Women Wednesday: Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #1

Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #1 from DC Comics is a sequel to Fire & Ice: Welcome To Smallville. The issue starts in New Kooey, Kansas, which is "a landlocked tropical island five miles from Smallville." The hair saloon called The Mane Event is on fire thanks to Ice Sneezing. Fire tries to put it out with her ice powers but the robot, L-Ron, shows up with a fire extinguisher. Yes, you read that right for the Amazo robots had switched their powers. Zatanna, Black Canary, Doctor Light and Martha Kent also appear. If you enjoyed Fire & Ice: Welcome To Smallville then you will like Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over.

Cover of Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #1 from DC Comics

 

Women Wednesday: Zatanna #1 and #2

Zatanna #1 came out last month and #2 came out today. I decided to read both of them today and they are both pretty good. The first issue introduces us to some of her crew for her new magic show including Adam. The ghost of the actress known only as the Lady White is also introduced.

Cover of Zatanna #1 from DC Comics

Showtime from Zatanna #1 from DC Comics

The cover of Zatanna shows her with Blue Devil, who also appears inside along with Bobo the Detective Chimp and Madame Xanadu. We also find out that the Lady White and the being known as Adam has ties to Brother Night. I can't wait to read the next issue to see where this series goes.

Cover of Zatanna #2 from DC Comics

Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #5 Cover

Merry Christmas for Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #5 is out today in those comic shops that are open today. The cover features Santa Claus, Ulah (Santa's wife), Batman, Robin and a bunch of DC superheroes standing with Zatanna, Deadman, Etrigan the Demon, Baron Winters and Felix Faust again Sir Brian the Silent Knight. This is the final issue of the mini-series and it's a great one.

Cover of Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #5 from DC Comics

Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #4 Cover

Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #4 hits the newsstands today from DC Comics. The cover features Ulah the elvish wife of Santa, Santa Claus, Robin, Zatanna, Mary Marvel, Metamorpho and Robotman. This issue has a sneak peek at Metamorpho: the Element Man #1 on sale this month.

Cover of Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #4 from DC Comics

Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #2 Cover

Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #2 dropped from DC Comics today. The cover features Etrigan the Demon, Deadman, Baron Winters (remember him from Night Force?) and Felix Faust. The faces of Santa Claus, Robin and Zatanna are reflected in the gold goblet.

Cover of Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #2 from DC Comics

Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #1 Cover

Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #1 (January, 2025) came out this week just in time to celebrate Thanksgiving today. The cover features Batman, Robin, Zatanna and Santa Claus. The story actually contains most of the Justice League. I think this is the first time that I noticed that Flash's daughter is named Thunderheart. Yes, this mini-series is a sequel to last year's mini-series.

Cover of Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns #1 from DC Comics

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 19: Batman: Full Moon #1

Batman: Full Moon #1 (December, 2024) came out last Wednesday just in time for Halloween. Batman battles a werewolf in Gotham City. Zatanna, John Constantine and Man-Bat also appears in this issue. Kirk Langstrom aka Man-Bat tells Batman about the origins of Christian Talbot, a British soldier that was bitten by a werewolf while on a classified mission in Romania. This issue ends with the werewolf battling Batman and Man-Bat.

Front Cover of Batman: Full Moon #1 from DC Comics

Back Cover of Batman: Full Moon from DC Comics

Women Wednesday: Superman #17 With Zatanna

Superman #17 is out today from DC Comics. This Absolute Power tie-in also features Zatanna. The pair go searching for the Oblivion Bar.

Superman #17 with Zatanna from DC Comics

 

Women Wednesday: Zatanna: Bring Down the House Ad

Zatanna: Bring Down the House will be a five-issue DC Black Label series starting June 25, 2024, that will have her fighting a demon in Las Vegas:

Zatanna: Bring Down the House Ad

Countdown to Christmas 2023 Day 12: Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #2 Cover

Don't forget that Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #2 will be released this week from DC Comics. The cover features Batman, Santa Claus and Krampus. Miss Martin, Green Arrow and Black Canary appears to help Batman, Robin, Batgirl and NIghtwing fight the vampire-like Draug. Zatanna is still in a coma-like state and Santa's helpers are still looking for a special flower. A surprise guest star also shows up to help at the end.

Cover of Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #2 from DC Comics

Countdown to Christmas 2023 Day 6: Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1 Cover

DC Comics released Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1 today. The cover features Superman reading a classic Batman comic book from the Golden Age to a boy sitting on his lap. Santa Claus is pictured in the "word balloon" above Superman. Batman and Wonder Woman are in the background along with a bunch of wicked bat-like creatures.

The issue is titled "Ghosts of Christmas Past" and starts with Batman and Robin (Damian) investigating the deaths of carolers murdered by bat-like creatures. Robin's first thought is that Man-Bat is the culprit but then Zatanna shows up to reveal that the creatures are the Draug, which are Nordic vampires. They are attacked by the Draug and Santa Claus shows up on Prancer. Batgirl and Nightwing are then shown fighting the Draug before Santa Claus and his new friends joins them.

There's more to the story but I won't spoil it all here. Yeah, this Christmas tale is nice horror element and I can't wait to read Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #2. Maybe next year, DC Comics will put out a Santa Claus, Vampire Hunter mini-series that will last from October to December.

Cover of Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1 from DC Comics

Knight Terrors Ad from DC Comics

Knight Terrors will be a two month horror event starting in July from DC Comics. As you can tell in the ad below, the main focus will be Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. However, also expect some horror characters such as Deadman, Sandman (the Wesley Dodd version) and Zatanna. Of course, Harley Quinn has to pop up since she's in most everything lately/ To be honest, I would rather see this in October.

Knight Terrors Ad from DC Comics

Women Wednesday: Doctor Moongem Meets Huntress, Supergirl and Zatanna

While I was playing Doctor Moongem in DC Universe Online, I got to meet the Huntress, Supergirl and Zatanna. The Huntress actually had me find clues in the Justice League Watchtower (that place is huge and easy to get lost even with the map). I had to save Supergirl before helping her save Superman. I actually helped Zatanna on a couple of missions.

Doctor Moongem meets Huntress

Doctor Moongem meets Supergirl

Doctor Moongem meets Zatanna

Countdown to Halloween 2020 Day 20: Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search For Swamp Thing

Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search For Swamp Thing was a three issue mini series from DC Comics that ran from June to August in 2011. John Constantine returns to the DC Universe to convince Superman and Batman that the newly resurrected Alec Holland must die so that his soul can merge with the Green again and become Swamp Thing once more. Zatanna, Madame Xanadu and Deadman also appear to help the Hellblazer. Here are all six covers for the mini series:

 Don't forget to watch Swamp Thing on the CW tonight.

Countdown to Halloween 2018 Day 31: Sofi Sivan as Zatanna Shows Booty

Happy Halloween and here's cosplayer Sofi Sivan as Zatanna shows off her booty:

I hope you all enjoyed this year's Countdown to Halloween (be sure to check the other participants at the website).

Countdown to Halloween 2018 Day 29: Cursed Comics Cavalcade #1

Here is the cover to Cursed Comics Cavalcade #1 from DC Comics featuring Batman, Swamp Thing, Guy Gardner and Zatanna that was supposed to be in Walmart's this month in time for Halloween:

Unfortunately, our local Walmart's has not been stocking any of these.

Sexy Sunday: DC Comics Bombshells #18

The cover of DC Comics Bombshells #18 is the same cover as #16 featuring Batwoman and Catwoman while page one features Stargirl riding a bomb with the credits. This issue is part 9 of 9 so that means it's the last issue. Bare with me because there is a lot to follow in this one issue.

DC Comics Bombshells #18 starts with Mera talking with Stargirl and Supergirl on a battleship while Commander Waller arrives along with Big Barda and Dr. Hoshi aka Dr. Light. Hoshi gives the Soviet superheroines new uniforms that they object to because they do not want to be poster girls. Stargirl uses her cosmic staff to change their uniforms from red to blue. The sisters fly off probably to save their father.

Next, we catch up with Kate Kane aka the Batwoman riding in a white car with Catwoman and Lex Luthor in Berlin when they are hit by a black vehicle. Brother Night steps out demanding that they hand over Kate. She grabs her baseball bat and is ready for action.

The issue then switches to a prison camp in Greece where Wonder Woman is being held captive. Steve Trevor is trying to talk her into apologizing to General Lane. She refuses and breaks the bars intent on getting them both out of there.

In France, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are killing Nazi zombies while riding in a truck. Harley is singing about their exploits in a bizarre Christmas song.

The final section features Zatanna in Berlin reminiscing with Constantine, who is still a rabbit. He changes the subject to how she is on the wrong side. Zatanna explains how the Joker's Daughter saved her during the first purge since she had a Jewish father and a Romani mother. Constantine tells her that she is more powerful than she realizes and that the Joker's Daughter is using her as a battery. He tells her that Amanda Waller sent him there to find something that may be hiding in the cabaret. She tells him how the rooms moves and she has the feeling that something is watching her. He promises her that he will get her out somehow and together they can change the tide.

I won't give away the final page except to say that the Joker's Daughter makes a creepy appearance. This issue feels more like they are leading each into their own series, which I hope happens. I can't wait to read more adventures of these women.

Sexy Sunday: DC Comics Bombshells #7

The cover of DC Comics Bombshells #7 featuring Zatanna and Constantine in his smoking rabbit form:

The issue is very dark with three German soldiers being sacrificed. The Joker's Daughter tries to summon up the Prince that she serves with a song but fails. She forces Zatanna to sing and she succeeds in summoning Tenebrus the Binder that serves the King Beneath the Black. The story has a Lovecraft feel to it so I highly recomm

end it.

Sexy Sunday: DC Comics Bombshells #6

DC Comics Bombshells #6 has to be the best issue yet for several reasons. The second page featuring the Joker's Daughter should have been the cover instead of the Wonder Woman and Mera cover that has been the cover since #4. Notice that her teeth are pearly white while they are disgustingly nasty in the story itself:

A group of German soldiers go to a nightclub in 1940 Berlin, Germany where they are greeted by the Joker's Daughter singing.

After they are seated, all the light bulbs pop and Zatanna appears on stage. She sings the song, Ich Halte Dich (I Hold You).

After taking a puff from one of the German soldier's cigarette that has an English taste, she calls him out as John Constantine.

Zatanna and Constantine battle with magic before she turns him into a rabbit. The Joker's Daughter starts laughing and saves them from the rest of the soldiers. However, it's clear that Zatanna has a secret that the Joker's Daughter knows and is holding over her. The latter mentions the Master several times. I have to wonder if the Joker may be the Master and/or Hitler in the Bombshells universe or at least one of the his top generals.

Women Wednesday: All-Female Pre-Flashpoint Justice League Unite in Convergence

Zatanna, Supergirl, Jesse Quick, Vixen, Jade and Mera will band together one last time in the Convergence: Justice League series according to All-Female, Pre-Flashpoint Justice League Unites for DC's Convergence. The two issue series was written by Frank Tieri (the article at the link has an interview with him that Newsarama did) with art by Vicente Cifuentes,