And with this, PPTSS #64, Bill Mantlo suddenly becomes a damn good writer. Seriously, from here on out his Spider-Man scripts are darn good.
This is the origin and first appearance of cult fan faves Cloak and Dagger.
The duo got live action treatment in 2018.
Bad drugs give two kids superpowers, so they decide to take out all the drug dealers. The people they fight in this issue–and many others–are truly evil. They prey on kids, intentionally murdering them.
Punisher’s targets have, so far, not been nearly as vividly unsympathetic. Nor has Punisher been as brutal as these kids. In one sequence, Cloak surrounds the evil does in his cloak, Dagger creates light to lead them out, and they emerge over a window, crashing through and falling 5 stories to their deaths.
