Shazam!: Finders Keepers

"Finders Keepers" is the fourth episode of season three of the live-action children's superhero action series Shazam!, and the twenty-sixth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Hollingsworth Morse with a script written by Susan Dworski. It first aired on CBS on Saturday morning on October 2nd, 1976. In this episode, a group of thieves kidnap two girls after they come upon their stolen money, and Mentor gets captured as well. Captain Marvel enlists the aid of fellow superhero Isis to rescue the girls and Mentor.

Notes & Trivia

 * The characters of Billy Batson and Captain Marvel were created by writer/artist C.C. Beck. Isis was created by Russell Bates.


 * This episode is included on the Shazam! The Complete Live-Action Series DVD collection. The collection was produced by Warner Bros. Television under their "Archive Collection" series and released in Region 1 format on October 23rd, 2012.
 * This episode was filmed at Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, California.


 * Norm Prescott is also a music score composer on this series. He is credited as Jeff Michael in this capacity.


 * Co-composer Ray Ellis is credited as Yvette Blais in this episode.


 * This is the second of three appearances of Isis on Shazam!. It is her first appearance on season three. She chronologically appeared last in her her own series, The Secrets of Isis in "The Class Clown". She appears next in "The Cheerleader", directly following this episode. Her next appearance on Shazam! is the series finale, "Out of Focus".


 * This is Susan Madigan's first work in the superhero fantasy genre. She previously appeared in two episodes of Emergency! in 1972 and 1973.


 * This is the first professional acting work for Carol Ann Williams.


 * Actors JoAnna Cameron and Bill Dearth will both go on to appear in episodes of The Amazing Spider-Man in 1977.

Quotes

 * Narrator: 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 neverending 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!

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 * Billy Batson: Oh, Elders, fleet and strong and wise, appear before my seeking eyes!

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 * Billy Batson: Shazam!