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Zatanna, Vol. 2: Shades Of The Past (2011)

by Paul Dini(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1401233007 (ISBN13: 9781401233006)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

DC Comics

series

Zatanna

review 1: Good mix of stories in here ranging from awesome to annoying... quite a mix. However, overall not bad. I like Zatanna, I just would've liked some better writing I think. Something about the dialogue just wan't clicking for me. What I really wanna find now is some interactions between Batman and Zatanna because I remember I liked their friendship from Justice League Unlimited (the TV show) so hopefully that is represented in the comics too. Notice how I stress FRIENDSHIP not ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP. Really hate that prospect. Ugh *shivers*
review 2: I loved this collection of stories. They really showcase what makes Zatanna one of my favorite characters: Her wit, playfulness and sass. Not to mention, her powers. As a writer, it seems only natural that I would love... more a heroine whose powers originate from her usage of words. In one of these stories, we see a tween Zatanna, fresh from the orthodontist. She's sloshing her words so badly (not to mention, spraying everyone in range) that no one can understand her. While she's at the mall, a robbery occurs. Trying to live up to the example of her father, she pursues the crook but realizes that with the braces on her spells won't work. That's when she spies a "Speak 'n Spell" in an educational toy store. She snatches up the display model, types in a backwards spell and conjures a cage from her braces.Another story pits Zatanna against a trashy hick with a nasty looking sword (with a fairy chained to it). Imbued with the fairy's energy, the sword is incredibly deadly and is able to cause a quick rewind in time. When Zatanna attempts to stop him, she learns that with this rewind ability, he is causing her backwards spells to go the other way, negating them completely. The solution: come up with palindrome spells. Pretty clever on the writer's part, I think.Great stories. Read 'em! less

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