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Cloak And Dagger Omnibus #1
Cloak And Dagger Omnibus Vol. 1
The early adventures of the deadly duo of darkness and light! As Cloak and Dagger wage war on drugs, crime lords Silvermane and the Kingpin are in their sights - and Spider-Man is stuck in the middle! Then follow Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen into their own uncanny adventures, and discover what set them on their vigilante path together. Detective O'Reilly wants to arrest them, Father Delgado wants to reform them - but does anyone really understand them? Featuring Doctor Strange, the New Mutants and Power Pack! COLLECTING: PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) 64, 69-70, 81-82, 94-96; CLOAK AND DAGGER (1983) 1-4; MARVEL TEAM-UP ANNUAL (1976) 6; MARVEL FANFARE (1982) 19; NEW MUTANTS (1983) 23-25; CLOAK AND DAGGER (1985) 1-11; DOCTOR STRANGE (1974) 78; MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL: CLOAK AND DAGGER/POWER PACK - SHELTER FROM THE STORM (1989) GN; MATERIAL FROM STRANGE TALES (1987) 1-2
806 pages, Hardcover
First published November 14, 1989
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April 22, 2021
800 pages of 80's Cloak and Dagger is... a lot. The quality of the stories is all over the place. A cheesy Al Migrom three-parter in the middle and the Cloak and Dagger + Power Pack graphic novel that concludes this volume are the low points, but a lot of the material still charms. The first four issue mini series is probably the highlight.
It's interesting that although the New Mutants story by Claremont is pretty much garbage, three issues that go nowhere, he's still clearly a more interesting writer than Mantlo, who writes the vast majority of stories here. (I'm always skeptical of Mantlo because his Alpha Flight run is the most homophobic comic ever put out by a major publisher.) It's not that his writing is bad here, it's just solid 80's Marvel. The Cloak and Dagger dynamic is interesting, but he rehashes a lot of the same stuff instead of moving the characters forward in substantial ways.
I enjoyed it, but if you're not bringing your own nostalgia, you'll likely be unimpressed.
It's interesting that although the New Mutants story by Claremont is pretty much garbage, three issues that go nowhere, he's still clearly a more interesting writer than Mantlo, who writes the vast majority of stories here. (I'm always skeptical of Mantlo because his Alpha Flight run is the most homophobic comic ever put out by a major publisher.) It's not that his writing is bad here, it's just solid 80's Marvel. The Cloak and Dagger dynamic is interesting, but he rehashes a lot of the same stuff instead of moving the characters forward in substantial ways.
I enjoyed it, but if you're not bringing your own nostalgia, you'll likely be unimpressed.
December 28, 2020
3 1/2 stars. I wanted this more for nostalgia than anything else, as I read and loved the miniseries and initial Cloak and Dagger ongoing series when I was a kid, and its maybe a half-cut above average for 80s Marvel superhero fare. The art gets continually better after the drop off early on that's sadly representative of mid-80s Spider-Man material imo, but the volume suffers from an overabundance of crossovers, even after the characters get their own series, that some basic knowledge of Marvel continuity from 40 years ago is annoyingly helpful. 4 for nostalgics, like me, 3 for comic fans, 2 for non-superhero readers.
February 23, 2021
3.5 stars instead of 3 because of nostalgia
November 20, 2025
My favorite dynamic duo in Marvel Comics!
this omnibus is ALMOST perfect! it's just missing the few issues where Cloak and Dagger appear within the pages of Power Pack.
Other than those omissions, this omnibus is packed with lots of other crossovers with New Mutants, Dr. Strange, Spider-Man, Marvel Fanfare, Marvel Age, and more! lots of cool promo material inside as well.
this omnibus is ALMOST perfect! it's just missing the few issues where Cloak and Dagger appear within the pages of Power Pack.
Other than those omissions, this omnibus is packed with lots of other crossovers with New Mutants, Dr. Strange, Spider-Man, Marvel Fanfare, Marvel Age, and more! lots of cool promo material inside as well.
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