ABC is making a Marvel comedy series centring on who cleans up the mess when the Avengers level a city while battling Loki or Ultron.

The network behind Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter is now working on adapting Marvel's limited series Damage Control, reports Deadline.

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Marvel Studios' first television comedy would follow the Damage Control construction agency as they tidy up the rubble following intergalactic battles.

Aside from simple clean-ups, Damage Control are responsible for fixing up the lives of those innocent civilians impacted by the Marvel superheroes.

Damage Control has been given a live-action, half-hour pilot commitment by ABC, and will be written by The Daily Show's Ben Karlin.

Marvel Studios and ABC are also teaming up for a proposed spinoff for Agents of SHIELD's Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood called Marvel's Most Wanted.

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