In 1981, Marvel Comics writer Bill Mantlo was inspired by a visit to Ellis Island to develop the tale of a pair of teenage runaways who developed super powers. Cloak & Dagger aren't angels by any stretch of the imagination, debuting in volume 1 of Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man in the March 1982 issue (released in December 1981), then were spun off into a series of miniseries and ongoing titles.
Two years ago, Marvel Studios began developing a TV series based on the books, but with one big difference. Instead of being runaways, Tandy (Olivia Holt) & Tyrone (Aubrey Joseph) have diverse lives. Tyrone is a high school basketball player whose mom (Gloria Reuben, ex-ER) expects the very best from him. Tandy is a petty thief. An accident involving some drugs gives them their powers, and their story begins to develop from there.
Freeform is the place to go for Cloak & Dagger, but, like Syfy's just-finished Krypton, it's a short, 10-episode season, which wraps on August 2. Freeform is looking to get a slice of the pie from CW's hit series, Black Lightning, as the writing so far appears to be along the same quality line. Oh, by the way, CW is running Black Lightning on Thursdays for a summer rerun cycle before the series moves back to Tuesdays in October.
Here's a trailer:
The setting for the show has changed from its comics origins. Instead of New York, our leads are in New Orleans. How much of a difference that makes remains to be seen. It worked for Black Lightning, which is set in a New Orleans suburb, so maybe this will make two in a row for the Crescent City. We'll see.
Rating: A.
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