Zatanna #4 – Jamal Campbell, Writer/Artist
Ray – 9/10
Ray: Jamal Campbell’s unique take on Zatanna has been taking our heroine further and further down the rabbit hole, as she gets closer to the plot cooked up by two of her deadliest enemies – the mysterious Lady in White, and the ruthless sorcerer Brother Night. After killing her friend Adam and capturing Blue Devil, they sent Zatanna into a strange new world – one ruled over by Clayface, desperately trying to reclaim the world he had lost. Now that Clayface is defeated, he’s joined Zatanna as a literal sliver of his former self who has been broken out of the stupor he was in. I’m glad to see Clayface’s characterization being more reminiscent of the one we saw in Detective Comics under Tynion. But despite this new alliance, Zatanna is increasingly finding it difficult to keep fighting. Her friends from the theater try to support her, but it’s clear she’s starting to see her magic not just as a threat but a curse.
But there’s no time to dwell on this – because the two villains are working together now, and they have a nasty surprise for Zatanna. The back half of the issue is essentially a twisted supernatural circus, as Brother Night and the Lady in White turn some of her closest enemies against her. Adam has been resurrected and turned into a masked maniac, while Blue Devil has been turned into exactly what he appears to be – a raging demon. Zatanna’s powers are pushed to their limit, and they seem to be literally tearing her apart. There’s a great horror vibe to some of the scenes here, but at the same time there’s a very intriguing mystery that might just center around Zatanna’s mother and the stories she told her daughter. Compared to Zatanna’s father, we know extremely little about her, and this story could be the chance to fix that. And above all, it’s just incredible how good this one-man comic looks.
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