The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! (1981–1982)

The adventures of a high school for superheroes while the Marvel Family fights evil with the power given to them by the wizard, Shazam.

Stars:

Maylo McCaslin, Barry Gordon, Dawn Jeffory

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Maylo McCaslin	...	Dirty Trixie (14 episodes, 1981)
Barry Gordon	...	Captain Marvel Jr. (12 episodes, 1981)
Dawn Jeffory	...	Mary Batson (12 episodes, 1981)
Burr Middleton	...	Billy Batson (12 episodes, 1981)
Norm Prescott	...	Mr. Sampson (12 episodes, 1981)

Storyline

This series tells the stories of the students of Hero High, a high school specializing in the education of young superheroes. They have all the typical teenage activities, rivalries and events, but modified for their powers and skills. The companion series is of the adventures of the Marvel Family. Billy and Mary Batson and their friend, Freddie Freeman, are ordinary kids who have a wonderful secret and a great responsibility. When trouble looms, the Batson siblings need but speak the name of the ancient wizard who appointed them, "Shazam", while Freddie must say the name of his favourite superhero, "Captain Marvel" to call the magic lightning to become respectively Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. Together, they fight the threats to the world, whether they be villians like the mad scientist Dr. Sivana, the malevolent worm Mr. Mind, or the renegade Marvel, Black Adam.

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Plot Keywords:

shazam | superhero | based on comic | based on comic book | teen | 

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Genres:

Animation | Fantasy

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Details

Official Sites:

Classic Media - Hero High Classic Media - Shazam

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 September 1981 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmation Associates

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Hero High was like The Archies and Super Friends mixed together.

Shazam was okay, but Hero High was my favorite when I was a kid, I mean before there was Sky High(2005) and Zoom(2006), there was Hero High, a school for super hero's in training, Teenagers with super powers would help police capture bad guys, and other times they would get in embarrassing situations like The Greatest American Hero(1981). It was a fun cartoon to watch, what was also fun, was the live action stage show called The Kid Superpower Hour with Shazam. The actors who voiced the characters, also dressed has there characters in the show. Rex Ruthless(John Berwick), Misty Magic(Jere Fields), WeatherMan(Jim Greenleaf), Captain California(Chris Hensel, who also sang the theme song), Dirty Trixie(Maylo Mccaslin), Glorious Gal(Becky Perle, who looks like the love child of Superman and Wonder Woman), and Punk Rock(Johnny Venocour). The whole cast just went with anything, when it came to the jokes. The cartoon was a fun superhero comedy, I shore up it will come back in live action like Fat Albert(2004)