While the world waits in quiet terror to see if 2011′s Captain America and Thor will be good/bad/worse than Punisher: War Zone, Marvel is launching a surprise attack on the small screen. Today, Marvel Entertainment created a new Television division, to be headed by Jeph Loeb, an iconic comic book writer with a lengthy TV resume. (That resume includes Lost and Heroes, so this could go either way.) There’s more information at Marvel’s website. This thing is still in the early stages, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start writing up a wish list: What Marvel characters need get their own TV show?Given the success of losers lately in pop culture, (Glee, Big Bang Theory, etc.) I'd love to see Marvel put together a lovable losers squad: Speedball, Squirrel Girl, Gravity, Slicks...you know, the really lousy superheroes with the not-so-great powers. Have them fight the classic loser bad guys like Beetle, Stilt Man, Paste Pot Pete, and my personal favorite, The Spot.
If you want to go from D-list to B-list, I got two words for you: Doctor Strange. There's an excuse to have any ol' Marvel second banana superhero over: Luke Cage, Iron Fist, US Agent, Moon Knight, Hawkeye, Vision...
Think "Dresden Files" only a slightly bigger power scale, and better costumes.
Just read that there's a Dr. Strange movie in the works.
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