Dagger

*"She came out amazing. Despite all you piled up on her doorstep. She came out a fighter. She's smarter than you. She's better than you. She's gonna rise out of the ashes of your anger. You just watch."*
―Cloak[src]**Tandy Bowen**, also known as **Dagger**, is a former street thief who gained the ability to channel Lightforce in the aftermath of the collapse of the Roxxon Gulf Platform, during which she and Tyrone Johnson, whose powers are connected to Bowen's, were exposed to a mixture of Lightforce and Darkforce. Bowen remained ignorant of her powers for years until they began to manifest and she understood how they were connected with the perception and expression of hopes.

Progressively learning to master her powers, Bowen decided to use them in her quest for justice, as she wanted to expose the accountability of Roxxon Corporation in the destruction of the oil rig, and clear her father's name as he had been scapegoated by the company after he died the night of the collapse. Over the weeks, she built a very strong friendship with Johnson, but came to discover that her father actually was an abusive husband, which caused her to briefly experience a regression in which she returned to her drug abuse habit and she abused her powers, feeding off others' hopes instead of simply reviewing them. Nevertheless, Bowen regained her senses and worked with Johnson and Mina Hess to stop the Terror in New Orleans, exposing Roxxon Corporation in the process.

In an attempt to rebuild a sound relationship with her mother, Bowen joined a group therapy session. This caused her to progressively uncover a vast operation of human trafficking orchestrated by Andre Deschaine. Bowen herself nearly became a victim of this criminal ring before being saved by Johnson, later assisting him so he would be rescued from the Dark Dimension, although it caused James Connors to be released as well in the process. Bowen then worked with Johnson, with the assistance of Brigid O'Reilly and Mayhem, to end the threat of D'Spayre. Confronting him in the Dark Dimension, Bowen was able to overcome the trauma of the true nature of her father, and both she and Johnson were able to overpower D'Spayre.

With this new victory achieved, Bowen and Johnson decided to leave New Orleans to help others who might need their assistance. This eventually caused them to meet and ally with the Runaways, helping them to rescue Alex Wilder from the Dark Dimension, although Bowen expressed her doubts about his true nature.

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3. ↑ *Cloak & Dagger: 1.05: Princeton Offense*
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9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 *Cloak & Dagger: 2.05: Alignment Chart*
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 *Cloak & Dagger: 2.10: Level Up*
11. ↑ In *Princeton Offense*, it is stated that Tandy Bowen was 9 when her father died, which is dated to February 25, 2009 (see 2000s references). This would mean Bowen was born between February 1999 and February 2000.