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Zatanna

August 29, 2023

Zatanna Zatara (/zəˈtænə zəˈtɑːrə/), commonly known mononymously as Zatanna, is a fictional magician appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson, and first appeared in Hawkman #4 (November 1964).[1] Zatanna is a stage magician with actual mystic powers much like her father, Zatara, granting her magical powers notably controlled by invoking commands speaking incantations backwards. Her powers originate from her homo magi heritage, an off-shoot of humanity capable of naturally manipulating magic energies. She is known for her involvement with both the Justice League and Justice League Dark, serving as a leadership figure for both teams.

Zatanna
Cover to Zatanna: Everyday Magic (October 2003). Art by Brian Bolland.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceHawkman #4 (November 1964)
Created byGardner Fox (writer)
Murphy Anderson (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoZatanna Zatara
SpeciesHomo magi
Place of originSan Francisco, California
Team affiliationsJustice League Dark
Justice League
Sentinels of Magic
Seven Soldiers
PartnershipsZatara
John Constantine
Batman
Notable aliasesMistress of Magic
Princess of Prestidigitation
Sorceress Supreme
Abilities
  • Mastery of various forms of magic; primarily commands magical energies and spell-casting through speaking commands backwards.
  • Occult and demonology expert
  • Master stage magician and escape artist
  • Skilled hand-to-hand combatant

Zatanna has appeared in several different media adaptations, including appearing in several television series in the DC Animated Universe, notably voiced by Julie Brown and Jennifer Hale. She has also appeared as a recurring character in the final three seasons of Smallville, portrayed by actress Serinda Swan. A younger version of the character also appears in Young Justice and Justice League Action, voiced by Lacey Chabert, and in DC Super Hero Girls, voiced by Kari Wahlgren.

Publication history Edit

Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson, Zatanna first appeared in Hawkman #4 (November 1964). When she is introduced, she is on a quest to find her father Zatara who made his first appearance in Action Comics #1 but had not been published regularly for several years.[2] The storyline crossed multiple comics published by DC at the time, culminating in issues of Justice League of America, also written by Fox.

Fictional character biography Edit

Pre-Crisis Edit

 
Zatanna, as she appeared during her debut on a splash page of Hawkman #4 (November 1964). Art by Murphy Anderson.

Zatanna is the daughter of magician Giovanni "John" Zatara who appeared in Golden Age comic books and Sindella, a member of the mystical species Homo magi. Her younger cousin, the teenager Zachary Zatara, is also a magician in the DCU. Zatanna makes her living as a stage illusionist prior to discovering her magical abilities while investigating the disappearance of her father. Her original costume is based upon her father's costume but substituting fishnet stockings and high heels for slacks. Zatanna's search for her father was the subject of a storyline[3] which was featured in several titles edited by Julius Schwartz,[4] and in it, Zatanna interacts with Hawkman and Hawkgirl;[5] battles Batman and Robin while in disguise as a witch and under the control of the villain the Outsider;[6] and teams with the Atom,[7] Green Lantern,[8] and the Elongated Man.[9] The series culminated in Justice League of America #51 (February 1967).[10] This Justice League adventure took place during the Batman television craze when Batman was at the height of his popularity. The premise that the witch in Detective Comics #336 was Zatanna was perceived as an attempt to get Batman participating in this issue of Justice League of America no matter how vague the connection to Zatanna's quest was.[11]

She briefly was featured in backup features in Adventure Comics and Supergirl from 1971 to 1973.[12][13] Zatanna assists the Justice League of America on a few missions[14][15] before being elected to membership in Justice League of America #161 (Dec. 1978).[3][16] Soon after Zatanna joined the group, the identity of her mother was revealed in a multi-issue storyline.[17] Zatanna teamed with Superman in DC Comics Presents[18] and with Batman in The Brave and the Bold.[19] A ten-page short story in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5 (Nov.–Dec. 1980) revealed new details about Zatara's origin and how Zatanna's quest to locate her father began.[20][21] During her tenure with the Justice League, her power level diminishes, so that she can only control the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water.[22] She starred in a backup feature in World's Finest Comics #274–278[12] and the limitation of her powers is reversed in World's Finest Comics #277 (March 1982).[23] She assists Wonder Woman and several other superheroines in fighting an extraterrestrial threat.[24] Zatanna once elected as the Justice League chairperson via votes.

At the conclusion of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing "American Gothic" storyline[25] (which was tied to the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths), John Constantine comes to get Zatanna, Mento and Sargon the Sorcerer to come together to help demonic and divine forces in other hellish dimensions battle the entity known as the 'Great Evil Beast'. The séance is held at Wintersgate Manor, the home of Baron Winters in Georgetown, Washington D.C., which is also a temporal threshold to other planes of reality. Because Constantine had previously taken Zatanna to a "tantric studies meeting", Zatara will not let Zatanna out of his sight with Constantine present and, by his very presence, is forced to take part in the seance to which he was not invited. The Beast, which is so tall that its thumb alone looms over Hell, takes notice of their group twice. The first glimpse dooms Sargon, whom Zatara convinces to 'die like a sorcerer' and not break the holding of hands. Sargon burns to death nobly. The second glimpse starts to literally heat up Zatanna. Zatara willingly takes the effect onto himself, dying (his smoldering hat lands on the table), but sparing his daughter's life.[26]

Post-Crisis Edit

Zatanna starred in a special solo one-shot in 1987 that featured Zatanna exploring her mother Sindella's background and battling the villainous sorceress Allura.[27] In Neil Gaiman's The Books of Magic limited series, Zatanna becomes friends and even temporary guardian to Timothy Hunter, a boy destined to become the greatest wizard in the world,[28] and his girlfriend Molly who at the time was cursed by the Queen of the Fairies and unable to touch anything in the human world, including the ground. After a brief stay, she sent Molly home and Tim wandered off on his own adventures. In 1993, Zatanna starred in her first solo limited series, titled Zatanna: Come Together, which saw her summoning her mother's spirit and battling the sorcerer Tannarak and a demon called Xaos.

When the Justice League vanish in the past as they attempt to rescue the missing Aquaman, an emergency protocol set up by Batman assembles a new League, with this team including Jason Blood as its magical expert. However, when the current threat is identified as Gamemnae, an ancient Atlantean sorceress who seeks to conquer the world, she uses a quagmire spell to absorb Zatanna and Tempest into herself. When new League leader Nightwing attempts to order Blood to transform into Etrigan to help them against Gamemnae, Blood insists that Zatanna is the one they need, sacrificing himself to Gamemnae's quagmire spell in order to free Zatanna. She subsequently joins Nightwing, Firestorm and Hawkgirl in travelling back to ancient Atlantis, where Aquaman has been trapped in a pool of water as a water wraith, Firestorm creating a channel between the pool and the sea before Zatanna casts a spell that allowed the water-based Aquaman to control the entire ocean as his body, allowing him to sink Atlantis in the past and present and disrupt Gamemnae's power.

Zatanna starred in another solo one-shot in 2003, Zatanna: Everyday Magic, in which she fought Nimue Ravensong, a magic-user jealous of Zatanna's ability to use magic naturally and without committing sacrifices. Nimue seduced and cursed John Constantine, leading Zatanna into conflict with the wannabe sorceress.[29] In the 2004 limited series Identity Crisis, Zatanna is a member of the Justice League at the time the villain Doctor Light rapes the Elongated Man's wife, Sue Dibny. When apprehended, he threatens the JLA members' families. Although Zatanna is prepared to erase Light's memories of the incident as she had done to other villains with knowledge dangerous to the League, tampering with Light's mind sparks a debate among the team's members: should the villain's personality be transformed to prevent him from repeating his crime. Zatanna, Hawkman, and the Atom (Ray Palmer) vote for such action, while Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Green Lantern vote against. The Flash (Barry Allen) breaks the tie. Zatanna mind-wipes Light, and the process results in his intellectual abilities being lowered.[30] In the midst of the process, Batman appears and tries to stop it. Zatanna freezes him, and the members vote unanimously to erase Batman's memories of the incident as well.

Her working relationship to Batman sours after he remembers the alteration to his memory. When Zatanna helps Batman with reconnaissance at one of Ra's al Ghul's Lazarus Pits, she asks him why he came to her and Batman says: "I needed someone I could trust. But I had to settle for you". After Infinite Crisis, their relationship appears to have warmed; in Detective Comics #824 he calls her for information on a card-counter involved in scamming the Penguin. He makes no mention of their conflict, and casually calls her by her nickname, "Zee".

Catwoman discovers that Zatanna's mind-wipe of Dr. Light in Identity Crisis is not an isolated occurrence; Catwoman's journey from villain to hero and her resulting efforts to lead a moral life are retconned as being the result of Zatanna's mental intervention. Catwoman comes to distrust her memories, motives, and the choices she has made since that incident. In retaliation, Catwoman shoves Zatanna out a window. Zatanna parry the next attack from Catwoman and freeze her, before apologize and leaving her.

A 2005 four-issue Zatanna limited series was published as part of Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers event.[31] In it, at a support group for superheroes, she recounts a failed magical ritual to search for her father's tomes, during which one of her past spells summons a shapeshifter named Gwydion, who kills her companions. This trauma, combined with her guilt from her former mind-wipes, robs her of her powers. With the help of her new apprentice, Misty Kilgore, she captures Gwydion to use as her own. She eventually regains her confidence and powers, and uses them to defeat Zor, a rogue Time Tailor who released the Sheeda as a plague to infect and degrade the entire universe. As a reward, the other Time Tailors allow her one last meeting with her father, who reveals that his books were written for her, his "greatest spell and gift to the world". In the final battle against the Sheeda, Zatanna casts a spell to move time and space, retroactively positioning the Seven Soldiers to overthrow the Sheeda.

In Detective Comics #833 (August 2007), it is stated that Zatanna's father was a friend of Thomas Wayne. Zatara trained Bruce Wayne in the art of escape, and Bruce and Zatanna were childhood friends, although Batman believes that he has never met her in Justice League of America #51, and her only memory of meeting him is while she was disguised. Bruce helps Zatanna investigate the death of one of her former assistants; all clues point to a performer named Ivar Loxias. Loxias is revealed to be the Joker in disguise; he shoots Zatanna in the throat and incapacitates Batman. Zatanna is able to heal herself by writing a curing spell in her own blood, and she is instrumental in foiling the Joker's scheme, driving Joker insane in the process. Bruce puts Zatanna's betrayal behind him, allowing the two to renew their friendship.

On the "Roll Call" of Justice League of America #22 (August 2008), Zatanna is listed as a part of the team. Called upon to help with the Red Tornado's restoration in his android form, she aids the League when they are attacked by a new, powerful iteration of Amazo. During the battle, Zatanna has her mouth magically removed with her spells, and once again uses her blood to write out spells and restore it.[32] After that Wonder Woman throws off Amazo's concentration and free Zatanna. Zatanna then defeats Amazo once and for all by using the Red Tornado's soul. Following this battle, Zatanna rejoins the team.[33]

Zatanna later accompanies Firestorm, Black Lightning, and Batman to Metropolis after they come to believe Kimiyo Hoshi has been kidnapped by agents of the covert metahuman team known as the Shadow Cabinet.[34][35] After a brief conflict, Zatanna and the others are informed by teenage superheroine Rocket that Kimiyo's perceived abduction was actually a misunderstanding caused by the Shadow Cabinet's mission to seek out her help in dealing with the cosmic vampire known as Starbreaker.[36][37] With assistance from Hardware and Icon, Zatanna and her comrades are able to defeat Starbreaker in a battle in the Himalayas.[38][39][40]

 
Zatanna's first New 52 costume. Art by Mikel Janin.

In Gotham City Sirens Zatanna is visited and restrained by Poison Ivy, who interacts via a tree and asks her if her encounter with Catwoman changed Selina in any way.[41]

Zatanna takes a leave of absence from the JLA, only to reappear during a battle with Despero. Once he is defeated, Zatanna informs the League of the apocalyptic events of the Blackest Night taking place across the globe.[42] After taking the team to the Hall of Justice to find Firestorm, she is forced to fight the undead form of her father, continually pitting the black magic he wields against her own;[43] it is implied she was successful in banishing the Black Lantern, but was left psychologically crushed from having to kill her father again.[44] In the aftermath of Blackest Night, Kimiyo mentions that Zatanna is one of the members who has left the team.[45]

In May 2010 Zatanna received her own solo series, written by Paul Dini and drawn by Stéphane Roux. No longer an active member of the JLA, Zatanna is asked by officer Dale Colton to help solve a murder case at a restaurant frequented by mobsters. Zatanna informs Dale that the murderer was a powerful sorcerer known as Brother Night, who rules the supernatural crime scene in San Francisco. After Zatanna shows up at Night's demonic nightclub and threatens him, he responds by calling upon a powerful nightmare demon for help in battling her,[46] but Zatanna defeats and imprisons the demon to aid her later.[47] A crooked casino owner who had made a deal for eternal youth with the demon of avarice by selling the souls of his brides to the demon attempts to use a love potion to win Zatanna's soul.[48] When her cousin Zachary Zatara breaks the spell, the casino owner begs Zatanna to turn him into a soulless lump of gold in order to escape torment in Hell.[49] Aside from Brother Night, Zatanna faces other threats, such as Oscar Hample, a man who tried to murder her when she was a child and was turned into a puppet by her father.[50][51][52][53] The Zatanna series ended with issue #16 (October 2011).

The New 52 Edit

In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. Zatanna is one of the main characters in Peter Milligan's Justice League Dark series. She sports a new costume, though she still wears her classic magician's outfit during shows. In the first issue, she learns that Superman, Wonder Woman, and Cyborg have been defeated by the Enchantress and volunteers her services to the League.[54]

The Black Canary and Zatanna graphic novel Bloodspell written by Paul Dini and drawn by Joe Quinones was to be released in 2012, but was delayed until May 2014.[55] The story centered around a 16-year-old Black Canary's first meeting Zatanna.[56]

DC Rebirth Edit

Zatanna made her first Rebirth appearance in Detective Comics #958, assisting Bruce Wayne in taking out a robot chasing after a cult member. Later on, Zatanna shows Bruce magic. Later Bruce sees her again and asks her to teach him more about magic. Ultimately she declines and wipes his memory. [57]

After the conclusion of the main storyline of the DC Rebirth Batwoman series, Zatanna is implied to be an outpatient therapist of sorts for Beth Kane, Kate Kane's twin sister.[58]

In 2018, a new Justice League Dark series began, with a redesigned Zatanna being part of the team.[59] Zatanna travels to Northern Italy to bind a group of demons called Il Osservatori in a story called Zatanna: Sleight of Hand, published in the DC New Talent Showcase 2018 #1.[60]

Characterization Edit

Heritage & ancestry Edit

Prior to the New 52, the character was considered to be half human and half homo magi; her ancestry first heavily implied to include the Atlantean demigod, Arion.[61] This was later stated in her origin story in the 52 series through Sindella’s family line.[62]

Through her father's family line, the character was considered a descendant of Leonardo da Vinci and is related to Nostradamus, Alessandro Cagliostro, Nicholas Flamel, and Evan Fulcanelli, making her of French and Italian heritage.[63]

After the events of Flashpoint and the New 52, it is mentioned that both Sindella and Giovonni Zatara are of the homo magi race.[64]

Relationships Edit

In comics taking place in the mainstream continuity, Zatanna has had various relationships with other DC Characters, including John Constantine (with whom she practiced tantra) and Doctor Thirteen.[65] Zatanna also had a flirtatious relationship with her fellow Justice Leaguer Barry Allen / the Flash shortly after the death of his wife Iris.[66] In The New 52: Futures End timeline, Zatanna is romantically involved with Jason Blood / Etrigan the Demon.[67][68] In the Mystik U universe, Zatanna pursued a romantic relationship with Sebastian Faust, the son of infamous sorcerer Felix Faust.[69]

She has a strong friendship with Batman due to their shared (retconned) pasts. In Detective Comics #843-844, Zatanna and Bruce briefly discuss the possibility of having a more meaningful relationship. Both later concede that Bruce is too devoted to his cause as Batman to give her the relationship she wishes for, but the pair reaffirm their bond as close friends. Catwoman once considered Zatanna a more dangerous contender for Bruce's attentions than Jezebel Jet, his fiancé at the time.[70] A pep talk between the two women confirms how Zatanna really meant, during the fateful discussion with Bruce, to explore the possibility of a true romance, but turned out quietly resigned to the role of best friend and confidant. Claiming to act on Bruce's best interest, she pushes Selina into confessing her feelings to Bruce, thus stealing him from Jezebel Jet before it is too late.[71]

In mainstream media, DC Animated Universe touches on Bruce and Zatanna's closeness depicted as her having had a crush on him while he trained under her father as "John Smith", though she later found out his real name. Decades later, an elderly Bruce is shown to still care for her as he keeps a picture of her along with pictures of his other love interests in a file in the Batcomputer. In the TV series Young Justice, Zatanna has a flirtatious and possibly romantic friendship with Dick Grayson / Robin during Season 1. Dick later says that they have a "history" in Season 2 (five years after Season 1), implying that they dated and eventually broke up but still remained close. In season 4, Artemis mentions that both Zatanna and Raquel dated Dick prior.

Powers and abilities Edit

An expert magician with knowledge of an immeasurable number of spells, Zatanna is considered one of the most powerful magicians in the DC Universe; as a member of the homo magi race, she possess both the genetic ability to use magic and has mastery over both mystical and cosmic forces considered to be as old as the universe. Her considerable prowess has earned her titles such as "Mistress of Magic" and "Sorceress Supreme".[72][73] depicted as being peers to other notable magic users such as: Madame Xanadu, John Constantine, Jason Blood/Etrigan, Sebastian Faust, Doctor Occult, and Tempest.[74][75] Zatanna's power has also rivaled Doctor Fate incarnations Hector Hall[74] and Khalid Nassour.[75][76][77]

As tribute and a method to concentrate, Zatanna usually casts spells by speaking backwards (known as "Logomancy") for a variety of magical effects such as teleportation, healing, manipulate the mind of others, and more. Zatanna can also cast spells and other magics normally and by others means but due to this reliance on speech, she is often bound and gagged by villains as a means of incapacitation.[64][72] While not as adept as Madame Xanadu, Zatanna has proven herself able to call upon tarot reading for insight or divination, a skillset that does not require verbal incantations, spoken or written, at all, nor is it tied to a specific tarot deck.[71] Her magical powers increase if not used,[78] but overuse can deplete them to the point that further use strains her physical well-being; as with other magical users, the only way to restore her waning powers is an extended period of rest. Furthermore, her powers seems tied to her self-confidence, as the long series of blunders described in Seven Soldiers left her both emotionally and psychologically shattered, powerless, until she was able to restore her lost confidence.

In addition to her magical abilities, Zatanna is a skilled illusionist, showgirl and stage magician even without resorting to her innate magical powers. She considers part of her "training" exercising sleight of hand tricks, and she claims to have invented a variation of the three-card monte called the "Zatara shuffle", in which she is so fast and precise that, even without resorting to cheating, only skilled gamblers like Selina Kyle are able to follow the movements of her hands. Zatanna is also a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, having been trained by her father during her childhood. She is highly trained in escape artistry, having learned how to get out of a straitjacket underwater in Kindergarten and between her magic show acts.

Mystical artifacts Edit

As a sorceress, Zatanna also has access to various arcane object at her disposal, many of them being the same collection of artifacts her father collected over the years:

  • Talisman of Atlantis: One of the various mystic artifacts she carried for a time during the character's redesign in the 1990s, appearing within her 1993 solo series. The artifact, a gift to from her mother in which was contained within her father's assorted artifacts allows her to utilize magic via concentration as opposed to backwards casting with added ease. It was also used in conjunction with a magical staff to focus her powers through.[79]
  • Demonography: A demonology book that details information relating to demons. Due to its magical properties, the book automatically updates itself with information (as seen when an entry of the demon Nebiros was updated to include a recent involvement with Blue Devil) with revised editions, the act done by an unforeseen group of entities.[80]

Other versions Edit

Webtoon Edit

In 2022, DC comics partnered with Webtoon to publish a line of Webtoon original comics. One of these series is Zatanna and the Ripper, which follows Zatanna who is transported back to the 19th Century and must solve and stop the crimes of Jack the Ripper. The series ended in 2023, having published over 50 chapters.

DC Super Dictionary Edit

The 1978 DC Super Dictionary invented a character, Conjura, who had the same magic ability as Zatanna, in addition to possessing a time-traveling amulet. While possessing similar powers, the character was visually distinct from Zatanna, depicting her as a dark-skinned woman in a purple jumpsuit, jackboots, and yellow turban with a long cape.[81]

Earth-3 Edit

  • Annataz Arataz, Zatanna's evil Earth-3 counterpart, assists Superman-Prime to detain and torment Mr. Mxyzptlk in Countdown to Final Crisis #23. The imp refuses to provide Prime with information, and Annataz restores his powers. Reflecting upon her own prior cruel actions, she allows herself to be killed by the enraged villain. Her spells are recited "upside-down", rather than backwards.
  • Zatanna's evil Antimatter Earth counterpart, who unlike the Earth-3 counterpart is called Zatanna, is briefly mentioned in Trinity #35, as one of the few survivors of a purge on magic users.

Amalgam Comics Edit

In the Amalgam Comics universe, Zatanna is merged with the Scarlet Witch of the Avengers to form a character known as Wanda Zatara, the White Witch.[82]

Batman: Holy Terror Edit

In Batman: Holy Terror, a world where Oliver Cromwell's Church never fell and the United States of America (which now encompasses North America and most of South America) is ruled by a totalitarian religious group known as the Privy Council, Zatanna is an agent of the council. She uses her 'sin' in the service of the state to capture other superhumans, but she is defeated by Batman. While focusing on defeating Barry Allen, Batman throws a gas pellet down her throat.

JLA: Another Nail Edit

She appears in JLA: Another Nail, which shows her teaming with Hawkwoman in Midway City.

Flashpoint Edit

In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, Zatanna is a member of the Secret Seven and is a member of a motorcycle gang. Her father, Giovanni "John" Zatara, is transformed into a motorcycle when Zatanna is riding on him. Zatanna is killed while trying to cast a death spell on Enchantress.[83]

DC Bombshells Edit

In the DC Bombshells continuity, Zatanna was the daughter of a Jewish father and a Romani mother during World War II, but was prevented from being sent to the concentration camps thanks to the Joker's Daughter, who in return, forced her to perform magic to aid the Third Reich. Her lover, John Constantine, confronted her during one of her shows in an attempt to rescue her, but knowing they were surrounded, Zatanna transformed John into a rabbit and kept him under her care to prevent his death. He eventually convinces her to use her magic to aid the Allies, which she does by transforming her soul into a large, spiritual dove that aids Batwoman in freeing a refugee camp. Their attempts are discovered by the Nazis, and the two are depowered of their magic (with John being turned back into a human) and sent into the ghettos. Zatanna slowly gains her powers back over time, and finds a kindred spirit in another magic user imprisoned by the Joker's Daughter, Raven. They eventually defeat and depower the Joker's Daughter after allying herself with the Bombshells.

Mystik U Edit

A college-aged alternate version of Zatanna is the lead character in the DC limited series Mystik U written by Alisa Kwitney and illustrated by Mike Norton. The Zatanna of this continuity enrolls in Mystik University, a school for magic users, alongside other magical DC characters like Enchantress, Sargon the Sorcerer, and her love interest in the series, Sebastian Faust. The students of the school must figure out which of them is destined to betray the others and become a force of evil.[84][69]

DC Books for Young Readers Edit

DC released two stand-alone Zatanna graphic novel titles for its Books for Young Readers program.[85] The first, Zatanna and the House of Secrets, written by Matthew Cody and illustrated by Yoshi Yoshitani, was released in February 2020. The story features a middle-school aged Zatanna who lives in the House of Secrets with her father. Zatanna must protect her pet rabbit, Pocus, from Klarion the Witch Boy, and then rescue her father from Klarion's mother, the Witch Queen.[86][87] The second Zatanna stand-alone young adult title, Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend, is written by Alys Arden and illustrated by Jacqueline de Leon. It was released in April 2021, and features a young Zatanna whose "fun in Luna Park comes to an end when a mystic's quest for a powerful jewel unravels everything Zatanna thought she knew about herself and her beloved neighborhood. Mysteries and magic surround her as she reveals the truth about her family's legacy, and confronts the illusion that has been cast over her entire life".[88][89]

In other media Edit

Television Edit

  • Zatanna appears in series set in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU):
    • She first appears in a self-titled episode of Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Julie Brown. This version befriended Batman as a youth and developed a crush on him while he was studying escapology under her father Zatara in the guise of "John Smith". In the present, while working as a stage illusionist due to not having discovered her true magical potential yet, she reunites with Batman in the present while foiling criminal magic debunker Montague Kane's plans.
    • Zatanna makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in The New Batman Adventures episode "Chemistry".
    • Zatanna makes a cameo appearance in a photograph depicted in the Batman Beyond episode "Out of the Past".
    • Zatanna appears in Justice League Unlimited, voiced by Jennifer Hale in "This Little Piggy" and by Juliet Landau in "The Balance". As of this series, she has joined the Justice League. Additionally, she is capable of reciting spells without speaking and while speaking normally and continues to use stage illusions.
  • Zatanna appears in Smallville, portrayed by Serinda Swan.
  • Zatanna appears in the teaser for the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Chill of the Night!", voiced again by Jennifer Hale. This version wears purple tights instead of fishnets.
  • Zatanna appears in Young Justice,[90] voiced by Lacey Chabert. This version is initially a teenager and member of the Team who becomes romantically involved with Robin. After donning the Helmet of Fate to defeat Klarion the Witch Boy, Nabu refuses to release her until Zatara offers to take her place. Ever since, she works to free her father. In the second season, an adult Zatanna joins the Justice League. In the fourth season, Zatanna trains the Sentinels of Magic to help her free Zatara by convincing Nabu to rotate between all of them.[91]
  • Zatanna appears in Justice League Action, voiced again by Lacey Chabert as an adult and by Dayci Brookshire as a child.
  • Zatanna appears in DC Super Hero Girls, voiced by Kari Wahlgren. This version, also known by her first name "Zee", is a dramatic fashionista and student at Metropolis High.
  • Zatanna makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Harley Quinn. As of "A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special", she has entered a relationship with the Flash.

Film Edit

Live-action Edit

  • In 2005, screenwriter Hadley Davis announced that she had written an action-comedy featuring a teenage version of Zatanna.[92]
  • Zatanna appears in a proposed Guillermo del Toro film project based on the Justice League Dark, which was meant to be part of DC Extended Universe.[93][94]
  • A live-action Zatanna film, developed by Warner Bros Discovery and Bad Robot Productions and with Emerald Fennell serving as a writer, was in production before it was cancelled as of March 2021.[95][96]

Animation Edit

Video games Edit

Miscellaneous Edit

  • Zatanna appears in Gotham Girls, voiced by Stacie Randall.
  • A teenage Zatanna appears in the Zatanna: Trial of the Crystal Wand segment of Cartoon Monsoon, voiced by Tara Strong. This version takes inspiration from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and Buffy Summers and has an older brother named Damon.[102]
  • The Smallville incarnation of Zatanna appears in the four-issue miniseries Smallville : Harbinger, in which she meets John Constantine and joins forces with him to retrieve her father's Book of Magick and rescue Rachel Roth from Brother Blood.
  • The DC Super Hero Girls incarnation of Zatanna appears in the franchise's tie-in novel Spaced Out.

Collected editions Edit

  • JLA: Zatanna's Search collects The Atom #19, Hawkman #4, Green Lantern #42, Detective Comics #335 and #355 and Justice League of America #51, 128 pages, February 2004, ISBN 978-1401201883
  • Justice League of America Hereby Elects includes Justice League of America #161, 192 pages, December 2006, ISBN 978-1401212674
  • Zatanna: Mistress of Magic collects Zatanna #1–6, 160 pages, March 2011, ISBN 978-1401230074
  • Zatanna: Shades of the Past collects Zatanna #7–16, 144 pages, November 2011, ISBN 978-1401233006

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External links Edit

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  • at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
  • Zatanna 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

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Zatanna Zatara z e ˈ t ae n e z e ˈ t ɑːr e commonly known mononymously as Zatanna is a fictional magician appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics The character was created by Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson and first appeared in Hawkman 4 November 1964 1 Zatanna is a stage magician with actual mystic powers much like her father Zatara granting her magical powers notably controlled by invoking commands speaking incantations backwards Her powers originate from her homo magi heritage an off shoot of humanity capable of naturally manipulating magic energies She is known for her involvement with both the Justice League and Justice League Dark serving as a leadership figure for both teams ZatannaCover to Zatanna Everyday Magic October 2003 Art by Brian Bolland Publication informationPublisherDC ComicsFirst appearanceHawkman 4 November 1964 Created byGardner Fox writer Murphy Anderson artist In story informationAlter egoZatanna ZataraSpeciesHomo magiPlace of originSan Francisco CaliforniaTeam affiliationsJustice League DarkJustice LeagueSentinels of MagicSeven SoldiersPartnershipsZataraJohn ConstantineBatmanNotable aliasesMistress of MagicPrincess of PrestidigitationSorceress SupremeAbilitiesMastery of various forms of magic primarily commands magical energies and spell casting through speaking commands backwards Occult and demonology expert Master stage magician and escape artist Skilled hand to hand combatantZatanna has appeared in several different media adaptations including appearing in several television series in the DC Animated Universe notably voiced by Julie Brown and Jennifer Hale She has also appeared as a recurring character in the final three seasons of Smallville portrayed by actress Serinda Swan A younger version of the character also appears in Young Justice and Justice League Action voiced by Lacey Chabert and in DC Super Hero Girls voiced by Kari Wahlgren Contents 1 Publication history 2 Fictional character biography 2 1 Pre Crisis 2 2 Post Crisis 2 3 The New 52 2 4 DC Rebirth 3 Characterization 3 1 Heritage amp ancestry 3 2 Relationships 4 Powers and abilities 4 1 Mystical artifacts 5 Other versions 5 1 Webtoon 5 2 DC Super Dictionary 5 3 Earth 3 5 4 Amalgam Comics 5 5 Batman Holy Terror 5 6 JLA Another Nail 5 7 Flashpoint 5 8 DC Bombshells 5 9 Mystik U 5 10 DC Books for Young Readers 6 In other media 6 1 Television 6 2 Film 6 2 1 Live action 6 2 2 Animation 6 3 Video games 6 4 Miscellaneous 7 Collected editions 8 References 9 External linksPublication history EditCreated by writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson Zatanna first appeared in Hawkman 4 November 1964 When she is introduced she is on a quest to find her father Zatara who made his first appearance in Action Comics 1 but had not been published regularly for several years 2 The storyline crossed multiple comics published by DC at the time culminating in issues of Justice League of America also written by Fox Fictional character biography EditPre Crisis Edit Zatanna as she appeared during her debut on a splash page of Hawkman 4 November 1964 Art by Murphy Anderson Zatanna is the daughter of magician Giovanni John Zatara who appeared in Golden Age comic books and Sindella a member of the mystical species Homo magi Her younger cousin the teenager Zachary Zatara is also a magician in the DCU Zatanna makes her living as a stage illusionist prior to discovering her magical abilities while investigating the disappearance of her father Her original costume is based upon her father s costume but substituting fishnet stockings and high heels for slacks Zatanna s search for her father was the subject of a storyline 3 which was featured in several titles edited by Julius Schwartz 4 and in it Zatanna interacts with Hawkman and Hawkgirl 5 battles Batman and Robin while in disguise as a witch and under the control of the villain the Outsider 6 and teams with the Atom 7 Green Lantern 8 and the Elongated Man 9 The series culminated in Justice League of America 51 February 1967 10 This Justice League adventure took place during the Batman television craze when Batman was at the height of his popularity The premise that the witch in Detective Comics 336 was Zatanna was perceived as an attempt to get Batman participating in this issue of Justice League of America no matter how vague the connection to Zatanna s quest was 11 She briefly was featured in backup features in Adventure Comics and Supergirl from 1971 to 1973 12 13 Zatanna assists the Justice League of America on a few missions 14 15 before being elected to membership in Justice League of America 161 Dec 1978 3 16 Soon after Zatanna joined the group the identity of her mother was revealed in a multi issue storyline 17 Zatanna teamed with Superman in DC Comics Presents 18 and with Batman in The Brave and the Bold 19 A ten page short story in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest 5 Nov Dec 1980 revealed new details about Zatara s origin and how Zatanna s quest to locate her father began 20 21 During her tenure with the Justice League her power level diminishes so that she can only control the four elements of earth air fire and water 22 She starred in a backup feature in World s Finest Comics 274 278 12 and the limitation of her powers is reversed in World s Finest Comics 277 March 1982 23 She assists Wonder Woman and several other superheroines in fighting an extraterrestrial threat 24 Zatanna once elected as the Justice League chairperson via votes At the conclusion of Alan Moore s Swamp Thing American Gothic storyline 25 which was tied to the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths John Constantine comes to get Zatanna Mento and Sargon the Sorcerer to come together to help demonic and divine forces in other hellish dimensions battle the entity known as the Great Evil Beast The seance is held at Wintersgate Manor the home of Baron Winters in Georgetown Washington D C which is also a temporal threshold to other planes of reality Because Constantine had previously taken Zatanna to a tantric studies meeting Zatara will not let Zatanna out of his sight with Constantine present and by his very presence is forced to take part in the seance to which he was not invited The Beast which is so tall that its thumb alone looms over Hell takes notice of their group twice The first glimpse dooms Sargon whom Zatara convinces to die like a sorcerer and not break the holding of hands Sargon burns to death nobly The second glimpse starts to literally heat up Zatanna Zatara willingly takes the effect onto himself dying his smoldering hat lands on the table but sparing his daughter s life 26 Post Crisis Edit Zatanna starred in a special solo one shot in 1987 that featured Zatanna exploring her mother Sindella s background and battling the villainous sorceress Allura 27 In Neil Gaiman s The Books of Magic limited series Zatanna becomes friends and even temporary guardian to Timothy Hunter a boy destined to become the greatest wizard in the world 28 and his girlfriend Molly who at the time was cursed by the Queen of the Fairies and unable to touch anything in the human world including the ground After a brief stay she sent Molly home and Tim wandered off on his own adventures In 1993 Zatanna starred in her first solo limited series titled Zatanna Come Together which saw her summoning her mother s spirit and battling the sorcerer Tannarak and a demon called Xaos When the Justice League vanish in the past as they attempt to rescue the missing Aquaman an emergency protocol set up by Batman assembles a new League with this team including Jason Blood as its magical expert However when the current threat is identified as Gamemnae an ancient Atlantean sorceress who seeks to conquer the world she uses a quagmire spell to absorb Zatanna and Tempest into herself When new League leader Nightwing attempts to order Blood to transform into Etrigan to help them against Gamemnae Blood insists that Zatanna is the one they need sacrificing himself to Gamemnae s quagmire spell in order to free Zatanna She subsequently joins Nightwing Firestorm and Hawkgirl in travelling back to ancient Atlantis where Aquaman has been trapped in a pool of water as a water wraith Firestorm creating a channel between the pool and the sea before Zatanna casts a spell that allowed the water based Aquaman to control the entire ocean as his body allowing him to sink Atlantis in the past and present and disrupt Gamemnae s power Zatanna starred in another solo one shot in 2003 Zatanna Everyday Magic in which she fought Nimue Ravensong a magic user jealous of Zatanna s ability to use magic naturally and without committing sacrifices Nimue seduced and cursed John Constantine leading Zatanna into conflict with the wannabe sorceress 29 In the 2004 limited series Identity Crisis Zatanna is a member of the Justice League at the time the villain Doctor Light rapes the Elongated Man s wife Sue Dibny When apprehended he threatens the JLA members families Although Zatanna is prepared to erase Light s memories of the incident as she had done to other villains with knowledge dangerous to the League tampering with Light s mind sparks a debate among the team s members should the villain s personality be transformed to prevent him from repeating his crime Zatanna Hawkman and the Atom Ray Palmer vote for such action while Green Arrow Black Canary and Green Lantern vote against The Flash Barry Allen breaks the tie Zatanna mind wipes Light and the process results in his intellectual abilities being lowered 30 In the midst of the process Batman appears and tries to stop it Zatanna freezes him and the members vote unanimously to erase Batman s memories of the incident as well Her working relationship to Batman sours after he remembers the alteration to his memory When Zatanna helps Batman with reconnaissance at one of Ra s al Ghul s Lazarus Pits she asks him why he came to her and Batman says I needed someone I could trust But I had to settle for you After Infinite Crisis their relationship appears to have warmed in Detective Comics 824 he calls her for information on a card counter involved in scamming the Penguin He makes no mention of their conflict and casually calls her by her nickname Zee Catwoman discovers that Zatanna s mind wipe of Dr Light in Identity Crisis is not an isolated occurrence Catwoman s journey from villain to hero and her resulting efforts to lead a moral life are retconned as being the result of Zatanna s mental intervention Catwoman comes to distrust her memories motives and the choices she has made since that incident In retaliation Catwoman shoves Zatanna out a window Zatanna parry the next attack from Catwoman and freeze her before apologize and leaving her A 2005 four issue Zatanna limited series was published as part of Grant Morrison s Seven Soldiers event 31 In it at a support group for superheroes she recounts a failed magical ritual to search for her father s tomes during which one of her past spells summons a shapeshifter named Gwydion who kills her companions This trauma combined with her guilt from her former mind wipes robs her of her powers With the help of her new apprentice Misty Kilgore she captures Gwydion to use as her own She eventually regains her confidence and powers and uses them to defeat Zor a rogue Time Tailor who released the Sheeda as a plague to infect and degrade the entire universe As a reward the other Time Tailors allow her one last meeting with her father who reveals that his books were written for her his greatest spell and gift to the world In the final battle against the Sheeda Zatanna casts a spell to move time and space retroactively positioning the Seven Soldiers to overthrow the Sheeda In Detective Comics 833 August 2007 it is stated that Zatanna s father was a friend of Thomas Wayne Zatara trained Bruce Wayne in the art of escape and Bruce and Zatanna were childhood friends although Batman believes that he has never met her in Justice League of America 51 and her only memory of meeting him is while she was disguised Bruce helps Zatanna investigate the death of one of her former assistants all clues point to a performer named Ivar Loxias Loxias is revealed to be the Joker in disguise he shoots Zatanna in the throat and incapacitates Batman Zatanna is able to heal herself by writing a curing spell in her own blood and she is instrumental in foiling the Joker s scheme driving Joker insane in the process Bruce puts Zatanna s betrayal behind him allowing the two to renew their friendship On the Roll Call of Justice League of America 22 August 2008 Zatanna is listed as a part of the team Called upon to help with the Red Tornado s restoration in his android form she aids the League when they are attacked by a new powerful iteration of Amazo During the battle Zatanna has her mouth magically removed with her spells and once again uses her blood to write out spells and restore it 32 After that Wonder Woman throws off Amazo s concentration and free Zatanna Zatanna then defeats Amazo once and for all by using the Red Tornado s soul Following this battle Zatanna rejoins the team 33 Zatanna later accompanies Firestorm Black Lightning and Batman to Metropolis after they come to believe Kimiyo Hoshi has been kidnapped by agents of the covert metahuman team known as the Shadow Cabinet 34 35 After a brief conflict Zatanna and the others are informed by teenage superheroine Rocket that Kimiyo s perceived abduction was actually a misunderstanding caused by the Shadow Cabinet s mission to seek out her help in dealing with the cosmic vampire known as Starbreaker 36 37 With assistance from Hardware and Icon Zatanna and her comrades are able to defeat Starbreaker in a battle in the Himalayas 38 39 40 Zatanna s first New 52 costume Art by Mikel Janin In Gotham City Sirens Zatanna is visited and restrained by Poison Ivy who interacts via a tree and asks her if her encounter with Catwoman changed Selina in any way 41 Zatanna takes a leave of absence from the JLA only to reappear during a battle with Despero Once he is defeated Zatanna informs the League of the apocalyptic events of the Blackest Night taking place across the globe 42 After taking the team to the Hall of Justice to find Firestorm she is forced to fight the undead form of her father continually pitting the black magic he wields against her own 43 it is implied she was successful in banishing the Black Lantern but was left psychologically crushed from having to kill her father again 44 In the aftermath of Blackest Night Kimiyo mentions that Zatanna is one of the members who has left the team 45 In May 2010 Zatanna received her own solo series written by Paul Dini and drawn by Stephane Roux No longer an active member of the JLA Zatanna is asked by officer Dale Colton to help solve a murder case at a restaurant frequented by mobsters Zatanna informs Dale that the murderer was a powerful sorcerer known as Brother Night who rules the supernatural crime scene in San Francisco After Zatanna shows up at Night s demonic nightclub and threatens him he responds by calling upon a powerful nightmare demon for help in battling her 46 but Zatanna defeats and imprisons the demon to aid her later 47 A crooked casino owner who had made a deal for eternal youth with the demon of avarice by selling the souls of his brides to the demon attempts to use a love potion to win Zatanna s soul 48 When her cousin Zachary Zatara breaks the spell the casino owner begs Zatanna to turn him into a soulless lump of gold in order to escape torment in Hell 49 Aside from Brother Night Zatanna faces other threats such as Oscar Hample a man who tried to murder her when she was a child and was turned into a puppet by her father 50 51 52 53 The Zatanna series ended with issue 16 October 2011 The New 52 Edit This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information August 2017 In September 2011 The New 52 rebooted DC s continuity Zatanna is one of the main characters in Peter Milligan s Justice League Dark series She sports a new costume though she still wears her classic magician s outfit during shows In the first issue she learns that Superman Wonder Woman and Cyborg have been defeated by the Enchantress and volunteers her services to the League 54 The Black Canary and Zatanna graphic novel Bloodspell written by Paul Dini and drawn by Joe Quinones was to be released in 2012 but was delayed until May 2014 55 The story centered around a 16 year old Black Canary s first meeting Zatanna 56 DC Rebirth Edit Zatanna made her first Rebirth appearance in Detective Comics 958 assisting Bruce Wayne in taking out a robot chasing after a cult member Later on Zatanna shows Bruce magic Later Bruce sees her again and asks her to teach him more about magic Ultimately she declines and wipes his memory 57 After the conclusion of the main storyline of the DC Rebirth Batwoman series Zatanna is implied to be an outpatient therapist of sorts for Beth Kane Kate Kane s twin sister 58 In 2018 a new Justice League Dark series began with a redesigned Zatanna being part of the team 59 Zatanna travels to Northern Italy to bind a group of demons called Il Osservatori in a story called Zatanna Sleight of Hand published in the DC New Talent Showcase 2018 1 60 Characterization EditHeritage amp ancestry Edit Prior to the New 52 the character was considered to be half human and half homo magi her ancestry first heavily implied to include the Atlantean demigod Arion 61 This was later stated in her origin story in the 52 series through Sindella s family line 62 Through her father s family line the character was considered a descendant of Leonardo da Vinci and is related to Nostradamus Alessandro Cagliostro Nicholas Flamel and Evan Fulcanelli making her of French and Italian heritage 63 After the events of Flashpoint and the New 52 it is mentioned that both Sindella and Giovonni Zatara are of the homo magi race 64 Relationships Edit In comics taking place in the mainstream continuity Zatanna has had various relationships with other DC Characters including John Constantine with whom she practiced tantra and Doctor Thirteen 65 Zatanna also had a flirtatious relationship with her fellow Justice Leaguer Barry Allen the Flash shortly after the death of his wife Iris 66 In The New 52 Futures End timeline Zatanna is romantically involved with Jason Blood Etrigan the Demon 67 68 In the Mystik U universe Zatanna pursued a romantic relationship with Sebastian Faust the son of infamous sorcerer Felix Faust 69 She has a strong friendship with Batman due to their shared retconned pasts In Detective Comics 843 844 Zatanna and Bruce briefly discuss the possibility of having a more meaningful relationship Both later concede that Bruce is too devoted to his cause as Batman to give her the relationship she wishes for but the pair reaffirm their bond as close friends Catwoman once considered Zatanna a more dangerous contender for Bruce s attentions than Jezebel Jet his fiance at the time 70 A pep talk between the two women confirms how Zatanna really meant during the fateful discussion with Bruce to explore the possibility of a true romance but turned out quietly resigned to the role of best friend and confidant Claiming to act on Bruce s best interest she pushes Selina into confessing her feelings to Bruce thus stealing him from Jezebel Jet before it is too late 71 In mainstream media DC Animated Universe touches on Bruce and Zatanna s closeness depicted as her having had a crush on him while he trained under her father as John Smith though she later found out his real name Decades later an elderly Bruce is shown to still care for her as he keeps a picture of her along with pictures of his other love interests in a file in the Batcomputer In the TV series Young Justice Zatanna has a flirtatious and possibly romantic friendship with Dick Grayson Robin during Season 1 Dick later says that they have a history in Season 2 five years after Season 1 implying that they dated and eventually broke up but still remained close In season 4 Artemis mentions that both Zatanna and Raquel dated Dick prior Powers and abilities EditAn expert magician with knowledge of an immeasurable number of spells Zatanna is considered one of the most powerful magicians in the DC Universe as a member of the homo magi race she possess both the genetic ability to use magic and has mastery over both mystical and cosmic forces considered to be as old as the universe Her considerable prowess has earned her titles such as Mistress of Magic and Sorceress Supreme 72 73 depicted as being peers to other notable magic users such as Madame Xanadu John Constantine Jason Blood Etrigan Sebastian Faust Doctor Occult and Tempest 74 75 Zatanna s power has also rivaled Doctor Fate incarnations Hector Hall 74 and Khalid Nassour 75 76 77 As tribute and a method to concentrate Zatanna usually casts spells by speaking backwards known as Logomancy for a variety of magical effects such as teleportation healing manipulate the mind of others and more Zatanna can also cast spells and other magics normally and by others means but due to this reliance on speech she is often bound and gagged by villains as a means of incapacitation 64 72 While not as adept as Madame Xanadu Zatanna has proven herself able to call upon tarot reading for insight or divination a skillset that does not require verbal incantations spoken or written at all nor is it tied to a specific tarot deck 71 Her magical powers increase if not used 78 but overuse can deplete them to the point that further use strains her physical well being as with other magical users the only way to restore her waning powers is an extended period of rest Furthermore her powers seems tied to her self confidence as the long series of blunders described in Seven Soldiers left her both emotionally and psychologically shattered powerless until she was able to restore her lost confidence In addition to her magical abilities Zatanna is a skilled illusionist showgirl and stage magician even without resorting to her innate magical powers She considers part of her training exercising sleight of hand tricks and she claims to have invented a variation of the three card monte called the Zatara shuffle in which she is so fast and precise that even without resorting to cheating only skilled gamblers like Selina Kyle are able to follow the movements of her hands Zatanna is also a skilled hand to hand combatant having been trained by her father during her childhood She is highly trained in escape artistry having learned how to get out of a straitjacket underwater in Kindergarten and between her magic show acts Mystical artifacts Edit As a sorceress Zatanna also has access to various arcane object at her disposal many of them being the same collection of artifacts her father collected over the years Talisman of Atlantis One of the various mystic artifacts she carried for a time during the character s redesign in the 1990s appearing within her 1993 solo series The artifact a gift to from her mother in which was contained within her father s assorted artifacts allows her to utilize magic via concentration as opposed to backwards casting with added ease It was also used in conjunction with a magical staff to focus her powers through 79 Demonography A demonology book that details information relating to demons Due to its magical properties the book automatically updates itself with information as seen when an entry of the demon Nebiros was updated to include a recent involvement with Blue Devil with revised editions the act done by an unforeseen group of entities 80 Other versions EditWebtoon Edit In 2022 DC comics partnered with Webtoon to publish a line of Webtoon original comics One of these series is Zatanna and the Ripper which follows Zatanna who is transported back to the 19th Century and must solve and stop the crimes of Jack the Ripper The series ended in 2023 having published over 50 chapters DC Super Dictionary Edit The 1978 DC Super Dictionary invented a character Conjura who had the same magic ability as Zatanna in addition to possessing a time traveling amulet While possessing similar powers the character was visually distinct from Zatanna depicting her as a dark skinned woman in a purple jumpsuit jackboots and yellow turban with a long cape 81 Earth 3 Edit Annataz Arataz Zatanna s evil Earth 3 counterpart assists Superman Prime to detain and torment Mr Mxyzptlk in Countdown to Final Crisis 23 The imp refuses to provide Prime with information and Annataz restores his powers Reflecting upon her own prior cruel actions she allows herself to be killed by the enraged villain Her spells are recited upside down rather than backwards Zatanna s evil Antimatter Earth counterpart who unlike the Earth 3 counterpart is called Zatanna is briefly mentioned in Trinity 35 as one of the few survivors of a purge on magic users Amalgam Comics Edit In the Amalgam Comics universe Zatanna is merged with the Scarlet Witch of the Avengers to form a character known as Wanda Zatara the White Witch 82 Batman Holy Terror Edit In Batman Holy Terror a world where Oliver Cromwell s Church never fell and the United States of America which now encompasses North America and most of South America is ruled by a totalitarian religious group known as the Privy Council Zatanna is an agent of the council She uses her sin in the service of the state to capture other superhumans but she is defeated by Batman While focusing on defeating Barry Allen Batman throws a gas pellet down her throat JLA Another Nail Edit She appears in JLA Another Nail which shows her teaming with Hawkwoman in Midway City Flashpoint Edit In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event Zatanna is a member of the Secret Seven and is a member of a motorcycle gang Her father Giovanni John Zatara is transformed into a motorcycle when Zatanna is riding on him Zatanna is killed while trying to cast a death spell on Enchantress 83 DC Bombshells Edit In the DC Bombshells continuity Zatanna was the daughter of a Jewish father and a Romani mother during World War II but was prevented from being sent to the concentration camps thanks to the Joker s Daughter who in return forced her to perform magic to aid the Third Reich Her lover John Constantine confronted her during one of her shows in an attempt to rescue her but knowing they were surrounded Zatanna transformed John into a rabbit and kept him under her care to prevent his death He eventually convinces her to use her magic to aid the Allies which she does by transforming her soul into a large spiritual dove that aids Batwoman in freeing a refugee camp Their attempts are discovered by the Nazis and the two are depowered of their magic with John being turned back into a human and sent into the ghettos Zatanna slowly gains her powers back over time and finds a kindred spirit in another magic user imprisoned by the Joker s Daughter Raven They eventually defeat and depower the Joker s Daughter after allying herself with the Bombshells Mystik U Edit A college aged alternate version of Zatanna is the lead character in the DC limited series Mystik U written by Alisa Kwitney and illustrated by Mike Norton The Zatanna of this continuity enrolls in Mystik University a school for magic users alongside other magical DC characters like Enchantress Sargon the Sorcerer and her love interest in the series Sebastian Faust The students of the school must figure out which of them is destined to betray the others and become a force of evil 84 69 DC Books for Young Readers Edit DC released two stand alone Zatanna graphic novel titles for its Books for Young Readers program 85 The first Zatanna and the House of Secrets written by Matthew Cody and illustrated by Yoshi Yoshitani was released in February 2020 The story features a middle school aged Zatanna who lives in the House of Secrets with her father Zatanna must protect her pet rabbit Pocus from Klarion the Witch Boy and then rescue her father from Klarion s mother the Witch Queen 86 87 The second Zatanna stand alone young adult title Zatanna The Jewel of Gravesend is written by Alys Arden and illustrated by Jacqueline de Leon It was released in April 2021 and features a young Zatanna whose fun in Luna Park comes to an end when a mystic s quest for a powerful jewel unravels everything Zatanna thought she knew about herself and her beloved neighborhood Mysteries and magic surround her as she reveals the truth about her family s legacy and confronts the illusion that has been cast over her entire life 88 89 In other media EditTelevision Edit Zatanna appears in series set in the DC Animated Universe DCAU She first appears in a self titled episode of Batman The Animated Series voiced by Julie Brown This version befriended Batman as a youth and developed a crush on him while he was studying escapology under her father Zatara in the guise of John Smith In the present while working as a stage illusionist due to not having discovered her true magical potential yet she reunites with Batman in the present while foiling criminal magic debunker Montague Kane s plans Zatanna makes a non speaking cameo appearance in The New Batman Adventures episode Chemistry Zatanna makes a cameo appearance in a photograph depicted in the Batman Beyond episode Out of the Past Zatanna appears in Justice League Unlimited voiced by Jennifer Hale in This Little Piggy and by Juliet Landau in The Balance As of this series she has joined the Justice League Additionally she is capable of reciting spells without speaking and while speaking normally and continues to use stage illusions Zatanna appears in Smallville portrayed by Serinda Swan Zatanna appears in the teaser for the Batman The Brave and the Bold episode Chill of the Night voiced again by Jennifer Hale This version wears purple tights instead of fishnets Zatanna appears in Young Justice 90 voiced by Lacey Chabert This version is initially a teenager and member of the Team who becomes romantically involved with Robin After donning the Helmet of Fate to defeat Klarion the Witch Boy Nabu refuses to release her until Zatara offers to take her place Ever since she works to free her father In the second season an adult Zatanna joins the Justice League In the fourth season Zatanna trains the Sentinels of Magic to help her free Zatara by convincing Nabu to rotate between all of them 91 Zatanna appears in Justice League Action voiced again by Lacey Chabert as an adult and by Dayci Brookshire as a child Zatanna appears in DC Super Hero Girls voiced by Kari Wahlgren This version also known by her first name Zee is a dramatic fashionista and student at Metropolis High Zatanna makes non speaking cameo appearances in Harley Quinn As of A Very Problematic Valentine s Day Special she has entered a relationship with the Flash Film Edit Live action Edit In 2005 screenwriter Hadley Davis announced that she had written an action comedy featuring a teenage version of Zatanna 92 Zatanna appears in a proposed Guillermo del Toro film project based on the Justice League Dark which was meant to be part of DC Extended Universe 93 94 A live action Zatanna film developed by Warner Bros Discovery and Bad Robot Productions and with Emerald Fennell serving as a writer was in production before it was cancelled as of March 2021 95 96 Animation Edit An unnamed alternate universe version of Zatanna makes a non speaking cameo appearance in Justice League Crisis on Two Earths as a minor member of the Crime Syndicate The Young Justice incarnation of Zatanna makes a cameo appearance in Scooby Doo WrestleMania Mystery 97 98 Zatanna appears in the DC Animated Movie Universe DCAMU films Justice League Dark and Justice League Dark Apokolips War voiced by Camilla Luddington 99 This version is a member of Justice League Dark Zatanna appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes The Flash voiced by Kate Micucci Zatanna makes a cameo appearance in Teen Titans Go To the Movies Video games Edit Zatanna appears as a playable character in Justice League Heroes voiced by Kari Wahlgren Zatanna appears as a non playable character NPC in DC Universe Online voiced by Claire Hamilton Zatanna appears as a downloadable playable character in Lego Batman 2 DC Super Heroes voiced again by Kari Wahlgren 100 Zatanna appears as a playable character in Young Justice Legacy voiced again by Lacey Chabert Zatanna appears as a downloadable playable character in Injustice Gods Among Us voiced again by Lacey Chabert 101 In her non canonical arcade mode ending she and Doctor Fate combine their powers to create the Tower of Fate and house enemies of High Councilor Superman s Regime before it was converted into a prison for those who supported the Regime Zatanna appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 3 Beyond Gotham voiced again by Kari Wahlgren Zatanna appears as a playable character in Infinite Crisis Zatanna makes non speaking cameo appearances in Doctor Fate and Raiden s endings in Injustice 2 In the latter she serves as a founding member of Justice League Dark Zatanna appears as a playable character in DC Unchained Zatanna appears as a playable character in Lego DC Super Villains via the Justice League Dark DLC pack Miscellaneous Edit Zatanna appears in Gotham Girls voiced by Stacie Randall A teenage Zatanna appears in the Zatanna Trial of the Crystal Wand segment of Cartoon Monsoon voiced by Tara Strong This version takes inspiration from Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Buffy Summers and has an older brother named Damon 102 The Smallville incarnation of Zatanna appears in the four issue miniseries Smallville Harbinger in which she meets John Constantine and joins forces with him to retrieve her father s Book of Magick and rescue Rachel Roth from Brother Blood The DC Super Hero Girls incarnation of Zatanna appears in the franchise s tie in novel Spaced Out Collected editions EditJLA Zatanna s Search collects The Atom 19 Hawkman 4 Green Lantern 42 Detective Comics 335 and 355 and Justice League of America 51 128 pages February 2004 ISBN 978 1401201883 Justice League of America Hereby Elects includes Justice League of America 161 192 pages December 2006 ISBN 978 1401212674 Zatanna Mistress of Magic collects Zatanna 1 6 160 pages March 2011 ISBN 978 1401230074 Zatanna Shades of the Past collects Zatanna 7 16 144 pages November 2011 ISBN 978 1401233006References Edit Cowsill Alan Irvine Alex Korte Steve Manning Matt Wiacek Win Wilson Sven 2016 The DC Comics Encyclopedia The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe DK Publishing p 338 ISBN 978 1 4654 5357 0 Wells John 2015 American Comic Book Chronicles 1960 64 TwoMorrows Publishing p 173 ISBN 978 1605490458 a b Markstein Don 2006 Zatanna the Magician Don Markstein s Toonopedia Archived from the original on July 30 2014 McAvennie Michael Dolan 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