Shazam! (TV series)

Shazam!
Also known asThe Shazam!/Isis Hour
GenreSuperhero
Based on
Captain Marvel
by
StarringMichael Gray
Les Tremayne
Jackson Bostwick
John Davey
Voices ofLou Scheimer
Norm Prescott
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes28
Production
Executive producersNorm Prescott
Lou Scheimer
Dick Rosenbloom
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesFilmation
DC Comics
Warner Bros. Television
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 7, 1974 (1974-09-07) –
October 16, 1976 (1976-10-16)
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.

  1. ^ "The History of DC Comics on TV". IGN. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Sacks, Jason; Dallas, Keith (2014). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 146. ISBN 978-1605490564.
  3. ^ Fuller, Devin (April 5, 2019). "Shazam Is Back. Wait, Who Is He Again?". The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2019.