The Isiac amulet, which resembled the headdress of Hathor, had originally belonged to Queen Hatshepsut, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh. Isis starred Joanna Cameron as Andrea Thomas, a science teacher at Larkspur High School who found an ancient mystical gold amulet, the "Tutmose amulet," on an archeological dig in Egypt. Joanna Cameron as Isis in The Secrets of Isis.
Likewise, Joanna Cameron appeared as Isis on Shazam! in return and since then DC Comics has adopted the character of Isis into their mainstream continuity for modern comics.
In the series, Isis ( Joanna Cameron) is the alter ego of Andrea Thomas, a seemingly normal schoolteacher, who transforms into the Egyptian goddess when presented with crises a mere mortal cannot resolve.Įpisodes of the series featured crossovers featuring Captain Marvel from the companion series, Shazam!.
The program was the first weekly American live-action television series with a female superhero lead character, debuting September 6, 1975, predating the weekly debuts of both The Bionic Woman (January 14, 1976) and Wonder Woman (April 21, 1976). NBCUniversal Syndication Studios (on behalf of DreamWorks Classics)