Talk:Shazam! (TV series)

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Section Opening Narration proposal[edit]

I like having the opening narration documented here, but I have some comments:

The section should not come before other, more general topics; the section should go toward the end of the article.
There should be an introductory sentence in the section.
The quote itself should be offset to make it obvious that it is a quote, not an original (and therefore odd) work written for this article.
Ordinarily, using a YouTube video as a citation would not be appropriate, but I think we can make an exception here because it is an exact recording of the opening segment: SHAZAM! Intro.

If it is acceptable to others, I will make these changes. CosineKitty (talk) 17:49, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and made these changes, along with some other style fixes. CosineKitty (talk) 20:07, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What "radio version"?[edit]

The section "Differences from source material" begins: "The television version of Shazam! departs notably from the comic book and radio versions of the character." I have to ask: What radio version? The character's own article makes no mention of any such thing. Should this actually refer to the movie serial adaptation? --Tbrittreid (talk) 21:14, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Origins?[edit]

The very first paragraph contains contradictory information. If uttering the word "Shazam" turns Billy into Captain MARVEL....then obviously this is not a DC Comics character. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.74.236.189 (talk) 23:30, 28 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're confused. DC had a Captain Marvel (which they bought the rights to), before Marvel had a Captain Marvel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.69.170.255 (talk) 03:51, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Removed section[edit]

I've removed the following section, as it is completely without reliably sourced information. It can't return to the article without sources:

"Differences from source material

As in other media, when he spoke the magic word "Shazam!" Billy would be struck by a magic lightning bolt and would be transformed via animation and special effects into Captain Marvel, the World's Mightiest Mortal.

However, the television version of Shazam! departs notably from the comic book version of the character. The eponymous wizard Shazam, who empowers Captain Marvel in the comic book and serves as his mentor, does not appear in the series. Teenaged Billy instead speaks directly to the elders that empowered him (who appeared as animated characters): Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury) via a communication device. Instead of being based in any one particular city, Billy (Michael Gray) and his traveling companion Mentor (Les Tremayne) travel through California in an RV, interacting with people in various towns where they stop. Whenever a potentially dangerous situation arises, Billy becomes Captain Marvel to save the day. In an era before cell phones were commonly used, Mentor would make phone calls from the RV on a type of mobile phone, asking a "mobile operator" to dial the number.

While the series was on the air in 1976, DC's Shazam! comic book was modified somewhat to reflect the format of the TV series, with Billy Batson traveling across the country aboard a van furnished by his employer, station WHIZ, contacting the six elders via the "Eterni-Phone", and with Uncle Dudley, an established character in the source material, taking on a role similar to the Les Tremayne Mentor character.

Unlike the comic books, there were no supervillains (such as Doctor Sivana, Captain Marvel's greatest enemy in the comics) shown on the program, and violence was downplayed. Billy, as both himself and as Captain Marvel, would help people out of difficult situations of their own making. As in many Filmation shows and cartoons, moral messages were contained within each episode, crystallized at the end of each episode by Billy learning a new moral lesson from either Mentor or his empowering elders."

Marvel HQ[edit]

The article currently says (twice in a row—once as text, once as a single-item bullet list) that the show will appear on Marvel HQ in the UK in 2020. This was just added in the latest edit, 8 May 2019, with no source. And, as far as I know, there is no such thing as Marvel HQ in the UK, and no plans to create one.

There are various things called Marvel HQ owned by Disney/Marvel—a TV station in India, a YouTube channel, a proposed-but-canceled (or maybe folded into Disney+) video-on-demand site—but none of them is a UK broadcaster. It's also possible the editor meant Disney XD? But, rather than try to guess what they meant, I'm just going to delete it. If anyone has a source (and a correct page to link to, instead of the Indian station), add it back. --157.131.246.136 (talk) 05:13, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]