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CLOAK & DAGGER First Look at FREEFORM Series

Cloak & Dagger #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel shared a first look at Cloak & Dagger, the new Freeform television series based on the fan-favorite teen vigilante heroes.

Tandy Bowen (Olivia Holt) and Tyrone Johnson (Aubrey Joseph) are two teenagers from different backgrounds, who find themselves burdened and awakened to newly acquired superpowers which are mysteriously linked to one another.
Tandy creates light daggers. Tyrone can engulf others in darkness.
Here’s how they look in the iconic first comic book.
But here’s the first look of the television versions of this beloved teen duo, their origin and how the television will be different.
Watch and enjoy:

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CLOAK & DAGGER Actors Cast

Cloak & Dagger #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel announced the actors cast as a fan-favorite comic book duo in the upcoming Cloak & Dagger television series on Freeform.

Former Disney Channel star and Hollywood Records recording artist Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph (“The Night Of,” “Run All Night”) will star as the super-powered runaway teens.

In the comics Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen were teen runaways from very different lives who met on the streets of New York City. Continue reading CLOAK & DAGGER Actors Cast

CLOAK AND DAGGER Television Series

Cloak & Dagger #1 courtesy Marvel
Cloak & Dagger #1 courtesy Marvel

Cloak & Dagger are getting their own television series.

The heroes will star in Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger with a straight to series order on Freeform according to Variety. The network (formerly ABC Family) is owned by Disney and is more geared toward a younger audience.

The article describes the series as “a superhero love story.”

In the comics Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen were teen runaways from very different lives who met on the streets of New York City.

The runaways were experimented on by a scientist trying to create a new synthetic drug for a major crime lord. The experiments gave them incredible powers. Tyrone gained powers of teleportation, have a ghost-like intangibility and ability to access the “darkforce” dimension. To hide his new appearance he hid in a cloak. Tandy gained the ability to create “daggers” of light which could heal people and cure addictions. Their origins were later retconned to reveal Ty and Tandy were actually mutants like X-Men and the experiment triggered their mutant genes. Continue reading CLOAK AND DAGGER Television Series