Zatanna Zatara (Infinite Crisis Video Game: Earth-0)

Zatanna
Infinite Crisis‎: Earth-0
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Real Name	Zatanna Zatara
Main Alias	Zatanna
Relatives	Giovanni Zatara (father, deceased)
Affiliation	Justice League
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	, Magician
Characteristics
Gender	Female
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Infinite Crisis (Video Game): Earth-0
Creators	Gardner Fox · Murphy Anderson
First Appearance	Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse #4 (Digital) (June, 2014)

Zatanna Zatara is a stage magician, who also uses her magical abilities as a hero to fight mystical enemies.

History

Zatanna was born to Giovanni Zatara, a stage magician with actual magical powers. Her father eventually passed away, but Zatanna inherited his powers, which she used in her career as a stage magician and as a hero fighting mystical threats against the world. She eventually became a member of the superhero team called the Justice League.

Searching for Batman

When their fellow League member Batman disappeared, Cyborg called the Flash and Zatanna to "Leachman's Rarities" in Gotham City, in order to investigate. Zatanna tried searching for him, but was unable to find any trace in the whole universe. After they were unable to find any trace of him, Cyborg tried examining the energy signature in the area, so he could attempt to replicate it. This opened a portal between universes called the Bleed and Zatanna attempted to find Batman through a spell, but it only brought a vampiric version of him out. As Cyborg and Zatanna struggled against the vampire, Flash attacked him but was soon smashed away. This however allowed Zatanna and Cyborg to beat him back into the portal. Cyborg attempted to close it before he could return, but the portal destabilized and transported everyone to an unfamiliar universe.

As the Metropolis of the Earth-44 they had arrived to came under attack, the League members searched for more information and found they were in a variation of their own Metropolis. Flash suggested going back to Earth-0for reinforcements, but Cyborg stated it would take time as the portal he had created earlier destabilized. They soon felt the ground shaking and decided to have a look, though Flash went alone much to the chagrin of others. When a giant monster who looked like Doomsday tried crushing him, Zatanna and Cyborg came to his rescue, but were soon knocked away by the beast's thunderclap. The Superman of that world soon arrived to save them and asked what instructions the Monitor, who had promised him allies, had left them. When they failed to answer, he declared that they then must be a threat.

Zatanna froze Superman of Earth-44 in place as he tried taking them down. When she tried un-freezing him, she was told not to by Cyborg, who found the Superman was a robot, who'll only believe them with enough data. As Zatanna suggested learning the origin of the Doomsday beast with her magic, the monster beast soon struck at them. Flash rushed away with her, while Cyborg teleported away, but the Mecha Superman was destroyed. Zatanna believed he had died and blamed herself in shock. Flash calmed her down and stated they must avenge his death, which others agreed with. As the League struggled, the Justice Consortium arrived to fight the monster. Zatanna found that they were facing Doomsday from the magical universe of Earth-13. Superman, who had reconstructed himself, arrived and assured he trusted them. He refused to concede when she stated Doomsday was unstoppable and encouraged the others to fight on.

When the Justice Consortium was destroyed, the others struggled to come up with a plan, before Zatanna flew away to attack on her own and told the others to watch her back. The monster soon knocked her away, but the Flash saved her from falling to the ground, using his Speed Force to counter her terminal velocity. Mecha Superman arrived with Cyborg after saving him from Doomsday, before showing Flash and Zatanna the device they had found on the monster's back. Superman believed it was one of the artifacts the Monitor warned him of earlier and might send him back if it was destroyed. Zatanna disagreed with loosening Doomsday on another world, but Flash stated it was wiser to fight him on Earth-13, since she would be more powerful there. She agreed with his plan and the team decided to attack the beast together.

Cyborg mounted another attack to distract Doomsday, teleporting away before the beast could distract him. The others soon joined in, knowing he couldn't keep it up for long, with Zatanna creating a number of duplicates of him. Mecha Superman used the distraction provided by the Justice League and destroyed the device on Doomsday's back, sending him to Earth-13. Cyborg then took them to Doomsday's world, where they found Earth-13's Supergirl, Zatanna and Lord Zod fighting mysterious drones. Doomsday was sealed away again again by the same magic that had imprisoned him, creating a shockwave that disoriented the drones. The League, Mecha Superman and heroes of Earth-13 together defeated the drones, forcing their mysterious leader to order them to withdraw.

Fight for Nil

Batman later arrived on Earth-13 with his new allies: Catwoman of Earth-19, Green Lantern of Earth-13, Wonder Woman of Earth-17 and Robin of Earth-43. Zatanna and the other League members were surprised to find him. Batman stated they had a war to fight and needed to do it fast. As the two teams discussed their plan, Cyborg had Mecha Superman pinpoint the location of the attackers who assaulted the heroes of Earth-13. The teams determined to join forces against their enemy and the crisis threatening the Multiverse. Zatanna of Earth-0 was soon possessed by her Earth-13 counterpart, who warned her that something was approaching them. They soon found out that it was Lex Luthor of Earth-19.

Lex tried to make the heroes believe they could trust him, though none of them did, and asked Catwoman to vouch for him. Catwoman however stated that he was in actual a ruthless power-hungry industrialist. Lantern and Zod requested Batman to trust him, since he was an expert of technology. Batman agreed but asked the others to keep an eye on Lex. Hal then took them to the Vault of the Diurnal Sphere where they could plan and examine his world. Batman asked her to learn its principles, which she acquiesced. Upon seeing that all the Titans of Earth-13 had been released in other universes, Lex helped the heroes realize that their enemy was going to assault Nil, the Monitor's homeworld, and they rushed to get there in time.

Lord Zod, Cyborg, Batman and Robin soon arrived on Nil to battle mysterious foes, who Cyborg found were Metallos of Earth-43. After finding his team outmatched, Batman told Cyborg to call in another team of heroes consisting of Mecha Superman, Zatannas of Earth-0 and Earth-13, as well as Green Lantern, to their location. He also had him send a third team consisting of Wonder Woman, Flash, Supergirl, Lex and Catwoman away from the battle to conduct reconnaissance. Superman soon started smashing up the Metallos after learning their name, believing they were only supposed to be an imaginary creation made up by his designer Clark Kent. This forced the enemy to withdraw. After Batman calmed Superman, Cyborg told the others that Flash's team had found the Monitor's corpse.

When Flash's team started being overwhelmed by Metallos led by Brainiac of Earth-43 outside Axis Tower, Batman's team soon came to their rescue. Struggling to beat their enemy, Batman decided to use Nil's defenses and told Lex to come with him, while leaving the others to fend off the Metallos. The two discovered that the Monitor was still alive and Batman had Flash bring Zatanna of Earth-0 to them. He told her to insulate the Eternal Key, iso it could be used as a central operating system for Nil's defense systems, but prevented from being hacked. This allowed the Monitor to activate them, resulting in Brainiac's death and his forces being defeated. The Monitor then sent the heroes back to their universes, in order to recruit new allies and keep an eye out for any threats.

The Earth Engine

After the discovery of Earth Engines across the Multiverse, the Monitor tried to disable the one the heroes led by Batman found on Earth-19, but ended up triggering its anti-tampering mechanism. This drove him into a mad rage. As the heroes struggled to contain him, Batman told Catwoman to call every hero they knew. Zatanna soon arrived with her fellow League members and heroes of Earth-13 to Earth-19's Metropolis. After the magic users temporarily calmed the Monitor down, Barry started feeling the maddening effect of the Earth Engine. Batman then had Green Lantern protect everyone with his energy.

After Superman of Earth-0 and Mecha Superman threw the Earth Engine into the Bleed, Catwoman realized that Luthor was missing. Batman told the heroes to split up and look for him, with Catwoman discovering he was being mind-controlled by Vandal Savage of her world. Hawkgirl of Earth-19 helped Batman, Catwoman and Robin in defeating him by destroying his suggestion device. The freed Lex disabled the Earth Engines across the multiverse. The Monitor soon arrived to take Savage away and sent the heroes back to their worlds.

Infinite Crisis

As the most powerful wave of Infinite Crisis struck, realities were torn asunder and cast adrift into the Bleed. This resulted in Gotham of Earth-19 and Gotham of Earth-0, which were adrift in the Bleed, to be merged together. Zatanna joined the other champions to fight back against the new threat endangering the multiverse.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Magic
  • Eldritch Blast: Zatanna can blast enemies with mystical energy.
  • Energy Construct Creation: She can create constructs like swords using her magical powers.
  • Flight
  • Force Field: Her powers allow her to generate a force field, that can protect her from attacks of great force. She can also protect others with her power.
  • Reality Alteration: She can manipulate reality at will to inflicts confusions and mental trauma on her target.
  • Tracking: Her magical powers allow her to find any particular person in the whole universe and even in other universes through a portal.
  • Transformation: She can turn others into things like rabbits.

Abilities

• Occultism: She has knowledge of vast amounts of magic.
• Prestidigitation: As a stage-magician, she performs conjuring tricks to please the crowd.

Weaknesses

• Mnemonic Incantation: Zatanna needs to speak backwards to cast her spells, which is a complicated task. If she doesn't speak the words correctly, the spell will fail to activate.
  

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Magic Wand: Zatanna also uses her magic wand to cast spells, though it isn't known how much it helps her. She is able to access magic without it.

Notes

• This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the Infinite Crisis (Video Game) franchise and is an adaptation of Zatanna. The original character was created by Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson and first appeared in Hawkman #4.
• Zatanna was voiced by Lacey Chabert.

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Footnotes

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