The Creators – Ed Brisson – Writer, George Kambadais – Artist, Ellie Wright – Colours, Jeff Eckleberry – Letters

The Players – Stargazer, Condor, Jonathan Quick (Quicksilver), Mo-Lec-U-Lar, Mon*Star, Hardware, Osprey, Sparrow, Red-Tail, Gray

The Story – Peace has reigned in the galaxy for over a hundred years thanks to the Silverhawks. Most of that is because they locked the creature named Mon*Star away presumably forever. Now, Mon*Star is free and peace is no longer guaranteed.

The Take – Nearly forty years after its premiere, Silverhawks gains new life as a comic book series, its second go in printed form and it begins with an origin tale courtesy of Ed Brisson and George Kambadais. It begins before the Silverhawks that everyone is familiar with are a thing, a time when the program has nearly ended and Hawkhaven is being put out to pasture. The universe is a peaceful place. The original team of Hawks got rid of the crime and corruption that prevailed and now there is no need for them or at least so they think. A plan was put in place and now, with the help of Hardware, Mo-Lec-U-Lar and their thugs, Mon*Star is now loose and bringing chaos back to the galaxy. Brisson brings depth to the team and to the title. He gives the Silverhawks both an origin, a sense of history and of legacy. With this new old threat, it gives Stargazer a mission once more, a purpose and to accomplish that, he will need a new team of Silverhawks of which Lt. Jonathan Quick is to be the first. There is a lot to love about this first issue including the introduction of the villains, the entrance of the big bad in Mon*Star and how his presence is felt throughout the book even after a hundred-plus years of peace thanks to his being locked away. There are the old-timer Silverhawks who must have been introduced for a reason and it would be amazing to see them in action, though hopefully not as cannon fodder for the eventual battle that is to come between the forces of good and evil. Kambadais does a great job with the artwork, delivering a nice clean style that is a perfect fit for the animated property. Everything flows nicely and the two creators set a good pace so that it all goes by quite easily, not too fast but not too slow either. What makes this all so good is the fact that readers want to see more of everything, more of Stargazer, more Mon*Star, more of everything and that speaks volumes as to the talent on this book. If the issues that follow this one are as good, there is no reason that Silverhawks could not be around for years to come.  A fantastic start to Dynamite’s latest licensed property, a book nobody saw coming in 2025 but one worth picking up.

Worth It? – Yes.