| abstract | - Wendy Watson is a struggling artist who is forced to work temp jobs out of necessity. She is dumped by her film student boyfriend Ben Stanley and while working at A.N.D. Laboratories is attacked by a giant lab monster, until the Middleman shows up and saves the day. After being fired for her supposed involvement in the lab incident, she receives a call from the Jolly Fats Wehawkin Temp Agency, offering her a chance at a job. She goes to the address given and is greeted by Ida, who subjects her to a number of tests. Finally, the Middleman steps in and offers her a job as his sidekick in the fight against evil. Her first case involves mobsters who are being whacked all over the city, and the only clues left behind are banana peels. A DNA investigation leads them to Simiontics Labs and Dr. Gibbs. Inside the lab they find genetically enhanced apes painting and reciting poetry with the help of Electronic Voice boxes. However, one cage is empty, that of Spanky. Investigating, the Middleman and Wendy find Spanky's secret room filled with mobster memorabilia. They track down the ape, and after a short chase he escapes into a zoo. Later, Wendy finds a banana peel in front of her apartment and after calling the Middleman they detain the ape, who they discover has a brand new voice box, indicating that Dr. Gibbs was really behind it all. After a fight with the doctor's army of super apes, the Middleman and Wendy destroy the supercomputer controlling the apes' higher brain functions, thus returning them back to their normal state. Dr. Gibbs is arrested and Wendy goes home after her first day on the job, where she relaxes by painting an image of an ape with a machine gun.
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