Dynamite Entertainment Announces ‘SilverHawks’ Comic Adaptation

Superhero Hype announced the 1980s Silverhawks cartoon, much like the Thundercats, is now being adapted to comicdom, by Dynamite Entertainment:

Wings of Silver. Nerves of Steel. The SilverHawks were never quite as popular as their feline counterparts, the ThunderCats. However, the Rankin/Bass animated series still built up a small but loyal following in the 1980s. Yet despite being produced by the same team, the two cosmic series never saw an official crossover. That may change, however, with the SilverHawks joining what Dynamite Entertainment has dubbed the ThunderVerse. […]

SilverHawks a passion project for writer Ed Brisson

The decision to bring back SilverHawks was not directly born of Dynamite Entertainment and their successful partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery. The publisher has found critical and commercial success with some licensed cartoon comics in 2024, including Space Ghost and Jonny Quest, but the push to bring back Silverhawks was due to one insistent fan: Predator writer Ed Brisson. […]

Brisson promises that the new series will delve into the origins of the Silverhawks, which were never revealed in the original show. An “inventive procedural approach” will be used to explore incidents, events, and locations only hinted at by the cartoon. This will build to the larger story of Mon*Star and the looming cosmic mob war. This will presumably eventually extend to Third Earth and the ThunderCats, kicking off a long-awaited crossover.

Here, I have to take issue with “revealed” and I guess even “delve”. What’s there to reveal when these are fictional characters? It’s only a matter of origins never having been officially written/created/developed for the original TV cartoon almost 4 decades ago. Go ahead and develop some for this new take if you must, but as I’ve made clear before, it’s insulting to the intellect when these press sources and even writers make it sound like these are real people here, when they’re only fictional characters.

I’m sure there’s potential to producing more comics based on licensed merchandize, but let’s remember that, if they’re held to political correctness, they won’t be worth the wait.

Originally published here.