Teenagers Tyrone and Tandy are awakened to newly acquired superpowers which are mysteriously linked to one another. They gained their powers as children after a Roxxon Corporation accident. That is the premise of the TV series, however let's go back to 1982 when it all started in the comics world.
WHEN IT ALL STARTED Cloak & Dagger appeared alongside Spider man in a few editions in 1982 after which they gained a lot of popularity and got their limited series. They were the hero's of the downtrodden, homeless & the lower half of the society. The socioeconomic differences between the classes were very evident in the story lines and also in their villains. They have fought some fancy villains but majority of their villains were drug lords like "Maggia". The series depicted real life problems of the society and it gave a teenagers perspective and their struggle.
SUPER POWERS
Cloak and Dagger’s powers reflect their general personas of shadow and light. Cloak can displace foes into a dimension of darkness via his cloak, which provides a portal to that nether region. He can also use that dimension for travel, transporting himself and anyone else that he wishes to take with him. Cloak can also become intangible or ghost-like, and his wraith-like or vampiric existence extends to his need to feed on light, which is either taken from those he defeats or provided to him by Dagger. As for Dagger herself, she projects and fires light daggers that sap energy and can also serve as food to satiate Cloak’s hunger; the daggers can even help others struggling with addiction as well. THE ORIGIN STORY IN COMICS The demon known as D’Spayre (subtle) is largely responsible for Tandy and Tyrone becoming Cloak and Dagger, although that part of their origin wasn’t initially known. Two runaways from very different backgrounds -- he was a stuttering Bostonian who witnessed a friend killed by a cop, she was a rich girl whose self-absorbed mother just never paid attention to her -- the teens were abducted by a criminal syndicate that performed synthetic drug experiments on them. When they escaped, they discovered they had been permanently transformed by the experience. At first it was believed their powers were latent mutant abilities activated by their exposure to the drug, but eventually they learned that D’Spayre had orchestrated everything, imbuing them with energies of the Dark and Light Forms.
TV SERIES REVIEW Coming back to the TV series - it is set in modern times New Orleans not in New York like in the comics as the executive producer "Joe Pokaski" thought New York has a lot of Super Heros's and this story would suit New Orleans the best. This is post the Hurricane katrina hit the place so traces of the disaster and how it impacted the society, especially the poor class is depicted in the story telling. I saw it on Amazon prime - it is a tad slow in the beginning as it is a series and not a film. Some great performances by Aubrey Joseph and Olivia Holt. It is very dark and doesnt have the usual funny, feel good look like the other Marvel franchise. If you like good drama & super Hero's then this is a must watch.
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