One show that I absolutely loved as a child was the 1981 Filmation take on the Captain Marvel Family, the animated
SHAZAM!. It's corny and goofy, but going back and watching it now, you realize that it's a pretty straight adaptation of the goofy and corny Golden Age incarnation of the classic Fawcett characters (now owned by DC). I can remember purchasing these tapes at a now defunct Big Wheel store located in Georgetown, Ohio (anybody remember that retail chain?) around the winter of 1993 or so for about a .99 apiece (the store was liquidating it's stock and going out of business). Over the last 20 years, I've got more than my 2 dollars worth of enjoyment out of the material on these cassettes.
I just wish that the licensing situation was clearer on this particular show than it seems to be, seeing as how I think this falls in with the home video distribution rights to the Filmation catalog, and not with DC Comics (read: Warner Bros.) proper, making any further attempts at home video releases (DVDs and Blu-Rays) troublesome.
Title: SHAZAM! THE WORLD'S MIGHTIEST MORTAL: Best Seller
Manufacturer: Star Classics
Date: 1989
Title: SHAZAM! THE WORLD'S MIGHTIEST MORTAL: The Incredible Sinking City
Manufacturer: Star Classics
Date: 1989
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