Brought together to form one extraordinary team of “Alphas” – people whose unique brain anomalies imbue them with superhuman mental and physical abilities – five seemingly ordinary citizens must take the law into their own hands while working within the government to investigate a new brand of baffling crime. - Amazon
Visit titlefindr for more recommendations like "Alphas".
TV-Shows like Alphas
No Ordinary Family
Meet the Powells, they are an every day, typical family who experience a remarkable transformation. They receive superpowers. Super strength, super speed, mind reading, and super intelligence. They attempt to live ordinary lives, but thy discover that there is a conspiracy at work, and that they're not the only ones with special abilities.
Is No Ordinary Family good?
Why is No Ordinary Family recommended?
Heroes
People all over the world are discovering that they have superpowers and they are trying to deal with how this is change is affecting their lives. Some of the people with superpowers are; Peter Petrelli, a 30-something nurse who suspects he can fly. Claire Bennet, a 17 year-old cheerleader who is next to immortal. Hiro Nakamura, a 20-something Japanese comic book fan who kind of control time. Niki Sanders, a 30-something Las Vegas showgirl with an evil twin. Matt Parkman, a cop who can read minds. Isaac Mendez, a 20-something junkie who has the ability to paint images of the future when he is high. This is a show of heroes and villains, some with and some without superpowers.
Is Heroes good?
Why is Heroes recommended?
Misfits
A group of English teenagers given community service is hit by a freak thunderstorm and discovers that they have gotten superpowers. When they discover that they are not the only ones who have been given powers they realize that they have a lot more to worry about than just their community service.
Is Misfits good?
Why is Misfits recommended?
Visit titlefindr for more recommendations like "Misfits".
Warehouse 13
Agent Pete Lattimer and Agent Myka Bering find themselves transferred to Warehouse 13, a massive, top-secret storage facility in South Dakota. This mysterious warehouse houses every supernatural artifact ever collected by the government. Their new job has them chasing down reports of supernatural activity in search of new artifacts to be safeguarded in the Warehouse
Is Warehouse 13 good?
Eureka
Eureka is a small hidden town populated by America’s brightest scientists. They work cutting edge inventions and discoveries. Sadly for them, but funny for us, in their enthusiasm they tend to be forgetful about the safety surrounding their projects, which usually leads unnatural and hilarious chaos! Sheriff Jack Carter and his daughter accidentally stumbles upon Eureka, and Jack ends up being hired as the new sheriff in town. He got more than he bargained for when he has to deal with all the quirky geniuses living in Eureka and their crazy experiments.
Is Eureka good?
Arrow
Oliver Queen returns home after having being lost at sea for five years and presumed dead. Oliver survived on an uncharted island, but he wasn't alone, and to survive he had to learn how to fight. Back in Starling City as a changed man, he has decided to right his fathers and all others corrupted fallout. He disguises himself with the hood of one of his first mysterious island mentors. Arms himself with a bow and high-tech gadgets. With this he sets about hunting down the men and women who have corrupted his city.
Is Arrow good?
Movies like Alphas
Fantastic Four
Five astronauts gain superpowers after a cosmic radiation exposure on a space station and four of them must use there powers to oppose the plans of their enemy, the fifth astronaut, Doctor Victor Von Doom.
Is Fantastic Four good?
Why is Fantastic Four recommended?
Visit titlefindr for more recommendations like "Fantastic Four".
X-Men
Two mutants come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers. Marie, a.k.a. Rogue, runs away from home. She joins Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine. They are hunted by Storm and Cyclops, who are sent by Professor Charles Xavie to join them at their school for mutants. However, Magneto has other plans in mind for them.
Is X-Men good?
Why is X-Men recommended?
Visit titlefindr for more recommendations like "X-Men".
The Avengers
Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are to stop the trickster Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity. With the backing of S.H.I.E.L.D they are rounded up in a team called The Avengers, consisting of six heavy hitters, Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk and Thor. Supporting them are also Black Widow, Hawkeye and Nick Fury.
Is The Avengers good?
Why is The Avengers recommended?
Book like Alphas
Super Powereds: Year 1 (Super Powereds #1) by Drew Hayes
To become a super hero you have to take the Hero Certification Program in college, and only a handful of those starting it will be able to get to the final year. Among this years freshmen at Lander University, one of the top universities with a Hero Certification Program, there are five fresh students that are not as the rest of the aspiring heroes. They are former powereds, people with abilities like the supers but without the ability to control them. Powereds have always been treated like second class citizens and a burden. However these five are the first prototypes for a new highly classified experiment that have managed to turn powereds to a super. They have been those into the Hero Certification Program at Lander University as a trail by fire to see if they can compete against supers.