Issue(s): Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #64
Published Date: Mar 82
Title: "Cloak and Dagger!"
Credits:
Bill Mantlo - Writer
Ed Hannigan - Penciler
Al Milgrom - Inker
Mark Gruenwald - Assistant Editor
Tom DeFalco - Editor

Review/plot:
This issue introduces Cloak & Dagger, who would go on to become fairly popular secondary characters.

They are runaway children that were experimented upon by the mob, who were looking for a new synthetic type of drug.

All of the other runaways died, but Cloak & Dagger received strange powers instead.

Dagger shoots beams of light that make her victims feel cold. And Cloak can catch people in his cloak which surrounds them in total darkness and again makes them feel cold. He can also use the cloak to teleport himself and Dagger.

Cloak & Dagger are depicted as much more vengeful and ruthless than their later appearances.

They are hunting down the members of the mob that experimented on them, and they have every intention of killing, and they eventually do despite Spider-Man's mixed efforts.

The true heartless vigilantism of Cloak & Dagger elevates Mantlo's typical writing style, and i can see why these character became popular so quickly, even if they were ultimately softened quite a bit.

Quality Rating: B-

Historical Significance Rating: 8 - first Cloak & Dagger

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References: N/A

Cross-over: N/A

Continuity Implant? N

Reprinted In: N/A

i dont like C & D but i have to admit Mantlo brought his "A" game to this first appearance.