The cartoon
SilverHawks, 1986
One season, 65 episodes, first broadcast on 8 September 1986 and finished by 5 December 1986. It went out five afternoons a week rather than once a weekend, which is why a run that looks long on paper was over inside four months. There was never a second season and there has never been a reboot.
- Episodes
- 65
- First aired
- 8 September 1986
- Last aired
- 5 December 1986
- Credited writers
- 23
How the cast arrived
The squadron does not turn up all at once, and neither does the Mob. Five hawks land in the first week and the rest of the roster is spread across the run, with the last two arriving eight episodes before the end. Each entry below is the episode a character is first seen in, taken from the appearance lists in the episode guide.
- 01 The Origin Story
- 02 Journey to Limbo
- 05 Stop Timestopper The Mob
- 07 The Backroom The Mob
- 21 Hotwing Hits Limbo SilverHawks
- 40 Flashback SilverHawks
- 57 Battle Cruiser SilverHawks
Who wrote it
23 writers across 65 episodes, and the split is not close. Two episodes carry a shared credit, and both of those pairs are people who also wrote alone, so the count of names and the count of credit lines happen to come out the same. The credits below come from this site's episode data, checked against the title cards.
- Peter Lawrence 8
- William Overgard 7
- Chris Trengove 6
- Bruce Smith 5
- Kimberly Morris 5
- Lee Schneider 5
- Steve Perry 4
- Bob Haney 3
- Cy Young 3
- Jeri Craden 3
- Bill Ratter 2
- Bruce Shlain 2
- J.V.P. Mundy 2
- Alice Knox and Peter Larson 1
- Beth Bornstein 1
- Beth Bornstein and J.V.P. Mundy 1
- Danny Peary 1
- Dow Flint Kowalczyk 1
- Kenneth Vose 1
- Lawrence DuKore 1
- Leonard Starr 1
- Matthew Malach 1
- Stephanie Swafford 1