Why does Luther have a gorilla body?

Why does Luther have a gorilla body?

Though a mysterious simian serum might seem like a peculiar way to try and save his life, the reason for Luther's ape body is much wackier in the original Umbrella Academy comics than in the Netflix adaptation. In the source material, Hargreeves grafts Luther's head onto the body of a Martian ape.

How did Luther get a gorilla body in the comics?

9 Different: The Way Luther Gets His Gorilla Body In the comics, Luther's head is plucked from his dying form and transplanted to that of a Martian ape. In the show, however, Sir Reginald's heir is given a serum that mutates his body into its current form.

Does Luther have gorilla legs?

Apparently when he was younger, Luther nearly died while carrying out a mission himself. In order to save his life, Reginald had to give him a serum, which ultimately altered his body into a gorilla's.

How did they make Luther so big?

Even so, Netflix's Luther isn't a direct page-to-screen translation: In Way and Bá's comics, Number One's gigantic physique is the result of an experimental transplant surgery, with Luther's head grafted onto the body of a Martian gorilla (this series has a real thing for apes).

Is Luther turning into a gorilla?

(However, in the Netflix adaptation, Hargreeves injected a gorilla serum into Luther to save his life, turning Luther into a half-gorilla, half-human.) His body can withstand the vacuum and cold of space as long as he has a helmet on.

Why Is Luther a monkey?

A flashback reveals that Luther's simian physique came from an experimental serum, deployed as a last-ditch effort to save his life after he took on a dangerous mission alone. ... “And maybe he did the same thing, in reverse — used simian DNA for Luther.”

Is Luther the weakest?

Although Luther's power is superhuman strength, The Umbrella Academy has shown that he's not always as strong as he's supposed to be. Luther Hargreeves' power in The Umbrella Academy is super-strength, but he's actually quite weak, especially when compared to his strength when he was younger.

Why was Luther's head transplanted into a gorilla?

• In order to save his life, Reginald had to give him a serum, which ultimately altered his body into a gorilla's. In the comic, Luther's head's been transplanted onto the body of an ape, and that could've very well happened in the show, it just hasn't been hinted at.

What kind of body did Luther Hargreeves have?

• Sir Reginald Hargreeves replaced Luther's original body with the body of a Martian Ape. You read that right. A Martian Ape. This is not only astounding because Luther's head was sewn upon an ape instead of just being injected with ape-making serum. It's astounding because, in the comic version of The Umbrella Academy, there are gorillas on Mars.

How did Luther get his head on an ape?

• In the comic, Luther's head's been transplanted onto the body of an ape, and that could've very well happened in the show, it just hasn't been hinted at. Regardless of how he got his body in the show, it hasn't stopped people from meme-ing the heck out of it. Yes, he does look like Kingpin from Into the Spiderverse, 100 percent.

What happens to Luther in the Umbrella Academy?

• In the case of The Umbrella Academy, Luther already had superhuman strength. The serum is just an added enhancement. In The Umbrella Academy comics, Luther's supernatural transformation happens in a slightly different way. Hargreeves grafts his head onto the body of a genetically engineered ape from Mars, because sure, why not!