Shazzan

Real Name: Shazzan

Identity/Class: Genie

Occupation: Genie

Affiliations: Chuck, Nancy, Kaboobie, Space Ghost

Enemies: The Council of Doom, Kahn of the North Wind, Sorceress of the Mist, Abdar the Zodiac Master, Madragona, Mercuraad, Zahran, Magi, Queen Kolanda of Centuria, Mysterio the Mini-Magi, Zaman the Magician, Raschid, Kaballah, Makdar the Mirage Maker, Kazir, Nastrina of the Flames, Ahmed the Sky Pirate, The Black Sultan, Faleem

Known Relatives: None known

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Arabia

First Appearance: Shazzan (Hanna-Barbera for CBS, September 9, 1967)

Powers/Abilities: Shazzan is sixty foot tall, and thus possessed with incredible strength. However his true power lies in his magical abilities; as a genie he can do virtually anything.

History: Chuck and Nancy are American teenagers living in Maine. Investigating a cave on the coast, they come across a chest containing two halves of a magical ring. Putting the parts back together they can read a word engraved on it: Shazzan. Saying this word, the two find themselves transported through time and space to ancient Arabia, where they encounter the genie Shazzan, whose name they have invoked. He explains that he will come to serve them whenever he is invoked, but that he cannot return them home until his ring is given back to its rightful owner. To aid them on this quest he gives them a magical flying camel called Kaboobie, as well as giving Chuck a magic belt and rope.

Comments: Created by Alex Toth. Shazzan was voiced by Barney Phillips. The show ran 36 episodes.

Shazzan got to team up with Space Ghost in the second season of that worthy's show. This was part of a several episode saga designed to use Space Ghost's established popularity to showcase a number of new Hanna-Barbera characters.

Shazzan got to turn up in the Hanna-Barbera Super TV Heroes comic from Gold Key, and returned to the medium for an issue of DC Comics' Cartoon Network Presents in 1998.

Chuck

Real Name: Unknown (presumably either Chuck or Charles or something else than can be abbreviated to Chuck)

Identity/Class: Normal human with magical artifacts

Occupation: School boy

Affiliations: Shazzan, Nancy, Kabooie; Space Ghost

Enemies: Kahn of the North Wind, Sorceress of the Mist, Abdar the Zodiac Master, Madragona, Mercuraad, Zahran, Magi, Queen Kolanda of Centuria, Mysterio the Mini-Magi, Zaman the Magician, Raschid, Kaballah, Makdar the Mirage Maker, Kazir, Nastrina of the Flames, Ahmed the Sky Pirate, The Black Sultan, Faleem

Known Relatives: Nancy (sister)

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Arabia

First Appearance: Shazzan (Hanna-Barbera for CBS, September 9, 1967)

Powers/Abilities: Chuck was given several magical items by Shazzan, including a cloak of invisibility, vanishing dust, a magical rope, and an opal of knowledge.

History: Chuck and his siter Nancy were normal American teenagers until they discovered an old ring which magically transported them to ancient Arabia. There they met the genie Shazzan, who was summoned by the power of that ring, and who charged them with finding his true master. Now they travel the land facing many adventures while trying to complete their quest.

Comments: Voiced by Jerry Dexter

Nancy

Real Name: Nancy

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: School girl

Affiliations: Chuck, Shazzan, Kabooie, Space Ghost

Enemies: Kahn of the North Wind, Sorceress of the Mist, Abdar the Zodiac Master, Madragona, Mercuraad, Zahran, Magi, Queen Kolanda of Centuria, Mysterio the Mini-Magi, Zaman the Magician, Raschid, Kaballah, Makdar the Mirage Maker, Kazir, Nastrina of the Flames, Ahmed the Sky Pirate, The Black Sultan, Faleem

Known Relatives: Chuck (brother)

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Arabia

First Appearance: Shazzan (Hanna-Barbera for CBS, September 9, 1967)

Powers/Abilities: None

History: Nancy and her brother Chuck were normal American teenagers until they discovered an old ring which magically transported them to ancient Arabia. There they met the genie Shazzan, who was summoned by the power of that ring, and who charged them with finding his true master. Now they travel the land facing many adventures while trying to complete their quest.

Comments: Nancy was voiced by Janet Waldo

In a somewhat sexist move, Shazzan seems to have given all the cool magical stuff to Chuck, and left Nancy to fend for herself.

Kaboobie

Real Name: Kaboobie

Identity/Class: Magical camel

Occupation: Beast of burden

Affiliations: Shazzan, Chuck, Nancy, Space Ghost

Enemies: Kahn of the North Wind, Sorceress of the Mist, Abdar the Zodiac Master, Madragona, Mercuraad, Zahran, Magi, Queen Kolanda of Centuria, Mysterio the Mini-Magi, Zaman the Magician, Raschid, Kaballah, Makdar the Mirage Maker, Kazir, Nastrina of the Flames, Ahmed the Sky Pirate, The Black Sultan, Faleem

Known Relatives: None known

Aliases: None known

Base of Operations: Arabia

First Appearance: Shazzan (Hanna-Barbera for CBS, September 9, 1967)

Powers/Abilities: Able to fly

History: Kaboobie is a winged camel given to Chuck and Nancy, two American teenagers, by the genie Shazzan. He serves as their transport through the dangers and adventures of Arabia.

Comments: Kabooie was voiced by Don Messick

CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be confused with

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