The mainstream's most notable writers, including the likes of Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, and Kurt Busiek, are all voicing their desires on returning to the magic and wonder of the superheroes. More and more, writers are taking the challenge of bringing the heroes back to their original status as positive icons.
Silver is a child plagued with all the problems that make childhood bittersweet.
His father is callous and irresponsible. His mother, when not hollering at her husband, transfers her hostility to Silver in the form of militant commands. To such a boy, the idea of a man who can fly or a hero whose power is to become super-small is too captivating an escape. To the reader hip to the comics scene, what makes A Touch of Silver particularly interesting is that it's created, written, and illustrated by Jim Valentino, one of the founders of Image Comics. The aforementioned nostalgic strings which the superheroes seem to be pulling will allow Silver to attract more members of the mainstream community than would be expected in previous years, while the series' subject matter will put it on the same racks that alternative comics' readers are used to frequenting.