Prodigy: Advance Review

Back in August, Millar announced the 2nd comic to come out of the new Netflix partnership would be about a debonair black man named Edison Crane, who happened to double as the smartest man alive. They also made the decision to go against the grain and allow this hero to be uniquely suited for the most outlandish missions this planet has to offer, all while remaining the flyest guy in the room. In Prodigy, we have the most unorthodox, confidence filled, go-to man for issues that local governments are unable to handle themselves. Of course, Millar rarely makes plans this ambitious without having one of the greatest artistic talents to rival his penmanship, so he enlists Rafael Albuquerque as the man behind the ink and he blesses each page with style and bravado that is unmatched. Young and Ambitious Is it even a proper backstory if it doesn’t involve being placed on a sports team years before eligibility? Does it even matter if you’re not making boys 5 years older look like the kids guarding LeBron back in high school? Just when I thought Mark Millar is all out of bright ideas, he comes along and slaps me across the face with writing that is simply bar none. It’s one thing to provide simple explanations as to what made him so wise, quick thinking and adventurous, but it’s another thing to walk you through beautifully drawn instances of Edison’s childhood that provide you with the perfect context to his adult way of life.

As we’re learning about young Edison in this inaugural i…