1. Mom`s design Unsurprisingly, a lot of the most immediately obvious changes between comic and show for Umbrella Academy came in the design area--after all, it would be pretty tough to completely translate all of Gabriel Ba`s hyper stylized artwork into live action without some serious maneuvering. This is pretty apparent in the design of Grace, AKA `Mom,` the Hargreeves family nanny who was upgraded from a full on tin can style robot like you might see on a show like The Jetsons to an incredibly humanoid android designed to look like a 1950s housewife. That`s right, the show went full Westworld. 2. Diego`s powers In the comics, Diego is called `The Kraken,` and for good reason--his main superpower is the ability to hold his breath indefinitely, making him a major asset to any water-based stealth missions the team finds themselves on. Unfortunately, the show is pretty hard up in the water arena, so Diego had to get a bit of an upgrade. Instead of holding his breath, he can now psychically manipulate the trajectory of his throwing knives. 3. Klaus`s powers Klaus got a similar switch up, but to much less dramatic effect. In the comics, he`s able to float off the ground, which is his typical mode of transportation. This is largely because his other powers--contacting the dead, specifically--only work when he`s barefoot. The show completely forgoes this quirk and leaves Klaus sadly stuck on solid ground, shoes and all. It makes up for it by giving him a nice upgrade in terms of his ghost-talking abilities, adding a layer where he can actually tap into the powers of the spirits he contacts if he`s put in a dire enough circumstance. 4. `The Conductor` The comics make `The Conductor` an extremely comic book-like supervillain who wears a mask and ultimately lures Vanya into joining a group called `Orchestra Verdammten` where the goal is to play the `Apocalypse Suite` and end the world. The show, however, takes a much more casual approach, transforming the ...
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