I do not think that there can ever be enough books about anything and I say that knowing that some of them are going to be about Pilates.The more knowledge the better seems like a solid rule of thumb, even though I have watched enough science fiction films to accept that humanity’s unchecked pursuit of learning will end with robots taking over the world.-Sarah Vowell

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Cloak and Dagger: Shades of Grey by Dennis Hopeless (Writer, David Messina (PEnciler), Franceso Manno (Penciler), Gianda Marchisio (Colorist), and VC"s Travis Lanham (Letterer)


Cloak and Dagger, Tandy and Tyson, have broken up and Tyson hasn't accepted it, while Tandy felt the need to move on.  They still meet to allow Tyson to let off some of the Darkforce.  Tandy is working with the police on raids and Tyson is working for a rapper as a bodyguard.  When Tandy goes on a raid and discovers a body that has been sucked grey it brings back a memory of another body in her teen years with Tyson who used his power to do that to someone they knew.  Detective Ikeda comes over to her house demanding answers that she can't give.  While she keeps him at arm's length, she has feelings for him. He tells her there have been more bodies over the past few months. She doesn't know what to make of this.

Tyson has been trying to get in touch with Tandy for three days to relieve his Darkforce but she won't return his calls because she can't face him thinking he killed all those people.  We see back to when Tandy and Tyson were teens to when one day on the subway when they met Grey a guy filled with smoke who calmed an edgy Tyson.  The three were inseparable.  Grey had the ability to fog people's minds and get away with stealing things.  Then Tyson killed Grey and left a grey husk.

But it's not Tyson leaving these dead bodies as Tandy accuses him of when he breaks into her house in order to get her help with the Darkforce and confront her with why she's been ghosting him.  It's Grey.  He didn't actually die and now he's back for revenge and to take their lifeforce.  He's after Tandy trying to trap her in his dreamscape, but Tandy can see through his dreamscape and she's wondering where Tyson is.  Tyson figures out it\s Grey and go looking for him.  He and Tandy manage to get free, but they must figure out a way to trap Grey and destroy him for good.

This comic is different than the other incarnations of Cloak and Dagger in that it broke up the couple.  It's an interesting approach that I really enjoyed.  It's hard watching Tyson pine away for Tandy while Tandy goes on with her life.  It will be interesting to see where this story goes in the next comic.  I give it five out of five stars.

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