Black History in Superheroes on Film and TV:
Jeremie Harris as Ptonomy Wallace from Legion
Ptonomy is a mutant and a former child prodigy who is one of Melanie Bird’s specialists at Summerland. Called a “memory artist” by his peers, Ptonomy remembers everything that has ever happened in his life in vivid detail, all the way back to his birth. He also has the ability to take people back into their own memories. He routinely brandishes a tommy gun when facing physical threats.
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