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Isis is a DC Comics Superhero , the main character of '''''The Secrets of Isis''''', a live-action American Saturday Morning television program that served as the second half of '' The Shazam!/Isis Hour ''. The show was produced by Filmation Associates . Like the main character of the first half of the program, Captain Marvel , Isis also had roots in Ancient Egyptian Mythology . ''The Secrets of Isis'' starred Joanna Cameron as Andrea Thomas, a high school science teacher who gains the ability to call upon the powers of the Goddess Isis after finding an Egyptian amulet. Fifteen episodes of ''The Secrets of Isis'' were produced for ''The Shazam! Isis Hour'', and the character also appeared in three episodes of the ''Shazam!'' portion of the show. ''The Secrets of Isis'' was given its own timeslot in 1977, for which seven new episodes were broadcast alongside reruns from the first two seasons. Isis later appeared in animated form on Fimations' '' Tarzan And The Super 7 '' show in 1980 . Isis' first appearance in comics was in '' Shazam! '' #25 (Sept-Oct. 1976 ). She was given her own book the following month, which ran for two years. Fans of the series, with support from Joanna Cameron, have been lobbying for the release of the series to DVD for the last several years. In January 2002, DC Comics re-introduced the goddess Isis Post-Crisis as one of the chief gods worshipped by the Bana-Mighdallian Amazons in the Wonder Woman comic. Although the Bana tribe was introduced in the late 1980s, their gods were not shown until 2002. Her introduction depicted her in a standard white sleeveless gown and Egyptian head-dress containing her trademark symbol. Later the various Amazon gods were depicted as selecting more modern appearances for themselves. After this Isis was then shown as wearing a black business suit with skirt, long straight black hair and a neck choker containing an Ankh . EXTERNAL LINKS
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