1538 - Spotlight on SHAZAM! in the Golden Age, Part One

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🗓️ 16 February 2015

⏱️ 151 minutes

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With one magic word, the complexion of superhero comics was changed forever in 1940 by the introduction of that mythically-empowered champion of justice and decency, the original Captain Marvel! Now, 75 years later, CGS pays homage to the World's Mightiest Mortal in a new series of historical Spotlights! Comics scholar Shazama Cum Laude Adam Murdough leads this discussion of Captain Marvel's first two years in comics, from Billy Batson's first utterance of 'Shazam!' to the origin of Captain Marvel, Jr. (2:30:37)

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0:00.0	This is Comic Geekspeak episode 1538.
0:04.1	Spotlight on Shazam!
0:06.3	In the Golden Age, Part 1.
0:14.1	You got it on Wednesday, and it was like to about it going soon to ball you bump.
0:19.0	These guys will talk about it everything everything that keeps a laser beam.
0:22.8	Opinions like the seas is on everything you read.
0:25.5	And comic, movie, games, toys, artists, come.
0:29.6	Come on, come on, come, come, come, come, come, come.
0:31.9	Keep speak.
0:32.7	Come on, come, come, come, come, come.
0:33.9	Keep coming, come, come, keep.
0:34.7	Come on, come, come, come, come, come, come, keep. Uniting the world, the mightiest heroes, this is...
0:41.3	I'm Shane Kelly.
0:43.0	I'm Adam Murdo, and I'm Chris Everley.
0:47.4	Wee, weo, weo, wheel, wheel.
0:49.2	All right.
0:53.8	Welcome to the show. This episode, as Professor Murdo for this episode said, is all about Shazam, a spotlight on Shazam in the Golden Age. But first, a word from our sponsor. This episode of Comic Geek Speak is brought to you by Comic Castle at Comiccastle.com.
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