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The Silver Agent

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{{Character infobox
|image=Image:SilverAgent.jpg
|status=dead
|realname=Alan Jay Craig
|debut=Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #2
|origin=Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #

Earliest known appearance:
1956
A flashback sequence from 1959 presents his earliest adventure published to date. The story also alludes to earlier activities, but they have yet to be shown in detail.
|affiliation=An original member of [[Honor Guard]], and one of its earliest(perhaps first) group leader. The Silver Agent also has a very active solo career.
|baseops= Astro City
|rangeops=The majority of the Silver Agent's solo adventures focus on Astro City, but his affiliation with Honor Guard broadens his operational range to include more global activities.
|relatives=

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Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #2
Wizard Presents: Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #1/2
Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 2 #13, 14, 16, 19
Astro City: Local Heroes #4
Astro City/Arrowsmith The Flip Book
Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #1, 2, 3, 4
Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #3, 4
Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #1, 2, 3, 4
Astro City: The Dark Age Book Four #1, 2, 3, 4
Astro City Special: Silver Agent #1, 2

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|intro= He burst onto the Astro City super-hero scene in the mid-50s and was an immediate, popular sensation, garnering admiration and respect for his heroic activities.
The Silver Agent symbolizes the new era of the sixties, "the best and the brightest."

|history=The Silver Agent was born in 1932, and died in 1973. There is a great shame associated with his ultimate sacrifice, as attested to on his statue. He is a symbol of all that is good in man, while his death is a reminder of a weakness in human nature, that of not maintaining a stronger faith and commitment to heroic ideals.

Alan Craig was struck by polio in infancy, leaving him a badly diseased leg. This deformity seemed as if it would leave him crippled for the rest of his life. This greatly disappointed Alan. His family had a strong traditional of public service in physical demanding work as firefighters, policemen and the like. He admired them greatly and dreamed of following in their footsteps. In the end he became a mail carrier, the best job his physical condition allowed.

While on the job he stumbled onto a ballot-stuffing scheme by members of organized crime. When they gave chase, he tried to lose them in a nearby park, an environment he was thoroughly familiar with. In his flight, he stumbled upon a cave he'd never seen before. This was near the original [[Romeyn Falls]]. Inside he found a bizarre construct of glowing silver, something alien to his every frame of reference. When he touched it, his body was transformed: his disability vanished, he became stronger and faster, and his senses increased. Using his new athleticism, he became the Silver Agent, finally able to serve the community the way he longed to all his years.

In 1972, the Silver Agent was framed for the (seeming) murder of the Mad Maharajah. He was incarcerated, convicted, and executed.

Shortly before his execution, he was tele-ported to the 43rd century by the Silver Centurions, an organization from that era. Future Earth and the other Hundred Worlds were at war with the iGod, and the Centurions had retrieved the Agent, the legend who inspired them, for help. He fought alongside them to eventual victory; a long, arduous process that took three years' worth of time.

After the fighting was over with, the Agent chose to return to his own time, to avoid the risk of altering the timeline for the worse. His journey back took the form of a series of time jumps, each one sending him further into the past, closer to the day he would die; each one skipping less time than the last. Many of these stops along the way were far from safe or cozy. There were future eras (though dates in history from the 43rd century's perspective) where he fought alongside its natives against the danger of some puissant threat. There were eras where civilization had fallen and he aided in its rekindling. Throughout his eventful journey, the Agent kept a journal of what he encountered, in the hopes that his notes might someday help humanity against the various dangers he witnessed.

As he traveled ever further back, the process was causing his body to accumulate an undefinable kind of energy, imbuing him with more and more power.

On a day around twenty years in the future of his home era, he was visited by his nephew Tommy. A young boy when he'd last seen him, Tommy was now older than him, a U.S. Senator. He knew where/when to find him because his uncle himself had told him during another stop in the timeline, one in Tommy and the world's past but Alan Craig's subjective future.

After that, the Agent visited four crisis points in Astro City's timeline: His "Final Crisis Point in 1984, the Rise of Kerresh the Devastator in 1982, Black Velvet's out-of-control powers flooding the city during the 1977 Gang War, and Madame Majestrix's Invasion in the Spring of 1973. In each he was of immense aid against whatever forces were imperiling his city. By the last one (but first from the universe's point of view), his store of accrued energy from his travels was so vast that he had tremendous super-abilities at his disposal.

He hid his journals in a support strut of the Calkins Bridge, making use of the flight ability he now possessed. Designed by Omnix of the 43rd century Silver Centurions, the journal in fact resembled nothing so much as a glowing blue cylinder. It would convert itself into a format readable to future generations when they needed it.

Next, he visited his nephew Tommy, a boy once more that far back in time. This stop was actually on the very same day as his execution, though at a later hour than that moment of finality. He told Tommy where he secreted his journal, so that he could one day retrieve them.

Finally, he made his final step across time, arriving in the prison from whence it all began, mere seconds after he'd vanished. To an outside observer, it would almost have been as if nothing had happened, though the replacement of his prison garb by his costume, battle-torn, made it clear something had. He was executed by the state in Spring of April, 1973.

In the Silver Agent's last moment, he released all the strange energy he'd accumulated, sending that deep store across the city, suffusing the land with it, marrying the rivers to it, even extending it beyond four dimensional constraints into the past and future. He became the very silver artifact that made him the Silver Agent, and whose energy touches what is, or one day would be or at one point in history was, Astro City.

Was this his death? Rebirth? Or perhaps,something beyond such classifications.

|powers=list of things.

|equipment=
;Uniform and Weaponry
:Carries a small pistol that fires various kinds of trick bullets, including ones that act much like :moke bombs upon impact.
:Upper part of body is covered in chain mail, with shield shaped armor over the chest and upper back.
:Same metallic material is used for arm gauntlets. Note: they do not cover the hands.
:Helmet is also metallic and is a half-style, with Germanic knight design influences.
:Wears chain mall leggings and cavalier boots.
}}

==Speculations, Observations and Theories:==
The motivations, personality and character make-up of the Silver Agent are still something of a work-in-progress. No specific story material has been presented to nail this down. Perhaps the best insight is from his first published appearance in Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol. 1 #2. He seemed to have a significant amount of peer admiration, which gave him leadership skills and the ability to motivate others and call upon them for help when needed. He was also very good at making tactical decisions in battle situations. We will undoubtedly see more revelations into the Silver Agent's personality as new story material about his life and death is presented.

It is doubtful that a personality like the Silver Agent would have had much of a personal life. He was dedicated to his work, passionate about doing the best he can. Accommodating personal time and family responsibilities would have proven difficult. Still, not all people are wise enough to know this limitation, but the Silver Agent seemed disciplined enough to understand the sacrifices of his choices.

His gained abilities by traveling through time are similar to the method in which Samaritan gained his powers traveling a great distance to the past.

==Timelines of Interest==
Honor Guard

==Footnotes==
<b>Some Interesting Comic History Related Alignments of the Silver Agent:</b>

His debut appearance in a 1959 flashback, references the Silver Agent first appearing just a few years earlier, coinciding with Showcase Comics #4, the generally agreed upon beginning of the Silver Age.

His death in 1973 symbolically aligns with the Death of Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man comics, considered by many Silver-Age fans as the last major event occurring within the overall framework of the Marvel Silver-Age comics material.

Named for comic book fan, comic historian, and Comic Buyer's Guide writer, Craig Shutt (Mr. Silver Age)
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=== [[Astra Furst]] ===

To paraphrase an old Lovin' Spoonful song "She's a big girl now!"

Born to a famous family, Astra Furst, has been blessed and cursed with media attention focused on her activities from infancy to adolescence. Now she's a young women, facing another major life passage, her College graduation. While she longs for it to be shared in a normal fashion with family and close friends, she knows that the paparazzi and gossip shows will do all they can to expose her privacy to the world at large. It's sure to be a major event, no doubt filled with excitement and a surprise or two. But there have been many other surprises in Astra Furst's fascinating pathway to adulthood...

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=== [[Silver Agent]] ===

He burst upon Astro City and the world in the late 1950s. Part of a growing wave of good masks dedicated to protecting society from the bad masks. Only one problem, sometimes society in its desire to see things in simple terms like win or lose, and black and white, overlook the human aspects behind the masks, showing little to no appreciation for their efforts, especially during the bad times. The Silver Agent, more so than any other good mask, endured those harsh judgments, and during the Dark Age of Astro City they peaked...

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[[Jitterjack]], a top assassin; [[Platypus]] a mid-ranking crime boss; coded team level names like Tiger and Jackal. Pyramid is a worldwide, well organized, well financed criminal enterprise. Its activities during the Dark Age of Astro City are intense, ambitious and ongoing. It's also a growing empire spreading its influences around the globe. New members are being recruited, including...

[[The Pyramid Organization|More...]]

=== [[Cleopatra II]] ===

Sarah Brandeis was a regular working woman, assisting Dr. McGillicuddy, an archaeologist investigating a somewhat insignificant historical site. But then they discover the Gem of Thebis, a necklace with great magical powers. After that, Sarah's life is changed forever.

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=== [[Dr. Gearbox]] ===

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[[Astra Furst]]

To paraphrase an old Lovin' Spoonful song "She's a big girl now!"

Born to a famous family, Astra Furst, has been blessed and cursed with media attention focused on her activities from infancy to adolescence. Now she's a young women, facing another major life passage, her College graduation. While she longs for it to be shared in a normal fashion with family and close friends, she knows that the paparazzi and gossip shows will do all they can to expose her privacy to the world at large. It's sure to be a major event, no doubt filled with excitement and a surprise or two. But there have been many other surprises in Astra Furst's fascinating pathway to adulthood...

More...|[[Astra Furst]]

[[== Silver Agent ==|Silver Agent]]

He burst upon Astro City and the world in the late 1950s. Part of a growing wave of good masks dedicated to protecting society from the bad masks. Only one problem, sometimes society in its desire to see things in simple terms like win or lose, and black and white, overlook the human aspects behind the masks, showing little to no appreciation for their efforts, especially during the bad times. The Silver Agent, more so than any other good mask, endured those harsh judgments, and during the Dark Age of Astro City they peaked...

More...
[edit]
The Pyramid Organization

Jitterjack, a top assassin; Platypus a mid-ranking crime boss; coded team level names like Tiger and Jackal. Pyramid is a worldwide, well organized, well financed criminal enterprise. Its activities during the Dark Age of Astro City and America are intense, ambitious and ongoing. It's also a growing empire spreading its influences around the globe. New members are being recruited, including...

More...
[edit]
Cleopatra II

Sarah Brandeis was a regular working woman, assisting Dr. McGillicuddy, an archaeologist investigating a somewhat insignificant historical site. But then they discover the Gem of Thebis, a necklace with great magical powers. After that, Sarah's life is changed forever.

More...
[edit]
Dr. Gearbox

For many years Dr. Gearbox acted both as a supplier of robotics technology to the superhuman criminal community, and on his own, using his robots in numerous attempts to seize or extort wealth from banks, governments and other sources.

More...
[edit]
Quarrel II

Her early years were spent working with the Omega Rangers. It was the proving grounds for her later invitation to join Honor Guard. Quarrel is the epitome of hard work leading to realized ambitions. Her story starts at a young age, daughter of an infamous and not so successful criminal...

More...
[edit]
Latest Issue: Astro City: Astra Special #2 (of 2)

The Gordian Knot

It's about fitting in, being normal. Her special powers and the notoriety of her family make that difficult. Now, at the threshold of her adult life-journey, she finds the goal of achieving some form of "normal" just as elusive as ever. Businesses want her for the novelty of having a celebrity on their payroll, gossip tabloids want to publicize every second of her activities, the privater the better. How does she fit in? More importantly, where does she fit in and can her boy friend, Matt; help her feel she is making the right choices?

[edit]
Recent Issue: Astro City: Astra Special #1 (of 2)

Graduation Day

It's a big turning point for Astra Furst, the third-generation Super Hero of Astro City! Last we saw her, she was a 10-year-old girl playing hopscotch. Today she's graduating from college. It's a time of friends and family, new opportunities, new dangers, and changing relationships. Featuring the First Family, the creatures of Monstro City, a new hero team and more in a graduation night nobody's ever going to forget!

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Herocopia, the officially sanctioned, fan-developed website for all things relating to the award winning comic series, Astro City. Biographies of heroes and villains, information on special places, insights on supporting cast, ordinary citizens and events, background details on weapons, headquarters, gadgets and gear. Along with histories, issue summaries, annotations, time-lines, and fan speculation galore. It's all here and we welcome you to join in the fun.

--Featured Articles--

[[Astra Furst]]

To paraphrase an old Lovin' Spoonful song "She's a big girl now!"

Born to a famous family, Astra Furst, has been blessed and cursed with media attention focused on her activities from infancy to adolescence. Now she's a young women, facing another major life passage, her College graduation. While she longs for it to be shared in a normal fashion with family and close friends, she knows that the paparazzi and gossip shows will do all they can to expose her privacy to the world at large. It's sure to be a major event, no doubt filled with excitement and a surprise or two. But there have been many other surprises in Astra Furst's fascinating pathway to adulthood...

[[More...|Astra Furst]]

[[--Silver Agent--|Silver Agent]]

He burst upon Astro City and the world in the late 1950s. Part of a growing wave of good masks dedicated to protecting society from the bad masks. Only one problem, sometimes society in its desire to see things in simple terms like win or lose, and black and white, overlook the human aspects behind the masks, showing little to no appreciation for their efforts, especially during the bad times. The Silver Agent, more so than any other good mask, endured those harsh judgments, and during the Dark Age of Astro City they peaked...

More...
[edit]
The Pyramid Organization

Jitterjack, a top assassin; Platypus a mid-ranking crime boss; coded team level names like Tiger and Jackal. Pyramid is a worldwide, well organized, well financed criminal enterprise. Its activities during the Dark Age of Astro City and America are intense, ambitious and ongoing. It's also a growing empire spreading its influences around the globe. New members are being recruited, including...

More...
[edit]
Cleopatra II

Sarah Brandeis was a regular working woman, assisting Dr. McGillicuddy, an archaeologist investigating a somewhat insignificant historical site. But then they discover the Gem of Thebis, a necklace with great magical powers. After that, Sarah's life is changed forever.

More...
[edit]
Dr. Gearbox

For many years Dr. Gearbox acted both as a supplier of robotics technology to the superhuman criminal community, and on his own, using his robots in numerous attempts to seize or extort wealth from banks, governments and other sources.

More...
[edit]
Quarrel II

Her early years were spent working with the Omega Rangers. It was the proving grounds for her later invitation to join Honor Guard. Quarrel is the epitome of hard work leading to realized ambitions. Her story starts at a young age, daughter of an infamous and not so successful criminal...

More...
[edit]
Latest Issue: Astro City: Astra Special #2 (of 2)

The Gordian Knot

It's about fitting in, being normal. Her special powers and the notoriety of her family make that difficult. Now, at the threshold of her adult life-journey, she finds the goal of achieving some form of "normal" just as elusive as ever. Businesses want her for the novelty of having a celebrity on their payroll, gossip tabloids want to publicize every second of her activities, the privater the better. How does she fit in? More importantly, where does she fit in and can her boy friend, Matt; help her feel she is making the right choices?

[edit]
Recent Issue: Astro City: Astra Special #1 (of 2)

Graduation Day

It's a big turning point for Astra Furst, the third-generation Super Hero of Astro City! Last we saw her, she was a 10-year-old girl playing hopscotch. Today she's graduating from college. It's a time of friends and family, new opportunities, new dangers, and changing relationships. Featuring the First Family, the creatures of Monstro City, a new hero team and more in a graduation night nobody's ever going to forget!