I looked over her page awhile ago and it said that Emma Frost stated that they werent mutants (Cloak and Dagger) but mutates, because of the drug that gave them the abilities they have now. What page/chapter/book did it come out they were mutants, because im a bit confused.
And her powers is she a bit like dazzler then with the whole light thing, only she doesnt need sound she actually can make light. So that part confuses me as well.
(Im sorry if i upset or seem rude to anyone im not trying to be, i really am confused)
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Dagger
Character » Dagger appears in 827 issues.
Tandy Bowen is the "light" half of the vigilante duo known as Cloak & Dagger. After a drug-related experiment awakened her powers, she became a living personification of light, with the ability to generate super-luminosity at will and use it both offensively and defensively.
When Did She Become A Mutant from a Mutate? + Powers
Its right at the top of her bio on this site and through out her page
Tandy Bowen is half of the vigilante duo known as Cloak & Dagger. After a drug-related experiment awakened her mutant powers, she became the personification of light, able to generate light and use it both offensively or defensively.
" Its right at the top of her bio on this site and through out her pageThere are more references that state that they are mutates. It is possible that they both had a normally dormant X-gene that would never have done anything except pass on to their children (much like how a human with a dormant X-gene passes it on to its offspring and a mutant is born) but the synthetic heroin that was created altered their dormant genes. So both can be considered to be true. I still am sticking with mutates though. Who knows what that experimental heroin was made out of. It could have even been the first attempts at Kick.
"Tandy Bowen is half of the vigilante duo known as Cloak & Dagger. After a drug-related experiment awakened her mutant powers, she became the personification of light, able to generate light and use it both offensively or defensively.
Don't want to sound like a smartarse but it's a bit more difficult than that.
The original drug was brought into the world to further the plans of a demomnic being called D'Spayre by bringing a part of it, its dark and light side, into humans to take control of them. But the drug didn't work as planned and most people that D'Spayre's unknowing mortal agents injected with the drug died. Only Tandy and Tyrone survived because of their X-Gene that got activate the moment the drug entered their systems. Both of them would experience similiar powers later in their life due to their dormant genes but this way they were empowered by the parts of D'Spayre that entered their bodies without killing them. Later down the line D'Spayre managed to reclaim all of his powers by getting Cloak and Dagger into a fight and their mutant genes truly awakened giving them powers similiar but not exactly equal to the ones they had before. For example Cloak is no longer intangible all the time and can teleport without Dagger now and Dagger cannot purge people from their sins anymore. Together they managed to beat D'Spayre and leanred to cope with their new mutant powers.
I admit it sounds a bit confusing but that happens when they want to "update" 90's characters.
Their not mutants just mutates. Her powers from Dazzler is also quite different, though only one character confused the both by names, as in Runaways, Molly calls Dagger "Dazzler". Dazzler requires sound to produce light as Dagger can just form it, as she is the main avatar for the Living Light.
Fraction stated that they know they aren't mutants but with the lower number in mutant community they at least acknowledged the fact that there are mutants.
I see, sorry for the late reply but thanks for clearing this up :) Still though what i dont understand, is if shes the main avatar of the living light and dazzler requires sound to produce light is dagger stronger? As she could produce light anywhere without the need for anything?
" @NeoAndroid: Dagger doesn't create stereotypical-light, she produces Living Light basically. So it can only harm living people, It drains humans/mutants etc ... of their life force, it can remove drugs and toxins from the body. But it has no effect on non-living objects. Whereas Dazzler can cut objects, create energy blasts with light, Dagger can not. "Thanks for helping me out on clearing that up then :)
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