Marvel's Agents of SHIELD may have had a rocky start - let's be honest the first half of season 1 was terrible - but when it finally found its feet it turned into a pretty entertaining ensemble effort.

Superhero origin stories have been all the rage at the multiplex this summer, with Marvel Comics alone accounting for two such films, ‘Thor’ and ‘X-Men: First Class’, both of which happily surpassed critics' expectations.