Cloak and Dagger: Agony and Ecstasy

Cloak and Dagger (Collected Editions) #5

by Terry Austin, Steve Gerber, Terry Kavanagh

Collects Mutant Misadventures Of Cloak And Dagger #5-13, Cloak And Dagger (1990) #14-19 And Doctor Strange (1974) #78.

From despair to D’Spayre! With Tyrone Johnson dead and buried, a blind and grief-stricken Dagger deals with the agony of loss — while the villainous Ecstasy wears Cloak’s cloak! But rumors of Ty’s death have been greatly exaggerated — does he have what it takes to reclaim his mantle? He’d better hope so, because when the Acts of Vengeance hit, our reunited duo will encounter the Avengers! Meanwhile, the evil Mr. Jip has been scheming for months — and his multifaceted plans will soon come to fruition! But what does Doctor Doom have to do with it? Plus: Spider-Man and Ghost Rider help Cloak and Dagger take on…Mephisto? And can our heroes cope with the demonic D’Spayre, who bears shocking revelations about their origins?

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Comic Book, Graphic Novels

423 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 5, 2019

Reviews

[Matt Sautman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I paid $2 for this on clearance. The book is definitely worth that price. A problem here compared to similar runs from the same era is that Cloak and Dagger’s motivations don’t ever feel that tangible here outside of the beginning where the book begins with Cloak nowhere to be seen and Dagger having become blind. The ideas present here are fine, but it is a shame that characters are excellent in concept as Cloak and Dagger are often let down by writing that seems more oriented towards meeting deadlines than to explore the deep complex friendship formed between these two’s symbiotic powers.

[Jefferson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very inconsistent in quality. It was nice to see regular Cloak & Dagger artist Rick Leonardi draw a few of the middle chapters, but the last few were virtually unreadable.