The Silver Agent

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."

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 a child who, struck with polio, grew up with a deformed leg. As a young man he stumbled upon a hidden cave which housed an alien construct of shining silver. Upon touching it, his deformity vanished and he became stronger, faster and with heightened senses. He determined to use these abilities for good and created the Silver Agent persona.