Prodigy.

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2804:14C:43:367B:B190:E951:F7F9:5C3D: Fixed typo on page ("Icarus Societ"). Also changed it so it reflects that Slaves to Mars has already been released and finished.

{{Short description|Comic book series}}
{{redirect|Prodigy (comics)|the Marvel Comics characters who went by Prodigy|List of Marvel Comics characters: P#Prodigy}}
{{Infobox comic book title 
| image = Prodigy Vol. 1 The Evil Earth TPB Cover.jpg
| caption = Cover of the first trade paperback.<br>Art by Ozgur Yildirim.
| schedule = Monthly
| publisher = [[Image Comics]]
| startmo = December
| startyr = 2018
| endmo = June
| endyr = 2019
| issues = 6 + 5 + 5
| Superhero = y
| writers = [[Mark Millar]]
| artists = {{ubl|[[Rafael Albuquerque]] {{small|([[Prodigy.#The Evil Earth|Volume 1]])}}|Matteo Buffagni {{small|([[Prodigy.#The Icarus Society|Volume 2]])}}|Pepe Larraz {{small|(''[[Big Game (comics)|Big Game]]'')}}|Stefano Landini {{small|([[Prodigy.#Slaves of Mars|Volume 3]])}}}}
| letterers = [[Peter Doherty (comics)|Peter Doherty]]
| colorists = Marcelo Maiolo
| editors = Rachael Fulton
| TPB1 = Prodigy. The Evil Earth
| ISBN1 = 1-5343-1236-6
| TPB2 = Prodigy. The Icarus Society
| ISBN2 = 1-5343-2455-0
| TPB3 = [[Big Game (comics)|Big Game]]
| ISBN3 = 1-5343-9911-9
| TPB4 = Prodigy. Slaves of Mars
| ISBN4 = 1-5067-4489-3
| main_char_team = {{ubl|Edison Crane|Rachel Straks|Felix Koffka}}
}}
'''''Prodigy.''''' is a British [[American comic book|comic book]] series created by [[Mark Millar]] and [[Rafael Albuquerque]], who respectively write and illustrate the first volume, and published by [[Image Comics]]. The title was announced near the end of 2018 as the second comic book collaboration between Mark Millar and [[Netflix]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Patten|first=Dominic|date=November 5, 2018|title='Prodigy.': First Look At Netflix & Mark Millar's Very Smart Comic Series|work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/mark-millar-netflix-prodigy-comic-first-look-1202496289/|access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref> after the company acquired the [[Millarworld]] imprint of [[Creator ownership in comics|creator-owned titles]] in the summer of 2017,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lodderhose|first=Diana|date=August 7, 2017|title=Netflix Acquires 'Kingsman' & 'Kick-Ass' Comic Publisher Millarworld|work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/netflix-acquires-kingsman-kick-ass-comic-publisher-millarworld-mark-millar-ted-sarandos-1202143833/|access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref> and to be adapted as a film exclusive to the streaming service, along with other of the imprint's comic book series. The first volume ran for six issues from December 2018 to June 2019, and a [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]] collecting the series, subtitled ''Prodigy. The Evil Earth'', was released the next month.

Three sequels followed: ''Prodigy. The Icarus Society'' (2022; illustrated by Matteo Buffagni), ''[[Big Game (comics)|Big Game]]'' (2023; illustrated by Pepe Larraz), and ''Prodigy. Slaves of Mars'' (2024; illustrated by Stefano Landini), published by [[Dark Horse Comics]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Weiss|first=Josh|title=Mark Millar Bringing 'Millarworld' Catalogue Over To Dark Horse Comics|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2023/12/05/mark-millar-bringing-millarworld-catalogue-over-to-dark-horse-comics|access-date=December 5, 2023|date=December 5, 2023|website=[[Forbes]]|language=en}}</ref>

==Plot summary==
===''The Evil Earth''===
Edison Crane isn't 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, a genius composer, an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] athlete, and an expert in the occult, and now international governments are calling on him to fix problems they just can't handle.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Millar|last2=Albuquerque|first1=Mark|first2=Rafael|author-link1=Mark Millar|author-link2=Rafael Albuquerque|date=July 31, 2019|title=''Prodigy.'', Vol. 1: ''The Evil Earth''|url=https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/prodigy-vol-1-the-evil-earth|access-date=December 4, 2020|website=[[Image Comics]]}}</ref>

===''The Icarus Society''===
Edison Crane has always been the smartest man in the room. Now he's in a world he didn't even know existed with the Icarus Society, a secret society of super geniuses all richer than he is. Blackmailed into recovering an artefact on a mission they know is almost certain death, Edison and the richest man alive, Felix Koffka, must search for the lost city of [[Shangri-La]], where the world's most evil people have been pulled for thousands of years.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Millar|last2=Buffagni|first1=Mark|first2=Matteo|author-link1=Mark Millar|date=January 11, 2023|title=''Prodigy.'', Vol. 2: ''The Icarus Society''|url=https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/prodigy-vol-1-the-evil-earth|access-date=December 13, 2023|website=[[Image Comics]]}}</ref>

===''Big Game''===
{{main|Big Game (comics)|l1=Prodigy. Big Game}}
While excavating the remnants of the Royal Empire, a prehistoric [[galactic empire]] that considered Earth its capital, Edison Crane is recruited by [[Barbara Gordon|"Bobbie Griffin"]], formerly the [[Batgirl]] of the [[DC Universe]] prior to its transmogrification into the [[Millarworld]], who with [[Chrononauts (comics)|the Chrononauts]] must face off against the Secret Lord of Earth and leader of the Fraternity of Super-Criminals Wesley Gibson, who aims to wipe out all the world's superhumans as his father had once done in 1986, as well as the Royal Empire, their fleet brought to the future by [[Hit-Girl|Mindy McCready]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Millar|last2=Larraz|first1=Mark|first2=Pepe|author-link1=Mark Millar|date=December 13, 2023|title=''Big Game'', Trade Peperback|url=https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/big-game-tp|access-date=December 13, 2023|website=[[Image Comics]]}}</ref>

===''Slaves of Mars''===
On March 21, 2024, [[Mark Millar]] announced that ''Prodigy. Slaves of Mars'' was set for publication from [[Dark Horse Comics]] in August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://twitter.com/mrmarkmillar/status/1770842021776810461 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323150702/https://twitter.com/mrmarkmillar/status/1770842021776810461 | archive-date=2024-03-23}}</ref>

==Collected editions==
{| class="wikitable"
! Title
! Material collected
! Format
! Publication date
! ISBN
|-
| Volume 1: ''The Evil Earth''
| ''Prodigy'' #1–6
| Trade paperback
| {{DTS|2019-07-31}}
| {{ISBNT|978-1534312364}}
|-
| Volume 2: ''The Icarus Society''
| ''Prodigy. The Icarus Society'' #1–5
| Trade paperback
| {{DTS|2023-01-11}}
| {{ISBNT|978-1534324558}}
|-
| Crossover: ''Big Game''
| ''[[Big Game (comics)|Big Game]]'' #1–5
| Trade paperback
| {{DTS|2023-12-20}}
| {{ISBNT|978-1534399112}}
|-
| Volume 3: ''Slaves of Mars''
| ''Prodigy. Slaves of Mars'' #1–5
| Trade paperback
| {{DTS|2025-04-29}}
| {{ISBNT|978-1506744896}}
|}

==Netflix adaptation==
In the summer of 2017, [[Netflix]] acquired Mark Millar's comic book publishing company [[Millarworld]], and the next summer, announced that it had greenlit two series based on ''[[Jupiter's Legacy (comic)|Jupiter's Legacy]]'' and ''American Jesus'', and three films based on ''[[Empress (comic book)|Empress]]'', ''Huck'' and ''Sharkey the Bounty Hunter''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=July 17, 2018|title=Netflix Greenlights 2 TV Series & 3 Films Based On Mark Millar Works Including 'Jupiter's Legacy', 'Empress' & 'Huck'|work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/netflix-slate-jupiters-legacy-and-american-jesus-empress-huck-based-stories-mark-millar-ted-melfi-lindsey-beer-more-sharkey-the-bounty-hunter-1202427646/|access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref>

In June 2018, Mark Millar announced the release of ''[[The Magic Order]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|last=Patten|first=Dominic|date=June 8, 2018|title=Netflix & Mark Millar's 'The Magic Order' Comic Hits Near 20-Year Pre-Order High|work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/mark-millar-the-magic-order-comic-netflix-presales-1202406364/|access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref> the first comic book series under the Millarworld imprint since Netflix acquired the publisher, and in November of the same year, announced ''Prodigy.'', one month before the release of the first issue, with both being considered to be adapted as an episodic series and a feature film respectively.

In March 2020, it was reported that the series will be adapted into a feature film, with [[Kaz Firpo]] and Ryan Firpo writing the script.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chand|first=Neeraj|date=March 24, 2020|title=Mark Millar's ''Prodigy.'' Movie Moves Forward at Netflix with Marvel's Eternals Writers|work=[[Movieweb]]|url=https://movieweb.com/prodigy-movie-writers-millarworld-netflix/|access-date=August 4, 2020}}</ref>

In March 2022, Millar confirmed the title would be the first major movie to come out on Netflix since the acquisition in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Millar Previews Netflix Millarworld Plans for 2022
|url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/mark-millar-previews-millarworld-plans-for-2022/ |website=What's on Netflix|date=March 17, 2022}}</ref>

In November 2022, Miller and Matteo Buffagni announced via the synopsis for the finale of ''Prodigy. The Icarus Society'' that the volume would serve as the basis for the ''Prodigy'' feature film.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Millar|last2=Buffagni|first1=Mark|first2=Matteo|author-link1=Mark Millar|date=November 16, 2022|title=''Prodigy. The Icarus Society'' #5|url=https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/prodigy-icarus-society-5|access-date=November 16, 2022|website=[[Image Comics]]|quote=Double-sized finale. Order high. We know we're biased but this book is f---ing excellent and it's about to be a HUGE [[Netflix]] movie.}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/prodigy ''Prodigy.''] at [[Image Comics]]

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