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!

What're you doin'?

You broke my headlight.

Not me, it was a bunch of other guys.

What're you talkin' about?

T-they were gonna steal your bike

but I scared 'em off.

Hey, come off it, man.

I saw you hit it from the window.

That light cost me five bu..

Alan!

What happened to you?

- Man, you're dirty. - You're filthy.

Had a fight with Tim Sullivan and whipped him.

- What? - You whipped Tim Sullivan?

Oh, come on, Alan, how could you beat up Tim Sullivan?

Easy, I know karate, he doesn't.

Since when do you know karate?

I've been takin' lessons for five years.

I just never told anybody 'cause I didn't wanna brag.

Can you smash bricks and stuff like that?

Sure, bricks, rocks, boards, anything. Come on.

- Ohh.. - Hey..

Oh, why, I'm sorry.

Oh, Billy, the Elders.

Oh, Elders, fleet and strong and wise

appear before my seeking eyes.

Billy, we know that you always

try to be truthful.

But there are those who avoid the truth

to gain attention

and hide their mistakes.

Even the smallest of lies, Billy

can grow to disastrous proportions.

As a wise man once said

"If a person makes one mistake

then lies to hide it, he has made two."

Good luck, Billy.

You know, Mentor, I understand

'what the Elders are saying about the truth.'

It's who they were talking about that bugs me.

Do you have any idea?

Well, to tell you the truth, Billy..

...no.

'But I'm sure we'll soon find out.'

Ah, I gotta get home. See you, guys.

- 'See you later, Alan.' - 'Bye.'

Hey, that was Tim Sullivan.

Wait till Alan sees him. Let's go watch.

Come on.

Man, that will be so stupid.

To go into a gas station and forget to get gas.

Well, at least the van is clean.

Oh, but you're a mess.

Hey!

Hey, what's goin' on?

I don't know.

Come on, let's find out.

Hey, son.

What's the problem?

Oh, that big kid was hasslin' me.

- What for? - Mm, no good reason.

Just he likes to pick on smaller kids.

Ohh. I guess every neighborhood has a bully, huh, Billy?

Yeah, for sure.

Could we give you a lift somewhere?

No, thanks.

Okay, take it easy.

Right.

Hey, are you okay?

What happened? Come on, tell us.

No problem, that big clown never had a chance.

I just jumped into my karate pose. Hyieh!

Come on, what happened then?

Well, then he came up on my side and I went, hyih!

Yeah, yeah, then what?

'Well, then I went to grab his ankle, but..'

'...I didn't want to hurt him, so I let him go.'

'Good for you.'

Billy, we know that you always try to be truthful.

But there are those who avoid the truth to gain attention

and hide their mistakes.

Hey, Alan, can I see you for a minute?

Sure.

You know, I didn't wanna embarrass you

in front of your friends.

'But that's not the way it happened.'

You're not gonna tell them, are you?

No, Alan.

Phew, thanks.

You know, that kind of makes me wonder if you were tellin'

the truth about that kid being a bully.

- Is he? - Sure, he is.

Ever since Sullivan started work at the zoo

he thinks he's bad.

All he does is hassle me.

You know, Mentor

I think Alan is the kind of kid the Elders were talking about.

In other words we should hang around town for a while?

Right.

You know, I've heard this city has a marvelous zoo.

A zoo?

Oh, the zoo.

Good idea.

I bet Sullivan doesn't come around here again

for a long time.

Yeah, maybe he'll stay at the zoo

along with all the other monkeys.

You know, I bet it really must be neat

to work in the zoo with all those animals.

Neat? Some of those animals are dangerous.

That's what I mean.

You gotta really be brave to do that.

Ah, big deal, I was at the zoo once.

And when nobody was lookin', I walked right through the pen

where the rhinos are.

Oh, come on, Alan

you don't expect us to believe that, do ya?

It's true, man.

Did anybody else see?

I was alone.

I think you're handin' us the line, Alan.

Yeah, and I'm beginning to wonder

about your big karate fight with Tim.

But I swear I walked right past those rhinos.

- Prove it. - 'What do you mean?'

- 'I already did it.' - So do it again.

- 'We don't believe you.' - 'Come on, guys.'

Okay, okay.

I'll prove it.

I'll prove it.

Man, look at those baboons.

Baboon?

That's theropithecus gelada.

Well, they look like baboons to me.