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Prodigy (Single Issues)
Prodigy #1
Edison Crane’s not content being the world’s smartest man and most successful businessman—his brilliant mind needs to be constantly challenged. He’s a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, genius composer, Olympic athlete, an expert in the occult, and now international governments are calling on him to fix problems they just can’t handle.
30 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 5, 2018
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About the author
Mark Millar
1,514 books2,565 followersMark Millar is the New York Times best-selling writer of Wanted, the Kick-Ass series, The Secret Service, Jupiter’s Legacy, Jupiter’s Circle, Nemesis, Superior, Super Crooks, American Jesus, MPH, Starlight, and Chrononauts. Wanted, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, and The Secret Service (as Kingsman: The Secret Service) have been adapted into feature films, and Nemesis, Superior, Starlight, War Heroes, Jupiter’s Legacy and Chrononauts are in development at major studios.
His DC Comics work includes the seminal Superman: Red Son, and at Marvel Comics he created The Ultimates – selected by Time magazine as the comic book of the decade, Wolverine: Old Man Logan, and Civil War – the industry’s biggest-selling superhero series in almost two decades.
Mark has been an Executive Producer on all his movie adaptations and is currently creative consultant to Fox Studios on their Marvel slate of movies.
His DC Comics work includes the seminal Superman: Red Son, and at Marvel Comics he created The Ultimates – selected by Time magazine as the comic book of the decade, Wolverine: Old Man Logan, and Civil War – the industry’s biggest-selling superhero series in almost two decades.
Mark has been an Executive Producer on all his movie adaptations and is currently creative consultant to Fox Studios on their Marvel slate of movies.
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June 24, 2024
(B) 73% | More than Satisfactory
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-6 can be found here: Prodigy: The Evil Earth.
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-6 can be found here: Prodigy: The Evil Earth.
December 12, 2018
I have to give this issue 3 and a half stars. I wanted to like it more than I did, but I just couldn’t get into it. But at the same time I couldn’t bring myself to give it that 3 star rating… In my defense the artwork is quite lovely.
My biggest problem with the series so far is the main character. I know it’s about a prodigy, but that normally implies a child that’s exceptionally talented in one field/thing. Not an adult who’s good at everything. Who is capable of going without sleep for months (MONTHS! Did you know that the average person’s brain will release drugs similar to hallucinogens after three days with no sleep?) and is so badly wanted by every major organization out there. Oh and he does daredevils stunts for fun because children challenge him to do it. He’s just…too perfect? Well, perfect minus the fact that he doesn’t seem to be emotional about much of anything.
My biggest problem with the series so far is the main character. I know it’s about a prodigy, but that normally implies a child that’s exceptionally talented in one field/thing. Not an adult who’s good at everything. Who is capable of going without sleep for months (MONTHS! Did you know that the average person’s brain will release drugs similar to hallucinogens after three days with no sleep?) and is so badly wanted by every major organization out there. Oh and he does daredevils stunts for fun because children challenge him to do it. He’s just…too perfect? Well, perfect minus the fact that he doesn’t seem to be emotional about much of anything.
March 17, 2021
The manifestations made me say, "What the hell" out loud. I was thoroughly confused. The beginning of him as a kid was good and then it lost me once he became the perfect adult. Amazing artwork, but I won't be continuing.
December 20, 2018
Ninguém sabia, mas na surdina começaram a distribuir, de graça, no último dia de Comic Con Experience 2018, no estande do Netflix, essa edição de degustação, publicada no Brasil pela Panini Comics. Prodígio é a nova parceria entre Mark Millar e o brasileiro Rafael Albuquerque (a dupla já havia feito Huck juntos), que conta a história de um homem capaz de absorver conhecimento de forma rápida e inigualável. Por estar sempre a frente dos outros, seja mental ou fisicamente, Edison Crane precisa estar sempre se desafiando, nem que isso possa custar sua vida. Até que ele e a CIA se deparam com uma invasão de outra dimensão. Bem, a HQ é bem estilo Millar, choque atrás de choque, tentando mostrar - e isso é legal - como o personagem é foda. Só que tem um probleminha aí que poderia incorrer em plágio. Já existe um Prodígio, que tem os mesmíssimos poderes que Edison Crane, e ele também é um afro-americano. Ele já fez parte dos Novos X-Men e dos Jovens Vingadores. Ele é David Alleyne e ele também é um dos vários personagens gays dos X-Men. Claro que ele nunca teria uma série nem um destaque desses na Marvel. O que Millar e Albuquerque fizeram foi alçar David à enésima potência com essa nova criação. Mas que poderia configurar plágio, ah isso poderia, sim.
December 11, 2018
Competently done, but over the top and too fast-paced. The “manifestations” are overkill. Maybe this will go fun places, but our hero needs a real challenge for that to happen.
January 17, 2019
This has to be a joke, right? Satire?
December 5, 2018
This is fun. And astonishingly drawn and coloured. And also fun. While I feel this is pushing into cliche, it's handled so well that if it were a movie (and Millar and Co. often make their stories into things that would meld into movies that promise to be hits) I'd watch it multiple times, buy the hat, and marry my life to the soundtrack.
I'm excited to see where this series goes.
43.25/50
I'm excited to see where this series goes.
43.25/50
November 30, 2018
Deadpan Fun
Our hero, Edison Crane, isn't just a prodigy. He's the best. At everything. I mean, at everything.
Millar has fun with this setup. Crane is deadpan, and everyone around him just accepts his amazing superhuman wonderfulness. In every panel we see Crane doing something impossibly wonderful. So, we see him cure cancer while kicking the winning fieldgoal, while dictating the Great American Novel. Well not exactly, but you get the idea.
Crane is likeable, in a master of the universe way. In this issue he gets teamed up with a CIA sidekick, and this feels like it may be headed to international X-Files territory, which would be fine. And Crane will be more fun with a bracing sidekick. The art is crisp and colorful, with plenty of style that doesn't sacrifice clear story-telling.
So, I just got a kick out of this and hope it goes somewhere interesting. (Please note that I had a chance to read a free ecopy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
Our hero, Edison Crane, isn't just a prodigy. He's the best. At everything. I mean, at everything.
Millar has fun with this setup. Crane is deadpan, and everyone around him just accepts his amazing superhuman wonderfulness. In every panel we see Crane doing something impossibly wonderful. So, we see him cure cancer while kicking the winning fieldgoal, while dictating the Great American Novel. Well not exactly, but you get the idea.
Crane is likeable, in a master of the universe way. In this issue he gets teamed up with a CIA sidekick, and this feels like it may be headed to international X-Files territory, which would be fine. And Crane will be more fun with a bracing sidekick. The art is crisp and colorful, with plenty of style that doesn't sacrifice clear story-telling.
So, I just got a kick out of this and hope it goes somewhere interesting. (Please note that I had a chance to read a free ecopy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
June 20, 2019
So the main protagonist is super brilliant and perfect in everything he does to the point of wayyy over powered.. Okay... That isn't something people usually write. Probably because it breaks all tension and some people find it boring and a childish fantasy. Besides, usually the best characters are flawed characters... Anyway, some franchises have exceptionally brilliant protagonists, but as far as I know, they tend to have some sort of personality flaw that prevents them from achieving their full potential. Also their genius tends to be limited to their field of study, whereas this comic, not so much. Dude knows everything about everything. At least we got some weird sci-fi thrown in, so maybe that will off set his perfection?.. Maybe?
February 1, 2021
Uhhmm, sino me describes la cantidad de hazañas que ha hecho este Edison Crane, ni cuenta me doy que es un "prodigio" (sarcasmo).
Lo que me atrajo: la portada, la tipografía y el título en sí.
Lo que me gustó: el arte, "las misteriosas manifestaciones" lucen prometedoras.
Lo que no me gustó: las primeras impresiones, el protagonista se me hace un poco arrogante y demasiado irreal, para mí, un poco exagerado todo. Entiendo que es un prodigio pero todo lo que hace, logra y descubre se presenta de una forma tan de sopetón que me parece ridículo.
Me gusta que alternan partes de su pasado con lo que sucede en la actualidad. Definitivamente leeré el siguiente número a ver qué tal.
Lo que me atrajo: la portada, la tipografía y el título en sí.
Lo que me gustó: el arte, "las misteriosas manifestaciones" lucen prometedoras.
Lo que no me gustó: las primeras impresiones, el protagonista se me hace un poco arrogante y demasiado irreal, para mí, un poco exagerado todo. Entiendo que es un prodigio pero todo lo que hace, logra y descubre se presenta de una forma tan de sopetón que me parece ridículo.
Me gusta que alternan partes de su pasado con lo que sucede en la actualidad. Definitivamente leeré el siguiente número a ver qué tal.
September 12, 2019
Got this cause the premise looked interesting. He seems to be a bit too got at EVERYTHING though. That tends to make things a bit dull, no?
I will however, continue with the series. I'm hoping that there's something tragically simple that he just can't wrap his mind around ( like Sherlock not knowing about the moon orbiting the earth)
I will however, continue with the series. I'm hoping that there's something tragically simple that he just can't wrap his mind around ( like Sherlock not knowing about the moon orbiting the earth)
January 8, 2019
It's unbelievably stupid and farfetched but I've really had fun reading it! Guy learns manual skills visually without actual practice, doesn't sleep for a month, solves mysteries involving CIA, Kremlin archives and alien invasions. Artwork is decent. One star down for bad pacing.
December 23, 2018
Love, love, love this comic! Can't wait to see what happens in the next issue. Artwork was fantastic too.
May 28, 2019
4.5
Got it as a birthday gift. Loved it, the graphics are on point, and beautiful to look at.
Can't wait to get #2.
Got it as a birthday gift. Loved it, the graphics are on point, and beautiful to look at.
Can't wait to get #2.
September 9, 2019
I did not feel like I got enough information in this issue to make me want to read more but I might just to see if the story is interesting going forward.
October 16, 2019
The world is your pearl when nothing can stop you
August 17, 2020
So mad I only have issue 1 & 4 of this! Gotta get the rest!
August 13, 2023
#1 – “I’m watching Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee …. Memorizing the details of their EVERY MOVE.”
July 18, 2020
I decided to read this one because of the cover. I why the dude is thinking so hard while holding a gun in his hand. The story is about an uber-genius Black guy who’s the best at everything and so smart that he helps various governments solve their problems. He’s also a bit of a daredevil, it seems. However, the end of this issue hints that his help may be needed for more difficult, extraordinary problems.
I wanted to like this, but I didn’t. The story did not appeal to me at all. I think it’s because of the protagonist, Edison Crane. He’s just too effortlessly good at everything, brilliant and also a good person. No flaws, which should be appealing to me but isn’t. (I’m too hard to please 😦 .) Of course, this is just the first issue, so all this might change as the story progresses and Edison might gain some depth. For now, I’m not sure if I’ll continue with it.
ART STYLE:
I love it! I love the illustration style, especially how expressive the faces of the characters are. But what I love the most are the colors. They are bright but not overpowering, and the action scenes are great as well.
OVERALL: ★★★☆☆
An interesting beginning to a story about a brilliant, young Black man that has great illustrations, but I’m not sure if I’ll continue with it.
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I wanted to like this, but I didn’t. The story did not appeal to me at all. I think it’s because of the protagonist, Edison Crane. He’s just too effortlessly good at everything, brilliant and also a good person. No flaws, which should be appealing to me but isn’t. (I’m too hard to please 😦 .) Of course, this is just the first issue, so all this might change as the story progresses and Edison might gain some depth. For now, I’m not sure if I’ll continue with it.
ART STYLE:
I love it! I love the illustration style, especially how expressive the faces of the characters are. But what I love the most are the colors. They are bright but not overpowering, and the action scenes are great as well.
OVERALL: ★★★☆☆
An interesting beginning to a story about a brilliant, young Black man that has great illustrations, but I’m not sure if I’ll continue with it.
As posted on Zezee with Books.
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