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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lucy Mangan

Wonder Man review – a Marvel TV show with almost no superhero action … and it’s all the better for it

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Wonder Man
What a joy! … Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Wonder Man. Photograph: Marvel Television

We are back in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If you feel fatigue stealing over you already, banish it! It’s going to be OK. Even though Wonder Man is (by my incredulous reckoning) about the 30th MCU series produced by Marvel Television and companions – from the dizzying heights of WandaVision to … well, She-Hulk – it is a little gem.

And it is quite little, in MCU terms. Not only are the eight episodes only around half an hour long but they also eschew spectacle in favour of storytelling. It’s a radical idea, but you never know, it might catch on.

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