Zatanna (New Age)/Issue 1

The first issue of DC: New Age's Zatanna series.

Synopsis
After being hired to help with what seems to be a magical murder, Zatanna does her best to find the killer, who is someone from her past that has come back to haunt her.

Transcript (unfinished)
A young Zatanna runs through a field of overgrown grass.


 * Young Zatanna: Daddy? Daddy, where are you...?

She continues running, tearing the grass out of her way.


 * Young Zatanna: I'm lost! Please, daddy! Don't leave!

Zatanna sees her father, Giovanni Zatara, walking through the grass in front of her. Zatanna starts crying while chasing her father.


 * Young Zatanna: I don't want to be alone!

Zatanna leaps and grabs her father's leg. A very loud phone rings and a now fully grown Zatanna Zatara wakes up in bed. She sits up and yawns.


 * Zatanna Zatara: Same dream again. Kinda wish I dreamed about a different childhood trauma of mine just for a shake-up...

Zatanna picks up her phone.


 * Zatanna Zatara: Zatanna Zatara speaking, who is this?
 * Man on Phone: Are you showing up for work today?
 * Zatanna Zatara: Sorry, who're you?
 * Jeff Sloane (phone): Jeffrey Sloane. Your boss...
 * Zatanna Zatara: Oh, hi Jeff! How are ya?
 * Jeff Sloane (phone): How did you not know it was me by reading your phone?
 * Zatanna Zatara: ...Um...
 * Jeff Sloane (phone): Wait, am I just a number in your phone?! What the hell?! I've known you for three years!
 * Zatanna Zatara: Okay, I swear to God and whatever other deity is listening, this is a me thing! I keep meaning to do it but putting it off. Plus whenever you call me you usually open up with "it's Jeff" so I never really had a--
 * Jeff Sloane (phone): Whatever, I don't care. Just tell me, are you coming or not? You're ten minutes late to your show at the Oblivion Bar.
 * Zatanna Zatara: What do you mean? It's not a work day.

Jeff goes quiet.


 * Zatanna Zatara: It's a work day, isn't it...?
 * Jeff Sloane (phone): And you are extremely late...
 * Zatanna Zatara: Don't worry about it. .setunim net emit dniweR

The clock on Zatanna's wall starts going backwards.


 * Jeff Sloane (phone): Did you just cast a spell? What did you do?

Zatanna stands up and puts her hat on, which causes the rest of her magician outfit to appear on her.


 * Zatanna Zatara: .raB noivilbO ot tropeleT

Zatanna disappears. In the Oblivion Bar, Jeff Sloane is still trying to talk to Zatanna on the phone. Meanwhile, Zatanna is right behind him.


 * Jeff Sloane: Hello? Zatanna? You still there?

Zatanna leans in to Jeff's ear.


 * Zatanna Zatara: Boo.
 * Jeff Sloane: GAH!

Jeff does a fake karate pose, as if ready to fight Zatanna. He realizes it's her and puts his arms down.


 * Jeff Sloane: Jesus, you gave me a heart attack! Stop doing that!
 * Zatanna Zatara: Why? It's funny!
 * Jeff Sloane: What the hell was that spell you casted earlier?
 * Zatanna Zatara: Reverse time spell. I rewound time and now I'm on-time for my big show! One sec though, I gotta go powder my nose.

Zatanna walks away.


 * Jeff Sloane: ...That woman is going to be the death of me...

Some time later, a man in a white suit stands on a stage in the Oblivion Bar in front of a crowd of people while speaking into a microphone.


 * White-Suited Man: And now, ladies and gentlemen! The moment you've all been waiting for! The Mistress of Magic! The Princess of Prestidigitation! The Greatest Magician of the All! ZATANNA ZATARA!

The curtains open and reveal Zatanna, who twirls in a circle on to the stage. She then grabs her hat and points it at the audience, a small group of doves flying out of it and above the audience before turning into confetti.


 * Zatanna Zatara: Hello one and all, my name is Zatanna! And if that impressed you, just you wait!

The audience cheers for her.

Trivia

 * First appearances of Zatanna Zatara, Jeff Sloane, Giovanni Zatara, and the Oblivion Bar.