Dynamite Entertainment is following their highly successful launch of the ThunderCats earlier this year with the debut of a sister title — SilverHawks. Ed Brisson and George Kambadais will bring the space-soaring team, who also had their own cartoon back in the 1980s, into comics this January.
The title is part of Dynamite’s larger publishing agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products and will be set in the same universe as Declan Shalvey and Drew Moss’s ThunderCats, much like the animated series was. Dynamite said in the release that both titles would fall under “an umbrella to include all their spinoffs and potential connections moving forward,” which makes you wonder if they’ll catch a tiger by the tail next.
“When Dynamite launched ThunderCats I immediately began to pester Declan about the possibility of a SilverHawks book,” Brisson said. “When Nate reached out to me to write ThunderCats: Apex, my first question was, ‘When are you doing SilverHawks?!?’ I am very excited that this book is happening and that I’m privileged enough to be involved. I couldn’t ask for a better collaborator than George. So, strap in, because I’m about to pour all the love I have for the SilverHawks into this baby. I’m going to make you all love it too!”
The new series will feature all your favorites from the cartoon:
Readers will meet grizzled space cop Stargazer, and the team he assembles to deal with the galactic threat unleashed by the escape from Limbo of Mon*Star and his mobs across the stars. The team’s leader is an experienced Eliot Ness-like figure, tough as nails but also forward-looking in trying to establish a blueprint to carry on his legacy if he ever falls in battle protecting his team and serving justice. He’s joined by field leader and tactician Quicksilver, ace pilot and free spirit Bluegrass, the strong and silent bruiser Steelwill, compassionate and independent Steelheart, introspective illusionist Hotwing, and unpredictable inventor Copper Kid. Together the team will cooperate and align their specialized skills to vanquish the escaped prisoners from Limbo and all of the chaos left in their wake.
The first issue will feature covers by Lucio Parrillo (shown above), Jae Lee, James Stokoe, Declan Shalvey, Geraldo Borges and Manix.
SilverHawks #1 will take flight in January.