Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's The Umbrella Academy returns to Dark Horse Comics with Plan B, a six-issue sequel that picks up right after Hotel Oblivion.
The series introduces the Sparrows, a new cast of villains Dark Horse describes as sharing a different connection to Sir Reginald Hargreeves and Mom than the original Academy does.
Four of the six issues have shipped as of this guide, with issue five and the series finale still ahead on Dark Horse's own schedule.
Here is the full creative team, every issue's actual release date, and exactly how far the story has gotten before the last issue ships.
Gerard Way writes every issue, Gabriel Bá draws the interiors and every confirmed main cover, Dave Stewart colors, and Nate Piekos letters — the same core team behind Hotel Oblivion.
That continuity matters for a franchise this specific: Way and Bá co-created The Umbrella Academy together back in 2007's Apocalypse Suite, so Plan B is being built by the same two people who defined the series' tone from the start.
Plan B opens right after Hotel Oblivion's climax, which scattered the City's imprisoned villains loose and left the Umbrella Academy exiled inside the hotel itself.
Into that vacuum step the Sparrows, a different set of Hargreeves-connected siblings whose stated goal is control, not chaos — and the obedient family dynamic that comes with it.
Issue #1 shipped June 11, 2025, issue #2 followed August 20, 2025, and issue #3 closed out the opening stretch on October 1, 2025 — three issues in under four months.
Issue #4 didn't arrive until May 20, 2026, issue #5 is dated October 28, 2026, and the finale, issue #6, is scheduled for December 16, 2026 on Dark Horse's own listing.
There's close to an eight-month gap between issue #3's October 2025 release and issue #4 landing in May 2026, a much longer wait than the roughly six-to-eight-week cadence of the first three issues.
Dark Horse never framed that gap as a cancellation risk, but it's a reminder to check the publisher's own listing before assuming any solicited date for issue #5 or #6 is locked in stone.
Issue #5 and the series finale, issue #6, are the two issues standing between where the story is now and an actual ending.
Dark Horse's own synopsis for issue #6 bills it as the confrontation the whole series has been building toward, with the Umbrella Academy finally meeting the Sparrows head-on and the family coming out smaller on the other side.
The trade paperback collecting all six issues isn't scheduled until April 6, 2027, priced at $19.99 for 192 pages — months after the single issues themselves are done shipping.
Protect whichever single issues you already own with a current-age toploader on any first printing or variant you're treating as a keeper, since the trade won't help you if an issue gets damaged before then.
Early reviews have singled out Way's handling of the family drama underneath the action, with at least one outlet calling the book a strong depiction of a broken family and praising how Bá and Stewart balance tense action against quieter, more personal moments.
That reception has held up across the run so far, which is part of why the long gap before issue #4 didn't seem to cost the series much reader interest once it resumed.
With four issues already out, new readers jumping in today are really doing a mix of back-issue hunting and waiting, rather than following the series in real time from issue #1.
Specialty shops and online back-issue sellers are the most reliable way to track down issues #1 through #4 right now, since Dark Horse doesn't guarantee ongoing reprints of a finite miniseries once initial print runs sell through.
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Six issues, structured as a complete sequel to Hotel Oblivion.
No, issue #5 and the finale issue #6 were both still unreleased.
Dark Horse lists The Umbrella Academy: Plan B #6 for December 16, 2026.
Dark Horse lists the Plan B TPB for April 6, 2027.
With two issues and the actual ending still ahead, now is a sensible time to get your existing copies properly protected instead of catching up all at once later.
Grab a current-age comic bag for every issue you've already picked up, and keep one on hand for issues five and six when they land.
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