Dark Horse Comics' The Umbrella Academy is returning in May for a Free Comic Book Day issue.Umbrella Academy's Twitter account posted the announcement that a free comic book day gift is coming on May 7 from Gabriel Bá and Dark Horse Comics. The post didn't include any further hints about the issue or what may be in store for fans.RELATED: Euphoria Star Heads to Umbrella Academy Season 3 - But Who Will He Play?

Umbrella Academy Returns in May With a Free Comic Book Day Release

The Umbrella Academy was created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Bá. The first six-issue Umbrella Academy series, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite, was released by Dark Horse in 2007 and went on to win the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Finite Series/Limited Series. Dark Horse followed that up with a sequel, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas, later in 2008 and The Hotel Academy: Hotel Oblivion in 2018. In 2020, Way announced a fourth volume, The Umbrella Academy: Sparrow Academy, was coming but does not yet have a release date.

Dark Horse has also published a number of Umbrella Academy short stories and a spinoff series. Before Apocalypse Suite, the Umbrella Academy appeared in a short preview story, "…But the Past Ain’t Through With You," on Dark Horse's website in 2006. The story also appeared in 2007's Dark Horse Free Comic Book Day issue. Another story, "Anywhere But Here," was published on Dark Horse's MySpace in 2009, which also appeared in Dallas collections. Following the conclusion of Hotel Oblivion, Dark Horse launched a Tales from the Umbrella Academy spinoff with a one-shot issue, "Hazel and Cha-Cha Save Christmas," and a six-issue miniseries, You Look Like Death.

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Netflix adapted The Umbrella Academy into a live-action series that premiered in 2019. With two seasons under its belt, Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy premieres on June 22. Having recently saved the world from 1963's doomsday, the new season will find the Hargreeves siblings coming face-to-face with the Sparrow Academy. "Smart, stylish, and about as warm as a sea of icebergs, the Sparrows immediately clash with the Umbrellas in a violent face-off that turns out to be the least of everyone’s concerns," the synopsis reads. "Navigating challenges, losses, and surprises of their own – and dealing with an unidentified destructive entity wreaking havoc in the Universe (something they may have caused) — now all they need to do is convince Dad’s new and possibly better family to help them put right what their arrival made wrong. Will they find a way back to their pre-apocalyptic lives? Or is this new world about to reveal more than just a hiccup in the timeline?"

The Umbrella Academy's Free Comic Book Day issue releases May 7 from Dark Horse.

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