Shazam!

Chosen from among all others by the Immortal Elders

Solomon, Hercules, Atlas,

Zeus, Achilles, Mercury

Billy Batson and his Mentor

travel the highways and byways of the land

on a never-ending mission

to right wrongs, to develop understanding

and to seek justice for all.

In time of dire need

Young Billy has been granted

the power by the Immortals

to summon awesome forces

at the utterance of a single word.

Shazam!

A word which transforms him in a flash

into the mightiest of mortal beings.

Captain Marvel!

Football's a marvelous sport.

- Isn't it, Billy? - Sure, I love...

Did I ever tell tell you what a fine athlete

I was as a young man?

Yeah, as a matter of fact, you have, Mentor.

'Several times.'

Oh! Ha-ha-ha.

Now, ugh

let's see if I still have that old fiery touch, huh?

Eighty-six.

Seventy-three. Hike! Ugh!

- Ugh. - 'Thanks, mister.'

Two, twenty, six, six.

Hut!

Whoa! I'll get it.

Ah-ha-ha!

- Aah! - Yah!

Wendy, what happened?

There's some kind of weirdo

behind the bushes, jumped out on me.

It's the Brain! I'll get him. Come on!

Ugh.

That was a pretty dumb trick for a kid

who thinks he's a Brain.

It was only a joke.

- Let me up, Greg. - Real funny.

You do it again, Brain, and you're really gonna get creamed.

Well, who is he?

Jim Carter, he moved into the neighborhood

a couple weeks ago.

Oh, he's weird, all he ever does is read books

and play those dumb jokes on everybody.

Come on, gang. Let's go.

The Elders.

Oh, Elders, fleet and strong and wise

appear before my seeking eyes.

Billy, soon you will learn there are some people

who will place themselves in danger

to be accepted by others.

And there are people who will go ahead and do what is wrong

because they believe something good will result.

You mean, they let the end justify the means.

Yes. You're learning, Billy.

Elders, will I meet someone

who will willingly put himself in danger?

Perhaps, you already have.

'Just heed the motto'

of the American hero Davy Crockett

who said, "Be always sure you're right, then go ahead."

Good luck, Billy.

The Brain.

- The Brain? - Yeah, Jim Carter.

Those other kids called him the Brain.

I think that's what the Elders were talkin' about.

Be always show you're right, Billy, then go ahead. Hm?

Well, I don't know how right I am

but I'm sure gonna find out.

- Hey, Jim. - Yeah.

It's really a great costume. Where'd you get it?

I made it myself.

See, this side is black for hiding in the dark

and this side is white for the big shocker.

That's very ingenious, Jimmy.

But do you make a habit of always scaring your friends?

They aren't my friends.

They don't like me and I don't like them.

Well, I can't blame 'em for getting uptight at you

the way you scare 'em all the time.

Maybe you oughta give 'em another chance.

No, forget them.

Rather go home and read my book.

"Oliver Twist." That's one of my favorite books.

- You've read it? - Sure, I love to read.

Hey, so do I.

'I've got a great book collection at home.'

Do you wanna see it?

- Lead the way. - Heh.

- 'Oh-ho. Wow.' - Hm.

Looks like you have a lot of heroes, Jim.

Ooh, and some anti-heroes too, huh?

Yeah. One of my favorite heroes is Captain Marvel.

'I'd really dig meeting him some day.'

Perhaps, uh.. Perhaps we could arrange that.

Really? Do you know Captain Marvel?

Well, uh..

...we-we know how to get in touch with him.

Man, it must be great to have a friend like that.

My only friends are the... heroes in these books.

But at least they're reliable.

Well, maybe the reason your friends aren't reliable

is because you try to scare them into liking you.

'Maybe you ought to go along with what they want for once.'

I'm not very good at football.

Or any sport for that matter.

Well, you don't have to be a superstar to have fun.

Hey, Greg. Can Jim and I play?

The Brain wants to play?

So, I'm not the world's greatest football player.

I'd still like to try.

It's okay with me, man.

As long you're not on my team.

Come on, Billy.

Come with me.

Huddle up!

Right, now, look. The next touchdown wins the game.

So, we got a come up with a play that'll work this time.

What about the play Joe Namath used to win the Super Bowl?

How do you know what play Joe Namath used

in the Super Bowl?

I memorized it from one of my books.

- Heh. - Okay. Let's see it.

Alright, after the snap

let Greg really put the rush on you

then you be on this end and I'll be on this end.

Dig this, the Brain's thinkin' up their plays.

Maybe we might as well stop now.

Why don't you give him a chance, Greg?

Come on, you guys! I'm fallin' asleep!

We'll crisscross a couple of times

and we'll go out for the long bomb. Okay?

Well, what do we got to lose? Let's try it!

- Go! - Alright!

Eighteen!

'Twelve!'

Ready. Hut!

Hut! Hut! Go!

Alright! Hey, hey!

- Alright! - Hey, hey! We won!

- Alright! - Alright! Greg!

Brain, alright! Great.

- We did it! - Good game, Brain.

'Just might make the team yet.'

- Thanks. - 'Nice play, Jim.'

It's just one more thing, Brain.

That is if you wanna be a full-fledged member..

...there's a little test you gotta pass.

What kind of test?

Why don't we just call it a, uh, neighborhood initiation?

What type of initiation, Greg?

That's a secret.

But it's guaranteed to put a little excitement