Comics Review: "SILVERHAWKS #2" is Fully in Flight, Too

SILVERHAWKS, VOL. 1 #2

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: Ed Brisson

ART: George Kambadais

COLORS: Ellie Wright

LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry

EDITOR: Nate Cosby

COVER: Lucio Parrillo

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jae Lee with June Chung; James Stokoe; Geraldo Borges; Ivan Tao; Lesley “Leirix” Li; Manix; Mark Spears; Lucio Parrillo

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

Rated “Teen”

“Bluegrass and Hotwing Night at the Starship Casino”

“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 #2 (“Bluegrass and Hotwing Night at the Starship Casino”) opens beyond the edge of the Limbo Galaxy, aboard the “Starship Casino.”  There, the rock 'n' roll duo of “Bluegrass” and “Melodia,” a.k.a. “Electric Sky,” are about to perform.

Meanwhile, at “Hawk Haven” within the Limbo Galaxy, Lt. Jonathan Quick of the Interplanetary Force B (IFB) has discovered that he is no longer quite himself.  In the wake of the attack on the IFB by the notorious smuggler, “Hardware,” what's next for Quick?

What do these two dramas have in common?  One features a man about to begin his “Silverhawks” training.  The other features a man who is about to discover that his dreams of rock 'n' roll fame have not diminished his ability to discern right from wrong.

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 Two is the first SilverHawks comic book that I've read.

I was pleasantly surprised by Dynamite's Gargoyles #1.  I had never watched the television series, but the first issue produced by writer Ed Brisson and artist George Kambadais made me want to finally discover the TV show.  In the riveting first issue of the new SilverHawks series, Brisson deftly brought together the past and present, expertly tying them together to create what is likely the series' central conflict.  With this second issue, Brisson begins to bring together the next era of heroes.

Kambadais, who seems gifted when it comes to science fiction-fantasy comic books, continues to make this series crackle from page to page with exciting action and engaging intrigue.  Still, he expertly begins the process of introducing the new players.  Ellie Wright's colors make the art shimmer and shake with the energy of a new beginning.  Jeff Eckleberry's lettering is always reliable in creating a rhythm for the narrative, and it does so here.

I expected very little from Silverhawks #1, but after two good issues, I expect a lot from the series.  This could be a really good comic book 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.

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

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