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 by-ways 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!

'Alright.'

There. That should do it, Kathy.

Just a couple more shots around town

and our film documentary will be finished.

You know, we're gonna win that $1000 scholarship

at the Young Filmmaker's Film Festival.

Okay?

Here, Len, that's the last of the hi-fi gear.

Now, let's get out of here before we're spotted.

- Okay. - Oh.

What's the matter, Marty?

'It's the two filmmakers.'

Hey, they must've been filming Main Street.

'Yeah, and, maybe us.'

'Come on.'

Now, I have one for you.

Alright, and if I guess it

I win 12 to 11.

- Shoot. - 'Okay.'

There are more than five of them.

They're very famous all over the world.

And as a group, they are

very important to a particular person

other than themselves.

Yeah? It's too easy, Mentor.

It's the seven dwarfs. Shake hands with the winner.

Slap your brow with that hand, Billy.

I meant the Elders.

Oh, holy moly, I should've known.

Speaking of the Elders..

Oh, Elders, fleet and strong and wise

appear before my seeking eyes.

Billy, you understand that winning

is not everything.

Yeah, Solomon.

But there are those who do not.

'Who act dishonestly in order'

'to win competitions, Billy.'

Such as they walk in disgrace

and perhaps even in danger.

Be alert, Billy.

"Danger?"

I don't know, it sure is an out-of-place word

on a lazy day like today.

But then again, the Elders are usually

right on the nose with their messages.

And in this instance

right on the minute, too. Look.

Help, please, help me.

- 'Well, what's wrong?' - Len and Marty, they chased us.

- They've got Jim. - Wait a minute.

Back up a minute. Who is Len and Marty?

They've got him down at the old rail road yard.

Now, I ran away to get help.

Well, alright, that's what you've got.

We'll discuss the details later, okay?

We're never gonna get there in time.

Alright, look, you take her to the rail road yard.

I'll, I'll get some other help.

Right, come on.

Shazam!

Listen, we want that film.

Look, I keep telling you, it's just film

for my documentary.

- It doesn't concern you. - Maybe not.

- We just want to make sure. - Yeah.

We don't want to make our starring debut

at the police station film festival.

Now, give us that film.

- You alright? - Yeah.

Let's go back and have a little talk

so someone can fill me in on what's going on.

Oh!

Kathy and I just passed a police car on Main Street.

It seems there was a break-in in the local hi-fi store.

This certainly is an active little town.

You know, it must've happened right after

we shot our footage on Main Street.

We might've caught the break-in on film.

Okay, will someone please tell me

what I interrupted here?

Uh, nothing.

Uh, it-it was just a personal matter.

Yeah, just a personal problem.

See you around.

I'm sorry to involve you

in boy-girl problems, Captain Marvel.

Thank you.

'Young Filmmaker's Festival.'

One thousand dollars scholarship, huh?

Well, I guess that explains the film that Jim and Kathy

were making on Main Street today.

And I bet I know how Len and Marty fit into it.

You think you know how they fit into it.

Circumstantial evidence doesn't necessarily mean

that the fly you catch will be the right one.

It's a great way of putting it, Mentor.

Huh? Yeah, yeah, I guess it is.

I hope you're not thinking of entering that film festival.

That would be cheating, you know?

What are you doing here, Ms. Thomas?

Andrea.

Stopped by to make some arrangements

to enter some films made by students in my school.

And what are you two doing here?

Uh, just passing through, maybe.

Anything I can do to help, let me know.

Thank you.

I don't like those two nosing around.

Hey, well, they can't know anything.

Yeah, just the same, I won't feel safe

until I have that film right here in my hand.

This film could guarantee me first prize.

What film is that?

Film we shot on Main Street.

When it's developed, if it has on it

what I think it has on it

my documentary will be a blockbuster.

- Jim, are you saying... - Look.

Len and Marty knocked over the hi-fi store.

And the whole thing just might be on here

in glorious living color.

You think that that film ought to be

turned over to the proper authorities, Jim.

As long you have that film in your possession

you're in danger from Len and Marty.

It doesn't make any sense.

Is winning that important to you?

I didn't put all this work into my film to lose.

It's funny.