Unofficial Chronology ZATANNA [Zatanna Zatara]
 Created by Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson

CHRONOLOGY INDEX

   Below is the definitive list of appearances of Zatanna 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.

   Follow the underlined links for a complete index of the issue, including story and creator info as well as full character chronology and in some cases story synopses.

  • First Appearance: Hawkman Vol. 1 #4 (October-November 1964)
  • ZATANNA CHRONOLOGY

  • DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5 (November-December 1980): "The Secret Spell"
  • Hawkman Vol. 1 #4 (October-November 1964): "The Girl Who Split in Two"
  • Atom #19 (June-July 1965): "World of the Magic Atom"
  • Detective Comics #336 (February 1965): "Batman's Bewitched Nightmare"
  • Green Lantern Vol. 2 #42 (January 1966): "The Other Side of the World"
  • Detective Comics #355/2 (September 1966): "The Tantalizing Troubles of the Tripod Thieves"
  • Justice League of America #51 (February 1967): "Z - as in Zatanna - and Zero Hour"
  • Flash Vol. 1 #198/2 (June 1970): "Call It Magic"
  • Justice League of America #87 (February 1971): "Batman - King of the World"
  • World's Finest Comics #207 (November 1971): "A Matter of Light and Death"
  • World's Finest Comics #208 (December 1971): "Peril of the Planet-Smashers"
  • Adventure Comics #413/2 (December 1971): [Untitled]
  • Adventure Comics #414/2 (January 1972): "The Tower of the Dead"
  • Adventure Comics #415/2 (February 1972): "Kill or Be Killed"
  • Adventure Comics #419/3 (May 1972): "A Nightmare Called Gorgonus"
  • Adventure Comics #421/2 (July 1972): "The Brave and the Broken"
  • Justice League of America #100 (August 1972): "The Unknown Soldier of Victory"
  • Justice League of America #102 (October 1972): "And One of Us Must Die"
  • Supergirl Vol. 1 #1/2 (November 1972): "Castle in the Clouds"
  • Supergirl Vol. 1 #2/2 (January 1973): "The Magic Piper"
  • Supergirl Vol. 1 #3/2 (February 1973): "Curse of the Phantom Heckler"
  • Supergirl Vol. 1 #4/2 (March 1973): "The Rock of Revenge"
  • Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #132/2 (July 1973): "The Boy Who Never Smiled!"
  • Supergirl Vol. 1 #7 (October 1973): "The Sinister Snowman"
  • Action Comics #434/2 (April 1974): "Zatanna's Double Identity"
  • Justice League of America #114 (November-December 1974): "The Return of Anakronus"
  • Justice League of America #163 (February 1979): "Concert of the Damned" [Flashback]
  • 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"
  • Justice League of America #167 (June 1979): "The League That Defeated Itself"
  • Justice League of America #168 (July 1979): "The Last Great Switcheroo"
  • Justice League of America #171 (October 1979): "The Murderer Among Us: Crisis Above Earth-One"
  • Justice League of America #172 (November 1979): "I Accuse..."
  • Justice League of America #173 (December 1979): "Testing of a Hero"
  • Justice League of America #174 (January 1980): "A Plague of Monsters"
  • DC Comics Presents #18 (February 1980): "The Night It Rained Magic"
  • Justice League of America #175 (February 1980): "But Can an Android Dream?"
  • Justice League of America #176 (March 1980): "The Dream Factories of Doctor Destiny"
  • Justice League of America #177 (April 1980): "The Graveyard Gambit"
  • Justice League of America #178 (May 1980): "The Chess-Master of Mars"
  • Justice League of America #179 (June 1980): "The Siren Song of the Satin Satan"
  • Justice League of America #180 (July 1980): "A Beautiful Evil"
  • Justice League of America #182 (September 1980): "Reprise"
  • Brave and the Bold #169 (December 1980): "Angel of Mercy, Angel of Death"
  • Justice League of America #187 (February 1981): "Proteus Says: 'All Things Must Change!'"
  • Justice League of America #188 (March 1981): "The Metamorph War"
  • New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #5 (March 1981): "Trigon Lives" [Flashback]
  • New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #4 (February 1981): "Against All Friends"
  • Justice League of America #190 (May 1981): "Our Friends, Our Enemies"
  • Justice League of America #191 (June 1981): "The Key Crisis of the One-Man Justice League"
  • Justice League of America #194 (September 1981): "Destiny is a Stacked Deck"
  • Justice League of America #195 (October 1981): "Targets on Two Worlds"
  • Superman Family #214/3 (January 1982): "Clark Gives Blood, Superman Saves Lives"
  • World's Finest Comics #274/3 (December 1981): "The Song the Shrieker Sang"
  • World's Finest Comics #275/3 (January 1982): "Soul-Shriek"
  • Justice League of America #198 (January 1982): "Once Upon a Time, in the Wild Wild West..."
  • Justice League of America #199 (February 1982): "Grand Canyon Showdown"
  • Justice League of America #200 (March 1982): "A League Divided"
  • Phantom Zone #2 (February 1982): "Earth Under Siege"
  • World's Finest Comics #276/3 (February 1982): "Magicians and Mercenaries"
  • World's Finest Comics #277/3 (March 1982): "Doppleganger"
  • World's Finest Comics #278/3 (April 1982): "Dog Day Afternoon"
  • Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #291 (May 1982): "Judgment in Infinity"
  • Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #292 (June 1982): "Seven Against Oblivion"
  • Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #293 (July 1982): "Countdown to Chaos"
  • Justice League of America #202 (May 1982): "Star Fall"
  • Fury of Firestorm #4 (September 1982): "The Icy Heart of Killer Frost"
  • Justice League of America #207 (October 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book One: Crisis Times Three"
  • All-Star Squadron #14 (October 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Two: The 'Mystery Men' of October"
  • Justice League of America #208 (November 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Three: The Bomb-Blast Heard 'Round the World!"
  • All-Star Squadron #15 (November 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Four: Master of Worlds and Time"
  • Justice League of America #209 (December 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Five: Let Old Acquaintances Be Forgot..."
  • Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #300 (February 1983): "Beautiful Dreamer, Death Unto Thee"
  • World's Finest Comics #285 (November 1982): "Deliver Us from Evil"
  • World's Finest Comics #286 (December 1982): "When Hell Breaks Loose"
  • World's Finest Comics #287 (January 1983): "Within My Heart, the Enemy" [Behind the scenes]
  • World's Finest Comics #288 (February 1983): "To Hell and Back"
  • Justice League of America #217 (August 1983): "All the Elements of Disaster"
  • Action Comics #546 (August 1983): "Showdown"
  • Justice League of America Annual #1 (1983): [No Title]
  • Justice League of America #219 (October 1983): "Crisis in the Thunderbolt Dimension"
  • Justice League of America #220 (November 1983): "The Doppelganger Gambit"
  • Justice League of America #223 (February 1984): "Beasts Part Three: Blood Sport"
  • World's Finest Comics #300 (February 1984): "A Tale of Two Worlds", or, "Planets In Peril"
  • World's Finest Comics #302 (April 1984): "No Rest for Heroes"
  • Justice League of America #225 (April 1984): "Let There Be Light!"
  • Justice League of America #227 (June 1984): "Dragon Keep"
  • Saga of the Swamp Thing #24 (May 1984): "Roots"
  • Supergirl Vol. 2 #20 (June 1984): "Celebration" [No longer in continuity]
  • Blue Devil #4 (September 1984): "The Sorceress's Apprentice"
  • Blue Devil #5 (October 1984): "Viva Nebiros!"
  • Justice League of America #228 (July 1984): "War - of the World?"
  • Justice League of America #229 (August 1984): "War of the Worlds 1984: Part Two"
  • Justice League of America #230 (September 1984): "War of the Worlds 1984: Part Three - Blessed is the Peacemaker"
  • Justice League of America Annual #2 (1984): "- The End of the Justice League"
  • Justice League of America #233 (December 1984): "Rebirth: One, Gang War"
  • Justice League of America #234 (January 1985): "Rebirth: Two, Claws"
  • Justice League of America #235 (February 1985): "Rebirth: Three, Heavy Metal"
  • Justice League of America #236 (March 1985): "Rebirth: Part Four - Conclusion, Gypsy Genius"
  • Justice League of America #237 (April 1985): "Lest Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot..."
  • Justice League of America #238 (May 1985): "Savage Symphony"
  • Justice League of America #239 (June 1985): "In the Shadow of the Ox"
  • Blue Devil #13 (June 1985): "Hooray for Hollywood"
  • Justice League of America #241 (August 1985): "Sea Change"
  • Justice League of America #242 (September 1985): "Battle Cry"
  • Justice League of America #243 (October 1985): "Storm Cloud"
  • Infinity, Inc. #19 (October 1985): "Last Crisis on Earth-Two!"
  • Justice League of America #244 (November 1985): "The Final Crisis"
  • Detective Comics #557 (December 1985): "Still Beating"
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July 1985): "And Thus Shall the World Die!"
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo" [Appearance same in part as All-Star Squadron #53]
  • Justice League of America Annual #3 (1985): "Force of Nature"
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone"
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!"
  • Justice League of America #245 (December 1985): "The Long Road Home"
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (February 1986): "Aftershock"
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis"
  • Justice League of America #246 (January 1986): "Be It Ever So Humble"
  • Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #49 (June 1986): "The Summoning"
  • Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #50 (July 1986): "The End"
  • Hawkman Vol. 2 #4 (November 1986): "For the Benefit of Mister Kite"
  • Zatanna Special #1 (1987): "Summoning"
  • Justice League of America #247 (February 1986): "...There's No Place Like Home"
  • Justice League of America #248 (March 1986): "Interweavings"
  • Justice League of America #249 (April 1986): "All Fall Down"
  • Justice League of America #250 (May 1986): "The Return of the Justice League of America"
  • Justice League of America #251 (June 1986): "Hunters and Prey"
  • Justice League of America #252 (July 1986): "Arrival"
  • Justice League of America #253 (August 1986): "Pyre"
  • Justice League of America #254 (September 1986): "Desperate Climax"
  • Justice League of America #255 (October 1986): "Rising"
  • Justice League of America #256 (November 1986): "Back to Godhead"
  • Justice League of America #257 (December 1986): "Coming Down"
  • Spectre Vol. 2 #7 (October 1987): "Pieces of Zatanna"
  • Spectre Vol. 2 #8 (November 1987): "Armed Against Evil"
  • Spectre Vol. 2 #11 (February 1988): "Housewarming Party"
  • Spectre Vol. 2 #23 (Holiday 1988): "House of the Secret Enemy"
  • Books of Magic Vol. 1 #2 (February 1991): "The Books of Magic, Book II: The Shadow World"
  • War of the Gods #1 (September 1991): "Hellfire's Web"
  • War of the Gods #2 (October 1991): "The Holy Wars"
  • Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #61 (January 1992): "To Avenge an Amazon"
  • Hellblazer #63 (March 1993): "Forty"
  • Zatanna Vol. 1 #1 (July 1993): "Come Together 1"
  • Zatanna Vol. 1 #2 (August 1993): "Come Together 2"
  • Zatanna Vol. 1 #3 (September 1993): "Come Together 3"
  • Zatanna Vol. 1 #4 (October 1993): "Come Together 4"
  • Spectre Vol. 3 #16 (March 1994): "Call For Blood"
  • Spectre Vol. 3 #17 (April 1994): "Into the Dark Side"
  • Spectre Vol. 3 #18 (May 1994): "Final Judgments"
  • Adventures of Superman #522 (April 1995): [15] "City of Hope" [Flashback]
  • Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 (March 1995): "It's My Party And I'll Fight If I Want To"
  • Fate #10 (August 1995): "Dance on Fire"
  • Primal Force #12 (October 1995): "Virtues"
  • Underworld Unleashed #3 (late December 1995): "Seduction of the Innocent"
  • Guy Gardner: Warrior #39 (February 1996): "Merriment, Mistletoe, and Mayhem!"
  • Impulse #17 (September 1996): "Quicker Than the Eye"
  • Final Night #3 (November 1996): "The Final Night, Ch. 3: Keeping Hope Alive"
  • Final Night #4 (November 1996): "The Final Knight"
  • Book of Fate #6 (July 1997): "Convergence Part 1: All That Glitters..."
  • Books of Magic Vol. 2 #39 (August 1997): "Solitaire"
  • Books of Magic Vol. 2 #40 (September 1997): "The Motherless"
  • Books of Magic Vol. 2 #41 (October 1997): "Nothing Up My Sleeve"
  • Spectre Vol. 3 #62 (February 1998): "Final Rites"
  • Teen Titans Vol. 2 #18 (March 1998): "Night of the Beast"
  • Green Lantern 80-Page Giant #2/7 (June 1999): "Crosscut"
  • Impulse #53 (October 1999): "Threats"
  • Day of Judgment #1 (November 1999): "The Summoning"
  • Day of Judgment #2 (November 1999): "Lost Souls"
  • Day of Judgment #3 (November 1999): "Choosing Sides"
  • Day of Judgment #4 (November 1999): "The End of the World As We Know It"
  • Day of Judgment #5 (November 1999): "Soul Search"
  • Day of Judgment Secret Files #1/3 (November 1999): "One Enchanted Evening..."
  • Totems (February 2000): "Totems"
  • JLA #38 (February 2000): "World War Three, Part 3"
  • JLA #39 (March 2000): "World War Three, Part 4"
  • Sins of Youth: Batboy and Robin #1 (May 2000): "Big Magic"
  • Justice Leagues: JL? #1 (March 2001): "Justice Leagues, Part 1: Twilight's Last Gleaming"
  • Justice Leagues: Justice League of Amazons #1 (March 2001): "Justice Leagues, Part II: Jungle Work"
  • Justice Leagues: Justice League of Atlantis #1 (March 2001): "Justice Leagues, Part III: Sea Change"
  • JLA: Black Baptism #1 (May 2001): "Magicide"
  • JLA: Black Baptism #2 (June 2001): "Trials in Darkness"
  • JLA: Black Baptism #4 (August 2001): "Final Sacrament"
  • Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #174 (November 2001): "The Witch and the Warrior, Part One"
  • Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #175 (December 2001): "The Witch and the Warrior, part 2: Girl Frenzy"
  • Harley Quinn #24 (November 2002): "I Ain't Got No Body--!"
  • JLA/JSA Secret Files #1 (January 2003): "The Day Before"
  • Flash Vol. 2 #208 (May 2004): "Red Carpet"
  • Flash Vol. 2 #209 (June 2004): "Fast Friends"
  • Identity Crisis #1 (August 2004): "Coffin"
  • Identity Crisis #2 (September 2004): "House of Lies"
  • Identity Crisis #3 (October 2004): "Serial Killer"
  • Flash Vol. 2 #214 (November 2004): "The Secret of Barry Allen, Part One"
  • Flash Vol. 2 #215 (December 2004): "The Secret of Barry Allen, Part Two: Reformed"
  • Flash Vol. 2 #216 (January 2005): "The Secret of Barry Allen, Part Three: Spinning"
  • Identity Crisis #7 (February 2005): "The Hero's Life"
  • Green Lantern: Rebirth #2 (January 2005): "Enemies Within"
  • Green Lantern: Rebirth #3 (February 2005): "Yellow"
  • Green Lantern: Rebirth #4 (March 2005): "Force of Will"
  • Green Lantern: Rebirth #5 (April 2005): "Rings"
  • Green Lantern: Rebirth #6 (May 2005): "Brightest Day"
  • Day of Vengeance #3 (August 2005): "A Hot Night In Budapest"
  • Day of Vengeance #4 (September 2005): "Monkey Business"
  • Day of Vengeance #5 (October 2005): "The Particle Theory of Darkness" [Flashback]
  • Catwoman Vol. 3 #49 (January 2006): "The One You Love, Conclusion"
  • Catwoman Vol. 3 #50 (February 2006): "Backward Masking, Part 1"
  • Catwoman Vol. 3 #51 (March 2006): "Backward Masking, Part 2"
  • Day of Vengeance: Infinite Crisis Special #1 (March 2006): "The Ninth Age of Magic"
  • 52 #1 (July 2006): "Golden Lads & Lasses Must..."
  • 52 #50 (June 2007): "World War III"
  • 52 #51 (June 2007): "Homecoming"
  • Catwoman Vol. 3 #57 (September 2006): "The Replacements, Conclusion"
  • Catwoman Vol. 3 #58 (October 2006): "Memories Are Made of This"
  • Detective Comics #824 (December 2006): "Night of the Penguin"
  • Detective Comics #833 (August 2007): "Trust"
  • Detective Comics #834 (September 2007): "Trust, Part 2"
  • Catwoman Vol. 3 #72 (December 2007): "Crime Pays, Part 1"
  • Detective Comics #843 (June 2008): "Opening Night!"
  • Detective Comics #844 (July 2008): "Curtains"
  • Detective Comics #847 (October 2008): "Batman R.I.P.: Heart of Hush, Part 2: The Last Good Day"
  • Gotham City Sirens #1 (August 2009): "Union"

    CHRONOLOGY UNCERTAIN

    It is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology.

  • Action Comics #824 (April 2005): "Old Man, New World"
  • Adventures of Superman #644 (November 2005): "Blame and Remorse"
  • Batman #639 (June 2005): "Family Reunion, Part 1: The Word on the Street"
  • Countdown #40 (September 2007): "Small Wonders"
  • Countdown #38 (October 2007): "All Hell!"
  • Countdown #37 (October 2007): "Forbidden Fruit"
  • Countdown #36 (October 2007): "Magical Mystery Tour"
  • Countdown #33 (November 2007): "Let's Make A Deal"
  • Birds of Prey #122 (November 2008): "Fear Itself"
  • DC Universe: Decisions #1 (early November 2008): "The Green Endorsement"
  • Green Arrow Vol. 2 #101 (October 1995): "Run of the Arrow"
  • Green Arrow Vol. 3 #52 (September 2005): "Identity Crisis Again!"
  • JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice (2003): [Virtue & Vice]
  • Justice League of America Vol. 2 #6 (March 2007): "The Tornado's Path, Final Chapter: Iron Man"
  • Justice League of America Vol. 2 #18/2 (April 2008): "Meanwhile, Back at Owl Creek Bridge..."
  • Seven Soldiers: Zatanna #1 (June 2005): "Talking Backwards Sdrawkcab Gniklat"
  • Seven Soldiers: Zatanna #2 (August 2005): "A Book in the Beginning"
  • Seven Soldiers: Zatanna #3 (September 2005): "Three Days of the Dead"
  • Seven Soldiers: Zatanna #4 (December 2005): "Zor!"
  • Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #15 (fall 1999): [45] "Heart of Hell"
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