Post by DC-Fan on Sept 22, 2018 3:26:54 GMT
Joanna Cameron's 67th birthday was yesterday. Most MCU fans here are probably too young to remember Joanna Cameron. She was Andrea Thomas aka Isis on the Isis TV show in the mid-1970s.
In the mid-1970s, Filmation had purchased the rights to produce a weekly half-hour TV show of Shazam! The Shazam! TV show was very popular among young boys so Filmation wanted to produce a weekly half-hour superhero TV show for young girls.
Filmation decided not to use Mary Marvel because 1) they didn't want a character who was too similar to Captain Marvel and 2) they didn't want to pay the additional fee to use Mary Marvel. So Filmation created a brand new female superhero, Isis.
The Isis TV show premiered in September 1975, making it the first weekly superhero TV show with a female lead. (The Wonder Woman TV show starring Lynda Carter would premiere about 2 months after Isis premiered). The Isis TV show was broadcast immediately after the Shazam! TV show on Saturday mornings, and Filmation advertised the 2 shows together as The Shazam! / Isis Power Hour.
During the run of the 2 shows, Isis appeared on 3 episodes of the Shazam! show and Captain Marvel appeared on 3 episodes of the Isis show, making Shazam! and Isis a shared universe for superheroes on TV. In October 1976, the Isis character made her 1st appearance in DC Comics, making Isis one of the few characters (like Harley Quinn) who appeared on TV before appearing in comic books.
In the mid-1970s, Filmation had purchased the rights to produce a weekly half-hour TV show of Shazam! The Shazam! TV show was very popular among young boys so Filmation wanted to produce a weekly half-hour superhero TV show for young girls.
Filmation decided not to use Mary Marvel because 1) they didn't want a character who was too similar to Captain Marvel and 2) they didn't want to pay the additional fee to use Mary Marvel. So Filmation created a brand new female superhero, Isis.
The Isis TV show premiered in September 1975, making it the first weekly superhero TV show with a female lead. (The Wonder Woman TV show starring Lynda Carter would premiere about 2 months after Isis premiered). The Isis TV show was broadcast immediately after the Shazam! TV show on Saturday mornings, and Filmation advertised the 2 shows together as The Shazam! / Isis Power Hour.
During the run of the 2 shows, Isis appeared on 3 episodes of the Shazam! show and Captain Marvel appeared on 3 episodes of the Isis show, making Shazam! and Isis a shared universe for superheroes on TV. In October 1976, the Isis character made her 1st appearance in DC Comics, making Isis one of the few characters (like Harley Quinn) who appeared on TV before appearing in comic books.
