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 are we supposed to find with this gadget?

Pirate's treasure, doubloons, who knows, anything metal.

Just for fun.

- Right on schedule. - One week to the day.

Let's go dig up that money.

That's what we're here for. Where'd you hide it?

Up the beach where nobody would ever find it.

You're looking for something, Billy?

Yup.

Okay, I give up. What?

- Sharks. - Sharks?

Why, yeah. I understand there's a whole bunch of 'em out there.

Oh.

Mentor, I see one!

Come here. Take a look.

No, no, no. No, thanks.

The less I see of a shark, the better. I..

'Excuse me.'

Uh, just a minute, please.

Oh, no. I-it's alright.

I'm quite able to maneuver this thing myself.

Uh, may I use your binoculars for just a moment, please?

- Yes, certainly. - Thank you.

Ah, there they are.

Kate and Laura.

'Tagalongs as usual.'

'Why they brought that metal detector'

'escapes me completely.'

Oh, I'm sorry to barge in on you like this.

But it's very difficult to keep an eye on so many girls

from this distance.

I'm, um, Sister Mary Catherine.

Oh, uh, my name is Mentor, this is my friend Billy Batson.

- How do you do, Billy? - Hello.

Oh! And that's Tut.

It's a noisy little bird.

Actually, it belongs to a friend of mine, Andrea Thomas.

She's a teacher.

Tut's only with us for the day.

Well, it's nice meeting you.

Oh, uh-uh, why don't you, uh

use those to keep an eye on your students?

Uh, we'll get them from you later.

Well, thank you very much.

- Goodbye. - Bye.

You know, I knew that bird looked familiar.

Tut came to get Captain Marvel once when Isis needed help.

'I rember, yeah.'

Whoop!

It's really going crazy!

Wow!

It feels square.

Do away more sand.

I can't move it.

- There! - Oh!

- It's so heavy. - What's inside?

Money! Oh!

- "Grand City Bank." - In the newspaper.

I remember, I read it about a week ago.

The Grand City Bank was robbed!

It's stolen money.

What should we do?

Turn it over to the police, I guess.

For sure.

Oh, but there's so much.

I wanna keep it.

The insurance company will pay the bank back and..

Kate!

Oh, I know it's wrong to keep something

that doesn't belong to us.

For sure.

But if we gave it to someone who really needed it..

Sister Mary Catherine still wouldn't approve.

Sister Mary! That's perfect!

We'll give it to Sister Mary secretly.

She could really use this.

You're right.

If she had this, she could have an operation.

Maybe even walk again.

- Do we dare? - Why not?

It's not going to be like stealing.

It's going to a worthy cause!

Oh. The Elders.

Oh, Elders, fleet and strong and wise

appear before my seeking eyes.

Billy, some people believe that a dishonest action

can be covered by a good deed.

What do you mean?

Even the best intentions

in the world never work out

'when there is a lie behind them.'

But why are you telling me this?

You will understand soon enough.

You look puzzled.

Well, the Elders told me about lying.

Ordered to turn something wrong into something right.

Uh, that only leads to more lying

'and more trouble.'

Well, it sounds like we're gonna meet someone

with just this problem.

I can't see the rest of the kids!

Maybe they're back at the bus.

Here it is.

Look!

Empty.

- Somebody beat us to it. - But how?

Nobody else knew but me.

They knew where that money was.

They must've been the ones who put it there.

Let's go!

They got a metal detector.

Let's hide it under the rocks.

Good.

I knew we shouldn't have taken that money.

We'll be alright. Look!

Quick, get in.

Let 'em go. Let's find their knapsack.

Maybe they hid it back there.

- Oh, no! - Ah! Ah!

Alright, girls, now it is exactly 11:10.

We'll have lunch at 12:00 sharp.

- Okay. - Okay.

Go get your projects done. Hurry now.

And, rember, twelve o'clock.

Help!

- Oh, no. - Ah! Ah!

Help! Mr. Mentor! Billy!

Oh, please, help. They, um..

Kate and Laura are down there

and there's a shark swimming around them.

I'll get the lifeguards.