46 Facts About Zatanna

Zatanna Zatara is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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.

Zatanna's is known for her involvement with both the Justice League and Justice League Dark, having served as a leadership figure for both teams.

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.

Zatanna's has appeared as a recurring character in the final three seasons of Smallville, portrayed by actress Serinda Swan.

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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.

Zatanna makes her living as a stage illusionist prior to discovering her magical abilities while investigating the disappearance of her father.

Zatanna's briefly was featured in backup features in Adventure Comics and Supergirl from 1971 to 1973.

Zatanna teamed with Superman in DC Comics Presents and with Batman in The Brave and the Bold.

Zatanna once elected as the Justice League chairperson via votes.

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.

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, 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.

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 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.

Zatanna's 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 makes no mention of their conflict, and casually calls her by her nickname, "Zee".

Zatanna's eventually regains her confidence and powers, and uses them to defeat Zor, a rogue Time Tailor who released the Zatanna'seda as a plague to infect and degrade the entire universe.

Bruce helps Zatanna investigate the death of one of her former assistants; all clues point to a performer named Ivar Loxias.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In May 2010 Zatanna received her own solo series, written by Paul Dini and drawn by Stephane Roux.

Zatanna informs Dale that the murderer was a powerful sorcerer known as Brother Night, who rules the supernatural crime scene in San Francisco.

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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.

Zatanna is one of the main characters in Peter Milligan's Justice League Dark series.

In comics taking place in the mainstream continuity, Zatanna has had various relationships with other DC Characters, including John Constantine and Doctor Thirteen.

Zatanna's has a strong friendship with Batman due to their shared pasts.

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.

An expert magician with knowledge of an immeasurable number of spells, Zatanna is considered one of the most powerful magicians in the world of DC Universe; as a member of the Homo magi, 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.

Zatanna can cast spells and other magics normally and by others means.

Zatanna's 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 a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, having been trained by her father during her childhood.

Zatanna's is highly trained in escape artistry, having learned how to get out of a straitjacket underwater in Kindergarten and between her magic show acts.

In Batman: Holy Terror, a world where Oliver Cromwell's Church never fell and the United States of America is ruled by a totalitarian religious group known as the Privy Council, Zatanna is an agent of the council.

Zatanna's uses her 'sin' in the service of the state to capture other superhumans, but she is defeated by Batman.

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

Zatanna is killed while trying to cast a death spell on Enchantress.

Zatanna 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.

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.

Zatanna must protect her pet rabbit, Pocus, from Klarion the Witch Boy, and then rescue her father from Klarion's mother, the Witch Queen.

Zatanna is a recurring character in the final three seasons of Smallville, portrayed by Serinda Swan.

Zatanna's is described as the daughter of the deceased John Zatara, "the world's greatest magician".

Zatanna's later goes to Oliver to explain herself, and decides to help him if he encounters any supernatural foes along the way by leaving him her phone number.

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In "Fortune", Zatanna is used as a plot device; the episode establishes her as having sent an enchanted bottle of wine to Clark and Lois on the night of their engagement party, which sets the events of that episode in motion.