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Zatanna is the daughter
of John Zatara, the Golden Age magician, and Sindella, a member of the
race of humans with innate magical abilities called the Homo Magi. In
fact, Zatanna inherited the genetic abilities of her mother.
Sindella seemingly died after
giving birth to Zatanna, but actually decided to return to her people
hidden in a city in northern Turkey. While Zatanna was still a child, the
evil elemental Allura placed a curse on Zatara that ensured both his death
and his daughter's should he ever see her again. To save Zatanna, Zatara
left Earth-1 on a quest across the various dimensions to find a good
counterpart of Allura that would counter the spell.
Zatanna became a stage magician
like her father, wearing a copy of her father's outfit. Soon, she became a
super-heroine and decided to begin a quest for her father. Asking the aid
of various super-heroes, Zatanna eventually traveled to the
other-dimensional world of Kharma, where a good Allura forced the evil one
to release the curse put upon Zatara. After 20 years, Zatanna met her
long-lost father Zatara.
Meanwhile, in the city of the Homo
Magi, the Hidden Ones started to tap Sindella's "medulla jewel,"
a part of her brain which emanated a special type of energy. Zatanna also possessed
a "medulla jewel," and Sindella feared the Hidden Ones would
soon start feeding off her. Sindella established a psychic link with her
daughter, which also resulted in trans- forming Zatanna's costume into a
replicate of Sindella's. Shortly thereafter, Zatanna joined the original
Justice League of America. She and her father were finally reunited with
Sindella in the Homo Magi's hidden city. However, Sindella sacrificed her
life against the Hidden Ones.
After her mother's death, Zatanna
decided a clean break was needed, and for the first time, she wore a
costume of her own devising that resembled neither her father's nor her
mother's. It was during this time that she began a romance with fellow
Justice Leaguer the Flash II,
which ended in friendship shortly thereafter.
Due to overuse of her powers,
especially after giving Justice League villain the Key his body back,
Zatanna's powers failed her. At the end of the battle with the Key and
Amazo, Zatanna found that her magical powers now only affected the 4
elementals: fire, water, air, and earth. Though her powers were curtailed,
she still proved herself against such Justice League villains as the Lord
of Time, Per Degaton, and the demon Hellrazer that possessed her body for
a time.
When the original League was
disbanded, Zatanna stayed with the new league reformed by Aquaman.
Zatanna moved with the League to Detroit, where she initiated a romance
with Dale Gunn, the Justice League's mechanic. When the Justice League
moved into their Secret Sanctuary, Zatanna left to restart her stage
career, occasionally going solo, such as when she teamed up with the Hawks
against the Kite-Man and battled a vengeful Allura.
At this time, she went on a quest
to find her missing roommate Sheri Stanley. Zatanna eventually found Sheri
under the influence of the cultist Adam, who captured Zatanna. Adam
deciphered her genetic structure and infused the Homo Magi genetic pattern
onto himself. However, Adam could not cope with the expanding
consciousness, and found himself unable to comprehend the godhead. With
the help of Zatanna and her teammates Gypsy
and Martian Manhunter,
Zatanna entered into the godhead herself. As a result, Adam and Zatanna
realized that they had a destiny together, and left together to consider
how to pursue it. Notes:
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