8 Reasons You Need To Watch Marvel's Cloak & Dagger
5. It's About Two Classic Comic Book Characters
A big draw for Cloak & Dagger is that it offers the live-action debut of two long-running but underrated characters from the Marvel comics universe. Denizens of the street-level side of Marvel, Tandy and Tyrone first appeared in the pages of Spider-Man before going on to lead their own series, as well as crossing over with big properties like the X-Men.
What sets Cloak & Dagger apart from most Marvel stories is its focus on essentially a Romeo & Juliet-style romance between two kids who shouldn't be together but are soulmates nonetheless. Not that their's is a light-hearted tale as Cloak & Dagger comics have never been afraid to address gritty topics, with a particular emphasis on the destructive effects of the drug trade.
Marvel fans have been calling for the pair to make it into the MCU for a long while and, though there have been plans for a Cloak & Dagger movie since back in 2006, Marvel Studios never obliged. So it's worth checking out Marvel Television's first go at two characters who have been waiting for an adaptation for far too long.