The umbrella academy is an american superhero web television series based on the comic book series of the same name written by gerard way created for netflix by steve blackman and developed by jeremy slater it revolves around a dysfunctional family of adopted sibling superheroes who reunite to solve the mystery of their father s death and the threat of an impending apocalypse. Sir reginald is extremely cold hearted often mistreating and even experimenting on the children for. The umbrella academy the monocle sir reginald hargreeves a wealthy entrepreneur and world renowned scientist he was a recipient of the nobel prize for his work in the cerebral advancement of the chimpanzee and is the founder of the umbrella academy a group of adopted super powered children.
Luther had been sent away to the moon by his father reginald at a young age. As the rest of the umbrella academy members number one was born on october 1st 1989 somehow he ended up in sir reginald hargreeves hands where was raised by him and grace who he called dad and mom. Despite being designated as number one luther hargreeves played by tom hopper is actually the least powerful member of the umbrella academy born with superhuman strength and endurance luther is basically the standard issue super tough guy.
However it is not clear whether this is a power of ben s something made. In the umbrella academy season 2 he is able to possess klaus and interact with the world of the living through him. The theory that says the hargreeves numbers correspond to power but in reverse meaning vanya is the most powerful and luther is at the bottom of the list makes sense until taking a deeper look at the abilities of each umbrella academy team member how they use them and how useful they are.
Luther has superhuman strength which made him an indispensable member of the umbrella academy in their heyday leading the team and sticking around longer than anybody else. Here s a recap of all the characters powers and abilities. The umbrella academy s luther diego klaus five and more return to netflix.
Luther s power is super. So what are all of the umbrella academy s powers. The kids of the umbrella academy have all kinds of special powers that they are able to use to their advantage.
Here s a look at what his powers are on the show as. Number 1 aka luther is the leader of the group on the umbrella academy but he doesn t seem to always have the confidence to lead.
