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Marvel's Cloak & Dagger: Dark And Compelling

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Photo Courtesy of cbr.com Marvel Television and Freeform made an intensifying yet riveting introduction for their newest series, Marvel's Cloak & Dagger . By providing a somewhat dark tone with the story of the main characters, they managed to show what brings the future heroes together. For those who have not heard of the eponymous duo, two teenagers, kleptomaniac Tandy Bowen (Olivia Holt) and troubled high school athlete Tyrone Johnson are connected through tragedies from their childhood. As they get older, not only do they try to piece the puzzle together, they also go through the metamorphosis of their respective powers, Bowen with emission of light daggers and Johnson with teleportation and engulfing darkness. While it is uncomfortable to see forms of media in a dark tone, I did love seeing the two-part premiere of Cloak & Dagger. I have yet to see these two fulfill their superhero roles from the comics, but it was lovely to see them go through unsafe situatio