Zatara the Magician

Zatara the Magician

Like his daughter, Zatanna, John Zatara, who was born Giovanni Zatara (first appearance: Act No. 1, June 1938), is a stage magician who possesses actual mystical abilties, which he uses to fight crime and the forces of evil. These abilities are usually manifested through spells spoken backward.

While on his "Magical Mystery Tour", Zatara encounters Superboy in his guise of Clark Kent at a stage show in Smallville. During the show, Zatara accidentally releases the extra-dimensional conqueror Turlock the Berzerker into this dimension, and is aided in sending him back where he belongs by the Boy of Steel and Johnny Webber, the latter of which was assiting them behind the scenes (NSB No. 49, Jan 1984: "Zatara's Magical Mystery Tour!").