12 Facts About Zatara

Giovanni "John" Zatara is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Zatara debuted as a superhero, starring in his own stories in Action Comics during the Golden Age of Comics.

Zatara is commonly portrayed as a stage magician who practices actual magic and is the father of mystic superhero, Zatanna.

Zatara has made various appearance in media, having been voiced by Vincent Schiavelli in Batman: The Animated Series.

Zatara would be a supporting character in the Young Justice series, where he is portrayed as an immigrant and devout Catholic inspired by Superman to use his mystic talents to act as a superhero.

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Zatara first appeared starring in his own story "Zatara Master Magician" by writer and artist Fred Guardineer in the anthology American comic book series Action Comics, starting with the first issue .

Zatara discovered this inadvertently when he accidentally gave a command to a mannequin to begin waving an arm wildly.

Zatara realized that he could command it to stop by giving the order in backwards spelling.

Zatara ends up trapped in the land of Kharma by a sorceress called Allura, whom he had trapped in the Sword of Paracelsus.

The first glimpse dooms Sargon, whom Zatara convinces to 'die like a sorcerer' and not break the holding of hands.

Zatara willingly takes the effect onto himself, dying, but sparing his daughter's life.

Zatara is described as "a youthful Harry Houdini-like successor to the magician super-hero lineage".