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Warning ! Spoilers for Dead 10 - man # 1 ahead!While mutants like Professor X , Jean Grey or Psylocke are often hold up as the most powerful psychic theX - Menhave to put up , the team ’s new memberProdigycould dwarf them all . David Alleyne aka Prodigy used to have a series of mental blocks in place to keep his powers in check , but he has removed them for the X - Men ’s latest mission . Prodigy is already one of the man ’s smartest mutation , but the success of that mission could make him one of the most important mutants ever , if it does n’t kill him first .
Prodigy shows off the full range of his powers inDead hug drug - Men#1 by Steve Foxe , Jonas Scharf , Bernard Chang , Vincenzo Carratú , Frank Martin and Cory Petit . The series follows a team of X - Menas they hop between different realities in search of former - ally - turn - enemy Moira X. Because Prodigy can absorb the memories and abilities of anyone near him , the intact foreign mission hinges on have him close enough to Moira to collect the computer memory of her many life .
Rachel Summers , who select the penis of this X - Men squad to carry out this task , describes Prodigy as “ delegation - vital . ” She piece the rest of the squad with an regalia of mutants who could protect David . But the remotion of David ’s psychic stoppage has opened up his abilities in a path that is clear taking a toll on him . Each time he absorbs someone ’s computer storage , he clutches his promontory in pain , and is understandably getting weaker and weak .
The New X-Men Team’s Mission Will Determine the Fate of All Mutants
David was one of the mutants elected to take shape the newest X - Men team at last year ’s Hellfire Gala . Of all the mutation chosen – include Dazzler , Cannonball , Jubilee , Juggernaut , Talon and Sync – Prodigy is the only appendage who has not previously serve well as an official X - Man . But before this Modern team could even have a minute to enjoy their survival of the fittest , they were killed in a coordinate approach on the Gala carried out by the anti - mutant organisation Orchis . Moira was a key friend to Orchis in this onslaught , betraying the nation of Krakoa that she helped rule .
Professor X has come up with a plan to prevent this fire and the events ofFall of Xthat followed from ever happening . That program hinges on him traveling back in metre andkilling Moirabefore her mutant resurrection magnate manifest , thus preventing Krakoa from ever forming in the first place . Xavier has Rachel Grey raise the fresh - elect X - man and send them throughdifferent timelines create by Mister Sinisterduring theSins of Sinisterevent , looking for a version of Moira whose memories Prodigy can plunge . Moira has psychic defence in topographic point that have protected her intellection from Xavier and Emma Frost , but Rachel believes that because Prodigy ’s psychical absorption is passive , she may not be ready for it .
The X-Men’s Newest Member is a One-Man Cerebro
stagnant cristal - Men#1 open up with the squad landing on an Earth overtaken by Magik and the forces of Hell . David is able to forthwith discover that Moira is not on this Earth . Later , in a different timeline , he learns the total history of that realism just by suffer next to a team of X - man . When he finally does get close to Moira , he ingest the entireness of her ten lifetimes . These detection accomplishment and his power to absorb and retain vast amount of memories basically turn him into a one - gentleman Cerebro .
It ’s not clear if Prodigy still retains thing that he absorbed prior to this mission , such as Wolverine ’s combat skills or the total magical knowledge of Doctor Strange . But if he does , that further solidifies his position as one of the most serious mutants ever . One thing is for sure : the fate of mutantkind rests on David ’s shoulders . In his very first military mission with the team , Prodigyis already the most important member of theX - man , even if he might not survive the experience .
Dead X - Men#1is usable now from Marvel Comics .
