| Shazam! | |
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| Also known as | The Shazam!/Isis Hour |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Based on | |
| Starring | Michael Gray Les Tremayne Jackson Bostwick John Davey |
| Voices of | Lou Scheimer Norm Prescott |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer Dick Rosenbloom |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Filmation DC Comics Warner Bros. Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 7, 1974 – October 16, 1976 |
| Related | |
| The Secrets of Isis | |
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Shazam! is an American superhero television series that was produced for Saturday Mornings by Filmation (the studio's first non-animated series), based on the superhero Captain Marvel, now known as Shazam, of Fawcett Comics' comic book series Whiz Comics (now owned by DC Comics).[1] The program starred Michael Gray as Billy Batson, a teenage boy who can transform into the superhero Captain Marvel, originally played by Jackson Bostwick and later by John Davey, by speaking the magic word "Shazam!"[2] With his guardian "Mentor" (Les Tremayne), Billy travels the country in a 1973 Dodge Open Road motorhome, looking for injustices to resolve.[3]
The show ran from 1974 to 1976 on CBS's Saturday morning lineup. From 1975 to 1977 it was known as The Shazam!/Isis Hour and included The Secrets of Isis, about an Ancient Egyptian superheroine resurrected in the body of a schoolteacher, as the second half of the hour.
- ^ "The History of DC Comics on TV". IGN. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
- ^ Sacks, Jason; Dallas, Keith (2014). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 146. ISBN 978-1605490564.
- ^ Fuller, Devin (April 5, 2019). "Shazam Is Back. Wait, Who Is He Again?". The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2019.