In 1986, Rankin-Bass had themselves a sure-fire hit with their flagship animated series, Thundercats. So with all the money rolling in, how does one follow-up such a success? Why, with an exact duplicate, of course. Silverhawks is often called “Thundercats in space” and that description isn’t too far off base. From the voice actors, to the animation, to the plots, to the characters, to the name, Silverhawks draws so many comparisons to its older brother that people can’t help but qualify the show as “just like Thundercats”. Now, if Silverhawks was just like Thundercats only not as good, where does that leave Rankin-Bass’ other animated clone, Tigersharks? In the dumpster, one can only hope.

Well, despite the numerous similarities, Silverhawks had its own charm that set it apart from Thundercats. While Thundercats was a sword & sorcery epic with smatterings of science fiction here and there, Silverhawks was all about the outer space action. In the 25th century, in the far off galaxy of Limbo, Commander Stargazer imprisoned the intergalactic mob boss, Mon*Star on the Penal Planet (get all the giggling over with now) with a life sentence. However, after many years behind bars, Mon*Star managed to escape and reformed his gang of psychos and monsters. Using the Moonstar, Mon*Star can morph himself into an all-powerful robotic scourge. Now an old man, Commander Stargazer sends for help from Earth. Earth sends him back a team of bionic warriors, “partly metal, partly real”, called the Silverhawks.

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