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Suns Legend Al McCoy Shares Origin Story of 'Shazam' Call

As if it were possible for Al McCoy to be more awesome, the “Voice of the Suns’ just added a few more cool points to his résumé.

For those unfamiliar with how McCoy first conceived his most famous catchphrase, “Shazam,” the Hall of Fame broadcaster recently told the story on “Glendale Today.”

The history goes all the way back to when McCoy was a kid growing up in Williams, Iowa – a tiny farming community with a population in the hundreds. And like many of us, McCoy used comic books as an imaginative escape. Over the years, one superhero stuck out above the rest.