Shazam!
Chosen by the Immortal Elders - Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury - Billy Batson is a young boy with a special duty in life. Accompanied by his Mentor, he travels from place to place in a Winnebago learning about life and helping people along the way. When the situation is heading for disaster, all he has to do is to shout the magic word, "Shazam!" and call down the magic lightning that transforms him into the World's Mightiest Mortal, Captain Marvel.
- 1974-1977
- 3 seasons
- CBS
- Action & Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- TV-Y7-FV
Chosen by the Immortal Elders - Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury - Billy Batson is a young boy with a special duty in life. Accompanied by his Mentor, he travels from place to place in a Winnebago learning about life and helping people along the way. When the situation is heading for disaster, all he has to do is to shout the magic word, "Shazam!" and call down the magic lightning that transforms him into the World's Mightiest Mortal, Captain Marvel.
Season 3 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1976
Episode 1
The Contest
Sat, Sep 11, 1976
Glen steals the answer to a contest in which the winner gets a new motorcycle. Now the person who convinced him to cheat needs a big favour: the keys to a van which contains an experimental solar-powered gyroscope.
Episode 2
Bitter Herbs
Sat, Sep 18, 1976 21 mins
Yale is a teenage boy who wants to join a club called "The Overlanders." The leader of the club does not want Yale to join because he's Jewish.
Episode 3
Ripcord
Sat, Sep 25, 1976 22 mins
A young boy takes it upon himself to pack a friend's parachute, which threatens to spell disaster.
Episode 4
Finders Keepers
Sat, Oct 2, 1976 22 mins
When two girls find stolen money, they are kidnapped, along with Mentor, by the thieves. Captain Marvel calls on Isis to help him rescue them.
Episode 5
Sound of a Different Drummer
Sat, Oct 9, 1976 30 mins
Curtis is a black man who would rather play his violin than play baseball. "Whoever heard of a black violinist?," his friends exclaim. After pressure from the teammates to play baseball, Curtis runs away and unknowingly ends up in the middle of a missile testing range.
Episode 6
Out of Focus
Sat, Oct 16, 1976 21 mins
When two thieves think a young filmmaker named Jim may have caught their theft on film, they attempt to take his film from him. Jim does not want to turn the film over to the police, hoping to enter it in a film festival. Captain Marvel and Isis team up to help Jim understand that winning at any cost is wrong.
