Post by Dawn on Dec 19, 2009 7:12:45 GMT -5
First Name: Zatanna
Last Name: Zatara
Alias or Nick-name: Zee, The Princess of Prestidigitation.
Age:
Height/Weight:57"
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Persuasion: Good
Powers/Weapons: Uses Magic. She is an acomplished illusionist, but can perform real magic as well. Usually by saying a spell backwards. The JLA tought her conventional fighting skills. But she doesn't use them alot.
History: Zatanna was a stage illusionist before she discovered her true magic powers when investigating the disappearance of her father. The story of this search was the subject of the first major comic book crossover story arc as she meets various superheroes like Batman, Hawkman and Hawkgirl and Green Lantern.
Her father, Giovanni Zatara, is a descendant of a long line of powerful magicians and wizards, while her mother is a homo magi, a species of human with innate magical powers. Unfortunately, both died on separate occasions to save her life.
She assisted the Justice League of America on a number of cases before finally being elected to membership in Justice League of America #161. During her tenure with that group, her power level was briefly reduced to having control of the four elements of Empedocles (earth, air, fire, and water); this limitation was reversed in World's Finest Comics #277.
While she was a member of the group, the villain Doctor Light (Arthur Light) brutally raped the Elongated Man's wife Sue Dibny and threatened to come after the other JLA members' loved ones as well. After erasing Light's memories of the event, a small sect of the JLA that included Zatanna decided to also tamper with his mind so he wouldn't pose a threat to their loved ones anymore. Still reeling from her mother's death, and in order to protect the JLA, who she considered her new family, Zatanna used her magic to alter his personality, accidentally lowering his intellect as a result. She also had to erase Batman's memories of the event, after he tried to stop them altering Light. This was all revealed in the 2004 miniseries Identity Crisis.
After her departure from the team, she regained her full power and she continues her stage career with the additional calling as a sentinel against mystical threats.
In 2005 Zatanna is one of the main 7 in Grant Morrison's 30-issue mini-series Seven Soldiers. Here, it was revealed that the reaction of her peers to the mindwipes was so extreme as to make her lose her self-confidence, and with it, her magic. However, with the help of Etta Candy and the news of an impending apocalyptic battle, she regains her powers. Although it has been made clear that one of the Seven Soldiers will die in the final battle, due to several recent and recurring appearances before the final issue's release, it has been speculated that Zatanna will be one of the survivors.
Zatanna also appears in DC's Vertigo imprint. She appears several times in The Books of Magic, typically to counsel Timothy Hunter, the main character. In Hellblazer she was the tantric partner of John Constantine at one point in the past. An alternate version of Zatanna with blonde hair was seen in Books of Magick: Life During Wartime. The world depicted there is populated by both humans(known there as the Bred) and by races of the Faerie (known as the Born). A war is going on between the the Born ruling elite and a coalition of Born and Bred who intend to overthrow the current dictatorial regime. The version of Zatanna that exist on this world fights for this Coalition.
(Thanks to Batman's help and this link, www.dcdatabaseproject.com/Zatanna)
Comic character is from: Hawkman, JLA, Zatanna, and others.
Last Name: Zatara
Alias or Nick-name: Zee, The Princess of Prestidigitation.
Age:
Height/Weight:57"
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Persuasion: Good
Powers/Weapons: Uses Magic. She is an acomplished illusionist, but can perform real magic as well. Usually by saying a spell backwards. The JLA tought her conventional fighting skills. But she doesn't use them alot.
History: Zatanna was a stage illusionist before she discovered her true magic powers when investigating the disappearance of her father. The story of this search was the subject of the first major comic book crossover story arc as she meets various superheroes like Batman, Hawkman and Hawkgirl and Green Lantern.
Her father, Giovanni Zatara, is a descendant of a long line of powerful magicians and wizards, while her mother is a homo magi, a species of human with innate magical powers. Unfortunately, both died on separate occasions to save her life.
She assisted the Justice League of America on a number of cases before finally being elected to membership in Justice League of America #161. During her tenure with that group, her power level was briefly reduced to having control of the four elements of Empedocles (earth, air, fire, and water); this limitation was reversed in World's Finest Comics #277.
While she was a member of the group, the villain Doctor Light (Arthur Light) brutally raped the Elongated Man's wife Sue Dibny and threatened to come after the other JLA members' loved ones as well. After erasing Light's memories of the event, a small sect of the JLA that included Zatanna decided to also tamper with his mind so he wouldn't pose a threat to their loved ones anymore. Still reeling from her mother's death, and in order to protect the JLA, who she considered her new family, Zatanna used her magic to alter his personality, accidentally lowering his intellect as a result. She also had to erase Batman's memories of the event, after he tried to stop them altering Light. This was all revealed in the 2004 miniseries Identity Crisis.
After her departure from the team, she regained her full power and she continues her stage career with the additional calling as a sentinel against mystical threats.
In 2005 Zatanna is one of the main 7 in Grant Morrison's 30-issue mini-series Seven Soldiers. Here, it was revealed that the reaction of her peers to the mindwipes was so extreme as to make her lose her self-confidence, and with it, her magic. However, with the help of Etta Candy and the news of an impending apocalyptic battle, she regains her powers. Although it has been made clear that one of the Seven Soldiers will die in the final battle, due to several recent and recurring appearances before the final issue's release, it has been speculated that Zatanna will be one of the survivors.
Zatanna also appears in DC's Vertigo imprint. She appears several times in The Books of Magic, typically to counsel Timothy Hunter, the main character. In Hellblazer she was the tantric partner of John Constantine at one point in the past. An alternate version of Zatanna with blonde hair was seen in Books of Magick: Life During Wartime. The world depicted there is populated by both humans(known there as the Bred) and by races of the Faerie (known as the Born). A war is going on between the the Born ruling elite and a coalition of Born and Bred who intend to overthrow the current dictatorial regime. The version of Zatanna that exist on this world fights for this Coalition.
(Thanks to Batman's help and this link, www.dcdatabaseproject.com/Zatanna)
Comic character is from: Hawkman, JLA, Zatanna, and others.
