#zatanna 2025

[aboutzatanna]

Jamal Campbell referencing Zatanna joining the League in Justice League of America #161:

Main difference is that Zatanna is in her classic fishnets outfit than her pony tail look.

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Zatanna ✨

[dailydccomics]

Zatanna decoding a magical pearl orb thing Aquaman (2025) #1

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Zatanna #2 (DC, March 2025) variant cover by David Nakayama

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Zatanna (2025) #1 variant cover Sozomaika

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Half-Baked Fanfic Idea

So here's a concept. Amity Park, for whatever reason, goes missing.

This is in 2005, the JL hasn't been founded yet and most heroes are still rookies or unknown outside their home cities.

In 2025, the whole city returns just as mysteriously as it left. In its absence, the Justice League has been formed, all Senior JL members are well established and known throughout the galaxy... including a small, unaging hero by the name of Phantom.

Everyone assumes that she's looked like a twelve-year-old the whole time because she's a ghost, and dead people don't age. Her nature as a Halfa is her most closely guarded secret, known only to the very trusted (some Teen Titans, Shazam, and Harley & Ivy), the clinically nosy (Batman, the Question, and Lex Luthor), and the people that HAD to know for medical and magical reasons (Constantine, Zatanna, and Frostbite).

The real reason she hasn't aged is that her time is synchronized to Danny's, due to her nature as a clone. It means that she knows for a fact Danny's still alive and that time magic was somehow involved. It also means that, despite being in her 30's ( or 20's, depending on your definition), Dani doesn't look a day over twelve.

Alternatively, Danny and Amity Park return, and he is immediately tackle/hugged by a tall 32 year old woman. As far as he's concerned, it's been less than twenty minutes.

Anyways, the point is that Dani has been there since the beginning. She was there when they broke Matian Manhunter out, she was there when the Targarians invaded, when Darkside came to make a mess, when Luthor made dealings with Brainiac, and even when they faced off against the Justice Lords. Her evil self was a dick BTW.

To the world at large, Danielle IS Phantom. Not unlike how everyone remembers Carol as Captain Marvel despite her being the second to have the title, Danny Phantom is a relative unknown. A Deep Cut in superhero history.

It's a lot for everyone to get used to.

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Zatanna #1 by Jamal Campbell. Variant covers by (1) Campbell, (2) Sozomaika, (3) Chris Bachalo, (4) David Talaski and (5) Saowee. Main cover (6) by Campbell. Main cast character models (7) by Campbell. Internal artwork by Campbell: images 8,9 & 10. Out in February 2025.

"'Wonder, mystery, mischief, and fishnets make up the core of a quintessential Zatanna Zatara stage show, and it's high time she returned to the spotlight,' said Campbell. 'In her newest DC Comics series, Zatanna is dragged down a rabbit hole of cursed swords, hidden truths, and multiple brushes with death. She'll need all her wits and every spell she can muster in order to make it out the other side in one piece.'

In the new limited comic book series, Zatanna gets her stage crew back together and is looking forward to a new, less chaotic chapter of life. However, her plans are disrupted before they even begin when her crew is abducted by a ghostly new adversary, The Lady White. Now Zatanna is plunged into machinations of tricks, swords, and curses that threaten to tear her apart from the inside out!

'It's been a dream tackling Zatanna's world, introducing brand-new allies and adversaries as well as bringing back some old classics that haven't been seen in a while,' continued Campbell. 'I'm weaving all my appreciation of the character into these pages in order to show and prove what makes Zatanna so magical.'"

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Zatanna #1 (DC, February 2025) variant cover by Chris Bachalo and Jaime Mendoza

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ZATANNA no.1 (of 6) • cover art • Sozomaika [Feb 2025]

Zatanna Zatara, the Mistress of Magic, is back on tour! She's got her stage crew back together and is looking forward to a new, less chaotic chapter of life.

However, her plans are disrupted before they even begin when her stage crew is abducted by a ghostly new adversary, The Lady White.

Now, Zatanna is plunged into machinations of tricks, swords, and curses that threaten to tear her apart from the inside out!

(W) Jamal Campbell (A) Jamal Campbell (CA) Sozomaika

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Zatanna 1 (2025) variant by Maika Sozo

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Zatanna #1 Variant Cover by David Talaski coming out next Feb 2025

[aboutzatanna]

Zatanna (2025) variant cover by Derrick Chew:

Link

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Heya! I'm curious about your DC fics because I really like your writing! But I'm only passingly familiar with the DC comics as marvel used to be more my thing, so is there any particular series you'd recommend? 😄

Firstly thank you so much!

Secondly, I’m not sure if you mean comic series to read to know more about DC or my fics so you can have both answers!

Per my fics: I always, always regardless of fandom try to write them with enough internal context given that you don’t really need to be familiar with the source material to understand what’s going on. They have gotten increasingly more informed by actual DC comics canon as time has worn on and I have read more of them but I’ve still tried to keep to the necessary context provision.

Per DC comic runs I would recommend: firstly, I’ve been in the questionable habit of reading overarching events more than runs to try and catch up on stuff, largely because I want to support my local comic book shop that’s around the corner and the best way to do that is by adding current comics to my pull list. That said!

Completed (both in publication and by me; partial list):

Young Justice (1998-2003). Forever recommend. It is such a microcosm of the late 90s and early oughts and its great both because of and in spite of that

Outsiders (2003-2007). Among other winning qualities, it introduces the characters of Grace Choi and Anissa Pierce

Titans (2016-2018). This is a somewhat questionable thing to recommend. I know there are many who aren’t thrilled with some of the characterisations that appeared here. But it was Rebirth so they were trying to undo the bullshit from the new52 and it was also the first DC comics run I read so I have a huge soft spot for it

Justice League Dark (2018-202[1?]). Sometimes a comic book team is a vegas stage magician, talking chimp with a detective agency and a sword, a man who is also a bat who is also a scientist, a man who is also a scientist who is also a swamp, a guy whose sold his soul to demons too many times, and also Wonder Woman.

Zatanna: Bring Down the House (2024). This was just a miniseries and it was out of main sequence but I absolutely loved the atmosphere they built in it between the 60s mod art and the story in Vegas showlands

Ongoing:

Birds of Prey (2023-). I love Kelly Thompson ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Batgirl (2024-2025). I think this one’s a miniseries but it’s good so far!

Green Arrow (2023-). The first part of this run finally dragged the last members of the arrowfam out of the limburgatory they’ve been in since 2011, and in the last couple months they’ve traded creative teams ans with that have gone very back to Green Arrow basics in a way I’m enjoying so far

Superman (2023-) & Action Comics (um… time immemorial?).

This is not my full pull list, just the stuff I’m currently really enjoying.

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Zatanna by Jamal Campbell (new series February 2025)

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Zatanna #2 (DC, March 2025) variant cover by Terry Dodson

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Zatanna (2025) #1 variant cover David Talaski