarily speak each other’s languages in order to communicate. But ever present and following spaceboy is kraken! Spaceboy is actually here looking for Doctor zoo, an old friend of Reginald to help with his current weight issues. Diego is sticking around until spaceboy is done, but then he needs to come back and help the team rebuild. Speaking of the team, seems the only people still at the old academy are Allison and Vanya, and Allison is currently trying to help Vanya through the recover process to be able to walk again…it’s not going well, and their mother actually scolded Allison for not using her powers to allow Vanya to walk again. But I do have to admit I agree with Allison that it can’t be that easy, this is a long and hard process that I believe would be best for Vanya to go through. Back in Tokyo, spaceboy was able to use Doctor Zoo’s machines to get back in shape in a few hours! Then using another hero, named atomic detective, they blasted his face into a way better haircut, lol. It seems the two brothers are also here for another reason, or at least get an unusual chance, as Dr Zoo is in possession of their old team ship…the Minerva. Turns out that Abhijat has been here the entire time, leaving them after not being able to stand being around them after loosing their way. Seems they are a lot better now. But the Minerva is quite a sight, capable of interstellar flight, and with Dr Zoo’s upgrades, it is able to voyage into an unknown portion of the universe called after space. Doctor zoo is looking for answers…so is Luther…let’s work together!
Meanwhile in Wisconsin, a woman missed her bus stop, only to be woken up when the bus screeched to a halt with a dead deer in the road. Her floor manager is gonna kill her for being late, I wonder who this is. As the issue comes to a close we jump back to the hotel oblivion in the preset day. Things are awful here, there is some strange flash on the horizon (not like they are let outside anyway) and murder magician, working with, a man with a camera in his head are trying to finally break free using Reginald’s televator code that he still has stored in his head. But there is a very specific reason they are trying to break out, to get the magician’s baby away from its mother. The big thing they have to worry about is scientific man watching over everything. What a peculiar place.
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May 23, 2023
esse foi o mais diferente da série até então e, já que assisti primeiro a série pra depois ler os quadrinhos, fica bem difícil não comparar ou tentar fazer paralelos entre um e outro. Como o segundo já foi beeem diferente, não tinha mesmo como seguir igual a série né? Mas eu devo dizer que os elementos principais estavam todos ali.
A única coisa que me incomodou foi que estava acontecendo MUITA coisa ao mesmo tempo e isso deixou tudo muito mais confuso pra mim, mas TUA normalmente já é bem confuso, então não foi prejudicial no aproveitamento da história.
Até então eu tô gostando mais da série que das HQs, mas elas têm um grande charme também.
A única coisa que me incomodou foi que estava acontecendo MUITA coisa ao mesmo tempo e isso deixou tudo muito mais confuso pra mim, mas TUA normalmente já é bem confuso, então não foi prejudicial no aproveitamento da história.
Até então eu tô gostando mais da série que das HQs, mas elas têm um grande charme também.
February 9, 2019
It's so good to get back into this comic book series, because it never disappoints. One issue of this new cycle, and I'm already hooked and totally intrigued.
The hotel is mysterious and includes a time jump, because there's Hargreeves. And then Five makes an appearance as a gun for hire. Spaceboy and Kraken are in Tokyo doing their own thing and meeting other heroes. While Rumor is helping Vanya learn to walk again.
But under all of this, there's darkness building and new characters making appearances.
I can't wait to read more...
The hotel is mysterious and includes a time jump, because there's Hargreeves. And then Five makes an appearance as a gun for hire. Spaceboy and Kraken are in Tokyo doing their own thing and meeting other heroes. While Rumor is helping Vanya learn to walk again.
But under all of this, there's darkness building and new characters making appearances.
I can't wait to read more...
October 16, 2018
I have waited so long for The Umbrella Academy to return. And finally, after 10 years Hotel Oblivion makes its debut! I missed reading about these characters and their (mis) adventures. I was especially looking forward to finding out how The Rumor and the White Violin we’re faring after the events in the previous story arc. I am very much looking forward to next months issue.
February 9, 2025
Read these as I liked the netflix series and free on kindle unlimited. Not as good as the TV series but you could see where they took bits from the comics and put into the TV series. A bit hard to follow for me doesn't really make sense, but then it's been a while since I read the previous books. A quick read and interesting to see the difference between netflix and book.
August 11, 2020
I swear, I don't understand this. It's like a drug trip I didn't know I was on. It's like a gonzo movie from the 70s that I'm walking into halfway through. I'm not sure I actually like this series, but I'm a completist, so.
April 7, 2022
3.5⭐
le falta nafta, pero como tiene un tomo más que las otras dos historias se lo acepto, etc etc diego t amo sos lo más etc etc
13 tomos más tarde caí en que diego en el cómic es pálido y rubio y en la serie es morocho de pelo negro¿
le falta nafta, pero como tiene un tomo más que las otras dos historias se lo acepto, etc etc diego t amo sos lo más etc etc
13 tomos más tarde caí en que diego en el cómic es pálido y rubio y en la serie es morocho de pelo negro¿
October 12, 2018
A very good start to this wacky family tale. Cant wait to see what happens next. Ive realised how much I really enjoy reading about this world.
January 15, 2019
I’m intrigued.
February 24, 2019
Geriatrics??
February 25, 2019
Really good book
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March 30, 2019
A great start
Gerard Way takes us seamlessly into the next phase. Hints of dark doings by the bad guys!!! Who ate the cockroach?
Gerard Way takes us seamlessly into the next phase. Hints of dark doings by the bad guys!!! Who ate the cockroach?
April 8, 2019
That was so confusing and all over the place, what's up with this comic?!
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June 2, 2020More umbrella,academy
Good color artwork, dark horse freebie. Often seems like pointless bickering. Supposed to make it to adult swim. Parts of this original work?
Good color artwork, dark horse freebie. Often seems like pointless bickering. Supposed to make it to adult swim. Parts of this original work?
January 13, 2022
I really like the story line! It's short and page turning. As an MCR Fan I totally recommend!
September 17, 2022
Very confused by the whole plot. Aside from the confusion the illustration was absolutely mesmerizing.
August 2, 2023
going ✈️ watching show now
August 25, 2024
Que alguien me explique dónde está Ben y porqué no acompaña a Klaus como fantasma, porque llevo ya 13 comics y no ha aparecido ni una sola vez
May 10, 2025
Vamos a terminar TUA de una vez
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