:Zatanna

Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson, Zatanna first appeared in Hawkman #4 (November 1964). When she is introduced, she is on a quest to find her father Zatara who made his first appearance in Action Comics #1 but had not been published regularly for several years.{{cite book |last=Wells |first=John |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960-64 |date=2015 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490458 |page=173}} The storyline crossed multiple comics published by DC at the time, culminating in issues of Justice League of America, also written by Fox.

File:Zatanna.pngIn her original origin, Zatanna was born to human Giovanni Zatara and Homo magi Sindella, inheriting her mother's natural affinity for magical powers. Six months after her birth, her mother disappeared and was presumably dead, leading her to be raised by her father. Growing up to be a stage magician with genuine magical powers and modelling herself similarly to her father, Zatara later mysteriously disappears, leading her to travel abroad to perfect her magical craft while searching for her father.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-09 |title=DC Infinite Encyclopedia: Zatanna |url=https://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/encyclopedia/zatanna/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509020924/https://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/encyclopedia/zatanna/ |archive-date=2021-05-09 |access-date=2025-02-23 }}{{Cite book |title=Who's Who Update 1988 #4 |publisher=DC Comics |year=1988}} Unknown to her, the details of her parents' disappearance were revealed overtime; her mother would later return to her people, a clan of Homo magi known as the "Hidden Ones" and her father was cursed by evil sorceress Allura that would kill both himself and his daughter should he see her again, leading him to reluctantly distance himself from her.{{Cite book |title=Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #26 |date=1987-01-04 |publisher=DC Comics}}

In her debut, she is introduced during her quest to find her father, first encountering Hawkman and Hawkgirl.{{cite comic |date=October–November 1964 |title=Hawkman |story=The Girl Who Split in Two! |issue=#4 |writer=Fox, Gardner |penciller=Anderson, Murphy |inker=Anderson, Murphy}} During her quest, she encountered various other superheroes such as Batman and Robin (wherein she was disguised as a witch under the control of villain the Outsider){{cite comic |date=February 1965 |title=Detective Comics |story=Batman's Bewitched Nightmare |issue=#336 |writer=Fox, Gardner |penciller=Moldoff, Sheldon |inker=Giella, Joe}} and teams up with others including the Atom,{{cite comic |date=June–July 1965 |title=Atom |story=World of the Magic Atom! |issue=#19 |writer=Fox, Gardner |penciller=Kane, Gil |inker=Greene, Sid}} Green Lantern,{{cite comic |date=January 1966 |title=Green Lantern |story=The Other Side of the World! |issue=#42 |volume=2 |writer=Fox, Gardner |penciller=Kane, Gil |inker=Greene, Sid}} and the Elongated Man.{{cite comic |date=September 1966 |title=Detective Comics |story=The Tantalizing Troubles of the Tripod Thieves! |issue=#355 |writer=Fox, Gardner |penciller=Infantino, Carmine |inker=Infantino, Carmine}} Eventually, she learns her father's fate and finds him in the mystic dimension of Kharma and encounters the evil Allura, where her good counterpart forced her to lift the curse, reuniting father and daughter after 2 decades.{{cite comic |date=February 1967 |title=Justice League of America |story=Z – As in Zatanna—and Zero Hour! |issue=#51 |writer=Fox, Gardner |penciller=Sekowsky, Mike |inker=Greene, Sid}}

Not long after, she is eventually elected became a valued member of the Justice League of America although in her tenure, her powers were original diminished, allowing her powers to only control natural forces.{{cite comic |date=June 1981 |title=Justice League of America |story=The Key Crisis of the One-Man Justice League! |issue=#191 |writer=Conway, Gerry |penciller=Buckler, Rich |inker=Marcos, Pablo}} Both her mother and background is later revealed to her, where Zatanna learns the cause of her mother's disappearance and reason for faking her death: possessing a "medula jewel" within her brain, it acted as a source of power for her clan of the Hidden Ones. Fearing her clan would hunt down her daughter, who also inherited a medulla jewel, she telepathically warns her, with Sindella's magic having the odd side-effect of transforming her costume to one resembling her own. With her father and JLA, they meet Sindella, where she explains her disappearances and sacrifices herself to save Zatanna and Zatara from captivity.{{cite comic |date=1979 |title=Justice League of America |story= |issue=#163-165 |writer=Conway, Gerry |penciller=Dillin, Dick |inker=McLaughlin, Frank}}

After the Crisis on Infinite Earth crossover event, much of Zatanna's history remained the same although several changes came about to her background; her new history reinforced her father's disappearance to have taken place when she was eighteen years old. At some point prior to her father's death, a young Zatanna also met John Constantine, who she once engaged in tantric sex. Her father later became aware of their relationship, disapproving of Constantine.{{Cite book |last1=Moore |first1=Alan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N_hwPwAACAAJ |title=Swamp Thing: A Murder of Crows |last2=Wood |first2=Tatjana |last3=Costanza |first3=John |last4=Wein |first4=Len |last5=Wrightson |first5=Bernie |date=2001 |publisher=Titan |isbn=978-1-84023-318-6 |language=en}}

The 1998 DCU Heroes Secret Files reveals her birth to be thirty years ago, placing her birth year at around 1958. Other key events for the character is referenced to having taken place, including her becoming a superhero and stage magician nine years prior (1989) and her attempt to rescue her mother alongside her father and the JLA five years prior.{{Cite book |title=DCU Heroes Secret Files #1 |date=1998-12-08 |publisher=DC Comics}} It is also eventually revealed she is childhood friends with Bruce Wayne (the future Batman), who came to be trained in escape artistry under her father in his training.

In the "Murder of Crows" storyline, a seance is held by John Constantine, Zatara, Mento, and Sargon the Sorcerer, and Zatanna in an effort to come together and combat the entity known as the Great Evil Beast alongside demonic and divine forces at Wintersgate Manor, the home of Baron Winters in Georgetown, Washington D.C., which is also a temporal threshold to other planes of reality. Due to her past history with Constantine, Giovanni is unusually more protective against Constantine. During the seance, the Beast becomes aware of the seance and after Sargon's death, targets Zatanna by attempting to burn her to death. Giovanni sacrifices himself by taking the effects instead, killing him but sparing his daughter's life. In Neil Gaiman's The Books of Magic limited series, for a time, Zatanna looks after a young boy name Timothy Hunter, destined to become the most powerful wizard in the world, and his girlfriend Molly, cursed by the Queen of Fairies to unable to touch anything in the human world.{{cite comic |date=1990 |title=The Books of Magic |story=The Shadow World |issue=#2 |writer=Gaiman, Neil |penciller=Hampton, Scott |inker=Hampton, Scott}}{{Cite book |last1=Gaiman |first1=Neil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hXh2UDke-B8C |title=The Books of Magic |last2=Bolton |first2=John |date=1993 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-56389-082-6 |language=en}}

In her 1993 limited series titled Zatanna: Come Together, she battles the dark sorcerer Tannarak while her mother's spirit, Sindella, encourages her to battle the demon Xaos. Within the series, her lineage is revealed to be connected to the royalty of Atlantis (particularly the Lord of Order, Arion) and the Xaos demon was responsible for its sinking. She also undergoes a change in costume and opt out of using logomancy in favor of amplifying her magical powers with her mother's artifacts and traditional spell-casting.{{Cite book |last=Marrs |first=Lee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RIFTEAAAQBAJ&q=Zatanna:+Come+Together |title=Zatanna (1993) #1-4 |date=1993-07-07 |publisher=1DC Comics |language=en}}

In the 1999 "Days of Judgement" storyline and mini-series, Zatanna is among numerous mystic superheroes who gathered to battle the demon Asmodel, who plotted to usurp the powers of the Spectre. With Earth's superheroes unable to properly contend with a significant mystical threat, the Sentinels of Magic is formed with Zatanna as a founding member. The team eventually prevails and is trusted with the Spear of Destiny as a contingency against Hal Jordan's Spectre should he ever lose control of himself.{{Cite book |last=Johns |first=Geoff |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/818866352 |title=Day of Judgment |date=2013 |others=Matthew Dow Smith |isbn=978-1-4012-3795-0 |location=New York |oclc=818866352}} The next challenge to the Sentinels appears in the 2001 "Black Baptism" storyline, where mobster demons, the Diablos, targets the Sentinels to drain them of their souls and power. Zatanna is one of the first members to be felled to "Anita Soulfeeda", a "succubus" seeking to ascend their ranks. Due to efforts from Sebasitan Faust and the Justice League, despite the former's negative reputation, Anita is revealed to be a disguised, vengeful Enchantress and is put under the control of Felix Faust, who himself also been possessed by the spirit of Hermes Trismegistus.{{Cite book |last1=Diaz |first1=Ruben |url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Ruben_Diaz_DC_Comics_Presents_JLA_Black_Baptism_20?id=C5TeDwAAQBAJ |title=DC Comics Presents: JLA Black Baptism (2011-) #1 |last2=Smith |first2=Sean |date=2012-06-27 |publisher=DC Comics |language=en}} In the "Obsidian Age", Zatanna and the Sentinels appears when the Justice League vanishes in the past searching for Aquaman. An emergency protocol created by Batman assembles a contingency League although Jason Blood is the magical expert. When Gamamnae, ancient Atlantean sorceress and would-be conqueror, is identified, she a quagmire spell to absorb Zatanna and Tempest into herself. When Nightwing, the leader in the new league, asks for Blood to use Etrigan against Gamemnae, Blood instead insists Zatanna is the one needed and sacrifices himself in her quagmire spell to free Zatanna. She joins the others 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.{{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Joe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KoXoAAAACAAJ |title=The Obsidian Age |date=2003 |publisher=Titan |isbn=978-1-84023-702-3 |language=en}}

In her 2003 solo one-shot Zatanna: Everyday Magic, she battles Nimue Ravensong, a magic-user jealous of Zatanna's ability to use magic naturally and without committing sacrifices. Nimue seduced and cursed John Constantine, leading Zatanna into conflict with the sorceress.{{cite comic |date=2003 |title=Zatanna |story=Everyday Magic |issue=#1 |writer=Dini, Paul |penciller=Mays, Rick |inker=Mays, Rick}}

During the 2004 Identity Crisis storyline, it was revealed that Doctor Light had years earlier raped the now-murdered Sue Dibney, the wife of hero Elongated Man. Opting for a magical lobotomization of Light due to threatening other JLA members' family. When Batman appears in the middle of the process and tries to stop it, Zatanna Batman's memories are also erased. In the present time, Light becomes a suspect as his memories return, prompting the League towards a manhunt but Zatanna's role in mind-wiping others is revealed. While Jean Lorning's role in Sue's murder alongside implicating other villains is revealed, Zatanna's role in erasing various villain's memories throughout the years causes a moral rift within the League as her reputation deteriorates and her trustworthiness is called into questioned, especially by longtime friends such as Batman.{{Cite book |last=Meltzer |first=Brad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kaNgCwAAQBAJ |title=Identity Crisis |date=2016-02-09 |edition=New |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-6703-2 |language=en}} In storylines exploring the aftermath such as "Crisis of Conscience", Catwoman and the Secret Society of Super-Villains are among those mind-wiped in earlier years, the former done to force her towards a more righteous path.{{Cite book |last=Johns |first=Geoff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ATDgAAAACAAJ |title=Crisis of Conscience |date=2006 |publisher=Titan |isbn=978-1-84576-279-7 |language=en}}

A 2005 four-issue Zatanna limited series was published as part of Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers event.Cowsill "2000s" in Dolan, p. 319: "Grant Morrison's imagining of the Seven Soldiers of Victory was one of DC's most adventurous titles...The story started in Seven Soldiers of Victory #0 and continued in seven four-issue miniseries – The Bulleteer, Frankenstein, Mister Miracle, Zatanna, Shining Knight, Manhattan Guardian, and Klarion". In it, at a support group for superheroes, she recounts a failed magical ritual to search for her father's tomes, during which one of her past spells summons a shapeshifter named Gwydion, who kills her companions. This trauma, combined with her guilt from her former mind-wipes, robs her of her powers. With the help of her new apprentice, Misty Kilgore, she captures Gwydion to use as her own. She eventually regains her confidence and powers, and uses them to defeat Zor, a rogue Time Tailor who released the Sheeda as a plague to infect and degrade the entire universe. As a reward, the other Time Tailors allow her one last meeting with her father, who reveals that his books were written for her, his "greatest spell and gift to the world". In the final battle against the Sheeda, Zatanna casts a spell to move time and space, retroactively positioning the Seven Soldiers to overthrow the Sheeda.

In Detective Comics #833 (August 2007), it is stated that Zatanna's father was a friend of Thomas Wayne. Zatara trained Bruce Wayne in the art of escape, and Bruce and Zatanna were childhood friends, although Batman believes that he has never met her in Justice League of America #51, and her only memory of meeting him is while she was disguised. Bruce helps Zatanna investigate the death of one of her former assistants; all clues point to a performer named Ivar Loxias. Loxias is revealed to be the Joker in disguise; he shoots Zatanna in the throat and incapacitates Batman. 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, driving Joker insane in the process. Bruce puts Zatanna's betrayal behind him, allowing the two to renew their friendship.

On the "Roll Call" of Justice League of America #22 (August 2008), Zatanna is listed as a part of the team. Called upon to help with the Red Tornado's restoration in his android form, she aids the League when they are attacked by a new, powerful iteration of Amazo. 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.{{cite comic |date=September 2008 |title=Justice League of America |story=The Second Coming Chapter Two: Things Fall Apart |issue=#23 |volume=2 |writer=McDuffie, Dwayne |penciller=Benes, Ed |inker=Benes, Ed}} After that Wonder Woman throws off Amazo's concentration and free Zatanna. Zatanna then defeats Amazo once and for all by using the Red Tornado's soul. Following this battle, Zatanna rejoins the team.{{cite comic |date=October 2008 |title=Justice League of America |story=The Second Coming Chapter Three: The Blood-Dimmed Tide |issue=#24 |volume=2 |writer=McDuffie, Dwayne |penciller=Goldman, Allan |inker=Rollis, Prentis; Ramos, Rodney; Fridolfs, Derek}}

Zatanna later accompanies Firestorm, Black Lightning, and Batman to Metropolis after they come to believe Kimiyo Hoshi has been kidnapped by agents of the covert metahuman team known as the Shadow Cabinet.{{cite comic |date=January 2009 |title=Justice League of America |story=Be Careful What You Wish For... |issue=#27 |volume=2 |writer=McDuffie, Dwayne |penciller=Benes, Ed |inker=Benes, Ed; Hunter, Rob; Rapmund, Norm; Geraci, Drew}}{{cite comic |date=February 2009 |title=Justice League of America |story=Welcome To Sundown Town Part Two: Shadow and Act |issue=#28 |volume=2 |writer=McDuffie, Dwayne |penciller=Luis, Jose |inker=Mayer, J.P.}} After a brief conflict, Zatanna and the others are informed by teenage superheroine Rocket that Kimiyo's perceived abduction was actually a misunderstanding caused by the Shadow Cabinet's mission to seek out her help in dealing with the cosmic vampire known as Starbreaker.{{cite comic |date=March 2009 |title=Justice League of America |story=Star-Struck |issue=#29 |volume=2 |writer=Wein, Len |penciller=ChrisCross |inker=Stull, Rob; ChrisCross}}{{cite comic |date=April 2009 |title=Justice League of America |story=Welcome To Sundown Town Chapter 3: New Moon Rising |issue=#30 |volume=2 |writer=McDuffie, Dwayne |penciller=Luis, Jose |inker=Mayer, J.P.}} With assistance from Hardware and Icon, Zatanna and her comrades are able to defeat Starbreaker in a battle in the Himalayas.{{cite comic |date=June 2009 |title=Justice League of America |story=Welcome To Sundown Town Chapter 4: Nyctophobia |issue=#32 |volume=2 |writer=McDuffie, Dwayne |penciller=Morales, Rags |inker=Dell, John}}{{cite comic |date=July 2009 |title=Justice League of America |story=Welcome To Sundown Town Chapter 6: Metathesiophobia |issue=#33 |volume=2 |writer=McDuffie, Dwayne |penciller=Morales, Rags |inker=Dell, John}}{{cite comic |date=August 2009 |title=Justice League of America |story=Welcome To Sundown Town Conclusion: The Dharma Initiative |issue=#34 |volume=2 |writer=McDuffie, Dwayne |penciller=Syaf, Ardian; Barrows, Eddy |inker=Ho, Don; Jose, Ruy; Green, Dan; Purcell, Jack; Propst, Mark}}

In the 2009 Gotham City Sirens series, Zatanna is visited and restrained by Poison Ivy, who interacts via a tree and asks her if her encounter with Catwoman changed Selina in any way.{{cite comic |date=August 2009 |title=Gotham City Sirens |story=Union |issue=#1 |writer=Dini, Paul |penciller=March, Guillem |inker=March, Guillem}} She later a leave of absence from the JLA, only to reappear during a battle with Despero. Once he is defeated, Zatanna informs the League of the apocalyptic events of the Blackest Night taking place across the globe.{{cite comic |date=December 2009 |title=Justice League of America |story=Out Of The Ashes.. |issue=#38 |volume=2 |writer=Robinson, James |penciller=Bagley, Mark |inker=Hunter, Rob}} After taking the team to the Hall of Justice to find Firestorm, she is forced to fight the undead form of her father, continually pitting the black magic he wields against her own.{{cite comic |date=January 2010 |title=Justice League of America |story=By My Black Hand, The Dead Shall Rise! Part One: Reunion |issue=#39 |volume=2 |writer=Robinson, James |penciller=Bagley, Mark |inker=Hunter, Rob}} it is implied while she was successful in banishing the Black Lantern, she was left psychologically scarred from having to kill her father again.{{cite comic |date=February 2010 |title=Justice League of America |story=By My Black Hand, The Dead Shall Rise! Part Two: Reunion |issue=#40 |volume=2 |writer=Robinson, James |penciller=Bagley, Mark |inker=Hunter, Rob; Hanna, Hanna; Alquiza, Marlo}} In the aftermath of, Kimiyo mentions that Zatanna is one of the members who has left the team.{{cite comic |date=March 2010 |title=Justice League of America |story=Team History |issue=#41 |volume=2 |writer=Robinson, James |penciller=Bagley, Mark |inker=Hunter, Rob; Alquiza, Marlo; Wong, Walden}}

In her self-titled solo series in 2010, no longer an active member of the JLA, Zatanna is asked by officer Dale Colton to help solve a murder case at a restaurant frequented by mobsters. Zatanna informs Dale that the murderer was the sorcerer Brother Night, who rules the supernatural crime scene in San Francisco. After Zatanna shows up at Night's demonic nightclub and threatens him, he responds by summoning a demon,{{cite comic |date=July 2010 |title=Zatanna |story=Captured By My Worst Enemies... |issue=#1 |writer=Dini, Paul |penciller=Roux, Stéphane |inker=Story, Karl}} but Zatanna defeats and imprisons the demon to aid her later.{{cite comic |date=August 2010 |title=Zatanna |story=Fuseli's Nightmare |issue=#2 |writer=Dini, Paul |penciller=Roux, Stéphane |inker=Story, Karl; Roux, Stéphane}} A crooked casino owner who had made a deal for eternal youth with the demon of avarice by selling the souls of his brides to the demon attempts to use a love potion to win Zatanna's soul.{{cite comic |date=November 2010 |title=Zatanna |story=Double or Nothing |issue=#5 |writer=Dini, Paul |penciller=Hardin, Chad |inker=Faucher, Wayne}} When her cousin Zachary Zatara breaks the spell, the casino owner begs Zatanna to turn him into a soulless lump of gold in order to escape torment in Hell.{{cite comic |date=December 2010 |title=Zatanna |story=Married in Vegas |issue=#6 |writer=Dini, Paul |penciller=Saiz, Jesus |inker=Saiz, Jesus}} Aside from Brother Night, Zatanna faces other threats, such as Oscar Hample, a man who tried to murder her when she was a child and was turned into a puppet by her father.{{cite comic |date=February 2011 |title=Zatanna |story=Pupaphobia |issue=#8 |writer=Dini, Paul |penciller=Chiang, Cliff |inker=Chiang, Cliff}}{{cite comic |date=March 2011 |title=Zatanna |story=Stringleshanks |issue=#9 |writer=Dini, Paul |penciller=Chiang, Cliff |inker=Chiang, Cliff}}{{cite comic |date=April 2011 |title=Zatanna |story=Strung Along |issue=#10 |writer=Dini, Paul |penciller=Chiang, Cliff |inker=Chiang, Cliff}}{{cite comic |date=May 2011 |title=Zatanna |story=Unstrung |issue=#11 |writer=Dini, Paul |penciller=Igle, Jamal |inker=Sibal, Jon}} The Zatanna series ended with issue #16 (October 2011).

The Black Canary and Zatanna graphic novel Bloodspell written by Paul Dini and drawn by Joe Quinones was to be released in 2012, but was delayed until May 2014.{{cite web |last=Sims |first=Chris |date=May 21, 2014 |title=Black Canary & Zatanna: Bloodspell Is The Finest Crossover To Ever Be Based Entirely Around Fishnet Stockings |url=http://comicsalliance.com/black-canary-zatanna-bloodspell-review-dc-comics-joe-quinones-paul-dini/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706050038/http://comicsalliance.com/black-canary-zatanna-bloodspell-review-dc-comics-joe-quinones-paul-dini/ |archive-date=July 6, 2014 |publisher=ComicsAlliance}} The story centered around a 16-year-old Black Canary's first meeting Zatanna.{{cite web |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=May 12, 2011 |title=Paul Dini, Joe Quinones working on Zatanna/Black Canary team-up |url=http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/05/paul-dini-and-joe-quinones-working-on-zatannablack-canary-team-up/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202232843/http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/05/paul-dini-and-joe-quinones-working-on-zatannablack-canary-team-up/ |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |publisher=Comic Book Resources}}

Within the new continuity following Flashpoint and the New 52, details of Zatanna's past were altered; her birth years was established to be around 1987, making her younger than her previous depictions.{{Cite book |last=DeMatteis |first=J. M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WmlYCgAAQBAJ |title=Justice League Dark Vol. 6: Lost in Forever |date=2015-09-01 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-6220-4 |language=en}} The appearance of her mother also differed and aspects of her past were seemingly changed. Among those changes included a new love interest, Nick Necro, whom she started dating years before she would meet her future teammate, John Constantine. The trio were in a polyamorous relationship until Necro's obsession with the Book of Magic droved a wedge between their relationship, causing Constantine and Zatanna to become exclusive to one another for a time.{{Cite book |last=Lemire |first=Jeff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PZ-RAQAAQBAJ&dq=Justice+League+Dark+Vol.+2&pg=PT5 |title=Justice League Dark Vol. 2: The Books of Magic |date=2013-07-16 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-4787-4 |language=en}}

In the new continuity following the Flashpoint event, Zatanna joins the Justice League Dark, a supernatural off-shoot of the Justice League dedicated to battling the arcane forces led by John Constantine. She teams up with various superheroes such as Etrigan, Swamp Thing, Nightmare Nurse, Madame Xanadu, and others. Based in Constantine's House of Mystery, the team first battled a wild Enchantress and then Felix Faust, Nick Necro, and reluctant turncoat Doctor Mist as Necro works to acquire the mythical Books of Magic, a source of obsession since his shared history with Zatanna and John Constantine.{{Cite book |last=Milligan |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZ-RAQAAQBAJ |title=Justice League Dark Vol. 1: In the Dark |date=2012-10-16 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-4128-5 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Lemire |first=Jeff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wGd-AgAAQBAJ |title=Justice League Dark Vol. 3: The Death of Magic |date=2014-02-04 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-5016-4 |language=en}}

Zatanna made her first Rebirth appearance in Detective Comics #958, assisting Bruce Wayne in taking out a robot chasing after a cult member. Later on, Zatanna shows Bruce magic. Later Bruce sees her again and asks her to teach him more about magic. Ultimately she declines and wipes his memory.{{Cite web |last=McGuire |first=Liam |date=2022-07-19 |title=Batman Tried To Learn Magic And Gain Powers Before Becoming A Superhero |url=https://screenrant.com/batman-powers-magic-bruce-wayne-dc-comics/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}} 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.Batwoman (vol. 3) #17 (September 2018). DC Comics.

In 2018, a new Justice League Dark series began, with a redesigned Zatanna being part of the team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/justice-league-dark-wonder-woman-swamp-thing/|title = Justice League Dark Artist Reveals Character Designs for New DC Series|date = 26 March 2018}} Zatanna travels to Northern Italy to bind a group of demons called Il Osservatori in a story called Zatanna: Sleight of Hand, published in the DC New Talent Showcase 2018 #1.{{cite comic| writer= Cady, Ryan|penciller= Goodheart, Isaac|inker= Goodheart, Isaac|story=Sleight of Hand|title= DC New Talent Showcase 2018|issue= #1|date=2018}}

Zatanna is depicted as having a public identity as both a stage magician and genuine sorceress that battles evil.{{Cite web |title=Zatanna {{!}} Official DC Character |url=https://www.dc.com/characters/zatanna |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=DC |language=en-us}} She has adopted several roles as a superhero, serving as a prominent mystic consultant, valued member of several superhero teams, and a popular leader.{{Cite book |last=Conway |first=Gerry |title=Justice League of America #206 |publisher=DC Comics |year=1982}} The character also owns a side business providing special service in magical and multiverse matters to those whom are in need of it and promises confidentiality.

Originally, the character was portrayed as half human and half homo magi, with her human lineage stemming from her father's side. Through her paternal line, she is a descendant of Leonardo da Vinci and is related to Nostradamus, Alessandro Cagliostro, Nicholas Flamel, and Evan Fulcanelli, making her of French and Italian descent.{{Cite book |last=Fox |first=Gardner F. |title=Justice League of America : Zatanna's search |date=2004 |publisher=DC Comics |others=Gerry Conway, Murphy Anderson, Carmine Infantino, Bob Kane, Gil Kane, Mike Sekowsky |isbn=1-4012-0188-1 |location=New York |oclc=54495465}} However, later retellings of Giovanni's background established her as a full homo magi.{{Cite book |last=Wagner |first=Matt |title=Madame Xanadu: Disenchanted |publisher=DC Comics |year=2009 |isbn=978-1401222918}} From her maternal line, she is a descendant of the ancient Atlantean royal and Lord of Order, Arion.{{Cite book |last=Mars |first=Lee |title=Zatanna #4 |publisher=DC Comics |year=1993}}{{Cite book |last=Johns |first=Geoff |title=52 #34 |publisher=DC Comics |year=2007}} Alongside Arion, she is also connected to the Hidden Ones magi clan and her lineage additionally includes other mages and seers dating back to ancient Atlantis, inheriting various specialties of each.{{Cite book |last=Wiacek |first=Stephen |url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=6Mc8EAAAQBAJ |title=The DC Book: A Vast and Vibrant Multiverse Simply Explained |date=2021-11-30 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-7440-5856-7 |language=en}}

One reoccurring theme for Zatanna's character includes her public identity as a traveling, international celebrity status as she balances it with her popular superhero dual life, having adopted the lifestyle due to her father's influence. At times, her celebrity lifestyle interferes with her relationships with family members (i.e Zach Zatara).{{Cite book |last1=Dini |first1=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PpIODgAAQBAJ |title=Zatanna by Paul Dini |last2=Beechen |first2=Adam |last3=Sturges |first3=Lilah |last4=Fridolfs |first4=Derek |date=2017-03-07 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-7659-1 |language=en}} Her trustworthiness has also been challenged in several storylines such as Infinite Crisis or Absolute Power, wherein the respective stories challenged her relations with the superhero community or the magical community at large.{{Cite web |last=Laspada |first=Christian |date=August 22, 2024 |title=Superman #17: Magic's in the Air |url=https://comic-watch.com/comic-book-reviews/superman-17-magics-in-the-air |access-date=September 8, 2024 |website=Comic Watch |language=en-US}}

Additionally, throughout her publication history, her reputation as a sorceress has varied; her depictions during the 80's expressed that while she was a powerful sorceress and a force to reckon with, she was not among most powerful.{{Cite book |title=Who's Who in the DC Universe #12 |publisher=DC Comics}} Overtime, the character evolved to be among the most powerful of sorcerers in the world,{{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Joe |title=JLA. The Obsidian age. Book One |date=2003 |publisher=DC Comics |others=Doug Mahnke, Yvel Guichet |isbn=1-56389-991-4 |location=New York, NY |oclc=52351767}}{{Cite book |last=V |first=Ram |title=A costly trick of magic |author2=James Tynion IV |author3=Amancay Nahuelpan |author4=Álvaro Martínez Bueno |date=2021 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-77950-714-3 |location=Burbank, CA |oclc=1198086664}} with Zatanna alongside the modern Doctor Fate considered the "finest mystical warriors" on Earth.{{Cite book |last=Bendis |first=Brian Michael |title=Leagues of chaos |author2=Szymon Kudranski |author3=Emanuela Lupacchino |author4=Wade Von Grawbadger |author5=Scott Hanna |date=2023 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-77951-983-2 |location=Burbank, CA |oclc=1356407012}} Zatanna is also credited as the DC Universe's "Sorceress Supreme".{{Cite book |last1=Snyder |first1=Scott |url=https://www.amazon.com/DC-NATION-0-Scott-Snyder/dp/B07CN7G2ML |title=DC NATION #0 |last2=Bendis |first2=Brian Michael |last3=King |first3=Tom |date=2018-01-01 |publisher=DC Comics |edition=1st}}

Her most significant love interest in both comics and media is John Constantine, whose affiliation has been characterized as turbulent within in various stories. The pair first met some time shortly into Zatanna's adulthood, having once practiced tantric sex. More recent stories emphasized their relationship, having first began from a polyamorous one also involving Nick Necro before the pair broke away from Necro due to his obsession with the Books of Magic deteriorating their shared relationship, resulting in Constantine and Zatanna becoming exclusive to one-another for a time.

Within comics, Zatanna has had dated several other superheroes such as Doctor Thirteen,{{cite comic |date=June 2005 |title=Seven Soldiers: Zatanna |story=Talking Backwards Sdrawkcab Gniklat |issue=#1 |writer=Morrison, Grant |penciller=Sook, Ryan |inker=Gray, Mick}}{{Cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Jolle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBfqDwAAQBAJ |title=Catwoman Vol. 3: Friend or Foe? |last2=Blanco |first2=Fernando |date=2020-06-16 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-9977-4 |language=en}} Cyborg,{{Cite book |last1=Semper (Jr.) |first1=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4b3JAQAACAAJ |title=Cyborg 3 Singularity |last2=Grevioux |first2=Kevin |date=2018 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-7455-9 |language=en}} and Batman, whom first began as her childhood friend.{{cite comic |date=August 2008 |title=Detective Comics |story=The Riddle Unanswered |issue=#845 |writer=Dini, Paul |penciller=Nguyen, Dustin |inker=Fridolfs, Derek}} In later depictions, it was instead said the pair dated at one point in the past prior to Bruce becoming Batman.{{Cite book |last1=Ayala |first1=Vita |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fuuAEAAAQBAJ |title=Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 3 |last2=Russell |first2=Mark |date=2022-09-06 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-77951-916-0 |language=en}} Additionally, she had a flirtatious relationship with Flash (Barry Allen), having considered even dating him,{{cite comic |date=February 1981 |title=Justice League of America |story=Proteus Says: 'All Things Must Change!' |issue=#187 |writer=Conway, Gerry |penciller=Heck, Don |inker=McLaughlin, Frank}} and Blue Devil. After the New 52, she also has dated and Nick Necro, a skilled dark sorcerer prior to him turning evil. Within her solo series, her love interests included civilians such as Josh, an African-American and son of coven witch leader whom Zatanna has known for years prior, and Dale Colton, a San Francisco detective whom is also revealed to he the son of one of her major enemies, Brother Night. Within alternate universes, she has also been romantically involved with Etrigan{{cite comic |date=November 2014 |title=Justice League Dark: Futures End |story=Scars |issue=#1 |writer=DeMatteis, J. M.; Wein, Len |penciller=Guinaldo, Andres |inker=Wong, Walden}}{{cite web |date=September 19, 2014 |title=Zatanna & The Demon Makes Strange Bedfellows in Justice League Dark: Futures End #1 |url=http://www.newsarama.com/22192-justice-league-dark-futures-end-1-preview.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127031043/http://www.newsarama.com/22192-justice-league-dark-futures-end-1-preview.html |archive-date=November 27, 2014 |publisher=Newsarama}} and Sebastian Faust, son of infamous Felix Faust.{{cite news |last=Terror |first=Jude |date=August 17, 2017 |title=Alisa Kwitney And Mike Norton Take Zatanna To College In 'Mystik U' From DC In November |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/zatanna-college-mystik-u-dc-november/ |access-date=September 23, 2020 |website=Bleeding Cool}}

Her heritage gives her command over mystic and cosmic forces, allowing her to manipulate them in many ways and form. Her chief and most preferred method includes performing magic by saying phrases and/or spells backwards. This variation of magic ("Logomancy"), requires focus in order to used and can be alternatively cast via written form or using sign language in a backwards formation.{{Cite book |last=Campbell |first=Jamal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D3xDEQAAQBAJ |title=Zatanna (2025-) #1 |date=2025-02-19 |publisher=DC Comics |language=en}} The character versed in different variations of magic such as black magic, tarot reading for insight or divination, and can draw power from a collection of mystic artifacts collected by her family similarly to other magic practitioners.{{Cite book |last=Mars |first=Lee |title=Zatanna #1-4 |publisher=DC Comics |year=1993}} In a diminished state, her magical powers only allowed her to manipulate natural forces (earth, air, water, wind) and objects. Zatanna is also a talented stage magician, a trained hand-to-hand combatant, escape artist, and is versed in several different languages including Spanish and ASL.

Due to her lineage from both sides of the family, Zatanna has access to a diverse collection of arcane objects amassed throughout generations from her families. Much of these are stored in the Shadowcrest Manor, the sentient and ancestral home of the Zatara family which relocates to different locations periodically and is invisible to ordinary observation.{{Cite book |last1=Dini |first1=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CqfIQAACAAJ |title=Countdown to Final Crisis |last2=Giffen |first2=Keith |last3=Saiz |first3=Jesús |date=2008 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-1824-9 |language=en}} The manor can only be accessed by special magic keys or voice recognition{{Cite book |last=Waid |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EaeSEAAAQBAJ |title=Batman Vs. Robin |date=2023-07-04 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-77951-859-0 |language=en}} and houses the collection of arcane objects, a private library, bestiary, and is inhabited by magical constructs that serve Zatanna, including Hassan the Mummy, who protects the manor. Zatanna also owns a personal apartment in Gotham City, serving as her more publicly accessible residence. Known as the Curious Abode of Zatanna Zatara, it also serves as the central location for her side business.{{Cite book |last1=Howard |first1=Tini |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQG9EAAAQBAJ |title=Harley Quinn (2021-) #30 |last2=Maines |first2=Nicole |date=2023-05-23 |publisher=DC Comics |language=en}}

Some artifacts includes the Talisman of Atlantis and a magical staff owned by her father. When using both artifacts in tandem, it offers easier control and usage over magical manipulation compared to her Logomancy. The Demongraphy is a book offering a comprehensive, encyclopedic entries on demonic entities and is updated magically in real-time.{{Cite book |last1=Mishkin |first1=Dan |title=Blue Devil #4 |last2=Cohn |first2=Gary |publisher=DC Comics |year=1984}} The Gnosis Sphere, able to answer any questions posed directly to it, is regarded as the most dangerous object protected by the Zatara family.{{Cite book |last=Tynion IV |first=James |title=Detective Comics: Deus Ex Machina |publisher=DC Comics |year=2017 |isbn=9781401274979}} She also appropriated the Sleepless Queen's sword, an enchanted blade capable of transforming those damaged by it into nightmarish forms of themselves (a process known as "Knighted").{{Cite book |last=Williamson |first=Joshua |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RG36EAAAQBAJ |title=Knight Terrors |date=2024-02-06 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-77952-946-6 |language=en}}

Zatanna also possess a "medula jewel", an unnatural source of magic developed within the brain of royals in the Hidden Ones clan that can act as a source of magic. It appears within one person per generation, with Sindella being the previous one prior to Zatanna.

Zatanna, as a practitioner of Logomancy, utilizes speech as the primary channel for her magical abilities. This reliance on verbal communication has made her vulnerable to being incapacitated by villains who restrain her through binding and gagging. It is observed that her magical powers tend to increase when unused,{{Cite comic|writer=Sturges, Matthew|artist=Roux, Stéphane|letterer=Brosseau, Pat|editor=Joey Cavalieri, Chris Conroy|story=SymmetryyrtemmyS|title=Zatanna|volume=2|issue=#12|date=June 2011|publisher=DC Comics|page=|panel=|id=}} but excessive use can deplete them, leading to a strain on her physical well-being. Similar to other magic users, Zatanna can only replenish her waning powers through an extended period of rest. Additionally, there appears to be a connection between Zatanna's powers and her self-confidence. In the narrative Seven Soldiers, a series of significant mistakes left her emotionally and psychologically shattered, rendering her powerless. It was only through the process of restoring her lost confidence that she was able to regain her magical abilities.

• Conjura, a character based on Zatanna, appears in DC Super Dictionary.{{cite book |last1=Holmes |first1=Mary Z. |title=The Super Dictionary |date=July 1978 |publisher=Holt McDougal |isbn=9780030437564 |page=44}}
• An alternate universe variant of Zatanna appears in Batman: Holy Terror. This version is an agent of the Privy Council, a totalitarian religious group that rules over North America.
• Wanda Zatara / White Witch, a fusion of Zatanna and Marvel Comics character Scarlet Witch, appears in the Amalgam Comics universe.{{cite comic |date=April 1996 |title=Doctor Strangefate |story=The Decrees of Fate |issue=#1 |writer=Marz, Ron |penciller=García-López, José Luis |inker=Nowlan, Kevin}}
• An alternate universe variant of Zatanna appears in JLA: Another Nail.
• Annataz Arataz, Zatanna's evil Earth-3 counterpart, appears in Countdown to Final Crisis #23.
• An alternate universe variant of Zatanna appears in the Flashpoint storyline. This version is a member of the Secret Seven and part of a motorcycle gang.{{cite comic |date=September 2011 |title=Flashpoint: Secret Seven |story=Part Two: Call of the Wild |issue=#2 |writer=Milligan, Peter |penciller=Blanco, Fernando |inker=Koblish, Scott}}
• An alternate universe variant of Zatanna appears in DC Comics Bombshells. This version is of Jewish and Romani descent and was previously forced to aid the Nazis, during which she befriended Raven before eventually escaping.
• An alternate universe variant of Zatanna appears in Mystik U.{{cite news |last=Beedle |first=Tim |date=August 17, 2017 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Zatanna, Faust and More Enroll in Mystik U |url=https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2017/08/17/exclusive-zatanna-faust-and-more-enroll-in-mystik-u |access-date=September 23, 2020 |website=DC Comics}} This version is a student of the titular academy and girlfriend of Sebastian Faust.
• Zatanna appears in the web comic Zatanna and the Ripper, co-published by DC Comics and Webtoon.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Jenna |date=July 11, 2022 |title=Zatanna & the Ripper Trailer Released by DC and Webtoon |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/news/zatanna-and-the-ripper-trailer-released-dc-webtoon/ |access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=DC |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Lancaster |first=Taylor |date=July 15, 2022 |title=Zatanna's New Webtoon Breaks Pop Culture's Biggest Rule About Magic |url=https://screenrant.com/webtoon-zatanna-ripper-magic-dc-comics/ |access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}
• Zatanna appears in the graphic novel Zatanna and the House of Secrets. This version lives in the titular house with her father Zatara and rabbit Pocus.{{cite press release |title=DC Announces New Young Adult and Middle Grade Graphic Novels at ALA Annual |website=DC Comics |url=https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2019/06/22/dc-announces-new-young-adult-and-middle-grade-graphic-novels-at-ala-annual |date=June 22, 2019 |access-date=September 23, 2020}}{{cite news |last=Mozzocco |first=J. Caleb |date=April 28, 2020 |title=Review: 'Zatanna and The House of Secrets' |url=http://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2020/04/28/review-zatanna-and-the-house-of-secrets/ |access-date=September 23, 2020 |website=School Library Journal}}{{cite news |date=February 18, 2020 |title=Zatanna and The House of Secrets |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/matthew-cody/zatanna-and-the-house-of-secrets/ |access-date=September 23, 2020 |website=Kirkus Reviews}}
• Zatanna appears in the graphic novel Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend.{{cite news|title=Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend by Alys Arden|website=Penguin Random House|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667179/zatanna-the-jewel-of-gravesend-by-alys-arden/|access-date=September 23, 2020}}{{cite news|title=DC reveals new artwork for Beast Boy, Zatanna, Batgirl YA titles|website=Smash Pages|last=Parkin|first=JK|url=http://smashpages.net/2019/10/05/dc-reveals-new-artwork-for-beast-boy-zatanna-batgirl-ya-titles/|date=October 5, 2019|access-date=September 23, 2020}}

• Zatanna appears in series set in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU):
• She first appears in a self-titled episode of Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Julie Brown.{{cite web |title=Zatanna Voices (DC Universe) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/DC-Universe/Zatanna/ |access-date=January 9, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version befriended Batman as a youth and developed a crush on him while he was training under her father Zatara. In the present, while working as a magician, she reunites with Batman while foiling criminal magic debunker Montague Kane's plans.
• Zatanna makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in The New Batman Adventures episode "Chemistry".
• Zatanna makes a cameo appearance in a photograph depicted in the Batman Beyond episode "Out of the Past".
• Zatanna appears in Justice League Unlimited, voiced by Jennifer Hale in "This Little Piggy" and by Juliet Landau in "The Balance". As of this series, she has joined the Justice League while continuing her stage magician career. Additionally, she is capable of reciting spells without speaking and while speaking normally.
• Zatanna appears in Smallville, portrayed by Serinda Swan.
• Zatanna appears in the teaser for the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Chill of the Night!", voiced again by Jennifer Hale.
• Zatanna appears in Young Justice, voiced by Lacey Chabert.{{cite web |last=Harvey |first=Jim |date=September 27, 2011 |title=New Young Justice, Batman: The Brave And The Bold October 2011 Episode Details |url=http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/2011/09/new-young-justice-batman-the-brave-and-the-bold-october-2011-episode-details/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426233017/http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/2011/09/new-young-justice-batman-the-brave-and-the-bold-october-2011-episode-details/ |archive-date=April 26, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2014 |publisher=Worldsfinestonline.com}} This version is initially a teenager and member of the Team who becomes romantically involved with Robin. After donning the Helmet of Fate to defeat Klarion the Witch Boy, Nabu refuses to release her until Zatara offers to take her place. Ever since, she works to free her father. In the second season, an adult Zatanna joins the Justice League. In the fourth season, Zatanna trains the Sentinels of Magic to help her free Zatara by convincing Nabu to rotate between all of them.{{Cite web |first=Kevin |last=Lainez |title=YOUNG JUSTICE: PHANTOMS – 'ODNU!' REVIEW |url=https://www.comicbookrevolution.com/young-justice-phantoms-odnu-review/ |date=December 2, 2021 |website=comicbookrevolution.com}}
• Zatanna appears in Teen Titans Go!, voiced by Kari Wahlgren.
• Zatanna appears in Justice League Action, voiced again by Lacey Chabert as an adult and by Dayci Brookshire as a child.
• Zatanna appears in DC Super Hero Girls, voiced again by Kari Wahlgren. This version, also known by her first name "Zee", is a dramatic fashionista and student at Metropolis High.
• Zatanna makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Harley Quinn as an associate of the Justice League. As of "A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special", she has entered a relationship with the Flash.

• In 2005, screenwriter Hadley Davis announced that she had written an action-comedy featuring a teenage version of Zatanna.{{cite web|title=Davis Conjures Zatanna|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=30663|work=Sci Fi Wire|publisher=Sci Fi|access-date= April 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051031214705/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=30663|archive-date=October 31, 2005|date=March 23, 2005}}
• Zatanna appears in a proposed Guillermo del Toro film project based on the Justice League Dark, which was meant to be part of the DC Extended Universe.{{cite web|url= https://screenrant.com/justice-league-dark-movie-dc-shared-universe/|title= Guillermo del Toro: Justice League Dark is Part of DC's Shared Movie Universe|first= Ben|last= Kendrick|date= December 3, 2014|publisher= Screen Rant|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150906022604/http://screenrant.com/justice-league-dark-movie-dc-shared-universe/|archive-date= September 6, 2015|url-status= live|quote= Guillermo del Toro: 'Right now the only sort of shared universe project I'm working on is Dark Universe for Warners, you know, for DC, which is Swamp Thing, Demon, Deadman, Zatanna'.}}{{cite web|url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/28/guillermo-del-toro-gives-justice-league-darkdark-universe-script-to-warner-bros|title= Guillermo del Toro Gives Justice League Dark/Dark Universe Script to Warner Bros.|first= Anthony|last= Couto|date= November 28, 2014|publisher= IGN|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150109152940/http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/28/guillermo-del-toro-gives-justice-league-darkdark-universe-script-to-warner-bros|archive-date= January 9, 2015|url-status= live|quote= The basis for Dark Universe – the comic book series Justice League Dark – features supernatural characters from the DC lore, including Zatanna, Deadman, Frankenstein, Swamp Thing, and notably, John Constantine.}}
• A live-action Zatanna film, developed by Warner Bros. Discovery and Bad Robot and with Emerald Fennell serving as a writer, was in production before it was cancelled as of March 2021.{{Cite web|last=Rubin|first=Rebecca|date=March 22, 2021|title=DC Films Taps 'Promising Young Woman' Director Emerald Fennell to Write Zatanna Superhero Movie (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/emerald-fennell-zatanna-movie-1234931976/|access-date=March 22, 2021|website=Variety|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Davis|first=Clayton|date=April 1, 2021|title='Promising Young Woman': Emerald Fennell, Margot Robbie, Josey McNamara on Oscars and if There's a #FennellCut|url=https://variety.com/2021/awards/awards/margot-robbie-emerald-fennell-josey-mcnamara-promising-young-woman-podcast-1234941060/|access-date=April 8, 2021|website=Variety|language=en}}

• An unnamed alternate universe version of Zatanna makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths as a minor member of the Crime Syndicate.
• The Young Justice incarnation of Zatanna makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery.{{cite web|url= http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/126674-scooby-doo-wrestlemania-mystery-stuns-viewers-with-a-young-justice-easter-egg.html|title= Scooby Doo: Wrestlemania Mystery Stuns Viewers With a Young Justice Easter Egg|date= March 13, 2014|publisher= Theouthousers.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160409235640/http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/126674-scooby-doo-wrestlemania-mystery-stuns-viewers-with-a-young-justice-easter-egg.html|archive-date= April 9, 2016|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= http://www.cbr.com/young-justices-brandon-vietti-pairs-scooby-doo-wwe-hints-at-dc-return/|title= Young Justice's Brandon Vietti Pairs Scooby-Doo & WWE, Hints at DC Return|last1= White|first1= Brett|last2= Ching|first2= Albert|date= March 25, 2014|publisher= Comic Book Resources|archive-date= October 27, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161027035611/http://www.cbr.com/young-justices-brandon-vietti-pairs-scooby-doo-wwe-hints-at-dc-return/|url-status= live}}
• Zatanna appears in the DC Animated Movie Universe (DCAMU) films Justice League Dark and Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, voiced by Camilla Luddington.{{cite news|url=http://www.superherohype.com/news/379295-justice-league-dark-featurette-reveals-matt-ryan-returns-as-constantine|title=Justice League Dark Featurette Reveals Matt Ryan Returns as Constantine!|publisher=Superhero Hype|last=Perry|first=Spencer|date=July 26, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161017100321/http://www.superherohype.com/news/379295-justice-league-dark-featurette-reveals-matt-ryan-returns-as-constantine|archive-date= October 17, 2016|url-status= live}} This version is a member of Justice League Dark.
• Zatanna appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash, voiced by Kate Micucci.
• Zatanna makes a cameo appearance in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.
• Zatanna appears in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths.{{Cite web |last=Harvey |first=James |date=2023-11-22 |title="Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths" Trilogy Teaser Trailer Released |url=https://dcanimated.com/2023/11/justice-league-crisis-on-infinite-earths-trilogy-teaser-trailer-released/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=The World's Finest |language=en-US}}

• Zatanna appears as a playable character in Justice League Heroes, voiced by Kari Wahlgren.
• Zatanna appears as a non-playable character (NPC) in DC Universe Online, voiced by Claire Hamilton.
• Zatanna appears as a downloadable playable character in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, voiced again by Kari Wahlgren.{{cite web |url= http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/05/nightwing-bizarro-and-zatanna-playable-with-lego-batman-2-pre-order-dlc/|title= Nightwing, Bizarro And Zatanna Playable With Lego Batman 2 Pre-Order DLC|first= Evan|last= Narcisse|date= May 22, 2012|publisher= Kotaku Australia|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195452/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/05/nightwing-bizarro-and-zatanna-playable-with-lego-batman-2-pre-order-dlc/|archive-date= October 29, 2013|url-status= dead|access-date= November 15, 2012}}
• Zatanna appears as a playable character in Young Justice: Legacy, voiced again by Lacey Chabert.
• Zatanna appears as a downloadable playable character in Injustice: Gods Among Us, voiced again by Lacey Chabert.{{cite web |url= http://www.destructoid.com/zatanna-is-the-sixth-dlc-character-for-injustice-259545.phtml|title= Zatanna is the sixth DLC character for Injustice|date= August 7, 2013|publisher= Destructoid.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131213023017/http://www.destructoid.com/zatanna-is-the-sixth-dlc-character-for-injustice-259545.phtml|archive-date= December 13, 2013|url-status= live}}
• Zatanna appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced again by Kari Wahlgren.
• Zatanna appears as a playable character in Infinite Crisis.
• Zatanna makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Doctor Fate and Raiden's endings in Injustice 2. In the latter, she serves as a founding member of Justice League Dark.
• Zatanna appears as a playable character in DC Unchained.
• Zatanna appears as a playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains via the "Justice League Dark" DLC pack.
• Zatanna appears in DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power, voiced again by Kari Wahlgren.

• Zatanna appears in Gotham Girls, voiced by Stacie Randall.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
• A teenage Zatanna appears in the Zatanna: Trial of the Crystal Wand segment of Cartoon Monsoon, voiced by Tara Strong. This version takes inspiration from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and Buffy Summers and has an older brother named Damon.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/legends-of-yesterday-dc-comics-15-most-forgotten-cartoons/|title=Legends of Yesterday: DC Comics' 15 Most Forgotten Cartoons|date=December 3, 2016|website=Comic Book Resource|last=Webber|first=Tim|access-date=May 31, 2022}}
• The Smallville incarnation of Zatanna appears in Smallville: Harbinger.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
• The Injustice incarnation of Zatanna appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
• The DC Super Hero Girls incarnation of Zatanna appears in the franchise's tie-in novel Spaced Out.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

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