Zatanna
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Zatanna Zatara is the daughter of World WarWar comics feature military personnel fighting enemy troops. These comics are great adventure comics, but also very useful propaganda. II magician/heroA character that typically acts in a heroic manner. (Example: Wonder Woman €™s deeds of saving Paradise Island from the mythological beasts have made her an Amazonian hero.) Zachary Zatara and Sindella, a female member of the race called Homo MagiA race of magicUnlike the real world, in the fictional DCU magic exists and is a viable force in characters lives. wielders that have been known to mate with regular humans from time to time. Zatanna is half Homo-Magi as her father is Zatara, a regular human and Sindella, a Homo-Magi.. The Homo MagiA race of magicUnlike the real world, in the fictional DCU magic exists and is a viable force in characters lives. wielders that have been known to mate with regular humans from time to time. Zatanna is half Homo-Magi as her father is Zatara, a regular human and Sindella, a Homo-Magi. live in a closed off dimension where all fairy and fey folk went when science began to rule the world and magicUnlike the real world, in the fictional DCU magic exists and is a viable force in characters lives. began to give up it’s power in the universe. Zatanna was part of the familyMeant to denote a group of characters that are all interrelated or share the same origins, methodology, or powers. (Example: All Members of the Green Lantern Corps belong to €œthe Lantern family €) business and was groomed to follow in her father’s footsteps as a magical entertainer.
Shortly after Zatanna turned 18, Zatara disappeared and Zatanna discovered that she had gained the ability to cast “backward speak” spells like her father could. Zatanna embarked upon a quest to find her missing father. During this quest Zatanna met many of the Justice Leaguers increasing her reputation amongst the heroes on her way. Zatanna eventually found her father and was inducted into the Justice League shortly thereafter as their resident magical expert.
Zatanna becomes a rather large part of the mysticA term for one who is versed in the magical arts. community in the DCUAn abbreviation of DC Universe or DC Comics Universe. Meant to denote the comics that are published by DC Comics and the Universe that DC has built for its stories. and is one of the “go to” experts in times of metaphysical calamity.
First Appearance
Created By: Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson
PowersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.)
Sorcery – Zatanna is an expert of spell casting. Anything that she can think of, she can make happen as long as she can recite her spell using “backwards speak,” Samples of her spells include: “Tropelet!” = Teleport or “Tcetorp!” = Protect. At some point in her career through “overuse” of her powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.), Zatanna lost the ability to affect everything and could only effect elements like fire, earth, air, and water and had to speak much longer spells to get what she wanted done. Her protection spell might read “Htrae esir dna tcetorp em!” = Earth rise and protect me.
VulnerabilitiesA characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).'s weakness.
Zatanna is a normal human, even with all her magical abilities and is subject to most normal wear and tear that we all endure.
SkillsThe abilities that a normal person in the real world could potentially share with a fictional DCUAn abbreviation of DC Universe or DC Comics Universe. Meant to denote the comics that are published by DC Comics and the Universe that DC has built for its stories. characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).. (Example: Some Motocross bike riders ride a bike as well as Black Canary.)
Escape Artist – Zatanna was taught by one of the best in the business, the same man who taught Batman his skillsThe abilities that a normal person in the real world could potentially share with a fictional DCUAn abbreviation of DC Universe or DC Comics Universe. Meant to denote the comics that are published by DC Comics and the Universe that DC has built for its stories. characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).. (Example: Some Motocross bike riders ride a bike as well as Black Canary.), her father Zachary Zatara, so it would follow that Zee can perform up to her father’s standard for purposes of performing.
OccultistA character who dabbles in occult artifacts or the occult in general. Usually most magical characters are automatically occultists by default, however this term typically is applied to characters who do not typically exhibit powers like fortune tellers. – Zatanna is very connected and knowledgeable about the forces of the paranormal and magical and possesses a knowledge of long forgotten runes, symbols, and rites.
Performer – Zatanna is naturally charismatic and tends to dazzle a room when she enters it and being a stage performer she knows how to create a distraction.
