review 1: Zatanna is one of those puzzling DC second-tier stalwarts who a) should be first-tier (she was in the goddamn Justice League) and b) frankly doesn't get the amount of attention the character deserves. Let's think about it this way: Zatanna is a homo magi, a branch of humanity who are freaking genetically magical!? You got me there. But, Zatanna is also a buxom, sassy stage musician who, with her top hat and fishnet stockings and utter disregard for pants, is top contender for best superhero costume ever. So, a hot, leggy sorceress who speaks her spells backwards and diddles around with the likes of Batman? I mean, c'mon, who lays Batman? Zatanna lays Batman.What I'm trying to say is this character has a lot of fun potential that has a rich history and innate groundswell of... more popularity amongst the youth for the simple fact that she's a kickass witch-babe who battles evil puppets and modern-day Salemites trying to burn her at the stake. This fares way better than all the stupid Harry Pooter fan fiction you could shake a stick at. So why doesn't she have her own title/movie/at least a role in Guillermo Del Toro's Justice League Dark, a group of which she is a tight-pantsed member?Inconceivable!Anyway, this is a good comic. Zatanna got her own book, had it up until the stupid New 52 happened. It's a lot of fun--lotta humor, magical crap, and Zatanna daydreams about threesomes with hunky Hollywood people. If you don't like it you can go suna nwo ruoy llems! review 2: Holy crap what a good read!This is the exact opposite of everything I don't like about trade paperbacks:It's a collection of (very clever or scary or funny) standalone stories, not a giant epic mess of retcon madness which is just a smaller part of a larger retcon madness.The art is beautiful and consistent on every page, there's only one chapter that has more than one penciller.A working knowledge of DC magic characters from the past helps the reader, but is not mandatory.I would like to say no loose strings, but Brother Night pops up in the background, leading you to think he'll be there for the finish. He doesn't, but it doesn't take away from the enjoyability of the book.It occurred to me about half-way through why I was enjoying this book as much as I was. It was like the 70s all over again and I was reading - not, not reading - getting sucked into a DC 100 Page Super-Spetacular. less
Download links for: Zatanna, Volume 2: Shades of the Past
