Prodigy

Ritchie, a College Jock, was offered the Prodigy costume by Black Marvel. He accepted, and became leader of the Slingers. The suit gave him amazing strength, which allowed him to leap so far that it appeared that he was flying. His cape also acted as a glider, giving his flight appearance even more of a realistic look. Ritchie began to like his life as a superhero, and took it very seriously. He showed disregard to his teammates, not even flinching when Dusk fell to her death, and uncaring when she came back to life. He believed that he should not have to help his teammates, and that they could should e able to take care of themselves. Hornet has stopped him from hurting Ricochet and from killing a gang member.

When Black Marvel was captured, he abandoned his teammates when they went to save their mentor, but when Ricochet was captured in an illusion with his dead mother in it, Prodigy came and snapped him out of it. When the team disbanded, he apologized for being a jerk, and said he needed to check on his grandmother, who had been missing for a long time.

Prodigy reappeared on a rooftop and openly defied the Super-Human Registration Act. Iron Man appeared on the scene, and the two fought. Iron Man beat Prodigy, and Prodigy was taken into custody. He was one of the superheroes freed by Hulkling before the final battle of the Civil War.

He was later recruited in the Initiative where he is supposed to fully support the Initiative and serve for his charge on assaulting the director of SHIELD.  He was very angry about the situation, but had to agree to stay out of prison.   Initiative Director Criti Noll (disguised as Yellowjacket) told Prodigy that he would help him overcome his drinking problem, which Prodigy insisted he didn't have.  However, shortly after his training began he ran out of camp with the other trainees to go to a bar (though he refused to buy underage Batwing a drink).    
 
In the course of Prodigy's training, he became friends with another recruit named Sunstreak.  The two faught bravely with the rest of the Initiative during Secret Invasion.  Shortly thereafter, it became graduation, but Prodigy and Sunstreak were forced to stay on probation period.  However when Norman Osborn became in control, he placed Prodigy on the Nevada Heavy Hitters (replacing Gravity) and Sunstreak on the Oregon Force of Nature.   
 
Osborn also blaced Boomerang on the Heavy Hitters using the alias Outback.  Another team member-- Telemetry--spoke out against Osborn, so when the super villain Boomerang/Outback robbed from the state funds Norman and Initiative Director Taskmaster they blamed it on her.  The rest of the Heavy Hitters--Outback, Prodigy, and Nonstop--were sent to arrest her, but Prodigy objected.  In front of a new crew, he revealed Outback's true identity, accused him of the theft, and punched him in the head (knocking him out).  Then he, with the support of his other teammates, announced that the Heavy Hitters seceded from the Initiative.  Prodigy insisted on making a public stand when Osborn's troops would come to arrest him, and Nonstop and Telemetry reluctantly agreed.  The first team to attack them was the Force of Nature.  Prodigy expected Sunstreak to help him, but she blasted him with her heat powers saying, "You're ok for a dumb jock, but I've got a good thing going and I'm not going to blow it."  The two faught, but Prodigy knocked her unconscious.  The Initiative Resistance then joined the battle to help Prodigy as several more of Osborn's teams attacked (including the U-Foes).   Night Thrasher II was shot in the head by Taskmaster, but the Heavy Hitters were given a chance to escape.  Nonstop and Telemetry did so, but Prodigy insisted to stay behind and finish his stand (despite being reminded of his last "stand for justice").  Former Instructor and Resistance Fighter Justice then told him he was a hero, and the Resistance left leaving Prodigy behind.  He went down with a fight, though he was captured (along with Night Thrasher).  The U-Foes and Force of Nature brutally beat him right after his capture, but Tigra had left behind a videocamera, so all of that went straight onto YouTube.   

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Prodigy has an undefined level of superhuman strength, durability, and jumping. It is known that he has managed to stop a train with his bare hands, so Prodigy can probably lift several tons. He also has a cape that helps him glide on air currents. When combining his superhuman jumping and his cape's gliding abilities, he can appear to fly. Prodigy's costume is also bulletproof.