A bionic space enforcer called Commander Stargazer recruited the SilverHawks, heroes who are "partly metal, partly real", to fight the evil Mon*Star, an escaped alien crime boss who transforms into an enormous armor-plated creature with the help of Limbo's Moonstar.

Joining Mon*Star in his villainy is an intergalactic mob consisting of Yes-Man, Buzz-Saw, Mumbo-Jumbo, Windhammer, Mo-Lec-U-Lar, Poker-Face, Hardware, and "the musical madness of" Melodia.

Quicksilver (formerly Jonathan Quick) leads the SilverHawks, with his metal bird companion Tally-Hawk at his side.

Country-singing Bluegrass piloted the team's ship, the Maraj (pronounced "mirage" on the series, but given that spelling on the Kenner toy).

They are often seen playing cards at the Sini*Star Diner on the planet Fence: Even though it is in outer space, Limbo has breathable air and characters are seen falling off their vehicles as if in a gravity field.

[8] SilverHawks featured many of the same voice actors who had worked on ThunderCats, including Larry Kenney, Peter Newman, Earl Hammond, Doug Preis and Bob McFadden.

In October 2008, Warner Home Video released SilverHawks: Volume 1 on DVD in Region 1 for the first time.

The SilverHawks action figure collection based on the animated series was produced by Kenner and first released in 1987.

Each figure was packaged with a companion bird and, similar to Kenner's Super Powers Collection toyline, had an action feature of some type.

[11] Several other pieces of SilverHawks merchandise were released in the 1980s, including a board game, puzzles, bed sheets, and a plastic pencil pouch with the main characters on one side.