Cloak and Dagger #1 [Newsstand]
(October 1983)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-07-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860296810
Editing
Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes (Fantagraphics, 1981 series) #28 (August 1983), with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-07-19.
This issue is a variant of Cloak and Dagger (Marvel, 1983 series) #1 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cloak and Dagger / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rick Leonardi (signed as Leonardi)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Novak ? (logo design, see notes)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cloak [Tyrone Johnson]; Dagger [Tandy Bowen]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The possible logo design credit from Todd Klein and Ken Bruzenak via Todd's Facebook posting Comics Logos C #70: CLOAK AND DAGGER on 4 September 2021. Others speculated previously that Bruzenak was the logo designer, but Bruzenak confirmed per Klein that he did not create this logo.

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Chapter One: The Priest (Table of Contents: 1)

Cloak and Dagger / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited); Ed Hannigan (credited) (co-creator, see notes)
Pencils
Rick Leonardi (credited); Ed Hannigan (sketches, see notes)
Inks
Terry Austin (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey Father -- why so gloomy?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cloak [Tyrone Johnson]; Dagger [Tandy Bowen]; Detective Brigid O'Rielly; Father Francis Xavier Delgado; Jerry (death); Alice; Dixie; Carlo
Synopsis
Cloak and Dagger ask Father Delgado for Sanctuary.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story is divided into chapters.
Chapter Two: The Detective (3 pages)
Chapter Three: Faith (3 pages)
Chapter Four: Hope (3 pages)
Chapter Five: Charity (7 pages)
Epilogue: The Church (1 page)

Ed Hannigan credited as co-creator. The whole issue was sketched by Hannigan. The sketches were reprinted in Marvel Age and in Ed Hannigan: Covered (Marvel, 2009 series) #[nn]

Star Frontiers (Table of Contents: 2)

Star Frontiers; TSR / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Larry Elmore (signed)
Inks
Larry Elmore (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
An alien entity travels all the way to Earth to purchase the Star Frontiers role playing game.

Indexer Notes

Comic strip advertisement for the Star Frontiers role playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter (credited); ?
Letters
typeset
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Cloak and Dagger
  2. 1. Chapter One: The Priest
    Cloak and Dagger
  3. 2. Star Frontiers
    Star Frontiers; TSR
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
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  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen
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