Advanced Comics Review: "SILVERHAWKS #1" is Fully in Flight

SILVERHAWKS, VOL. 1 #1

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Ed Brisson

ART: George Kambadais

COLORS: Ellie Wright

LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry

EDITOR: Nate Cosby

EDITOR: Joseph Rybandt

COVER: Lucio Parrillo

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jae Lee with June Chung; Bjorn Barends; James Stokoe; Geraldo Borges; Declan Shalvey; Leirix; Manix; Mark Spears; Mark Bagley

32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (January 2025)

Rated “Teen”

“SilverHawks” was an American animated television series developed by Rankin/Bass Productions.  Lorimar-Telepictures provided the distribution for TV syndication and the Japanese studio, Pacific Animation Corporation, produced the animation.  Rankin/Bass created “SilverHawks” as a space-based equivalent of its earlier animated series, ThunderCats (1985-86).

“SilverHawks” was set in the galaxy of “Limbo.”  It focused on the bionic space enforcer, Commander Stargazer, and his recruits, “the SilverHawks,” heroes who were “partly metal, partly real.”  They fought the evil Mon*Star, an escaped alien crime boss.  He could transform into an enormous armor-plated creature with the help of Moonstar, a “solid star” in Limbo.

The “SilverHawks” property now belongs to Warner Bros. Discovery, and Dynamite Entertainment has a license to produce comic books based on many WBD properties.  Dynamite is launching a SilverHawks comic book series, SilverHawks, Volume One.  It is written by Ed Brisson; drawn by George Kambadais; colored by Ellie Wright; and lettered by Jeff Eckleberry.

SilverHawks Volume 1 #1 opens in the year 2839 in Bedlama City on the planet of Bedlama.  Lt. Quick of the Interplanetary Force B is leading a unit to take down the notorious smuggler, Hardware.  What Quick and his men don't know is that this is bigger than Hardware, bigger than Interplanetary Force B.

Mon*Star, the deadly mob boss taken down by Commander Stargazer and the SilverHawks, is about to break free of Penal Planet 10, where he has been imprisoned for one hundred years.  Now, he plans to take revenge on everyone who tried to take his territory and anyone who tried to make moves on his criminal enterprise.

And his old enemies, Commander Stargazer and the SilverHawks, are too old to fight him again.

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  SilverHawks, Volume One: Issue One is the first SilverHawks comic book that I've read.

I only vaguely remember the “SilverHawks” TV series, and I never watched it.  I am more familiar with writer Ed Brisson, having enjoyed his AWA Studios work, including the excellent Sins of the Salton Sea #1.  I enjoy the output of artist George Kambadais, having reviewed John Carter of Mars #1 and Disney's Gargoyles #1.

Together, Brisson and Kambadais offer a riveting first issue of the new SilverHawks series.  Brisson deftly brings together the past and present, expertly tying them together to create what is likely the series' central conflict.

Kambadais, who seems gifted when it comes to science fiction-fantasy comic books, makes the story crackle from page to page with exciting action.  Still, he leaves plenty of space to introduce the characters and their attitudes, if not their personalities.  Ellie Wright's colors make the art shimmer and shake with the energy of a new beginning.  Jeff Eckleberry's lettering is reliable in creating a rhythm for the narrative, and it does here.

I expected very little from Silverhawks #1, but I'm pleasantly surprised.  This could be a really good series that is in for a long run.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Dynamite Entertainment's Warner Bros. comic book series and of “SilverHawks” will want to give SilverHawks, Volume One a try.

A

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

https://x.com/DynamiteComics

https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/

https://www.facebook.com/DynamiteComics/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNOH4PEsl8dyZ2Tj7XUlY7w

https://www.linkedin.com/company/dynamite-entertainment

The text is copyright © 2025 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog or site for syndication rights and fees.

------------------

Amazon wants me to inform/remind you that any affiliate links found on this page are PAID ADS, but I technically only get paid (eventually) if you click on affiliate links like these, BOOKS PAGE, GRAPHIC NOVELS, or MANGA PAGE and BUY something(s).