| Genre: | Animation Fantasy |
| Runtime: | 60 min. |
| Company: | Filmation DC Comics |
| Producer: | Arthur H. Nadel |
| Executive Producer: | Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer |
| Cinematography: | R.W. Pope |
| Editor: | Ron Fedele Joe Gall Hector C. Gika |
| Country: | United States |
| Network: | NBC |
| Num Episodes: | 38 |
The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! is an NBC Saturday-morning cartoon produced by Filmation Studios in 1981. The half-hour show included two cartoon stories, with a variety of live-action wraparound segments.[1]
Hero High featured a group of students attending a high school for superheroes.[2] This was a comedy originally planned to feature the characters from Archie Comics, but during development, production company Filmation terminated their relationship with the publishers, and the characters were turned into more generic versions of the same roles.[1]
Shazam! was based on the DC Comics series of the same name, the adventures of Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family, including Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., Uncle Marvel, and their tiger, Tawky Tawny.[3] In the show, the team fights enemies like Doctor Sivana, Mister Mind, Black Adam, Mister Atom, Ibac, and more.[4]
From time to time, the characters of one show would appear in the other. Isis from The Secrets of Isis also made a guest appearance in animated form on Hero High.
See main article: Hero High.
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In 1982, The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! was nominated for a Young Artist Award for "Best Children's Television Series", while Rebecca Perle won a YAA for "Best Young Actress in a Daytime Series".[5] Two years later, she and Johnny "Punk Rock" Venocour would co-star in Savage Streets.