Who Is Zatanna? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Zatanna is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Zatanna Zatara, with over 1,880 comic issue appearances. A good stage magician and daughter of magician Giovanni John Zatara, Zatanna, the Mistress of Magic, after her father vanished, kidnapped by an old foe she delved into his library and learned about her ancestors, Zatanna taught herself how to get access to her power by speaking her spells backwards, and became one of most powerful magic-users in the DC Universe.

Who is Zatanna?

Origin Zatanna is the daughter of adventurer John Zatara and his wife Sindella , and a member of the mystic tribe of sorcerers called the Hidden Ones or Homo Magi. Zatanna inherited her mother's ability to manipulate magic and her father's penchant for heroism. Sindella later faked her own death to return the Hidden One's sanctum in Turkey, leaving her daughter in John Zatara's care. Zatara traveled the world with his daughter and taught her to harness her magical abilities. Zatanna was later raised by strangers, however, when the evil witch Allura cursed Zatanna and prevented her from seeing her father. Zatanna was left to search fruitlessly for her natural parents. Zatanna discovered her father's diary and created a stage persona for herself. Her quest to find her father led her into a brief affair with John Constantine .

Key facts

Zatanna is of human origin and first appeared in "The Girl Who Split in Two!; The Machine that Magnetized Men!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 1,880 recorded issue appearances, Zatanna ranks among the most featured characters in comics.