Discover 5 retro series from DC Comics like Shazam, Swamp Thing or Legends of the Superheroes that new generations ignore exist
Not just Adam West’s Batman or Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman, or the Arrowverse shows that marked an era in series now considered retro. Between the decade of the 70’s and 90’s DC Comics also collaborated in the production of retro series that you probably didn’t know existed.
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In the 21st century we had movies and series with heroes like Shazam or Swamp Thing, but in the last century the first attempts were made to bring these heroes to the small screen.
That is why we present these 5 retro series from DC Comics that you did not know existed.
Shazam!
Before DC Comics acquired the catalog of Fawcett Comics, in 1974 the Filmation studio (the one that produced He-Man and the Masters of the Universe) gave us the live action series Shazam!, starring Michael Gray, who brought Billy to life. Batson.
By using the magic word Shazam, Billy becomes the hero with the gifts of powers, which was embodied first by Jackson Bostwick and later by John Dave.
The series aired between 1974 and 1976 in three seasons with a total of 28 episodes.
Secret of Isis
In The Secrets of Isis, the protagonist is Isis / Andrea Thomas (played by Joanna Cameron), a science teacher who discovered an ancient magical amulet in an archaeological dig in Egypt and acquired the powers of the goddess Isis.
The show was part of The Shazam/Isis Hour bar, and went on to have crossovers with Shazam and its own DC Comics title, The Mighty Isis, and later appeared in animated form in Filmation’s The Freedom Force and in a role guest on Hero High (part of The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!).
Swamp Thing
Before the filmmaker James Wan produced his adaptation of the story created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson in 2019, in 1990 the USA network and Warner Bros. Television produced a series inspired by Swamp Thing, respecting the plot of the comics.
Dick Durock was the actor who embodied Swamp Thing in a series that lasted three seasons and 72 episodes. In Latin America the series was known as El Guardian del Pantano and
HumanTarget
Based on a comic published by DC, authored by Lein Wein and Carmine Infantino, Human Target follows the story of Christopher Chance, a veteran of the Vietnam War, who dedicates himself to taking the place of different people in order to save their lives.
Chance only asked for 10% of the annual income of his clients, regardless of whether they were waiters or employees of the British crown.
Legends of Superheroes
With the success of the animated series Super-Friends, in 1979 Hanna-Barbera produced a couple of specials, in live-action format, which were titled Legends of Superheroes, in which Adam West made a special appearance as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin and Frank Gorshin as the Riddler.
The cast of these specials was completed by Huntress (Barbara Joyce), Black Canary (Danuta), Hawkman (Bill Nuckols), Green Lantern (Howard Murphy), Shazam! (Garret Craig), The Flash (Rod Haase), and The Atom (Alfie Wise).
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Relive the 70s with Wonder Woman in SMASH and DC Comics Mexico
Amazon princess and federal agent Diana Prince – with her alter ego, the superheroine Wonder Woman – is always ready to spring into action, no matter what era she lives in.
She must battle disco-loving Soviet spies at the notorious Studio 52, defend her own identity after being targeted by the obsessive Doctor Psycho, and save a politician who finds himself face to face with a new villain.
As well as resolving entanglements with the furious Solomon Grundy and his classic nemesis, Cheetah. To save the day, Diana will need her formidable powers – hers and the help of her partner, Agent Steve Trevor!
SMASH and DC Comics Mexico bring you DC Adventures – Wonder Woman ’77. Marc Andreyko brings us the adventures of the heroine that Lynda Carter brought to life in the 1970s.
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