| ZATARA (Giovanni "John" Zatara) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Fred Guardineer |
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Zatara (Giovanni Zatara)
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CHRONOLOGY
Zatara first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June 1938).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Zatara in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Zatara Chronology
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| DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5 (November-December 1980): "The Secret Spell" [Flashbacks] |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #27/2 (June 1988): "The Length of His Sleep" [Flashbacks; post-Crisis retelling of flashbacks in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5 with new details added] |
| Golden Age Secret Files #1/3 (February 2001): "The Sentinel" |
| Action Comics #1/2 (June 1938): "The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies" |
| Action Comics #2/5 (July 1938): "The Haunted Farm" |
| Action Comics #3/5 (August 1938): "Death from the Air" |
| Action Comics #4/5 (September 1938): "The Night Club Murder" |
| Action Comics #5/5 (October 1938): "The Egyptian Wizard" |
| Action Comics #6/5 (November 1938): "The Emerald of Cheops" |
| Action Comics #7/5 (December 1938): "The Zulu Diamond Mine" |
| Action Comics #8/5 (January 1939): "The Indian Prince" |
| Action Comics #9/5 (February 1939): "The Mad Lama" |
| Action Comics #10/5 (March 1939): "The Treasure of Ghenghis Khan" |
| Action Comics #11/5 (April 1939): "The Sea Ghost" |
| Action Comics #12/5 (May 1939): "The Land of the Fourth Dimension" |
| New York World's Fair Comics #1/5 (1939): "The World's Fair Exhibit" |
| Action Comics #13/5 (June 1939): "The Swamp of Satan" |
| Action Comics #14/4 (July 1939): "The Fountain of Youth" |
| Action Comics #15/4 (August 1939): "The Ice Menace" |
| Action Comics #16/4 (September 1939): "The Terror from Saturn" |
| Action Comics #17/4 (October 1939): "The Peril of Ophir" |
| Action Comics #18/5 (November 1939): "The Atlantis Mystery" |
| Action Comics #19/5 (December 1939): "The Gorilla King" |
| Action Comics #20/5 (January 1940): "The Moon Men" |
| Action Comics #21/5 (February 1940): "The Deaths on the Moor" |
| Action Comics #22/5 (March 1940): "The Mask" |
| Action Comics #23/5 (April 1940): "The Treasure Tower" |
| Madame Xanadu Vol. 2 #9 (May 2009): "Chapter the Last: Of the Future" |
| Madame Xanadu Vol. 2 #10 (June 2009): [No Title] |
| Action Comics #24/6 (May 1940): "The Magician Murder" |
| Action Comics #25/6 (June 1940): "The One Man Crime Wave" |
| New York World's Fair Comics #2/4 (1940): "At the World's Fair" |
| Action Comics #26/6 (July 1940): "The Jagtooth Gold Mine" |
| Action Comics #27/6 (August 1940): "The Vanished Explorer" |
| Action Comics #28/6 (September 1940): [The Gringo Gang] |
| Action Comics #29/6 (October 1940): [Captain Kidd's Treasure] |
| Action Comics #30/6 (November 1940): "The Mottled Death" |
| Action Comics #31/6 (December 1940): [European War] |
| Action Comics #32/6 (January 1941): [The Antigravity Machine] |
| Action Comics #33/6 (February 1941): [The Platinum Idol] |
| Action Comics #34/6 (March 1941): "Get Zatara" |
| Action Comics #35/6 (April 1941): [The Inheritance] |
| World's Best Comics #1/6 (spring 1941): [The Menace] |
| Action Comics #36/6 (May 1941): [The Dude Ranch Kidnappers] |
| Action Comics #37/6 (June 1941): [The Baseball Fixers] |
| Action Comics #38/6 (July 1941): [The Rolling Fireball Menace] |
| World's Finest Comics #2/6 (summer 1941): [The Tornado Mystery] |
| Action Comics #39/7 (August 1941): [The Zin Diamond] |
| Action Comics #40/7 (September 1941): [The Duped Daughter] |
| Action Comics #41/7 (October 1941): [The Rival Ranchers] |
| World's Finest Comics #3/6 (fall 1941): "Magic Casts Its Vote" |
| Action Comics #42/7 (November 1941): [The Man Who Could Control Minds] |
| Action Comics #43/6 (December 1941): [The Boss of Forrest City] |
| Action Comics #44/6 (January 1942): [Theft by Rocket] |
| World's Finest Comics #4/2 (winter 1941): "The Pageant of Plunder" |
| Action Comics #45/6 (February 1942): [The Cobra] |
| Action Comics #46/6 (March 1942): [Fights the Nazis in Europe] |
| Action Comics #47/6 (April 1942): [Nargo, the Ruler of Atlantis] |
| World's Finest Comics #5/2 (spring 1942): "The Man Who Stole a Bank" |
| Action Comics #48/6 (May 1942): "The Case of the Maddening Music" |
| Action Comics #49/6 (June 1942): "The Story of the Magical Mobsters" |
| Action Comics #50/6 (July 1942): "The Case of the Man Who Could Not Die" |
| World's Finest Comics #6/2 (summer 1942): "Mystery of the Cat's Eye Spell" |
| Action Comics #51 (August 1942): "The Case of the Coconut Crimes" |
| All-Star Squadron #31 (March 1984): "Uncle Sam Wants You" |
| All-Star Squadron #32 (April 1984): "Crisis on Earth-X: The Prelude" [Behind the scenes] |
| Action Comics #52/6 (September 1942): "Crime on Ice" |
| World's Finest Comics #7/2 (fall 1942): "The Case of the Walking Dynamo" |
| All-Star Squadron #59 (July 1986): "Out of the Ashes... Mekanique" |
| All-Star Squadron #60 (August 1986): "The End of the Beginning!" |
| Young All-Stars #3 (August 1987): "A Call to Arms" |
| Young All-Stars #9 (February 1988): "You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Souls" |
| Young All-Stars Annual #1 (1988): "The Mekanique Paradox" |
| Action Comics #53/6 (October 1942): "Crooks -- Handle with Care" |
| Young All-Stars #27 (July 1989): "Meanwhile..." [Flashback to events taking place during Action Comics #53] |
| Action Comics #54/6 (November 1942): "Recipe for Robbery" |
| Action Comics #55/6 (December 1942): "Crimes by Coincidence" |
| Action Comics #56/6 (January 1943): "The Case of the Phony Funny Man" |
| World's Finest Comics #8/2 (winter 1942): "The Magic Lantern" |
| Action Comics #57/6 (February 1943): "Treasure Trove" |
| Action Comics #58/6 (March 1943): "The Seven Year Itch" |
| Action Comics #59/6 (April 1943): "Crime Takes a Detour" |
| World's Finest Comics #9/2 (spring 1943): "The Man Who Could Make It Rain" |
| Action Comics #60/2 (May 1943): "Styles in Crime" |
| Action Comics #61/2 (June 1943): "The Man Who Stole Magic" |
| Action Comics #62 (July 1943): "The Money Buyer" |
| World's Finest Comics #10/3 (summer 1943): "The Man Who Made Mirages" |
| Action Comics #63/6 (August 1943): "The Pirate of Pleasure" |
| Action Comics #64 (September 1943): "Quiet... Thugs at Work" |
| Action Comics #65 (October 1943): "The Riddle of the Tired Thespians" |
| World's Finest Comics #11/3 (fall 1943): "Coupons of Cutthroats" |
| Action Comics #66 (November 1943): "Circus Daze" |
| Action Comics #67 (December 1943): "Mardi Gras Marauders" |
| Action Comics #68 (January 1944): "The Picture That Walked" |
| World's Finest Comics #12/3 (winter 1943): "Bobby Meets a Brownie" |
| Action Comics #69/5 (February 1944): "East Meets West" |
| Action Comics #70/5 (March 1944): "Clouds of Crime" |
| Action Comics #71/5 (April 1944): "The Idol on the Island" |
| World's Finest Comics #13/5 (spring 1944): "Crime's Most Embarrassing Moments" |
| Action Comics #72 (May 1944): "Magic Knights" |
| Action Comics #73 (June 1944): "Rocks of Riches" |
| Action Comics #74 (July 1944): "The Lions' Den" |
| World's Finest Comics #14/4 (summer 1944): "The History of the Harried Hypnotist" |
| Action Comics #75/4 (August 1944): "The Sting of Death" |
| Action Comics #76/5 (September 1944): "Walk of Death" |
| Action Comics #77/5 (October 1944): "The Pranks of Pan" |
| World's Finest Comics #15/3 (fall 1944): "Too Hot to Handle" |
| Action Comics #78/5 (November 1944): "Planes without Pilots" |
| Action Comics #79/5 (December 1944): "When Magic Fails" |
| Action Comics #80/4 (January 1945): "Tumbling Timber" |
| World's Finest Comics #16/3 (winter 1944): "The Bursting Banks" |
| Action Comics #81/5 (February 1945): "Sea-Going Sparklers" |
| All-Star Comics Vol. 2 #1 (Early May 1999): "Time's Keeper" |
| All-Star Comics Vol. 2 #2 (Late May 1999): "Time's Arrow" |
| Action Comics #82/5 (March 1945): "Facts About Fables" |
| Action Comics #83/5 (April 1945): "The Innocent Thief" |
| World's Finest Comics #17/3 (spring 1945): "The Thieves Nobody Saw" |
| Action Comics #84/5 (May 1945): "Day of Wishes" |
| Action Comics #85/5 (June 1945): "The Magician's Apprentice" |
| Action Comics #86/4 (July 1945): "Crime -- Off the Record" |
| World's Finest Comics #18/3 (summer 1945): "The Toys That Live" |
| Action Comics #87/4 (August 1945): "The Show Goes On" |
| Action Comics #88/5 (September 1945): "Pranks and Parrots" |
| Action Comics #89/5 (October 1945): "Race Against Rogues" |
| World's Finest Comics #19/3 (fall 1945): "Magic, Many Miles Away" |
| Action Comics #90/5 (November 1945): "School Days, School Days" |
| Action Comics #91/5 (December 1945): "One Man Show" |
| Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant 2010 #1/6 (December 2010): "More Than One Way" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #92/5 (January 1946): "Lowdown on a High Hat" |
| World's Finest Comics #20/3 (winter 1945): "Money Talks" |
| Action Comics #93/4 (February 1946): "Magic of Music" |
| Action Comics #94/5 (March 1946): "The Mental Marvel" |
| Action Comics #95/5 (April 1946): "Spotlight for Cinderella" |
| World's Finest Comics #21/3 (March-April 1946): "Poison for Plunderers" |
| Action Comics #96/4 (May 1946): "Wonders of Words" |
| World's Finest Comics #22/3 (May-June 1946): "Double Magic" |
| Action Comics #97/4 (June 1946): "Magic Sports" |
| Action Comics #98/3 (July 1946): "Fish Catches Man" |
| World's Finest Comics #23/3 (July-August 1946): "Whose Zoo?" |
| Action Comics #99/2 (August 1946): "Faces in the Future" |
| Action Comics #100/5 (September 1946): "Magic -- Past or Present" |
| World's Finest Comics #24/2 (September-October 1946): "Digging for Danger" |
| Action Comics #101/5 (October 1946): "The Man Who Didn't Dare" |
| Action Comics #102/5 (November 1946): "Antics About Ancestors" |
| World's Finest Comics #25/2 (November-December 1946): "Magic Broadcast" |
| Action Comics #103/2 (December 1946): "The Postman Never Rings" |
| Action Comics #104/5 (January 1947): "The Perilous Penny Banks" |
| World's Finest Comics #26/2 (January-February 1947): "Magic by Proxy" |
| Action Comics #105/2 (February 1947): "They Wanted Wings" |
| Action Comics #106/3 (March 1947): "Doctor of Danger" |
| World's Finest Comics #27/3 (March-April 1947): "The Staff of Life" |
| Action Comics #107/3 (April 1947): "Let It Rain" |
| Action Comics #108/3 (May 1947): "The Baker and the Jailbird" |
| World's Finest Comics #28/4 (May-June 1947): "Postage Stamp Plunder" |
| Action Comics #109/2 (June 1947): "Elevator to Excitement" |
| Action Comics #110/3 (July 1947): "Danger Is Where You Make It" |
| World's Finest Comics #29/4 (July-August 1947): "Let 'em Eat Bread" |
| Action Comics #111/3 (August 1947): "Twin Magic" |
| Action Comics #112/3 (September 1947): "Photo of a Phony" |
| World's Finest Comics #30/3 (September-October 1947): "The Timid Terror" |
| Action Comics #113/2 (October 1947): "The Man Who Was Always Late" |
| Action Comics #114/3 (November 1947): "The Canines and the Crooks" |
| World's Finest Comics #31/2 (November-December 1947): "Hilarious Harold" |
| Action Comics #115/3 (December 1947): "The Toys That Saved the Town" |
| Action Comics #116/3 (January 1948): "Copy-Cat, Copy-Cat" |
| World's Finest Comics #32/3 (January-February 1948): "The Bandits and the Books" |
| Action Comics #117/2 (February 1948): "Birds Out of Hand" |
| Action Comics #118/3 (March 1948): "Hermit for a Day" |
| World's Finest Comics #33/3 (March-April 1948): "Neat Tricks" |
| Action Comics #119/3 (April 1948): "Concert for Crime" |
| Action Comics #120/4 (May 1948): "The Animated Antiques" |
| World's Finest Comics #34/5 (May-June 1948): "A Dog-Catcher's Life" |
| Action Comics #121/3 (June 1948): "The Museum Vandals" |
| Action Comics #122/3 (July 1948): "Mail-Order Magic" |
| World's Finest Comics #35/5 (July-August 1948): "The Tattooed Crook" |
| Action Comics #123/3 (August 1948): "World of Wishes" |
| Action Comics #124/2 (September 1948): "Mimic's Magic" |
| World's Finest Comics #36/4 (September-October 1948): "Mayor of the Muggs" |
| Action Comics #125/3 (October 1948): "The Phony Pitchmen" |
| Action Comics #126/3 (November 1948): "Reggie Strikes It Rich" |
| World's Finest Comics #37/4 (November-December 1948): "Menace to Magicians" |
| Action Comics #127/4 (December 1948): "Magic Music" |
| Action Comics #128/4 (January 1949): "Horse for a Day" |
| World's Finest Comics #38 (January-February 1949): "Pete, the Inventor" |
| Action Comics #129/3 (February 1949): "The Flying Carpet" |
| Action Comics #130/4 (March 1949): "One Man's Army" |
| World's Finest Comics #39 (March-April 1949): "The Ghost Goes Wild" |
| Action Comics #131/4 (April 1949): "The Prince of Hams" |
| Action Comics #132/4 (May 1949): "The Thug Theatre" |
| World's Finest Comics #40 (May-June 1949): "The Danger Sign" |
| World's Finest Comics #41/4 (July-August 1949): "The Dog Who Could Work Miracles" |
| Action Comics #136/4 (September 1949): "The Big-House Break" |
| World's Finest Comics #42 (September-October 1949): "The Varmint and the Wizard" |
| Action Comics #138/3 (November 1949): "The Animal Actors" |
| World's Finest Comics #43 (December 1949-January 1950): "The Whispering Wizard" |
| Action Comics #141/4 (February 1950): "Fighting Fools" |
| World's Finest Comics #44 (February-March 1950): "Magic Against the Law" |
| World's Finest Comics #45 (April-May 1950): "Three Tasks for a Hero" |
| World's Finest Comics #47 (August-September 1950): "Magic in Reverse" |
| World's Finest Comics #48 (October-November 1950): "The Visiting Wizard" |
| World's Finest Comics #49 (December 1950-January 1951): "Terror on the Choo-Choo Train" |
| World's Finest Comics #50/5 (February-March 1951): "Liquid Larceny" |
| World's Finest Comics #51/5 (April-May 1951): "Arabian Knight" |
| Batman: Streets of Gotham #14 (September 2010): "The House of Hush, Prelude" [Flashback] |
| Batman: Streets of Gotham #20 (April 2011): "The House of Hush, Chapter Five: Infestation" [Flashback] |
| New Adventures of Superboy #14/2 (February 1981): "A Mix-Up in Magic" |
| Justice League of America #164 (March 1979): "Murder by Melody" [Flashback] |
| Zatanna Vol. 2 #8 (February 2011): "Pupaphobia" [Flashback] |
| Detective Comics #833 (August 2007): "Trust" [Flashback] |
| New Adventures of Superboy #49 (January 1984): "Zatara's Magical Mystery Tour" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #148 (November 1994): "Feeding Habits" [Flashback] |
| JLA: Year One #12 (December 1998): "Justice for All" |
| DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5 (November-December 1980): "The Secret Spell" [Flashback] |
| Justice League of America #51 (February 1967): "Z - as in Zatanna - and Zero Hour" |
| Detective Comics #379/2 (September 1968): "The Elongated Man's Magic Moment" |
| Adventure Comics #413/2 (December 1971): [No Title] |
| Adventure Comics #415/2 (February 1972): "Kill or Be Killed" |
| Justice League of America #161 (December 1978): "The Reverse-Spells of Zatanna's Magic-cigaM" |
| Justice League of America #162 (January 1979): "The Creation Conspiracy" |
| Justice League of America #163 (February 1979): "Concert of the Damned" |
| Justice League of America #164 (March 1979): "Murder by Melody" |
| Justice League of America #165 (April 1979): "A Mother of Magic" |
| Justice League of America #166 (May 1979): "The Long Way Home" |
| DC Comics Presents #18 (February 1980): "The Night It Rained Magic" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (February 1986): "Aftershock" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #49 (June 1986): "The Summoning" |
| Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #50 (July 1986): "The End" |
As a Ghost |
| Justice League of America #255 (October 1986): "Rising" [As a voice from the dead] |
| Spectre Vol. 2 #8 (November 1987): "Armed Against Evil" |
| Books of Magic Vol. 1 #1 (1990): "The Invisible Labyrinth" |
| War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End" [As a reanimated corpse] |
| Starman Vol. 2 #37 (December 1997): "Talking With David '97" |
| Starman Vol. 2 #80 (August 2001): "Arrivederci, Bon Voyage, Goodbye" |
| Seven Soldiers: Zatanna #4 (December 2005): "Zor!" |
| Reign in Hell #1 (September 2008): "Sundered Dominion" |
| Reign in Hell #5 (January 2009): "Surge!" |
| Zatanna Vol. 2 #3 (September 2010): "Night On Devil Mountain" [Flashback] |
As a Black Lantern |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #39 (January 2010): "By My Black Hand-- The Dead Shall Rise!, Part One: Reunion" |
| Justice League of America Vol. 2 #40 (February 2010): "By My Black Hand-- The Dead Shall Rise!, Part Two: Reunion" [Behind the scenes] |
As a Ghost |
| Zatanna Vol. 2 #2 (August 2010): "Fuseli's Nightmare" |
| Gotham City Sirens #18 (February 2011): "Yrotsih" |