Jamal Campbell Conjures Up A New ‘Zatanna’ Miniseries For DC Comics
by Olly MacNamee
DC Comics has announced a further eponymously titled Zatanna, six-issue DC All In mini-series from writer/artist Jamal Campbell coming this February 2025.
Speaking of this writing and illustrating gig, Campbell states:
“Wonder, mystery, mischief, and fishnets make up the core of a quintessential Zatanna Zatara stage show, and it’s high time she returned to the spotlight. In her newest DC Comics series, Zatanna is dragged down a rabbit hole of cursed swords, hidden truths, and multiple brushes with death. She’ll need all her wits and every spell she can muster in order to make it out the other side in one piece.
It’s been a dream tackling Zatanna’s world, introducing brand-new allies and adversaries as well as bringing back some old classics that haven’t been seen in a while. I’m weaving all my appreciation of the character into these pages in order to show and prove what makes Zatanna so magical.”
As for the series itself, here’s the outline with a preview below. But, judging from the cast of characters (above) expect to see some familiar magical characters from DC’s stable, as well as possibly a few new faces. including one of my favourites, the return of Blue Devil.
“In the new limited comic book series, Zatanna gets her stage crew back together and is looking forward to a new, less chaotic chapter of life. However, her plans are disrupted before they even begin when her crew is abducted by a ghostly new adversary, The Lady White. Now Zatanna is plunged into machinations of tricks, swords, and curses that threaten to tear her apart from the inside out!”
Zatanna #1, by Campbell with lettering by Ariana Maher, will be out on Wednesday February 19th with main and variant covers by Campbell and variant covers by Chris Bachalo and Jaime Mendoza, Sozomaika, David Talaski, Saowee (1:25), and Derrick Chew (DC Showcase variant).
