When she's on the job as a magician, she usually wears a top hat, a black tuxedo jacket with a white top underneath and a white bow-tie around her neck, black fishnet tights and black, knee-high high-heeled boots. [75] The first, Zatanna and the House of Secrets, written by Matthew Cody and illustrated by Yoshi Yoshitani, was released in February 2020. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Clark Kent will once again have some magic in his life, as Zatanna is returning to Smallville. Chloe woke up the next morning looking exactly like her cousin Lois Lane. Her working relationship to Batman sours after he discovers the alteration to his memory. The daughter of the famous stage magician and escape artist Zatara, Zatanna joined him on tour as his assistant when she was a teenager, and also became good friends (as well as possessing a crush) with his student "John Smith", who was actually Bruce Wayneduring his training to become a crime fighter. They arrive moments before the cult appears ready to kill the girl. [25] 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,[26] 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. Though Zatanna has appeared on screen before in Smallville, some want to see her take on a larger role in live-action. However, as long as Timothy Hunter lived, none could open the books, but the boy. She was introduced as the beautiful and talented daughter of the late John Zatara, who was considered the world's greatest magician. It was by and large, "She's perfect ." After a brief stay, she sent Molly home and Tim wandered off on his own adventures. As Siphon taunts his captive of her predicament, she is able to relay her location to Power Girl. Zatanna is introduced at the Ace of Clubs, the scene of Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack)'s birthday party. According to Bryan Q. Millar, Zatanna is in her mid-to-late twenties as of Harbinger. Zatanna is from the WB/CW series, Smallville. This brings them all back to Xanadu's magic shop, where she explains that they are glimpses of the future that would have come true had she not brought them all together to fight Enchantress. After their battle with the Enchantress, Constantine, Zatanna, Shade and Deadman all begin to have horrid dreams. Status [34][35] With assistance from Hardware and Icon, Zatanna and her comrades are able to defeat Starbreaker in a battle in the Himalayas. TV Guide Magazine has revealed online that Serinda Swan who played Zatanna on Smallville is to return playing the DC Universe character in an episode titled "Warrior" sometime early of … Sometime later, Constantine, Shade, Deadman and Zatanna meet with Xanadu, who admits to causing the trouble, saying she had a vision of the future and needed a reason to bring the heroes together. [73][74], In 2019, DC announced two stand-alone Zatanna graphic novel titles for its Books for Young Readers program. ", Cowsill, Alan "2000s" in Dolan, p. 313: "The Justice League had...asked Zatanna to erase Light's memory and alter his mind. Zatanna stars in the four-issue mini series, Smallville: Harbinger. Just as he's about to hit her with a magical attack, someone steps in by knocking him out. [27] 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. Smallville (TV Series 2001–2011) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Her family has an estate called Shadowcrest, which she inherited after her father's death. [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. Her mother would frequently take her on set, when she was little. 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. With no other options, the two run from the attacking demons. In retaliation, Catwoman covers Zatanna's mouth with a piece of duct tape and shoves her out a window. The limits of her powers have never been clearly established. Zatanna and John make their move against Brother Blood. Zatana took Tim Hunter back home but are transported to a place called Epoch. Seconds later, however, she encounters a mysterious man with magical powers. When Zatanna helps Batman with reconnaissance at one of Ra's al Ghul's Lazarus Pits, she asks him why he came to her. 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. [30] She is silenced again after Amazo uses his power ring to create a gag for her mouth that she is unable to remove, rendering her useless for much of the fight. Part One: Reunion", Robinson, James (w), Bagley, Mark (p), Hunter, Rob; Hanna, Hanna; Alquiza, Marlo (i). Smallville was a popular TV series on the WB and CW networks that revolved around a young Superman as he struggled to find his destiny. Just as Brother Blood, the leader, raises his ceremonial dagger, John and Zatanna descend from the sky. 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. Oliver tried to burn the book, but Zatanna snatched the book and chained Oliver to a post. Zatanna attended Hawkman's funeral with the other Justice League members in Egypt. He makes no mention of their conflict and casually calls her by her nickname, "Zee". "But I had to settle for you." The Flash (Barry Allen) breaks the tie. Bruce puts Zatanna's betrayal behind him, allowing the two to renew their friendship. 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. [11], She briefly was featured in backup features in Adventure Comics and Supergirl from 1971 to 1973. Bruce helps Zatanna investigate the death of one of her former assistants: all clues point to a performer named Ivar Loxias. 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. [9] The series culminated in Justice League of America #51 (February 1967). Sorcery Will Zatanna be among them? It is due to be 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. Zatanna needed Clark's help which made Lois jealous. Serinda Swan was born on July 11, 1984 in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to an actress mother and theatre director father. Serinda Swan is a Canadrian actress and model, who portrayed Zatanna Zatara on Smallville. See more ideas about smallville, tom welling, clark kent. 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. Stage Magician, member of the Justice League, agent of D.E.O. Occupation The following year, Zatanna sent Lois and Clark a magically-spiked bottle of champagne for their bachelor and bachelorette parties that sent Clark, Lois, Chloe, Dr. Emil Hamilton, Oliver and Tess Mercer drunk and wild, sending them around the city doing mischievous deeds until the magic wore off from most of them in the next morning. Months later, when the Vigilante Registration Act was passed, Zatanna was listed as one of many unregistered vigilantes that General Slade Wilson was targeting. 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. Later, Zatanna turns the young girl, who reveals that her name is Rachel Roth, over to Jay Garrick and the Teen Titans at the airport. Oh mighty Isis of the Mystic Scarab, give me your power! 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. On very rare occasions, Zatanna has cast spells by writing them in her own blood rather than speaking them aloud. As such she has many of her father's powers relating to magic, typically controlled by speaking the words of her incantations spelled backwards. The character was created by Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson, and first appeared in Hawkman #4 (November 1964).[1]. Zatanna attempts to fights back but is soon overwhelmed by her assailant. Constantine eventually has a change of heart and hurries back to Brother Blood's body. 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. She is portrayed by guest star Serinda Swan. Smallville Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Once he is defeated, Zatanna informs the League of the apocalyptic events of the Blackest Night taking place across the globe. Although not portrayed by Swan, an actor in costume represents Zatanna in the episode "Icarus". Shadowcrest seems to exist in a completely different dimension, although it is initially located outside of Gotham City. While demons claw their way out of Brother Blood's body, Constantine grabs the Book of Magic and makes off with it, abandoning Zatanna and the girl to deal with the demons on their own. Zatanna asks John what he knows about her. After her father's death, Zatanna became a talented stage magician in her own right. Smallville: Harbinger [edit | edit source] Zatanna stars in the four-issue mini series, Smallville: Harbinger. Zatanna informs Dale that the murderer was a powerful sorcerer known as Brother Night, who rules the supernatural crime scene in San Francisco. 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. According to Zatanna, her father gave his life to save her, something she still felt guilty about. Reflecting on her status in life, Chloe finds that she's not all what she dreamed of becoming, so when a magician asks her to In this new timeline, Zatanna is one of the main characters in Peter Milligan's Justice League Dark series. Director of D.E.O., Steve Trevor informs Green Arrow that new activity was detected by D.E.O. Played by Zatanna was the daughter of John Zatara, the world's greatest magician. Power and Abilities After a drunk heckler calls her a phony, she admits her tricks are fake but then she mutters a spell and makes the heckler float for the audience's delight. Serinda Swan "I needed someone I could trust," Batman says. Zatanna is both a stage magician and an actual magician, like her father Giovanni "John" Zatara. 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. Her working relationship to Batman sours after he discovers the alteration to his memory. As much as she wanted Clark to fall in love with her, his only love for Lois is stronger. Finally, she magically disappeared. 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