The Marvel series you forgot about is buried on Disney+

The author Jonathan Klotz
| Published 26 seconds ago

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is huge, especially now that Disney+ includes sections on Fox's X-Men and Fantastic Four, even acknowledging shows like Legion and The giftedand Morbius is part of the Spider-Verse collection. However, the service is hidden because no one can find it without really looking for it, and it's one Marvel series that was dropped on Freeform, formerly ABC Family. Cloak and Dagger. The series, which ran for two seasons, revived the adventures of teenage runaways (no, not those runaways), Tandy and Tyrone, usually Spider-Man's supporting characters, but stuck in their own show with nothing in the MCU.

Super-Powered Teen Angst

The series stars Tandy and Tyrone as Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph, respectively, as the action moves from New York to New Orleans, replacing the drug-addled origin story of the comic book superhero couple with an industrial accident. . Cloak and Dagger is one of those shows that could get away with drastically changing the origins of its characters, as even in the comics the pair are always stuck in a supporting role and rarely given their own title.

It is a testament to the stars that Cloak and Dagger is as good as it gets. The show leans heavily on teenage angst and uses the lack of any significant stories with the characters to build them up as new characters without fan expectations. This time, Tandy is world-weary, broken, and defeated, but she has the power to see everyone's hopes and dreams when she touches them. Tyrone maintains a connection to the Darkforce Dimension, but is also able to see people's fears.

Free form never gave Cloak and Dagger with a big budget to play with, but thankfully the pair's abilities are some of the cheapest to bring to screen, as all you need is bright lights and deep darks. While Disney+'s MCU shows look and feel like movies, Tandy and Tyrone's world does The Secret Life of the American Teenagerif demons sometimes appeared. D'Speir, Level D level Doctor Strange villain, plays the main role in the series alongside, because it is New Orleans, Baron Samedi, the famous Vodou Ioa.

Banished to the dark dimension

Cloak and Dagger spends its first season exploring how the couple got their powers and the trauma that binds them together, but in the second season they use their powers to help change the world for the better. It never reaches the heights of Netflix Daringbut each season is more than 85 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and sets a ratings record for Freeform with more than 7 million viewers. Critics praised the show for embracing dark, teen-oriented storylines in a way that never offended the intended audience or felt like they were being pandered to.

Tyrone and Tandy only ever appeared in one other Marvel show on Hulu Original Runawaysafter the end of the year Cloak and Dagger. It's fitting, since both shows have been pulled from Marvel's main page on Disney+, and the only evidence they have of their existence in the MCU is their standalone crossover. Today, Cloak and Dagger are finally finding a large fan base thanks to their inclusion in the free-to-play hit Marvel rivalsbut despite the newfound attention, we'll never see them in the MCU.

Cloak and Dagger is streaming on Disney+.