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 immortal beings.

Captain Marvel!

- Hey, Glen. - Heard you wanted to see me?

Oh, no big thing.

See, somebody told me you got a job

at, uh, Alva Space.

Yeah, they're involved in everything

that has to do with space.

- Our very secrets. - Sounds great.

I clean up, mostly.

But they trust me. Gave me the keys to the whole place.

Great, man.

'That's a great-looking bike, huh?'

You bet it is.

Boy, I'd like to win that.

Oh, now, that could be arranged, old buddy.

What?

Knowing the right people makes

all the difference sometimes.

- I don't get it. - You will.

Hey, take a walk around back

and, uh, I'll be there in a minute.

- But, I-- - Go ahead.

I'll just finish up on this bike thing.

This is Fred.

He took the bait.

Hey, where'd you get that?

'Novelty shop.'

Haven't seen one in years.

Hey, Billy, how about our lunch?

Oh, yeah, r-right.

Cheese sandwiches ala Batson.

Urgh!

Somehow, Billy, I seem to have lost my appetite

for cheese sandwiches.

Well, we passed a place a while back

that has pizza-flavored malts.

Pizza-flavored malts?

'Oh, Elders, fleet and strong and wise'

appear before my seeking eyes.

Being a winner may have many meanings, Billy.

Sometimes, a winner loses more than he gains.

Well, I don't understand.

Another old saying is not always true, Billy

is never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Could we go over this again, please?

Farewell, Billy.

Boy, the Elders sure don't make it easy.

Few important things are, Billy.

Well, I'm still hungry.

We'll have to wait a bit for the feast, I'm afraid.

We're out of propane gas.

We'll have to go and buy some.

Hey, well, while we're out, we can get a pizza malt.

No?

No.

Look, man, it's really easy.

Rose has got the answer locked in his desk.

Now, all you gotta do is pick the lock and get it.

Me? Why don't you win it yourself?

I can't enter the contest. I work here.

I-I'd help you do it, but I cut my hand and..

Look, I don't need a new bike--

All you gotta do to get one is fill out

a new entry blank with the right answer on it.

I don't know.

Look, man, somebody is gonna win that bike.

I don't know. It might as well be you.

- Since you put it that way.. - Yeah.

What do you want?

Just wondering if you're open or not.

That's a nice-looking bike you're giving away outside.

Too late to enter the contest. It's closed.

No, no, no, we're not here for that. We need some directions.

Yeah, we wanna know if there's a supply store

in the neighborhood. We need a propane tank.

No. But I work at Alva Space Products.

You might be able to get one there.

Great. Where are they?

I was on my way over there right now.

You could follow me if you like.

Fine, we'll do that.

See you later, Fred.

You can count on that, old buddy.

- Here you go. - Oh, thanks, Glen.

Hey, listen, I noticed the brake light on your bike doesn't work.

- You better get it fixed. - Don't worry.

I won't be needing that old bike much longer.

A friend of mine is giving me a new one.

Really? You must have a wealthy friend.

No. Just a smart one.

See you.

Well, he's pretty lucky getting a motorcycle as a gift.

Yeah, that doesn't happen every day.

I think that'd be one time when I would look

a gift horse in the mouth.

It's funny. Zeus said the same thing.

Of course, Billy.

Great minds run in the same channel.

'Hi, Glen.'

Hi, Officer Taylor.

I was at Mr. Rose's when he finished checking the entries.

'Since I'm a friend of the winner's family'

'I thought I'd break the news.'

Congratulations, Glen, you won the contest.

Hey, that's great. Wow!

Well, come on, old buddy, I'll help you unload it.

You should put that bolt on next.

Do you wanna do this?

Well, oh, no.

You're doing fine.

Hey, that sounds great.

Listen, I gotta get back at patrol.

Now, you enjoy it and ride carefully, Glen, huh?

Thanks, Mr. Taylor. See you.

Listen, Fred, I really appreciate this.

If there's ever anything I can do for you..

Well, I'll tell you, there is one small thing, old buddy.

I need a, a set of keys to that van.

Can you fix me up?

Keys? Why?

Well, you're not interested in why, okay.

Just give me the keys and then hop on your brand-new bike

and split, okay?

No way is it okay.

I can lose my job by giving you those keys.

Look, you could lose your job for cheating on a contest. Yeah?

Your hand's not hurt.

It never was.

You're right, old buddy.

See, I just wanted to make sure that your prints

were all over that desk.

You're beginning to see the light?

I'm gonna go back and wipe off those prints

then it's your word against mine.

Whoa! See, we're finished.

We..

Hey, is that smoke?

Looks more like steam to me.

We better see if something's wrong.

Shazam!

Thanks, Captain Marvel.