Marvel Needs Some Damage Control
If you’ve ever looked at the smoldering ruins of the latest metropolitan location to have had an alien force storm through it – followed by our equally smashy heroes The Avengers – and thought, ‘I’m glad I’m not the one sweeping that mess up’ then spare a thought for Marvel’s Damage Control.
Originally published in 1989 the comic follows the power-free duties of the team who are tasked with cleaning up after spandex-clad types have finished doing battle or just interacting: there are lost ray guns to return to rightful owners, weddings to re-schedule after the intended venue has been vaporised and even the odd parrot to be tracked down when it has been turned to stone.
And now these exploits are being developed into a TV series by ABC, the home of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter.
Unlike those, or any of the Netflix offering, this is being designed as a half-hour comedy with Daily Show/Colbert veteran Ben Karlin and Parks And Recreation’s David Miner planning to bring the funny with what could be a nice little tie-in to S.H.I.E.L.D., which is already looking to spin of one show, Marvel’s Most Wanted, to focus on Adrianne Palicki’s Mockingbird and Nick Blood’s Lance Hunter. And that’s without getting into the still top-secret show being developed by John Ridley.
Whether this all comes to fruition remains to be seen – Marvel’s Most Wanted has been scrapped, resurrected and then scrapped again but still remains and active concern – but it certainly sounds like cool idea with the right people ushering it to our screens.