Silver Agent

SILVER AGENT

Real Name: Alan Jerome Craig

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Superhero

Group Affiliation: formerly Honor Guard

Known Relatives: Thomas Craig (nephew)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Astro City, 1950s era to 1970s era, Earth-Astro City

First Appearance: Kurt Busiek’s Astro City I (Image) #2 (September, 1995)

Powers: Silver Agent was in peak human condition and an extraordinary hand-to-hand combatant. He was protected by body armor and armed with a handgun that fired trick bullets.

History: (Kurt Busiek’s Astro City I (Image) #2) - Silver Agent made his superhero debut in 1956 and joined Astro City’s premier superteam the honor guard in 1959. With the retirement of golden age heroes such as the Lamplighter and the All-American he was seen as the first hero of a new era. Silver Agent and the Honor Guard confronted the occultist Karnus, who summoned the otherworldly Shirak the Devourer, bringing the entity and a part of his dimension to an Astro City subway tunnel. Shirak planned to make the subway his beachhead and make war against Earth, but the Honor Guard battled him, Karnus and Shirak’s army of sharklike humanoids he called the Ravagers. The battle turned against them until the Old Soldier, who hadn’t been seen in years, appeared because he was needed. He instructed the Honor Guard to destroy Shirak’s alter, which kept him tethered to our dimension. Silver Agent destroyed it with his bare hands, banishing the entity and winning the day.

Comments: Created by Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross & Brent E. Anderson.

Silver Agent was originally published by Image Comics.

Kurt Busiek’s Astro City I (Image) #2 was reprinted in Kurt Busiek’s Astro City: Life in the Big City #2.