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The Best Revenge is Living Well. (misterfedex) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-11-08 23:58:00

Entry tags:

era: golden age, medium: videos, publisher: dc comics, title: captain marvel jr

Hero High. Enrolling now!
I'm not sure if its ever been left here before, but I bring to you the earliest hero memory of mine. As a strapping young lad of three, my mom sat me down in front of the television and allowed me to gain a lifelong adoration. Super heroes. And villains.

The Marvels were my first comic loves. I knew Captain Marvel, Freddy Freeman, Mary Marvel, the Sivanas and Black Adam before I knew of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc. I'm hoping it hasn't been posted prior, but even so...please enjoy. Share the childhood and all of that. They're also co-stars with "Hero High". I've included a Marvel video link as well here for fun.

From Wikipedia's entry: Hero High was a cartoon series created by Filmation that aired as part of the Kid Superpower Hour with Shazam! It was about a high school where young superheroes were taught how to use their powers and fight crime. Originally intended to be a new entry in Filmation's long-running line of Archie cartoon series, the 1981 series was altered at the last minute because the company's rights to the "Archie" characters had expired[1]; nevertheless, one can easily tell which was originally the Archie character, the Reggie character, et cetera.

Part One of Hero High:

Part 2: The Heroes and YOU!

Part 3:

The Marvel Family side:

and for legality...The Marvel Family! Who took top billing during the series along with Hero High.

Loving the expression here.

This is my first Scans_daily post, so if there's any fixing that needs done, by all means do so, or mail me for corrections. Thanks again!

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	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-11-09 10:13 am UTC (link)
	Whatever happened to all those other Marvels, anyway? We hear plenty from Captain, Jr, and Mary, but we don't see Uncle Marvel or those other two random guys. What happened? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	thandrak 2009-11-09 11:45 am UTC (link)
	Well, Uncle Marvel was a scam, but Tall Billy, Fat Billy, and Hill Billy Batsons are all, ah, not 'suitable' for modern comics, I'm guessin. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kenn_el 2009-11-09 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	Transfat Billy would be a modern update. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-11-09 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	Gastric Band Billy and Liposuction Billy would also be fun! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	misterfedex 2009-11-09 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	Hill Billy works at a tire shop down in Vista, California these days. Its still real to him, dammit. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cricharddavies 2009-11-10 06:14 am UTC (link)
	The Lieutenant Marvels were described as being "overwhelmed" in Crisis #12, implicitly being killed off, only to be retconned to having survived in a letter column of Who's Who ... a few short months before they were retconned out of existence. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	misterfedex 2009-11-10 10:34 am UTC (link)
	This is why there are such things as RGS, fan fiction, Gail Simone, and notepads. We can fix this, we can make it better, I truly miss the who's who's as well, DC wants my money? Bring THAT back. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	auggie18 2009-11-09 01:12 pm UTC (link)
	Tall, Hill and Fat Billy all made cameos in the Trial of Shazam, where they all lost their powers. Shame, really. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-11-09 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	Oh. That answers that, then. Thanks! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-11-09 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	I think I saw Uncle Marvel at Black Adam's wedding. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	misterfedex 2009-11-09 11:25 pm UTC (link)
	Uncle Marvel apparently had an adverse reaction to Evil!Mary and her skirt of lust. Unlike me, his heart (or loins) wasn't strong enough to survive. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thatnickguy 2009-11-09 02:17 pm UTC (link)
	I liked Hero High a lot more when it was called Sky High. =D Goddamn, I wish Disney would sequel the hell out of that. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	freezer818 2009-11-09 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	I liked Hero High a lot more when it was called Sky High. That would take one hell of a temporal spin there. :P And I liked Sky High better when it was called PS 238. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-11-09 10:17 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, Junior does appear to be enjoying the electric chair in a... special sort of way doesn't he? Hero High has a certain weird charm to it... It has echoes in the UK's new series; Supernormal (Reply to this) (Thread)

misterfedex
2009-11-09 11:30 pm UTC (link)

Then again, between losing his power in Infinite Crisis, "Trials of Shazam", being forgotten about for too long, and apparently this new batch of crazy going on...I think he might welcome a nice violet flower treatment.

Hero High was awesome. I'm in the midst of ~~stealing~~ adapting some of the concepts for an RPG of mine. As soon as I sift through all of the crack and make it REAL potent.

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