As a baby, he was adopted by the world-famous scientist and entrepreneur Sir Reginald Hargreeves with the express intention of training them to save the world. and where he got that nice leather jacket.The child that would become Luther Hargreeves was born at the same time as forty-two other extraordinary children.
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I originally just wrote the character to be dead, that was his function.” Hopefully, the Netflix series will reveal exactly how Ben died. In a recent interview with Forbes, Way admitted that he hasn’t answered that question yet himself: “I never really answered that. But since his ghost is always in a leather jacket, we can’t see the wounds. So either Ben took his own life in a way that didn’t leave any visible marks or Klaus has no idea how he died.įans have definitely latched onto that theory in fact, Reddit user Hadesman1 has an even more detailed theory around Ben’s possible suicide: that the process of using Ben’s powers became so physically and mentally painful for him as an adult that he slit his own wrists. Min) appears to Klaus unharmed in a hoodie and leather jacket like a bored ASOS model. But on the show, Ben’s apparition (played by Justin H. The Seance can also see how people died, in gory detail, actually (like Cha Cha and Hazel’s victims in Episode 4). And in the Netflix Umbrella Universe, Klaus sees Ben only as an adult. Ben can be seen in costume in flashbacks as an adult on missions with the team. The only thing that the graphic novel series and the show agree on surrounding Ben’s death is that he was an adult when it happened. The statue of Ben on the show just displays a boy in a school uniform. In the comics, it’s assumed that Ben died on a mission, and his statue in the courtyard of the school enforces this idea, as his effigy stands with cape blowing in the wind, mask firmly in place, with a single tentacle protruding from his body. The Umbrella Academy Issue 1 /Artist "Gabriel Bá" Remember Klaus’ terrifying flashback in Episode 4, when as a child he is locked inside a dark mausoleum for days to rid him of his fear of the ghosts he couldn’t help but see? It’s possible that Ben was pushed to his limit physically by Hargreeves through Luther, to rid him of his fear. However, Number 1 was also controlled and manipulated by Daddy Hargreeves, who had a penchant for the near-torturous training of his children. In fact in the first volume of the graphic novel, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite, Vanya writes in her memoir that Ben was eager to please their Father: “He was easily manipulated, dragged into Father and Luther’s little games and the two simply let him die.”ĭid they, though? Given Vanya’s penchant for the dramatic and her hatred of their father and their upbringing, it’s hard to tell.īoth in the comic and in the series, Luther, the leader of the group, spends four years on the moon with a robot assistant he calls Ben (possibly named out of guilt for his fallen brother). As a child on the show he seems despondent and sad, a contrast to his comic book persona, which was very innocent and sweet. What is obvious in that scene is that Ben doesn’t care for using his powers, or for being a superhero at all, for that matter.
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