11 Most Anticipated Comic Book TV Shows Coming In 2018
9. Cloak & Dagger
ABC
The initial trailer for Cloak & Dagger may have been met with a lukewarm reception, but as far as superhero concepts go, the story of Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen is a pretty good one.
Releasing later this year, Cloak & Dagger will revolve around the iconic Marvel duo as they navigate the ins and outs of the MCU, all with the added pressure of developing powers of their own. It's a winning formula, one that's worked time and again in the comics themselves, and while we're yet to see if the show will take as heavy a focus on drugs as those original books did, one thing that we can be certain of is that the two leads - Olivia Holt and Aubrey Johnson - will have the chemistry to make it work.
Freeform may not have been the likeliest destination for a Cloak & Dagger series, with its darker elements perhaps lending it more to Netflix than the network formerly known as ABC Family., but here's hoping they're able to do right by the license.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
