DC's Zatannic Panic! (2025) #1

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Zatanna: "The Greatest Magician There Ever Was"
DC's Zatannic Panic!
December, 2025
Rated T for Teen (12+)
Executive Editor	Marie Javins
Cover Artists	Lee Bermejo
Variant Cover Artists
Cover Variant #1	Daniel Warren Johnson Mike Spicer
Cover Variant #2	Sean Tay
Zatanna: "The Greatest Magician There Ever Was"
Writers	Lyndon Radchenka
Pencilers	John McCrea
Inkers	John McCrea
Colorists	Mike Spicer
Letterers	Ariana Maher
Editors	Andrew Marino
Batman: "Ouroboros: A Palindromic Batman Story"
Writers	Roberto Recchioni
Pencilers	Gigi Cavenago
Inkers	Gigi Cavenago
Colorists	Gigi Cavenago
Letterers	Steve Wands
Editors	Andrew Marino
Plastic Man: "Full-Size Bars"
Writers	Daniel Warren Johnson
Pencilers	Riley Rossmo
Inkers	Riley Rossmo
Colorists	Inaki Azpiazu
Letterers	Tom Napolitano
Editors	Andrew Marino
The Warlord: "In Your Eyes"
Writers	Alex Galer
Pencilers	Daniel Bayliss
Inkers	Daniel Bayliss
Colorists	Matt Herms
Letterers	Ferran Delgado
Editors	Michael McCalister
The Demon: "Splitting Heirs"
Writers	Cavan Scott
Pencilers	Don Aguillo
Inkers	Don Aguillo
Colorists	Don Aguillo
Letterers	Micah Myers
Editors	Michael McCalister
Swamp Thing + Constantine: "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse"
Writers	Andrew MacLean
Pencilers	Andrew MacLean
Inkers	Andrew MacLean
Colorists	Jordie Bellaire
Letterers	Andrew MacLean
Editors	Andrew Marino
Raven: "The Trick or Treater of Gladestone Street"
Writers	Rowan MacColl
Pencilers	Rowan MacColl
Inkers	Rowan MacColl
Colorists	Rowan MacColl
Letterers	Ferran Delgado
Editors	Sabrina Futch
Ambush Bug: "The Haunted Comic"
Writers	Callie C. Miller
Pencilers	Megan Huang
Inkers	Megan Huang
Colorists	Megan Huang
Letterers	Pat Brosseau
Editors	Sabrina Futch

Only I can save the Multiverse, obviously.

— Ambush Bug

DC's Zatannic Panic! #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of December, 2025. It was published on October 1, 2025.

Appearing in Zatanna: "The Greatest Magician There Ever Was"

Featured Characters:

• Zatanna Zatara (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Giovanni Zatara (Single appearance) (Flashback only)

Antagonists:

• Brother Night (Single appearance)
• "Hellbeast" (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Lost souls

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • Zatanna's Theater
• Forest of Lost Souls (First appearance)

Items:

• 
  

Concepts:

• Magic
  

Appearing in Batman: "Ouroboros: A Palindromic Batman Story"

Featured Characters:

• Batman (Bruce Wayne) (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Alfred Pennyworth (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Cul of Ouroboros (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
  • Unnamed high priest (Single appearance) (Cameo)

Other Characters:

• 
  

Locations:

• United States of America
  • Gotham City
    • Batcave

Items:

• Batcomputer
• Batsuit

Concepts:

• Ouroboros
  

Appearing in Plastic Man: "Full-Size Bars"

Featured Characters:

• Plastic Man (Eel O'Brian) (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Children (Merge with Plastic Man)
  • Ralphie (Single appearance)
  • Rivers (Single appearance)
  • Samantha (Single appearance)

Antagonists:

• Unnamed parasitic creature (First appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

• Rivers' father (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
• Rivers' mother (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
• God (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • Plastic Man's House

Items:

• 
  

Concepts:

• Metahumans
  

Appearing in The Warlord: "In Your Eyes"

Featured Characters:

• The Warlord (Travis Morgan) (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• 
  

Antagonists:

• The Legend of Skartaris (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Also as a spirit)
  • Unnamed lizardwoman (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Dinosaurs
• Machiste (Flashback only)
• Skartarians (All die)
• United States Air Force (Flashback only)
• Soviets (Mentioned only)
• Errol Flynn (Mentioned only)
• Gary Cooper (Mentioned only)
• John Wayne (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth
  • Skartaris
    • Cave of the Legend
  • United States of America (Flashback only)
• Hell (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Warlord's Sword

Vehicles:

• Warlord's Plane (Flashback only)

Concepts:

• Magic
  

Appearing in The Demon: "Splitting Heirs"

Featured Characters:

• Etrigan (Single appearance)
  • Jason Blood (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• 
  

Antagonists:

• Malgra, the Queen of Hell (Single appearance)
  • Demons

Other Characters:

• Beelzebub (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • Gotham City
• Hell (Cameo)

Items:

• 
  

Concepts:

• Magic
  • Crown of Hell
  • Hellfire
  • Hellgate
  • Summoning
    

Appearing in Swamp Thing + Constantine: "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse"

Featured Characters:

• John Constantine (Single appearance) (Turned) (Cured)
• Swamp Thing (Alec Holland) (Single appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• 
  

Antagonists:

• Calvin the Werewolf (Single appearance) (Cured)

Other Characters:

• Calvin's father (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Cameo)
• Calvin's mother (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Cameo)

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • Louisiana

Items:

• Silk Cut
• Wolfsbane

Concepts:

• The Green (Behind the scenes)
• Magic
  • Lycanthropy
• Metahumans
  

Appearing in Raven: "The Trick or Treater of Gladestone Street"

Featured Characters:

• Raven (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Titans (Phone call only)

Antagonists:

• Trick or Treater of Gladestone Street (Single appearance) (As a spirit)
  • Trigon (Single appearance) (As an illusion only)

Other Characters:

• Piper (Kidnapped child) (Single appearance)
• Piper's mother (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Cameo)

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • Gladestone Street

Items:

• 
  

Events:

• Halloween

Concepts:

• Magic
  

Appearing in Ambush Bug: "The Haunted Comic"

Featured Characters:

• Ambush Bug (Single appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Ambush Bug's son (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
• Raven
• Superman (Canceled Comic) (Single appearance)

Antagonists:

• Argh!yle (Ambush Bug's World) (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Cameo)
  • Alfred Pennyworth (Batman's World) (Cameo)
• Brother Night (Zatanna's World) (Cameo)
• Dinosaurs (Warlord's World) (Cameo)
• Jason Blood (Voice) (Cameo)
  • Etrigan (Behind the scenes)
• Plastic Man (Eel O'Brian) (Cameo)
• Robin/Damian Wayne (Ambush Bug's World) (Single appearance) (As merchandise only) (Cameo)
• Superman/Clark Kent (Ambush Bug's World) (Single appearance) (In a photograph only) (Also as merchandise) (Cameo)
• Unnamed parasitic creature (Plastic Man's World) (Dies) (Cameo)
• Wonder Woman (Ambush Bug's World) (Single appearance) (As merchandise only) (Cameo)
• Zatanna Zatara (Cameo)
• Brainiac (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
• Darkseid (Post-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
• Lex Luthor (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
• Mister Mxyzptlk (Post-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Multiverse (Behind the scenes)
  • Ambush Bug's World (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
    • United States of America
      • A. Bug Enteprises (Single appearance)
  • Batman's World (Unnamed)
    • United States of America
      • Batcave
  • Etrigan's Word (Unnamed)
    • United States of America
      • Gotham City
  • Plastic Man's World (Unnamed)
    • United States of America
      • Plastic Man's House
  • Raven's World (Unnamed)
    • United States of America
  • Swamp Thing and John Constantine's World (Unnamed)
    • United States of America
      • Louisiana
  • Warlord's World (Unnamed)
    • Skartaris
  • World of Superman's Canceled Comic (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
    • United States of America
      • Metropolis
  • Zatanna's World (Unnamed)
    • United States of America
      • Zatanna's Theater
• Sphere of the Gods
  • Underworld
    • Phantom Zone (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Superman's Costume

Events:

• Halloween

Concepts:

• Fourth Wall
• Magic
• Metahumans

Notes

• In "The Haunted Comic", Ambush Bug reveals that all the previous stories from this one-shot are set on different alternate realities within the Multiverse– or possibly Hypertime.

See Also

• Images from DC's Zatannic Panic! Vol 1 1

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