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Thanks toBatman’straining , there ’s oneJustice Leaguemember who has what it takes to thrive during the DC Universe ’s dark-skinned hr . After calendar month of provision , Amanda Waller has donethe impossible and steal the powers of nearly every metahuman on Earth .
In an instant , everything change for the public ’s heroes . Using her Trinity of Evil compatriots Failsafeand the Brainiac Queen , Waller was able to tempt the champion out into the out-of-doors , then use the all - Amazo squad Task Force VII to take their powers . But as the public ’s remaining metahumans shinny for prophylactic , one Justice Leaguer reveals a Seth of skills they ’ve kept veil .
Zatanna Has Amazing Martial Arts Skills Thanks to Batman
InSuperman # 16by Joshua Williamson , Jamal Campbell , and Ariana Maher , the superhuman residential area is still adjusting after Waller ’s initial fire . At the Fortress of Solitude , Superman is fighting for his life after being shot during a money box robbery after his powers were stolen by Task Force VII ’s Last Son . Mister Terrific and Doctor Mid - Nite body of work tirelessly to quicken the equipment casualty to Clark , but even they are n’t certain that Superman will get his power backor if these injuries are going to be permanent .
Elsewhere , Waller ’s Task Force agents are on the street enforcing a stern curfew and looking for anyone with superpowers or any problematic vigilantes . A dissemble anatomy move through the streets , doing their best to evade the agents . The name approaches the outline of a room access etched into a rampart and says a charming word . Unfortunately , thaumaturgy is n’t work for them right now . Even worse , the agents spy the figure and scan them , discover that this powerless magic user is Zatanna Zataraand they draw off their guns on her .
Zatanna thinks back to her youth and think back a conversation with Bruce Wayne , who told Zatanna that she ca n’t always rely on her powers . With a smirk , Zatanna chuck out her cloak at the agent and begin punching and kicking at them with precision and skill . As the baffled agents shoot at her , Zatanna expertly dispatches both of Waller ’s cronies by knocking them out dusty . The competitiveness draws the aid of more agent , but thankfully , Lex Luthor ’s girl Friday Mercy Graves arrives to extract Zatanna and get her to refuge .
Batman and Zatanna Have Been Friends For Years
The Justice League may have been together for years at this gunpoint , but long before the DC Universe ’s greatest team ever gather , a young Bruce Wayne befriended a next ally . The two first traverse track when Zatanna ’s famous magician father , Giovanni Zatara , was hired to perform for Bruce ’s natal day party shortly after Thomas and Martha were kill . Bruce had left the festivities to be alone , but Giovanni had brought his girl to the party and she take it upon herself to look for the smart male child .
Zatanna and Batman ’s first get together can be seen inDetective Comics # 833 ( 2006 ) !
Zatanna find oneself Bruce and while the youthful human taste to brush her off , she stuck around to try and cheer him up with magic trick . Not just sleight of hand , either , but honest to good magic , generating bubble out of thin melodic phrase . Zatanna was one of the first hoi polloi to make Bruce smile in the wake of his childhood calamity . Batman afterward disclose that he examine under Zatannawhen he was travel the world . Zatanna helped Bruce memorize fly the coop prowess , a skilled that proved to be extremely useful when he lastly became the Dark Knight .
Of course , as close as Batman and Zatanna have been at various point , they also had a major jolty patch . DuringIdentity Crisis , it was unveil that Zatanna had mind - wiped Doctor Light after he broke into the League ’s headquarters . defective , Bruce had walked in when Zatanna was doing so and to prevent him from stopping her , she wiped the retentivity from Batman ’s psyche as well . Bruce feel incredibly betrayed by his one-time friend and continue her at a distance . However , after work together on a cause , Batman and Zatanna were able to move past her mistake .
How Batman’s Training is a Boon for Zatanna DuringAbsolute Power
One thing that ’s become clean-cut is that Amanda Waller is playing for keeps . She wants metahumans dealt with permanently , which is why she ’d invested so much time and effort to tech that can de - power them on a existence - blanket scale ( not to advert make a prison to book every hero on Earth ) . She last got what she was hoping for with her unexampled batch of Amazos , which were improved upon by the Brainiac Queen and Failsafe . Green Arrow also emphasise that unlike previous encounter with Amazo , the DC Hero are not going to be getting their superpower back .
But what Waller fail to account for is crusade skills , which are learned and take 60 minutes and time of day of practice . Task Force VII has only been show being able-bodied to take away magnate ( or in Zatanna ’s case , magic ) . But it does n’t seem like they can take away people ’s power to guide , blab , or fight . So even thoughZatanna ca n’t speak back to make the impossible happen anymore , she can still kick some serious butt when the situation calls for it .
It should also be pointed out that Zatanna does n’t just love genuine magic , she knows all kind of performance art tricks like slight of handwriting or , as she taught Bruce , escape art . Combine Zatanna ’s natural bent for stage magic with the combat skills she picked up from Batman and she ’s a pretty redoubtable scourge . Maybe not enough to take on one of Task Force VII ’s Amazos , but definitely enough for Zatanna to hold her own against some of Waller ’s abject - tier up enforcers . With the dreaded situation the DC Universe is in , it ’s practiced than nothing .
Zatanna’s Ready to Fight Alongside Her Allies
There ’s no uncertainty that Zatanna ’s at a disadvantage now that her conjuration ’s conk . But thankfully , she take Bruce ’s quarrel to heart all those eld ago and knows how to defend herself without the use of a spell . Things are almost certainly going to get worse before they get unspoilt , but at least Zatanna wo n’t be defenceless . As the heroes machinate a counterattack to take down Amanda Waller , Zatanna will be there , ready to put her fists to the test and doBatmanand the entireJustice Leagueproud .
Superman # 16is available now from DC Comics .
