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June 15, 2021

#180 – David Alleyne

1 hour 1 minute

Today we talk about David Alleyne, a mutant called Prodigy who can telepathically gain knowledge and skills from other people. He joined the New Mutants, lost his powers, became disillusioned with the X-Men, joined the Young Avengers, and went to interdimensional college.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:

-New Mutants (2003) #4

-New X-Men (2004)

-X-Men: Legacy Annual (2009) #1

-X-Men: Regenesis (2011) #1

-Young Avengers (2013) #6

-Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling (2020) #1

-X-Factor (2020) #10 Hellfire Gala (& the specific preview page Tommy is in)

-America (2017)

-Ant-Man (2015) #1

-X-Factor (2020)

-"Am I the only person on the team who's straight?"

-Super Sons: The Polarshield Project

-Superman/Batman (2003) vol. 1

-DC Pride (2021) #1

-Nightwing (2016) #81

-The Harley Quinn cartoon quote about Batman's sex life

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