Zatanna 5 - Wherein Zach's tongue is discussed

[terrykun]

Four delightful pages under the cut, where we finally after several years get some honest to goodness backstory on Zach and a better glimpse into how he interacts with Zee. (:

Zee just finished off a bunch of fire demons with a holy water attack, dousing Zach, who was holding them off with ice spells.




Awwww, Tiny Zach! And... teenage Zee!

For those who missed the previous issue, Zach's "attempt to reconnect" was throwing a party in Zee's suite. Check the tags. (:



But no. Zee gets seduced by Rohypnol roses instead.

So how does Zach take it?



"First I was like :) Then I was like :( But now I'm like >: D "

 

Comments

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[jogadoresesquecidos.blogspot.com]

Ah, Zatanna! <3

** big sigh **

Oh, yeah, poor Zach!

[omnipotent]

Zanna is unf. Damn. I gotta get back to Viccy's Secret and get me some fishnet thigh-highs now. XD

[zechs80]

O_o *falls over*

[omnipotent]

Well, granted, they won't look as good on me, but I can still work 'em.

:P :P

[zechs80]

O_o

[omnipotent]

XD :P

[zechs80]

*claps* You've made me speechless. A rare deed.

[jaybee3]

"That horrible business with Ralph and Sue" aka the event I previous called the biggest mistake of my life (mind-wiping Batman and others) and then lied about for years until it was uncovered when Dr. McRapey got his memory back after Sue was butchered and then all of a sudden I felt guilty (or so Brad Meltzer* says). Zee does have a way of making a horrible backstory just another pithy comment no?

*I personally don't think there's another DC character more damaged by the hackness of Identity Crisis than Zatanna (and I'm counting Ralph and Sue!).

[thokstar]

I personally don't think there's another DC character more damaged by the hackness of Identity Crisis

I assume you no longer count Dr. McRapey as a character? He was clearly more damaged than Zatanna, Sue, Ralph, and Jean Loring combined.

[jaybee3]

Perhaps I should rephrase and say character that I don't think there's a "hero" more damaged by IC than Zatanna? Personally I expect villains to act like villains but I don't expect heroes to be lying mind-wiping douches.

[jlbarnett]

well, it's kind of funny. That story involved a bit of Silver Age stuff, everyone knowing everyone's secret identity, characters not seen in a while and all, and they did some stuff similar to that back then.

The Silver Age was the era of Superdickery and the mental trauma inflicted on people weren't limited to Superman's supporting cast.

[icon_uk]

I'd say all of the "cabal" are seriously damaged by it, but the only reason that Zatanna appears to be worst off is that she's the only one that has referenced this as being something she SERIOUSLY screwed up over more than once. Hal and Barry in particular are supposedly the epitomes of heroism, but because they conveniently never talk about this particular decision, they never have to look bad or deal with the consequences.

[xammax]

Bruce really should randomly hit Barry... Hawkman too but thats because I think that guy is a douche.

[icon_uk]

No need to hash all that up in front of Zach though, if she continued to exposite anguished backstoy ad nauseam every single time it came up, then it would be OTT. This is just for placing the event in the DCU timeline.

[kenn_el]

I stand by the notion that Identity Crisis is the sole reason Zach was given the limitation of not being able to 'magic' humans.

[terrykun]

Editorially, or are you suggesting that Zanna or someone else placed that limitation on him?

He seems to be able to teleport himself now, so that may be waning...

[kenn_el]

Editorially. Zach was introduced at about the time that Zee was doing her apology tour through the DCU books, and it seemed that the only way to sell a Zee-related character was to make him harmless in the one area that Zee (or, more to the point, Metzger's retcon) had messed up in. It's possible that current writers are forgetting said limitation, and hoping that the readers forget as well. (If Zach's doing half the stuff in his act that Zee does, and cannot use magic on Bunny, he's either a REALLY good magician or lucky.)

[terrykun]

If Zach's doing half the stuff in his act that Zee does, and cannot use magic on Bunny, he's either a REALLY good magician or lucky.

(: I like to think he's just that damn good. Zee wouldn't let just anyone fill in for her for a gig in Metropolis after all.

[psychopathicus_rex]

It's possible that she's referring to when they got killed. Presumably, she attended the funeral, so that would be a good reason for not showing up.

[proteus_lives]

I wanna walk in my apt and see Zatanna stretched out on the couch.

"pouts"

[yaseen101]

Don't we all?

Now excuse me,I have to go write some weird fantasy shit.

[cainofdreaming]

Don't we all?

Nah.

Some of us don't have a couch, so the bed would have to do. :p

[yaseen101]

Sorry buddy, nothing beats the couch.

[yaseen101]

Dini, I love you but can you please STOP with the Identity Crisis references. It took me right out of the comic. I was halfway through when I kept noticing Zatanna's well rendered ass but that's completely different.

Also, no one draws Zatanna better than Stephane Roux, what happened to him and what's up with the rotating team of artists and inkers?

[darrylayo]

Ryan Sook is the best Zatanna there is.

Don't mean to be all "oh YEAH," but Sook is my dude for this.

[yaseen101]

Eh, he's second on my list.

[darrylayo]

Blasphemy. HERETIC!

Nah, he's good too. But alas.

[blackruzsa]

Oh Zach D:

THE TONGUE THING IS A CRY FOR HELP, ZEE, GO HURRY, DON'T MISS THE SHOWWWWW.

[icon_uk]

Wait, wasn't Zach operating as some sort of servant of whoever Sam Lane's sorceress was?

[terrykun]

Mirabai had captured him, yes. He stood around looking scruffy and brainwashed for a few issues, then wasn't mentioned amidst Captain Atom defeating her. *shrug*

And we still don't know who was in the magic-laser satellite.

[kenn_el]

Mordru sent him packing. Then he was seen in a coma in a panel of the JLA/JSA Starheart crossover before the unfortunate Coven back-ups in Teen Titans, which are concurrent with these Zatanna issues. I like Dini's Zach, as I love his Zee.

[terrykun]

Do you have a scan of the JLA/JSA scene in question? I think that might have been King Chimera after his eyeballs got burned out.

The two of them are spooky-similar in mannerisms and behaviors, to the point where I've started speculating on Zach/Maxine stuff. ^^;

But yes, Dini's Zach, as well as Superman/Action Comics Zach pre-kidnapping, for the win.

[icon_uk]

I also can't take that bunny seriously since seeing the rabbit in L'Illusioniste

[cainofdreaming]

Looks nice. I assume it's another one of those the English speaking world is deprived of?

Though I must say that any video that includes a Scottsman in traditional attire standing in a motorboat in rough weather should include a forewarning.

[icon_uk]

As my username indicates I AM in the English speaking world thank you! It's a terrific film, by Sylvain Chomet, who made "Belleville Rendezvous", based on a script by the legendary Jacque Tati, who never made it as it was too personal a story for him to handle. It was made in Edinburgh (as opposed to Prague, where the original was set) because Chomet moved to Edinburgh a few years ago, and loves the city, and that shows, because it looks stunning and anyone who has ever been there will recognise it instantly. It had limited release in the UK, but is well worth a look if you get a chance.

[cainofdreaming]

Didn't mean to imply you weren't. But didn't you post about the French animation series that wasn't translated earlier? Thought this might be similar thing.

Limited release in UK, though, pretty much means no release in Finland. Well, that's what internet is for. When I have monies to spare again, that is.

[icon_uk]

Finalnd I can't speak for I'm afraid.

As it turns out Saint Seiya/Chevaliers Do Zodiaque/Caballeros Del Zodiaco/Cavallieri Dello Zodiaco was, eventually, translated into English, a wretched failure of a dub called "Knights of the Zodiac", which managed, along with a failure to retail the toys that would have pretty much guaranteed it a fair sales run, to kill a globally successful franchise stone dead within months of it's American launch, it was almost impressive.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Must be cool to be able to do the 'instant home movies' trick. I wish I could do that - I have a terrible memory for names and faces, and it'd be REALLY handy if I could get a quick instant replay as to just what HAPPENED the last time I met so-and-so - or if I ever did.