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Adding pow! to prime time: a new breed of superheroes fights evil with a digital twist.(Broadcast)

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For those who like quirks and irony with their superheroes, The Middleman television series was a bracing tonic. Based on the graphic novels by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine, the episodes incorporated some unusual digital imagery into the story lines, which followed Wendy Watson (played by Natalie Morales), a struggling artist working at a temp agency. Recruited by the Middleman (played by Matt Keeslar), she began training so she could eventually assume the hero role. The two crime-fighters get their orders from Ida, an android disguised as a librarian, who represented a secret organization.

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