Shazam
- Franchise:DC Comics
- Collection:Super Powers
- Manufacturer:Kenner
- Release year:1986
- Size:12cm (4,5 inch)
Accessories
Shazam figure from “Super Powers” collection includes the following accessories:
Curiosities and variants of the figure
Shazam figure is part of the third (and final) wave of the Super Powers produced by KENNER in the 1980s.
All the figures of this third wave are much more complicated to obtain than those of the previous waves. As this was the last wave, there was no reissue of these figures and their number of units is lower.
The figure of Shazam, just like the other figures in the Super Powers had an “Action-feature”, in this case by squeezing the doll’s legs its arms move.
Character
Shazam is a magician, who is several thousand years old. He was responsible for giving the Marvel family all their superpowers.
Before being known as Shazam, was a young shepherd boy in ancient Canaan, who soon became known as the Champion, one of the world’s first superheroes. By pronouncing the magic word “VLAREM!” (an anagram of “Marvel”, which represented fictitious gods); he was granted great power.
This figure is a representation not of the magician himself, but that of Captain Marvel who can use the powers of Shazam, in different DC comics, different characters have achieved the powers of Shazam, even in a crossover with Masters of the Universe, He-man get such powers.