cool looks of the characters (viewers noted especially the villains).The series story line was set on 29th century, when an alien mob boss & diabolic villain Mon*Star with his gang of thugs escaped their cell at Penal Planet 10, they goes to Limbo's Moonstar and transform themselves into armored beasts. Mon*Star villain henchmen were; a snake-like space goon Yess-Man as all-purpose lackey thrall/sycophant, a dangerous inventor of devilish machines Hardware, a musical mistress Melodia with her killer guitar of evil shattering notes, robot Buzz-saw with his razor sharp cutting blades, weather master Windjammer with his huge tuning fork manipulates weather, master of disguise Molecular(Mo-Lec-U-Lar), steroids minotaur Mumbo Jumbo, etc, they cause chaos whenever wherever possible. Since no human can survive in journey to Limbo Galaxy, bionic cop Cmdr. Stargazer formed a team of heroes called Silverhawks, they let voluntarily transform themselves into cyborg (partly metal, partly real); former Interplanetary Force H head Jonathan Quick as Quicksilver as team leader (with his cyborg bird Tally Hawk), cowboy & country singer Bluegrass as pilot of transport vehicle The Maraj ('mirage') with his weapon Hot Licks a sonic blasting guitar, twins Emily & Will Heart as Steelheart & Steelwill (with their implanted stainless steel hearts) as technicians/designers and strongmen, a mathematical genius/acrobat from Planet of the Mimes Copperkid (spoke through whistles & complex system of tones), etc. They fight and stop Mon*Star's team and protect the universe and the galaxy.
Silverhawks Animated TV series completed 65 episodes in one season of sci-fi adventures aired from September to December 1986, now available on DVD.
The Silverhawks Heroes:
- Bob McFadden voice ........... Commander Edward Jahaziel Stargazer - a tough old bionic cop who captured & imprison Mon*Star several years ago. He recruited and created the Silverhawks heroes and he serve as 'eyes and ears' of the team.
- Peter Newman .............. Leuitenant Jonathan "Quick" Greyer as Quicksilver - a former head of Interplanetary Force H and field leader of the Silverhawks. His quick reflexes & thinking, as accomplished tactician ansd athlete. He companion cyborg bird was Tally Hawk.
- Larry Kenney ............. Colonel Bluegrass - the second-in-command of Silverhawks, a cowboy, country-singer and the chief pilot of the group of their transport vehicle The Maraj, he can't fly, sonic blasting guitar Hot Licks was his weapon and his companion bird named Sideman.
- Sergeant Emily Hart as Steelheart (Maggie Wheeler voice) & Sergeant William Will Hart as Steelwill (Bob McFadden voice)- twin brother and sister (Emily is older) serve as gearheads of the team, share emphathic bond (one feels the other). Implanted with stainless steel hearts during transformation, they are both designers, technicians and strongmen as steel.
- Copper Kid - a mathematical genius and volunteer from the Planet of the Mimes, he's an acrobat expert, he's unable to speak but communicate through mathematically calculated tones and whistles. Each episode he take a quiz from Bluegrass on several astronomical thing.
- Adolph Caesar ............... Hotwing - skilled illusionist of gold Silverhawk.
- Flashback - a green time-traveling Silverhawk from the far future.
- Moonstryker - a turquoise Silverhawk with no wings, he propels himself through space by a powerful cyclone he can form around his body.
- Condor - An old ally of Commander Stargazer, whom Condor calls "Gaze".
- Adolph Caesar ............... Seymour - a space cabbie and serve as comic relief of the show.
- Zeek the Beak, Seymour's pal, is a green bird-like alien.
- Earl Hammond ............. Mon*Star - the alien mob boss that escaped from cell who uses the power of Limbo's Moonstar to transform into an armor-plated, spiked creature, rides a giant "space-squid" called Sky-Runner with his pet bat named Sky Shadow. He has some bad blood with Stargazer due to their past conflicts, and extends that animosity to the Silverhawks.
- Yess-man - a snake like creature and Mon*Star's all-purpose lackey, thrall sycophant.
- Bob McFadden voice ........... Hardware - intelligent creature that carries an over-sized rucksack full of self-engineered weapons and equipment. The inventor that device devilishly effective machines, the most dangerous minion because of this talent.
- Maggie Wheeler ........... Melodia - a musical mistress (counterpart of Bluegrass), she uses musical synthesizer killer guitar producing shuttering evil notes as her weapon.
- Buzz-Saw - the cybernetic war machine with razor sharp circular cutting blades, a projectile weapon.
- Doug Preis .............. Windhammer - the weather master, with his huge tuning fork, he manipulate or generate destructive weather patterns and storms.
- Doug Preis .............. Molecular - Mo-Lec-U-Lar - the master of disguise and hitman, he has ability to shift into any shape or form or state of matter.
- Zero, The Memory Thief - memory stealer uses an energized staff to code brainwaves, a cattle prod-like weapon and records them on magnetic cassettes tapes.
- Peter Newman .............. Mumbo Jumbo - bull headed strong creature of the Mob.
- Larry Kenney ............. Poker-Face - an android with roulette wheels for eyes and owner of Starship Casino.
- Peter Newman .............. Timestopper - the juvenile delinquent, has the ability to place victims in suspended animation/ambient motion for a limited period of time (a minute).
- Bounty Hunter - another prisoner broken out by Mon*Star, his ability to absorb energy directed at him and use the energy to sustain his physical form.
