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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.

A word which transforms him in a flash into the mightiest of mortal beings,

Captain Marvel!

Still sort of flipped out about the TV last night, aren't you, Leonard?

Well, you said I could watch what I wanted to watch.

It's not my fault they scheduled a documentary opposite the baseball game.

Hey, I'll tell you what.

Tonight we'll both watch what you want to watch.

Good. There's a doubleheader tonight that should be sensational.

Just don't tell my network I watch the rival channel.

Uh-oh, it's time to contact the elders.

Oh, elders, fleet and strong and wise, appear before my seeking eyes.

As the valiant Achilles had his vulnerable spot, so too, Billy, you will

be found to have a vulnerable spot.

And one can be vulnerable in matters of the mind as well as in matters of the

flesh, Billy.

Tell me just once exactly what you're talking about.

Though a man escape every danger, he can never wholly escape those who do not

want him to exist.

Farewell, Billy.

Vulnerable. How?

Well, let's find out, shall we?

This station's going to be a little bit easier to get into than the last one.

Don't joke about that, Jackie. It's over now.

I only wish it was.

I robbed a gas station and I went to reform school for it.

People aren't going to let me forget that.

Well, what about Mr. Spencer?

Yeah, Mr. Spencer gave me a job. And he even trusts me with the keys.

But how many good guys like Spencer are there?

There's lots of them.

There's Mr.

Samuels, the probation officer.

Mr. Samuels, I... Station was robbed last night, Jackie, by someone with a

key.

There was no sign of forced entry.

I didn't do it.

Mr. Spencer, I wouldn't do that to you, honest.

See what I mean, Millie?

After that kid.

Now, there he is.

Let's go.

Hey, wait.

Let go of me, man. I gotta find him. Find who?

What's this all about?

I'm going to have to take you in for questioning.

You mind if I ask what's going on? They think he robbed the gas station. Just

because he was put away for robbing one before.

Hey, listen, man, you don't have to... Hey, hey.

Dig the big hero.

He must do a lot of reading about those knights doing in dragons and all that.

Well, my book, hero, the dragon cops the prize.

You dig?

You shouldn't let me go, mentor.

There were three of them, Millie.

You're not Captain Marvel, you know.

No. No.

Millie said Vinnie hangs out around here.

Now that the police have released Jackie, I got a funny feeling he'll come

looking for Vinnie.

It seems we have a reception committee.

Jackie. All right, let's have it. Who are you? A friend, Jackie.

Sure, that's why you held me for the cops.

Let's put it this way.

We're not enemies.

Look, the last time we spoke, you said something about finding him.

Who?

Whoever's trying to frame me, that's who.

Look, I made a mistake, and I paid with a year in reform school.

Every time a little job gets pulled, it's easy to make the police think that

I did it.

Hey.

Okay, cool the muscle. I want to talk.

Let him in.

So talk.

Stay away from my sister.

That's Mellie's business.

My business.

Anything you do, Jailbird, is everybody's business.

Just stay away.

Hey, Jackie.

Tell us.

Later.

Well, I just know Jackie's innocent.

Yeah, that's what he says.

I really feel for him. He has to fight against people that won't let him forget

his past.

And I like him.

You like him, so you refuse to believe that he might be guilty.

Now, that's not much difference from the people who don't like him because of his

past, who refuse to believe that he might be innocent.

Billy, be careful about letting your emotions cloud your reason.

As the valiant Achilles had his vulnerable spot, so too Billy Lou will

be found to have a vulnerable spot.

You're right, mentor.

I was becoming vulnerable to my own feelings.

Well, that isn't always bad, Billy.

But in this instance, judge by the facts.

Hi, Jackie.

Did you do it?

No way.

What do you figure?

I got my thoughts.

He had a key.

Look, I'm just stating a fact, man. That's all.

Who else had a key?

Just me.

You always leave your stuff lying around when you're playing basketball.

Yeah. So?

Who else comes here?

Everybody.

Including Vinny.

You can't tell me not to see Jackie, Vinnie. Pretty soon I'm not going to

have to tell you anything. He won't be around.

Vinnie, you framed him.

That's right, little sister, right on.

And this time I'm going to make it stick.

There she is.

I've got to talk to you about Vinnie.

You don't understand, Billy.

Vinnie's my brother.

He's your brother, but Jackie's innocent.

And I think it's reached the point where you've got to make a choice, Mellie.

Between loyalty to your brother or to Jackie.

Well, what do you know?

Big Hero found himself a princess to rescue.

Hey, wait a minute, fellas. That ain't no princess.

No, that's my sister.

Leave me alone!

truth, Vinnie.

What book did you ever read where the dragon beats the knight?

Captain Marvel.

Hey, uh, look, man, you and me, we ain't got no beef.

Let's hope it stays that way.

You dig?

Yeah.

Vinny's looking for a fight. Let him look!

Mellie, I've been thinking.

Ever since I got out in the street, well, I've sort of been letting the

scene roll all over me.

Instead of trying to prove that I belong in the scene.

I'll help you prove it. We'll go to the cops. I'll tell them Vinny admitted

everything.

Mellie, you do your thing, but I gotta do mine.

Jackie, wait!

Billy, he's going after Vinnie. We've got to stop him, please.

Millie, where are you going?

To get the cops.

There's no sign of either of them.

We'll find them.

I've got a feeling we're going to be too late, mentor.

Okay, Billy.

Do what you've got to do.

Hey, jailbird. Catch!

Hey, this is Mr. Spencer's cash box.

That's right.

Now it's got your fingerprints on it.

to rob the gas stations and they're right now burning the evidence.

Jackie. Sure.

We owe you thanks.

Oh, cool it, Mellie.

You could have mentored me taking bows if you're not careful.

Well, anyway, it's all over now.

Jackie doesn't have to worry anymore about being judged for a mistake he made

once.

Well, there may always be people that'll judge you like that, Jackie.

You just can't let them get to you.

Or you can say, look what I'm doing today.

You're not going to make me live in the past.

Right on, Billy.

Hey, Mr. Samuels, fill her up?

You bet.

Hi, Mr. Samuels. Well, hello, Mr. Mentor.

What's the word on Vinnie?

I don't think he'll be around for a while.

But the guys in Vinnie's neighborhood are making all sorts of noises.

Planning trouble?

Could be.

It'd be nice to know Captain Marvel will be around, just in case.

So long, good dude.

Bye. Bye.

Bye.

Maybe we ought to spend some more time in this area, Billy.

Oh, you're thinking the same thing I am.

There may be more trouble.

Mm-hmm.

There's a good game on television tonight.

I want to watch the movie.

Baseball.

Movie. Billy, I don't want to make a big thing out of the generation gap, but it

will save a lot of discussion.

I am an adult.

You are a youth.

In matters of home management, and this is our home, the lead adult makes the

decisions.

Baseball.

Shazam. Movie.

Movie.

Don't miss the exciting conclusion of this story in the next episode of

Shazam.