Prodigy
Prodigy is a comic book character that first appeared in New Mutants #4
Prodigy was one of the students at Xavier Institute, now depowered.
Origin
Dani Moonstar created a team called the New Mutants and Prodigy became one of the co-leaders because of his intelligence and leadership abilities. His team often came into conflict with Emma Frost's team of students, the Hellions, led by Hellion.
At one point he wanted Emma to unlock his mind to let him be able to permanently keep all knowledge gained from others. She and Moonstar gave him a very realistic vision of the future where he had these new abilities. In this possible future, Prodigy gained all of the knowledge of the teachers at the Institute (including Beast), and quickly surpassed them in intellectual abilities. He set off into the world to learn more absorbing the intellect of Stephen Hawking, Tony Stark ,and other famous minds. He is able to develop a cure for all incurable diseases at the cost of killing his friend and former teammate Elixir. Later, he is married to Surge, and becomes President of the United States. He is responsible for the deaths of the X-Men, and seeks to create a one-world government through coercion and intimidation, and finally destroying anyone in his way. The vision ends during an attack on the White House by the Hellions and his wife where Surge is forced to destroy everyone. After experiencing and believing in this possible future, David agrees with his teachers and decides against having his mental block removed. This experience comes at the price of his relationship with Surge, who he shared a mutual romantic interest in, as he is left afraid of her getting hurt.Decimation
In an effort to protect David, Noriko kissed Hellion so David would think she no longer loved him and would want to leave the school. Her plan almost worked, but as David was packing, The Stepford Cuckoos offered to make him completely remember everything he had ever learned. Though he wouldn't have his powers back (he wouldn't be able to learn anything new) he would be able to be a part of the team. He accepted and his first act as Prodigy again was to break up with Noriko. He is currently part of the team again and uses his learned abilities to act as a substitute teacher when the senior staff is absent.
Messiah Complex
Manifest Destiny & Secret Invasion
David returned to his family and spent the intervening time with them. When Cyclops moved the X-Men to San Fransisco, Prodigy was among those who came to help prepare the new headquarters, though he is not currently an active member in any field teams. When the Skrulls attacked San Fran Prodigy assisted the X-Men in defending the city. When the Cyclops team captured a Skrull spacecraft, Prodigy assisted Beast in decoding it's hardrive and studying it's information. After they were finished with the ship Prodigy joined Hank in providing tech support for the X-Men. While Beast was working on a weapon to take out the Skrull soldiers, Prodigy was left to moniter their equipment. While he also supported them in the field, his major contribuition was monitering their scanners and keeping track of the Skrull's movements. He notified Cylcops of the Mother-ships descent into downtown San Fransisco.Prodigy attempted to figure out what the Skrull's were up to, and just as he got an idea, the Skrull commander contacted Cyclops with his demands. Prodigy used the X-Men's scanning equipment to verify the Skrull threat, informing Cylcop's that the people were spread out over several blocks. As the realization of the Skrull's implication set in David was among those present as Beast and Cyclops debated the use of the Legacy Virus. Scott then called an assembly of the X-Men where he informed them of the plan and gave them the option of participating or not, like the rest of the X-Men David chose to participate. Prodigy aided Beast in applying the Legacy Virus to the costumes of all the X-Men present before their assault in preparation for their plan. He then joined the X-Men in their surrender, waiting for the word from Cyclop's before they attacked. After the Skrull Commander decided to gather his people, Prodigy escaped along-side his fellow X-Men using his skills to pilot a Skrull craft full of his teammates to safety.
Power & Abilities
Empowered
Prodigy's mutant ability, called psychomimicy, allowed him to gain the knowledge and mental skills of those around him for as long as they were in his range. Not only did this make him incredibly skilled and even smarter depending on who was near him, but it gave him a better understanding of his teammates' skills and how to best have them work as a unit, each person's abilities complimenting another, making him a natural leader. He also had the innate ability to read attacks directed against him, allowing him to easily avoid or counter them if he was fast enough. He is currently powerless as a result of the Decimation but is still a highly intelligent and skilled leader and an experienced fighter in his own right.
Depowered
Prodigy, to an extent, regained his powers in New X-Men #43. He can no longer absorb new skills telepathically, but thanks to the powerful psionic abilities of the Stepford Cuckoos, has all the knowledge and skills he had ever gained at his disposal, similar to a photographic memory-based muscle mimicry power. It is implied that he has every skill that the X-Men have been known to possess like Wolverine's samurai skills but it hasn't been directly shown, however he is still a baseline human with no physical enhancements so he won't be able to perform any super-human feats.
Alternate Versions
House of M
In the House of M universe, David was once more a member of the New Mutants. The New Mutants were a group of young mutants trained to be diplomats, and David graduated the valedictorian. Prodigy once more acts as the leader of the new mutants (although in this case it's more unofficial). He leads the New Mutants in an attempt to save Nori's father. While initially conflicting with rival group the Hellions, the two groups would join together after learning of tortures of humans. David, along with the rest of the surviving New Mutants and the Hellions would later make their last stand against Sunfire and his army.
X-Men: The End
Prodigy briefly appears in X-Men The End, as an agent of the X.S.E. He, along with Iceman, interrogates Sage. Prodigy absorbs all the information she knows, and is deeply troubled with what he finds out. When joined by Val Cooper, he reveals that she is an imposter. She responds by transforming into a Warskrull, killing Prodigy shortly after.
| Super Name: | Prodigy |
| Real Name: | David Alleyne |
| Aliases: | David Alleyne |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Human |
| 1st Appearance: | New Mutants #4 |
| Appears in: | 87 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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